The 2026 Festival’s Official Art!

Introducing our 2026 Visual Artist

Emily Tallman is an Anchorage-based graphic designer, musician, writer, and multidisciplinary arts enthusiast. As the founder of her design agency, Poetica, she has worked with a wide range of Alaskan arts organizations and nonprofits, including the Alaska State Council on the Arts, Spenard Jazz Fest, The Nave, and Momentum Dance Collective. Before shifting her focus to design, Emily toured nationally as a singer-songwriter, earning recognition in songwriting competitions at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, and Kerrville Folk Festival.

Emily has served on the board of the Anchorage Folk Festival (2014–2015) and currently serves on the board of The Music Machine. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from UAA.

Emily likes to ride her bike with her family and tap dance. She can’t whistle.