Founded 1943

Meet Erin

Erin teaches painting, drawing, life drawing, art history, foundations and capstone courses at Lourdes University. In addition, she coordinates the Sr. Jane Mary Sorosiak Lecture Series, involving presentations on topics in the arts. Some past presentations have included “Artist Ken Thompson,” “The Sights and Sounds of Judaism” with composer Dr. Samuel Adler and art historian Ruthy Behare Light, “Censorship in the Arts,” Dr. Brian Kennedy, “Cover Stories,” Thomas Allen, “Digital Photography in the Commercial Market,” Eric Eggly, “Painter and Muralist: Hubert Massey,” “Portrait of an Artist,” Leslie Adams, “Celebration of Food, Ceramic Objects, Thoughtful Dialog”, Jeni Hansen Gard and “Acquisition Anecdotes of a TMA Curator of European Paintings,” Lawrence W. Nichols.

Erin served as a studio assistant with the “Community” exhibition by Rebecca Louise Law and a painting assistant on the Sol Lewitt acquisition “Wall Drawing #760”, both for the Toledo Museum of Art.

She has over 30 years of gallery experience working with the former Spectrum Gallery at Toledo Botanical Garden, the former Lourdes Gallery Loft and as coordinator for exhibitions at the Lourdes University Canticle Center Gallery. In addition, over the past 18 years, Erin has juried numerous exhibitions covering a variety of media and topics, both regionally and nationally.

She currently sits on the community board of the Toledo Area Cultural Leaders (TACL), an arts advocacy committee, and served many years on the former Toledo Federation of Art Societies (past President). She is a past president of the Medici Circle Advisory Council at Bowling Green State University. She is also a member of the Athena Art Society, one of the oldest women’s art organizations in the country which was established in 1903. Erin is also a practicing artist who exhibits nationally.

Workshop Brief

In this single session workshop we will learn how to cut a mat for your works on paper. We will learn how to measure the artwork to determine the correct size for mat opening, and how to cut mats to fit existing frames.

We will also discuss how to choose glass, matboard and backing to protect your artwork from damage over many years.