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Erin Branscum is a graduate of the University of Texas, where she received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art and a Certifications of Business Foundations. She has lived in Texas her entire life and grew up taking art classes throughout grade school. Erin has always focused on fine arts, specifically painting and drawing and photography. She has continued her passion for art in college, enhancing her skills in studio art, mostly oil painting, film and digital photography, and printmaking. Erin now lives and works in Steamboat Springs, Colorado where she continues to make artwork, as well as teaches art to K-8 grade students.
Erin's artwork deals with the relationship and connection between humans and the environment and landscape in both her paintings and photography. She is most interested in documenting her own relationship and experiences with the environment, especially in her paintings, and focuses on capturing the everyday life moments in her photography.
Education
Western Colorado University, Masters of Education, May 2022
University of Texas at Austin, BFA Studio Art, December 2018
University of Texas at Austin, Certification of Business Foundations, December 2018
Publications
2023 - Yampa Valley Arts and Culture Guide
2018 - The ASA Blog, "Artist Spotlight"
Installations and Murals
2023 - One River, Many Fish - Group installation with Steamboat Springs School District art teachers and 5th grade students, permanently installed in Routt County Health and Human Services Building
Exhibitions
Solo
2023 - Views of Routt County, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, The Art Depot
2017 - Halls and Walls Gallery, University of Texas College of Fine Arts
Group
2023 - present - Riverwalk Collective, Group of local artists in Steamboat Springs, CO, permanently showing at The Art Depot
2020 - Autumn Show, The Art Depot Gallery, Steamboat
Springs, CO
2020 – If Hope Was An Ice Cream Float, The Art
Depot Gallery, Steamboat Creates, Steamboat
Springs, CO
2019 – If I Find The Things I Wish To See, BFA Thesis Show, Austin, TX
2018 – E.A.S.T., ArtStartArt student show, Austin, TX
Untitled, VAC Gallery, University of Texas at Austin
2017 – Millie Otto, Santa Chiara Study Center, Learning
Tuscany Study Abroad Program, Castiglion Fiorentino,
Italy
Mille Otto, VAC Gallery, University of Texas at
Austin
Halls and Walls Gallery, University of Texas College of Fine Arts
Studio Art Exhibition, Department of Fine Arts
Basement, University of Texas at Austin
2015 – Dallas Museum of Art Young Masters Program, Dallas, Texas
2015 - Texas Visual Arts Association, Student Art Exhibition, University of Texas at Dallas
Experience
Fine Arts Teacher, Sleeping Giant School - August 2021 - present
Special Education Paraprofessional, Steamboat Springs
Middle School - August 2020 - June 2021
Student Outreach and Communications Intern,
ArtStartArt LLC. - January 2019 - May 2019
Awards
2019 - College Scholar, College of Fine Arts
2018 - College Scholar, College of Fine Arts
2017 – Departmental painting scholarship nomination
2016 – College Scholar, College of Fine Arts
2015 - Dallas Museum of Art, honorable mention, Young Masters Program
2015 - “Best of Show” Grapevine High School Art Show
2015 - "District Award" Congressional Art Show, Grapevine, Texas