Lily Brooks holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art + Design. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and featured in publications such as NPR’s Central Standard and the Los Angeles Times. She is the 2019 recipient of an Archive Documentation and Preservation Grant from the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation for her ongoing project, The Spillway. Her editorial clients include NPR’s weekend edition and the Financial Times.
Lily teaches as an Assistant professor of Photography at Southeastern Louisiana University and was recently named Edward G. Schlieder Foundation Endowed Professorship in Environmental Studies and Sustainability. She lives and works in Baton Rouge and is a member of The Front, an artist-run project gallery in New Orleans.
View her 2019 artist talk at New Orleans Museum of Art here.
Contact
lilypbrooks@gmail.com