Astoria Open Studios Tour
Pier 11 Studio is participating again this year in the annual Astoria Open Studios Tour. This gives the general public a chance to explore Astoria’s creative culture by visiting over 50 artists in their studios all weekend. Since this event highlights the immense talent and vibrant growing community in Astoria, we thought we would celebrate by inviting artist team Anna Daedalus and Kerry Davis to join us for an exhibit in our main gathering space for the Astoria Open Studios Tour. Visitors from near and far get an all-access pass into the creative worlds of each artist. Artists share their techniques learned over years of practice and patrons get a chance to see their latest work.
The studio is a place of creative learning and bringing community together poised perfectly to invite inspiration on the Columbia River waterfront. So many came by last year to enjoy the views and learn about our many upcoming classes and events.
The studio serves a duel purpose as the working studios of Elise Wagner and Gabe Fernandez. We are so excited to invite you in to learn more about our work and studio practice. Gabe is a photo realist painter represented by Portland’s Russo Lee Gallery and Patricia Rovzar Gallery in Seattle. Elise paints with encaustic and oils and also prints with encaustic wax. Her work can be seen locally at Imogen Gallery, Lost in Composition Gallery in Seattle and Calloway Fine Arts in Washington, D.C. Both artists are working towards their shows in September, Gabe in Portland at Russo Lee Gallery and Elise at Astoria’s Imogen Gallery.
The Astoria Open Studios Tour is a free, family-friendly event for anyone interested in meeting creative people and learning about Astoria’s vibrant art community. Look for the printed tour guides featuring all artists in galleries, coffee shops, hotels across Astoria in early July.
Both Elise and Gabe are also among the art in a group show featuring all of the participating artists in the Astoria Open Studios Tour “Artists of Astoria”, July 11 – August 4 at Astoria Visual Arts. We look forward to seeing you!
Artist Talk with Elise Wagner & Gabe Fernandez
Join artists Elise Wagner and Gabe Fernandez for a talk and slide presentation about art, partnership, and place. Working side by side at the confluence of the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean in Astoria, Wagner’s abstract encaustic paintings and collagraph prints explore layered natural systems, while Fernandez’s hyperrealist paintings capture the precision of light and observation.
Maryhill Museum of Art
Celestial Currents, selected artworks by Elise Wagner, encaustic painter and printmaker.
Encaustic Collagraph Printmaking in London
Elise will be teaching two one-day courses on Encaustic Collagraph while traveling in the UK.
For more information please visit https://www.artichokeprintworkshop.co.uk/page/courses-and-tuition/.
To register your interest in the course email artichoketrading@btconnect.com.
Encaustic Collagraph Printmaking in London
Elise will be teaching two one-day courses on Encaustic Collagraph while traveling in the UK.
For more information please visit https://www.artichokeprintworkshop.co.uk/page/courses-and-tuition/.
To register your interest in the course email artichoketrading@btconnect.com.
Familiar Elements: Visible and Invisible
A two woman show at Frederick Holmes & Co, Seattle, WA, titled Familiar Elements: Visible & Invisible
Grand Opening Pier 11 Studio
Join us for the Grand Opening of Pier 11 Studio. A center for creative learning and the working studio of Elise Wagner.
Bodies of Water Exhibition
Bodies of Water exhibition at 33 Contemporary Gallery, Palm Beach showroom. Through December 27, 2024 and online virtual reality exhibition.
Select Works at Hoffman Center for the Arts
I am honored and delighted as a new resident of the north Oregon Coast to have been invited for a special exhibition at the Hoffman Center for the Arts.
Visual Artist Talk: "The Interplay of Elements"
“The Interplay of Elements”, a Visual Arts Lecture with Elise Wagner at the Hoffman Gallery in Manzanita, August 18th, at 1:00 pm. Elise will talk about the various ways she has brought her inspirations to life over the past 30 years with the encaustic medium. The presentation will include visuals of her work, work space, the encaustic and some show and tell work samples of encaustic collagraph printing plates. Join us! This is a ticketed event. Receive complimentary admission, by signing up to be a member here.
Exhibition
Wonder Lands - An exhibition in the small room at Imogen Gallery of visually intricate works exploring loss, change, and transformation on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Show is up til July 8th. Contact the gallery wth inquiries.
ELISE WAGNER 20 YEARS IN WAX POP-UP
Clatsop Community College Royal Nebeker Art Gallery continues its exhibition season into 2024 with a brief pop-up show, will give aspiring art students a glimpse into a prolific two-decade period of exploration into the ancient Greco-Roman medium of encaustic.
Holiday Open Studio
Join me for the first in Astoria celebrating a long standing open studio tradition spreading holiday cheer by unveiling my year-end small works and prints. Original art makes the perfect gift! Stop by to peruse dozens of small encaustic paintings and collagraph prints while enjoying some hot cider.