Emily wei rales biography of rory gilmore

Emily Wei Rales. Photo by Julie Skarratt.

What if we supported artists in taking moonshots?

Emily wei rales biography of rory gilmore

This week we’re taking a tour around Glenstone museum in Potomac, Maryland— one of the largest and most ambitious private institutions in America, fusing art, architecture, and nature. This wide-ranging conversation between Glenstone’s co-founder and director, Emily Rales, and host Charlotte Burns, covers the art inside the museum and how to create more meaningful visitor experiences to the Glenstone foundation and future philanthropic plans.

“Our values are immutable,” Emily says. “Art is essential to life. And sometimes when I say that to people, they're like, what does that even mean?

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But I really believe that art is essential to our civilization and to humanity.” She adds: “Long-term defines the way we think. We're not intending to go out guns a-blazing and then sun-setting the foundation within 20 years.

We want this to continue to be sustained in perpetuity—and we reall