Creative capacity can extend beyond the production of compelling art.  Case in point: Elise Gagliardi has found passion and talent in the worlds of art curation and gallery operations, and now she has expanded on this by becoming the director of the new ION Gallery in Kansas City. All while balancing her own art career and being the mother of 3 children!

As an artist herself, she can more precisely hone in on the under-appreciated needs of fellow artists.  Stay tuned — she has some hopeful ideas about meeting these!