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Jasen Emmons
Jasen Emmons is the director of curatorial affairs at Experience Music Project (EMP) in Seattle. Since joining EMP in 1999, he has curated seven exhibitions, including Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966, which explored the critical and transformational decade in this American music legend's career. It debuted in fall 2004 at EMP before beginning a national tour, which included the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, the Pierpont Morgan Museum & Library in New York City, and the Skirball Cultural Center and Museum in Los Angeles. Emmons served as lead curator of American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music, the first interpretive museum exhibition highlighting the profound influence and impact of Latinos on American popular music.
Most recently, Emmons worked with Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills and Nash to organize Taking Aim: Unforgettable Rock ‘n’ Roll Photographs Selected by Graham Nash. In November 2009, Chronicle Books published a book based on the exhibition, with essays by Nash and Emmons.
Emmons graduated from the University of Oregon and holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington. He is the author of the epic country and western novel, Cowboy Angst (Soho Press, 1995, Scribners, 1996).
Exhibitions curated or co-curated by Jasen Emmons:
- Taking Aim: Unforgettable Rock 'n' Roll Photographs (2010)
- American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music (2008)
- Sound and Vision: Artists Tell Their Stories (2007) (co-curator)
- Disney: The Music Behind the Magic, 1928-Today (2006)
- Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966 (2004)
- Songcraft: The Art and Craft of Songwriting (2004) (co-curator)
- Beatlemania: America Meets The Beatles, 1964 (2004)
Jacob McMurray
Jacob McMurray is the senior curator at Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) in Seattle. His tenure with EMP|SFM began in 1994, and he has since developed many of its exhibitions, including Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound and Innersphere: Sculptural Works by Rik Allen.
McMurray is an active independent arts curator, graphic designer, and small press publisher. He holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Anthropology and Danish Language and Literature from the University of Washington.
Exhibitions curated or co-curated by Jacob McMurray:
- Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound (2008)
- Message to Love: Remembering and Reclaiming Jimi Hendrix (2008) (co-curator)
- Innersphere: Sculptural Works by Rik Allen (2007)
- Out of this World: Extraordinary Costumes from Television and Film (2007) (co-curator)
- Sound and Vision: Artists Tell Their Stories (2007) (co-curator)
- Alien Encounters (2006) (co-curator)
- Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion (2006) (co-curator)
- Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame opening day exhibitions (2004)
- Paper Scissors ROCK: 25 Years of Northwest Punk Poster Design (2003)
- Jimi Hendrix (2003) (co-curator)
- Artist to Icon: Early Photographs of Elvis, Dylan, and the Beatles (2001) (co-curator)
Brooks Peck
Brooks Peck is a researcher for the curatorial department at Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) in Seattle. He joined EMP|SFM in June 2004 and has co-curated exhibitions on the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, science fiction book and magazine cover art, and the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
Peck is currently curating Spaced Out: The Final Frontier in Album Covers, an exhibition on space themes in pop music album covers from the 1940s - 1960s.
Prior to joining EMP|SFM, Peck worked as an entertainment writer and editor, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror for publications such as Wired, SciFi Channel Magazine, and Giant, and Amazon.com. In 1996, he co-founded Science Fiction Weekly, the first professional Web site devoted to science fiction, and later served as editor-in-chief.
Peck recently completed the Museum Studies Certificate Program at the University of Washington.
Exhibitions co-curated by Brooks Peck:
- Alien Encounters (2006) (co-curator)
