Arts & Ability Roundtable (Video Recording), Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Artist in Residency Program

Hello everyone,

Last weekend, as part of the artist-in-residency program through The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, we hosted an Arts & Ability Roundtable. This virtual event brought together 5 unique artists/designers, each with incredible creative practices, and each experience vision loss and/or related disabilities.

Arts & Ability Roundtable: Presentations, Discussions, and Q&A

Our all-star group of panelists, artists, and presenters included:

(1) Kurt Weston, professional artist and photographer,

(2) Marleena Barber, vocalist, educator, and disability advocate,

(3) Mishelle Link, interior designer, entrepreneur, and CEO of Michelle Link Interior Design,

(4) Valerie Alcaraz, award-winning visual artist and international arts and language educator,

and…

(5) Michael J. Dougherty, writer, screenwriter, and co-founder of ReelAbilitiesLA!

Check out the full video replay here.

Much gratitude and many congratulations to the participants!

Very best wishes,

Erin

EBLAR 2018 - Artist-in-Residence

On January 6th, 2018, I'll begin the EBLAR 2018 artist residency in Elephant Butte Lake State Park, New Mexico.  I  am looking very forward to this opportunity to dive into more painting and video work, as well as connect with fellow artists in this peaceful and beautiful setting.  Resident artists will also have a group exhibition in January -- details to come.

Twisted Oyster Film Festival Chicago - Weight of Experience

I write this blog post still in the midst of coming down from my MFA thesis exhibition and many years of intense artistic and scholarly study.  In a sense, my body and mind are depleted and slowing rebuilding themselves.  Simultaneously, I am grateful and fortunate to have been filled with a repository of knowledge and a strong skill set in a wider range of art disciplines, including performance, poetry and video.

The video below is from my MFA thesis installation (What We Have Built: Expatriate, Sense of the Definite and Weight of Experience).

I am honored the have the opportunity to recreate this installation in an upcoming exhibition of digital, video and new media-based art in Chicago in the Twisted Oyster Film Festival at 33 Contemporary/Art NXT Level.  This exhibition, which will take place in October and November 2017, was curated and spearheaded by the amazing Pia Cruzalegui, a contemporary artist and curator based in Chicago.    

In addition, Pia has given me the opportunity to lead and teach an art education program on October 21st, 2017 to students in Chicago.  In future blog posts, I'll provide further details (and documentation!) of these upcoming events.