ERICA SLONE
80 Wilson Avenue, Apt. E
Columbus, OH 43205
Email: sloneeerica@yahoo.com
Cell #: 937-344-5782
EDUCATION:
2012
• Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with an emphasis in Sculpture, The Ohio
State University, (Honors Research Distinction)
2007
• Security Forces Craftsman Training, Lackland Air Force Base, TX
2006
• Course work towards criminal justice CCAF degree, US Air Force
• Detainee Operations Training, Camp McGregor, NM
• Airman Leadership School, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
2005
• Brave Defender (Urban Warfare Training), Eglin Air Force Base, FL
2003
• Security Forces Technical Training, Lackland Air Force Base, TX,
(Distinguished graduate)
• Air Force Basic Training, Lackland Air Force Base, TX, (Honors
graduate)
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:
2013
• Not About Bombs, (co-curator/ coordinator)
National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL
2012
• Overlooked/ Looked Over
National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL
2010
• Visualizing the Experiences of War (ViEW), (co-curator)
OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2008
• Non Commissioned Officer In Charge of Electronic Security at WrightPatterson Air Force Base, OH
2007
• Team Lead, Quick Reaction Force at Camp Bucca, Iraq
• Security Forces Desk Sergeant at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
OH
2006
• Security Forces Patrolman at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
• Installation Patrolman at Forward Operating Base Diamondback, Iraq
2005
• Security Forces Armorer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
ERICA SLONE
80 Wilson Avenue, Apt. E
Columbus, OH 43205
Email: sloneeerica@yahoo.com
Cell #: 937-344-5782
2004
• Installation Patrolman at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
2003
• Security Forces Entry Controller at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
2011
• OSU Undergraduate Research Scholarship – Overlooked/ Looked Over
Columbus, OH
2010
• Fergus Family Scholarship – Urban Warfare Training
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition - The Ohio State University, Columbus,
OH
• OSU Urban Arts Space’s Idea Lab grant – Visualizing the Experiences of
War Project, Columbus, OH
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2012
• Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Projects Exhibition
OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
• Highspeed
Crane Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
• In War
Schoenherr Gallery, North Central College, Naperville, IL
• Impact: the Experience of Service
ArtStart Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
• Veteran Expression
Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
• Overlooked/ Looked Over
National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL
2011
• Quantum Tunnel
Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• Wounded Warrior Art Show
St Mary’s School, Columbus, OH
• Paper Moon II
Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
• Tenacity of Hope – Veteran Art Exhibit
Littman and White Gallery, Portland, OR
ERICA SLONE
80 Wilson Avenue, Apt. E
Columbus, OH 43205
Email: sloneeerica@yahoo.com
Cell #: 937-344-5782
2010
• Annual Thumb Box Exhibition
Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, OH
• Intrusive Thoughts
National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL
• Veterans Day program and art exhibit for 2nd graders
Elementary/Junior High School, Cincinnati, OH
• Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• Gesture at Large
Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
EXHIBITION REVIEWS:
2012
• Tribune-Review: The art of war
by Kurt Shaw, August 2012
• iamOTHER: Voice of Art: Iraq Veterans Against the War, Pt. 2
produced by Pharrell William and directed by Z.S. Grant, July 2012
• People’s World: Overlooked and looked over: women veterans tell their
story
by John Bachtell, May 2012
• Chicago Journal: War, with a woman’s touch
by Igor Studenkov, April 2012
• Socialist Worker: The war women bring home
by Helen Redmond, April 2012
• The Chicago Tribune: Discharged but still not at ease – Women veterans
use art to process their time in the military
by Dawn Turner Trice, March 2012
• Kitsap Veterans Life: Sergeants to Sculptors – Women veterans
