T. Erin Gruber is an artist and educator working professionally as a visual storyteller. She is currently an MFA Theatre Design student at the University of Alberta and living in Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton). An award-winning theatre designer with experience in set, lighting, costume and projected media design and a member of the board of directors of the Associated Designers of Canada, her theatre projects have toured locally and internationally. In June 2019 her design work was featured at the Prague Quadrennial International Design Exhibition. She is committed to combining the powers of visual communication with the passion and emotion of live performance. The projects that excite her most connect her core values of compassion, empathetic awakening and joyful experience with the public.