Community School of Music and Art (CSMA)

Located at 330 East State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850

For more information please go to csma-ithaca.org

(Main Gallery and Hallway Gallery)

Erin Schantz-Hilton: Earth Tongue Studio: ANIMA

Erin Schantz-Hilton, Earth Tongue Studio: ANIMA (Main Gallery and Hallway Gallery).

Wild animals are at the heart of Erin Schantz-Hilton’s paintings and drawings. Working primarily on wood panels and paper, she builds layered surfaces of color and texture in which animal, habitat, and spirit merge in an abstracted field of presence.

Erin Schantz-Hilton is the founder of Earth Tongue Studio, a name that reflects her belief that painting begins in listening—to land, to creature, to the subtle language of the Earth. Her works are created as thresholds: spaces where animals meet the viewer’s gaze and “speak” through eye contact and felt sense, inviting an intimate dialogue beyond words.