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The Durham Art Guild in partnership with the Research Triangle Foundation presents “Conversations with the Elements” featuring artists Erin Ives and Todd Levins.
Erin Ives
Erin Ives has a background in photography and a BFA from Corcoran College of Art and Design. She combines multiple disciplines to create 3-dimensional collages. Her work revolves around portraits of women, nature and woodworking, the latter being a predominantly male craft, but the work is soaked in a feminist perspective. She uses found materials, image transfers, paint and organic materials to craft her artwork. Erin is a practicing artist in Raleigh, NC, and an Artspace Artist. Erin has been teaching small-scale classes since 2024 in image transfers to share accessible techniques within the local arts community. She has been curating a local bar quarterly and recently co-curated a show with local artist Allison Coleman at the Durham Art Guild called Ladies Auxiliary that showcased 20 female artists.
Todd Levins
Todd Levins began building furniture as a hobby, not knowing his destiny was to be a third generation woodworker. As a child he sketched, painted, wrote and performed music. He dreamt of rock stardom but his family steered him toward practical pursuits. With a burgeoning fascination of wilderness, he studied biology, but found work in drug development. After university, Levins moved to Austin, Texas, to ignite his rockstar dreams, but an echo reverberated, saying, “the arts are irresponsible…” and he crept to Durham to pay debts through drug research again. Eventually, he could no longer take the trappings of a “successful career” and sold his house to spend two years backpacking through South America. In that time, he penned his novel FIRST THEY TAKE YOUR HEART. In 2009, Levins returned to Durham and somehow stumbled into furniture building and art.
- Mediums: Mixed Media
- Year: 2026
- Exhibition: April-October 2026
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