Erin - artist, breast cancer patient.
Erin is currently recovering from double mastectomy, receiving chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
A 2017 recipient of a Maine Arts Commission grant, her project, “Art and Chemotherapy,” collaborated with New England Cancer Specialists Kennebunk, Maine. The outcome of the project was recently published in the Clinical Journal of Oncology and Nursing Art & Cancer project of February, 2019.The outcome of the project was positive: Art & the Artist brought therapeutic relief to both patients and staff. Watch a video from the project.
Erin is a social entrepreneur, a Citizen Scientist, and a change maker; a fearless and passionate explorer of materials working to altar environments and evoke transformation.
Nationally recognized, McGee Ferrell’s paintings are collected by private and commercial institutions, including TD Ameritrade, Atlanticare New Jersey, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, inc. Philadelphia, The Episcopal Diocese of Boston, the CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, professional hockey player Kimmo Timonen, and America’s Cup Winner- Robert James Gale. Erin McGee Ferrell serves on the National Board of The Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts. Her work has been highlighted at the Arnot Museum, NY and The Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, WI.
She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and University of the Arts Philadelphia. McGee Ferrell has also studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, University of Louisville in Italy, School for International Training in Nigeria, and Maine College of Art.