Artist, Writer, and Mental Health Advocate
Based in St. Louis, Missouri, I am the founder of Just E Productions.
My work explores mental health, trauma, addiction, gender-based violence, and suicide prevention through art, writing, and community-based projects.
Rooted in lived experience, this work creates space for silence to break, for stories to be witnessed, and for healing to begin.
Art By Erin
Through painting, installation and public engagement, I explore the emotional realities that often remain unseen. My work reflects the complexity of survival and recovery while challenging stigma around mental illness, trauma, and addiction. Each piece is both personal and collective, grounded in the belief that creative expression can foster understanding, connection, and change.
The Journals
The Journals are a living body of writing shaped by lived experience, reaching back across a lifetime. They move through memory, illness, survival, and recovery, holding what resists order and the quiet moments of clarity that follow.
Activism & Advocacy
Advocacy and activism are where experience meets action. I work with communities to break silence, witness stories, and make space for healing and transformation.
Practice, Training, and Approach
My work is informed by training in psychology, addiction, and social justice through programs at Stanford University, Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, and the American Psychological Association. While education provides structure, my practice is guided foremost by listening, bearing witness, and honoring the lived experiences of others.
Bold Journey Magazine | September 25, 2025
Meet Erin McGrath Rieke
An Interview With Shawna Robins
A Space for Reflection and Change
Art has the power to reveal what words alone cannot. Through Just E Productions, I seek to create work that holds difficult truths while offering the possibility of hope, healing, and transformation.