commemorate experience and find therapy in art
by Kate Whittle, March 2012
• The Lantern: Wexner Center to host film, panel about female war veterans
by Bianca Briggs, February 2012
2011
• Fine Art Views: Sarah Eilefson – Grants and Communications Coordinator
for the National Veterans Art Museum
by Brian Sherwin, August 2011
ERICA SLONE
80 Wilson Avenue, Apt. E
Columbus, OH 43205
Email: sloneeerica@yahoo.com
Cell #: 937-344-5782
• UWeekly: Troops in Transition: Returning Soldiers Battle Culture Shock at
OSU
by Jennifer Heslop, June 2011
• ASCENT: Out of the Field and Into the Classroom
by Shantay Piazza, May 2011
• Columbus Dispatch: Best Pieces from Paper Hold Reams of Meaning
by Christopher A. Yates, March 2011
• Medill Reports Chicago: Intrusive Thoughts: Chicago museum provides
cathartic experiences for veterans
by Bernard A. Lubell, March 2011
2010
• NVAMvideo: Intrusive Thoughts Walkthrough Tour
by Sarah Eilefson, National Veterans Art Museum, November 2010
• Chicago Journal: A New Class of Veterans has their say about War
by Greg Skinner, November 2010
• The Ohio State University webpage: The Art Of War: Do Something Great
by Kristen Convery and Jo McCulty, October 2010
• The Lantern: Students help Veterans express post-traumatic stress
syndrome through art
by Casey Hansman, October 2010
• Outlook: Creative Class
by Brianna Dance, October 2010
• OnCampus: Taking a Hard Look at War
by Julia Harris, September 2010
• UWeekly: ViEW Project: The exhibition that tells veterans’ tales through art
by Sean V. Lehosit, August, 2010
• Columbus Dispatch: Warrior Writers
by Kevin Joy, August 2010
PANEL DISCUSSIONS / SYMPOSIUMS:
2013
• Not About Bombs: Art and Identity Beyond Conflict. A panel discussion
among five women aims to unpack the binary of ally/enemy, self/other -- a
universal wartime strategy. Moderated by Johanna Buwalda, Director of
Mental Health at VVAW Military and Veterans Counseling.
National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL
ERICA SLONE
80 Wilson Avenue, Apt. E
Columbus, OH 43205
Email: sloneeerica@yahoo.com
Cell #: 937-344-5782
2012
• Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change. A discussion about the film,
Return. Hosted by Ann Fisher from the radio show All Sides with Ann
Fisher. Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH
2010
• Veterans Learning Community Research Symposium
Mershon Center for International Security Studies,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
ARTIST / CURATOR TALKS:
2012
• In War opening reception
Schoenherr Gallery, North Central College -- Naperville, IL
• Overlooked/ Looked Over and venue closing reception
The National Veterans Art Museum – Chicago, IL
• Veteran Art and Research in the Veterans Learning Community
Mendenhall Lab, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
• Overlooked/ Looked Over in the Denman Research Forum
Recreation & Physical Activity Center, The Ohio State University –
Columbus, OH
• Overlooked/ Looked Over opening reception
The National Veterans Art Museum – Chicago, IL
2011
• Overlooked/ Looked Over and Iraq Veterans Against the War’s
Operation Recovery
Marygrove College – Detroit, MI
2010
• ViEW Project Topics Table
Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University -- Columbus, OH
WORKSHOPS:
2012
• Fatigues Clothesline, workshop producer,
National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL
2011
• Iraq Veterans Against the War Strategy for 2012 Symposium,
workshop lead on brand development,
Carnegie University, Pittsburgh, PA
2010
• Combat Paper Project, workshop facilitator,
OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
ERICA SLONE
80 Wilson Avenue, Apt. E
Columbus, OH 43205
Email: sloneeerica@yahoo.com
Cell #: 937-344-5782
• 100 Faces of War Experience, workshop facilitator,
OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
• Warrior Writers, workshop facilitator,
OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
• National Veterans Art Museum Art Committee, Chicago, IL
• Arts & Humanities Dean’s Student Advisory Group, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH
• Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH
• Iraq Veterans Against the War, New York, NY
• Veterans for Peace, St. Louis, MO
• Air Force Sergeants Association, Suitland, MD
• Veterans Learning Community, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH