{"id":60969,"date":"2024-09-24T13:17:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?p=60969"},"modified":"2024-09-25T14:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T18:36:01","slug":"lauren-ernst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/lauren-ernst\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Ernst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artist and pressman at the Freeman Screen Print &amp; Embroidery, Charlotte<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-1x1-md\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"593\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/09\/Lauren-Ernst-Self-Portrait-2011-600x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60971 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/593;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education:<\/strong><br>Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art with a concentration in Print Media, UNC Charlotte (2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After graduating from UNC Charlotte <em>summa cum laude<\/em>, Lauren Ernst has remained in the Charlotte area, working as a professional screen printer since 2016. For a year she supervised garment screen printing at Contagious Graphics, and from 2017-2022 she was a production manager for Mom &amp; Pop\u2019s Print Shop, where she worked with clients to produce silkscreen prints, letterpress commissions, and direct-to-garment presswork and supervised quality in Pantone color matching jobs. 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