Elise Wagner

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About Elise Wagner

Fine Art Professional regularly exhibiting and currently represented by Calloway Fine Art & Consulting in Washington, D.C, Imogen Gallery in Astoria, OR and Frederick Holmes & Co, Seattle, WA. Marketing Professional, Educator, Presenter, Grant Writer, Digital Communications, Art Materials, Social Media and Public Relations Manager with broad experience in aspects of higher education, business managemet and operations, product development and promotion, consumer communication, sales, content creation, coordination and management, customer service, copy writing and editing. Teacher best known for expertise in the ancient medium of encaustic and pioneering the encaustic collagraph monotype technique illustrated in the video below. Past teaching experience - Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, R&F Encaustics, Kingston, NY, The Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland Community College, Vermont Studio Center and Red Deer College, Alberta/Calgary, Canada. Always seeking teaching opportunities specifically at ateliers and printmaking facilities within the U.S. or aboad. Specialties: Marketing, media planning, forecasting, reporting and promotion. Exhibition conception, creation, budget, production, inventory, shipping, photography and promotion. Client relations, retention and networking. Art handling, curation, installation and restoration. Grant writing and social media, google analytics. Encaustic expert, art instruction and career consulting, forecasting and production, cost analysis, research. Unique knowledge of artist materials, specifically pigments, binders and chemical color properties. Website creation, implementation, content creation, management and updating.