Erin Sweeney/Lovely in the Home Press

Erin Sweeney lives and works in New Hampshire. She received her MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where she was awarded the Elizabeth C. Roberts Prize for Graduate Book Arts.  She also has a BFA in Sculpture from the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine.

Sweeney exhibits nationally, most recently at Twiggs Gallery in Boscawen, NH and Kimball Jenkins Gallery in Concord, NH. In July 2019, Sweeney was awarded a Ruth and James Ewing Award for Excellence in the Arts, and was pleased to serve as a juror in 2020. She was awarded the NH Arts Educators Association's Outstanding Service Award in 2021.

​Additionally, Sweeney is an instructor, teaching book arts workshops at her Lovely in the Home Press. She also travels to teach workshops at many locales, including Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Maine Media Workshops, and the Philadelphia Center for the Book. She is a member of the NH State Council on the Arts’ Artist Roster, and is the Art Education Coordinator and Assistant Professor of the Practice at Plymouth State University.