from E A Powell Elementary School — North Baltimore, Ohio

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Biography

Erika is an artist and educator from North Baltimore, Ohio. Erika received her Master of Arts in Education from the University of Findlay in 2005 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002. Erika is in her eighth year as an Art Educator at Powell Elementary. Before coming to Powell, Erika was a Professor of Art and Tiffin University and Owens Community College. She also spent almost two years working with Adults with developmental disabilities as the manager of Kan Du Studio.

In the summer from 2017-2022, Erika was the Arts and Crafts Area Director at Camp Walden near Cheboygan Michigan. Camp Walden is a traditional, co-educational, residential camp for children ages 7-17. Erika mentored the counseling staff to provide world class instruction to campers. Campers can select classes in painting, drawing, fibers, ceramics, jewelry, lapidary, tie-dye and batik, sculpture and mixed media.

In her own art work, Erika focuses primarily on painting in drawing. Erika recently took a two year sabbatical from Powell Elementary to open Happy Camper Art Studio in downtown North Baltimore. After suffering a complete loss due to a neighboring fire, the studio opened at it's new location in April of 2023. Erika has exhibited in at The Toledo Museum of Art, Paper Crane Gallery in Chicago, IL, the Owens Community College Faculty Art Show, and the Red Tornado Gallery. Erika's work is held in public and private collections world wide and she is currently preparing for a solo show at Neon Heater Contemporary Art Gallery in June of 2024.

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