Landscape Series 1

Her illustrations have won ACE awards, a Communication Arts Award of excellence and inclusion in their Design Annual. She was also nominated as an emerging artist for the 25th and 26th Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts, and one of her pieces was short-listed for the inaugural CSCE Art Award, curated by Ryan Doherty of the SAAG , where she won the people’s choice award and a cash prize. Erin is extremely engaged in her community. She has made it a real focus to advocate for the arts in Edmonton, not only through her board work, but also by volunteering her time to assist on creative projects. She has initiated and developed a brand new advocacy and fundraising approach in her role as chair of fundraising for Latitude 53, where she is in her second year as a board director, and as fundraising chair. She has volunteered for the EAC as well as M.A.D.E. Edmonton, and participated in various speaking engagements. She was recently a pecha kucha presenter at the Mayors Think Tank: Our Arts, Our City, and has worked with the cities Arts Visioning Committee. She believes in promoting art as a crucial social investment. She has demonstrated her commitment by giving back in several ways, whether it’s fundraising for the cities needy through her board work with the CTV Good Neighbour Fund, donating for auction to Latitude 53’s Fine Art of Schmoozy fundraiser in 2011 and 2012, Compassion house foundation, Leukemia and Lymphoma society of Canada, and many others. She is also a member of Artsscene Edmonton, where she was the co-chair for its reincarnation as a brand new board in 2011/2012.

Artist Erin Ross has created a series of landscapes that depict the terrain surrounding Edmonton. Wheat fields and prairie vistas enliven the slate grey wall of the new park pavilion.