Ervin is an artist, arts educator, and community advocate. Her portfolio encompasses a number of interdisciplinary projects that focus on space-making, site-specific installation, social action, and collaboration.

Advocacy

Recognizing the dire need for arts education and integration in rural America, she co-founded TOSS (The Old School Studio) in Morganton, NC. This advocacy studio is dedicated to promoting personal and institution transformation toward environmental justice, inclusivity, and the future of work. After years of close collaboration with The Industrial Commons, they merged in 2021.

Education

Accepting her BFA in painting and drawing with a minor in art history from East Carolina University in 2014, Ervin was awarded a Brehm Scholars Fellowship at Fuller Seminary in 2017. She continues to study the integration the theology and the arts while practicing creative place-making in the South.

In her free time, she enjoys running, biking, and jumping on trampolines.