Dale Emmart was born in New York City, attended public schools in New Jersey, received a BFA from The Cooper Union, and an MFA from The Rhode Island School of Design. She has taught art in independent schools in Boston and New York and has held adjunct positions at Fordham University, Rhode Island School of Design, Parsons School of Design, New York Institute of Technology, and Brooklyn College. She currently teaches at the Parsons School of Design and The Brearley School in New York City.

Ms. Emmart's summer teaching includes programs at The Sharon Art Center, Arts Pro Tem, Art New England, Parsons in Paris, and The Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art in Brittany, France. She has painted on site in Italy, France, Germany, Scotland and parts of rural Canada and the U.S. Her work has been reviewed by The Boston Globe, Art New England, The New Boston Review, and The New York Times. Emmart has received a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, a Dieu Donne Papermill Artist's Grant, and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been represented in numerous exhibitions and public collections, including those of the Decordova Museum, General Electric, Goodyear Rubber Corporation, and college museums throughout the U.S. and Europe. Her work has most recently been exhibited at The Painting Center, Dieu Donne Papermill, and The Delaware Arts Center Gallery.

Emmart lives in New York City and northeastern Pennsylvania.