Erico Ortiz has been a member of the Sheboygan Visual Artists since January 2013. He joined the organization as an emerging artist and found a welcoming community of artists who helped him to hone skills and offered a venue for displaying his art, a newfound interest after his retirement from the Milwaukee Public Schools. From 2013 to 2014, he coordinated the Final Friday events of the Sheboygan Visual Artists, an opportunity for the members to exhibit their newest art during theme-based exhibits that open on the final Friday of the month--eight months of the year. From school teacher to schoo...