E Grace Dager has lived in numerous states, choosing the PNW as her home. In 1980 she was a scholarship recipient to the University of Miami for her art and writing. She has also attended classes at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art in Washington D.C. and received a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in 1989. Dager does not limit expression to words and painting, and also works in video, performance art, and set design. She has appeared and worked in film, including working with the renowned Karl Krogstad. Dager creates recycle art, and has been making cut up poetry for over forty years. She has served as Board member for Center on Contemporary Art ( CoCA ) from 2012-2015. She has worked at the Seattle Art Museum, and taught art to terminal cancer patients. She currently lives in Everett, Wa. and hosts Gold E Lofts Gallery, open to the public every third Thursday in participation with Everett's Art Walk.