

And they even use it as a wedding song.Īnd there’s the more immediate concern. The song, “My Love For Evermore,” Townson says, “is a standard in Europe, people have it tattooed on them. Or he’s jetting back and forth between here and London as a hired guitar, or to produce a record for a band like the Swiss rockabilly outfit Hillbilly Moon Explosion. Playing guitar on tours with soul singer John Ellison and pop singer Eleni Mandell. He’s a co-founder of The Hi-Risers, the glorious garage-rock trio, a steady part of the Rochester scene since 1989. In addition, Schalk’s professional artist website may be accessed at are times when Greg Townson seems to be spread so thin, you can read these words right through him. She is the founder of Bridging Art ( where she provides mentorship programs and workshops to emerging visual artists and writers of diverse ages and backgrounds, living across the globe. In addition, Schalk’s professional artist website may be accessed at Erin Schalk Schalk also holds a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Oklahoma, a BA in East Asian Studies from the University of Maryland Asia, and a Master of Arts in Art from the University of Dallas. Since 2016, she has focused on teaching adults in non-profit and higher education settings, including accessibility-driven programs, art museums, and gallery spaces for individuals with visual impairments, as well as on the autism spectrum. In 2011, Schalk’s career as an educator began overseas in Okinawa, Japan where she taught visual art and English as a Foreign Language (EFL).

Today, Schalk also is a guest poetry and visual art reviewer and interviewer for Aji Magazine.

As of 2021, she was named The Muckenthaler Cultural Center’s Artist in Residence - the third artist to receive this honor.īoth her poetry and visual art have been published in a variety of journals highlights include The MacGuffin, The Woven Tale Press, Parentheses International Literary Journal, Willawaw Journal, and others. She graduated with her MFA in Studio from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017, and she has exhibited her art throughout the United States, as well as in the United Kingdom and Japan.

Erin Schalk is a visual artist, writer, and educator who lives in the greater Los Angeles area.
