Elise Boulanger is an emerging artist and curator currently located in Durango, Colorado. Boulanger is a citizen of the Osage Nation.
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contact
eliseblngr@gmail.com
instagram : @liluhlise
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current employment
Curatorial Fellow
Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO
May 2021 – present
Ceramics Instructor + Studio Technician
Colorado Clay Studio in Durango, CO
May 2021 – present
Secretary, Board of Directors
Durango Natural Foods in Durango, CO
April 2022 – present
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education
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Focus in Museum Studies + Minors in Art History and Anthropology
magna cum laude
Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO
Fall 2017 – May 2021
Business & Entrepreneurship Certificate
Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM
January 2023 – present
Community Osage Language Beginner Course
Osage Nation Language Department via Zoom
August 2022 – present
Andrew W. Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation Summer Workshop
UCLA / Getty Master’s Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials in Los Angeles, CA
July 2019
University Studies Abroad Consortium
Tuscia University in Viterbo, Italy
Summer 2019
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experience
Art Market Manager + Board Member
Animas City Night Bazaar in Durango, CO
May 2021 – November 2021
Collections Management Intern + Leadership Team
Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO
January 2019 – May 2021
Colorado Clay Studio Intern
Colorado Clay Studio in Durango, CO
Winter 2021 – May 2021
TA & Tutor in Art History (STEAM Peer Educator)
Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO
August – December 2019
Gallery Preparator Intern
Art & Design Department at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO
August 2018 – May 2019
Gallery Desk Volunteer
Durango Arts Center in Durango, CO
August – December 2018
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exhibits + projects
Curator, Organizer, Designer, and Artist Participant of “The Stories We Wear, Honoring MMIR”
Traveling Group Exhibition
Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO
November 30, 2022 – September 2023
Curator, Organizer, Designer, and Artist Participant of “As Seeds, We Grow: Student Reflections on Resilience”
Group Exhibition in the Center of Southwest Studies Museum
Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO
April 27, 2022 – April 5, 2023
Curator, Organizer, and Artist Participant of “Throughline: Student Works Inspired by the Center’s Collections”
Group Exhibition in the Center of Southwest Studies Museum
Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO
April 7, 2021 – March 18, 2022
Artist Participant in Durango Art Brigade
Mural Painting for Durango Creative District
May 2021
Artist Participant of “Interlude to Persona”
Main Art Gallery at Fort Lewis College
Spring 2021
Curator, Organizer, and Artist Participant of “Student Skateboard Deck Art” inspired by “PIVOT: Skateboard Deck Art”
Group Exhibition in Reed Library and Student Union, Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO
Fall 2020
Curator, Organizer, and Artist Participant of “Collaborative Amoebas”
Group Exhibition in Reed Library, Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO
Spring 2019
Artist Participant of 58th, 59th, 60th Annual Student Juried Exhibitions
Group Exhibition at Fort Lewis College
Spring 2019, Spring 2020
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achievements
Film feature in Rocky Mountain PBS, Native Lens, “Exhibit at Fort Lewis College reveals the extent of the Missing Murdered Indigenous Relatives issue”
January 9, 2023
Presenter at Association of Academic Museums 2022 Annual Conference, Sustainability Now!
Utah State University, June 14 – 17, 2022
Conservation Intern at National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute
Canceled due to COVID, Summer 2020
Award for Best Oral Presentation at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
Fort Lewis College, May 2021
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