Community Creative Art Project

Summit attendees will have the opportunity to contribute to a community art piece that will be displayed in Region 5 after the summit. Alongside artist Maria Ervasti, attendees will be invited to add their personal touch to individual pieces of the art installation.

Artist: Maria Ervasti

Maria Ervasti is an artist, educator, and arts advocate living in rural Minnesota. Maria graduated from Minnesota State University Moorhead with a Bachelor of Science in K-12 Art Education, and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. She has been teaching art to a variety of ages and demographics for the past decade in both the private and public sectors. Maria enjoys the therapeutic properties of art and believes that everyone should have access to the joy that it brings.