Elsa Voelcker
Senior lecturer, Photography
Fine Arts Department
Visual and Performing Arts Division
M.F.A. IN Photography, Visual Studies Workshop Rocheater, NY through SUNY Buffalo,N.Y.
B.A. Art History, Boston University, Boston Mass.
Courses Taught
Creative Photography I-IV
Individual and Community
Experiencing the Arts
Research Interests & Areas of Expertise
Photographic portraits of people with piercings and tattoos
Publications and Presentations
2010 Starving Artist Gallery, KeeneNew Hampshire, Piercing Portraits, artist talk
2007 JaffreyCivicCenter, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, Portraits and Peonies,artist talk
2006 Thoreau Art Gallery, Student Center, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire, Piercing Images, The Body as Canvas
2007 “I am my Daughter’s Canvas” published in a book, “Blaze: Discourse on Art, Women and Feminism, co-editied by Karen Fostig and Kathy Halamka
2006 Fitchburg Access Television, Fitchburg, Mass. in a pannel discussion on Woman’s Caucus for art televized on Fitchburg channel
Presenter on panel in Women's Caucus for Art Annual Conference Co-Creating Art, the Private Made Public
Plymouth State College, Plymouth, N.H. My Life as a Photographic Artist.
Professional Memberships
- Regional Coordinator and leader for Artist leadership Network a national organization of small artist groups for women
- Former President and member of New Hampshire Chapter of Woman’s Caucus for Art
Conferences Attended
Women’s Caucus for Art, Boston & Atlanta,
Grants Received
Research grant from Franklin Pierce 2004
Personal Interest
Photography, portraiture and landscape, preserving family histories, hiking, film
