ERIN HOLSCHER ALMAZAN: What These Arms Hold

MAY 16 – AUGUST 23, 2025

The Contemporary Dayton is proud to present a new body of work by Erin Holscher Almazan. In these gestural oil paintings, Holscher Almazan examines the physical and emotional changes that naturally occur between a mother and her children, while reckoning with the fact that as her sons grow older, they also become more independent. In this series, she navigates this emotional space of attachment and detachment, of holding and letting go, through the use of color with an emphasis on hands and touch.

Erin Holscher Almazan is a Professor of Drawing and Printmaking at the University of Dayton. A native of North Dakota, she received a BFA in Fine Arts from Minnesota State University Moorhead and an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology. She resides in Dayton with her husband and two sons.

In conjunction with the exhibition, a selection of prints by the artist will be available for purchase in The CoSHOP Pop-up Print Shop.