Erin Stone

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About Erin Stone

ERIN STONE is an arts administrator, curator and creative marketing specialist born and raised in Los Angeles and based out of Central Oregon. She is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of 11:11 Projects, a mission-driven organization dedicated to empowering communities through advocacy, public art production, and justice-centered programming. She started her career teaching high-school, working with at-risk teens in special education. Erin received a degree in photography and visual communications and completed the Executive Program in Arts & Culture Strategy at University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice. She has been recognized locally and nationally for her photographic work and has over 15 years of experience in grassroots leadership, event production, art curation, youth mentorship, and community development through the arts. With a passion for culture, representation and story-telling, Erin's curatorial work has been published in The New Yorker, Artillery Magazine, Hyperallergic, LA Times and featured on Spectrum News and NPR. Erin has received numerous civic awards of recognition for her work with 11:11 Projects and was named an Impact-Maker to Watch by City Impact Labs. She proudly sits on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival, which is dedicated to representing and celebrating the diversity within the independent film community. Erin is a photographer, plant enthusiast, and along with her pit bull mix, Ash, an avid wanderer and traveler.