Elaine Luther
Artist, Writer
Welcome, I’m Elaine.
I make art, write about art and teach people how to teach art. I also give speeches, such as Studio Rules! Find out more about me.
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Why the Micro Gallery is Named for Angelica Kauffman
I named the micro galleries for Angelica Kauffman, Swiss painter, 1741-1807, who was financially successful and worked in the neoclassical style. Most of her career was in London and Rome. Why Angelica Kauffman? It’s a great name! And we wanted to draw more...
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Call for Mini Murals!
Mural Artists Invited to Participate in the Micro Gallery! I had an idea! I realized that "wall decals," the thin, low tack, removable "signs" that you can have made, would "read" as a mural on the outside walls of the micro galleries. I was thinking of a local...
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IGTV Interview with Craft Industry Alliance
Interviewed by the Craft Industry Alliance I had to be very brave and do my first Instagram Live! Abby Glassenberg of the Craft Industry Alliance is a terrific interviewer and immediately put me at ease. It's archived at the CIA Instagram, you can watch it here.
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Call for Art: Wallet Size
Wallet Size: A Show of Photographic Works My concept for this show was originally Contact Prints, the size of a 35 mm negative when printed directly on photographic paper. But that's a little bit small, at 1" x 1.5" and how would most of us even go about getting that...
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Where to Find Mini Canvases, Canvas Boards and Panels to Miniature Art Works
Miniature canvases are easy to find, and were the first thing that came to mind when I started my miniature art gallery. Now that I've installed my second art show, I'm starting to see more options for miniature art substrates. One artist sent in work on a canvas...
read moreMy Mini Gallery Invited to Join the Guild of Micro Galleries!
There's a guild for us gallerists of tiny, small, miniature or micro galleries! I'm thrilled that my gallery, Angelica Kauffman Gallery, has been invited to be a member of the guild! And there's even a manifesto! At the link of the manifesto, you can find all of...
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Virtual Gallery Show with Homewood Arts Council
I'm delighted to have my artwork in a virtual gallery show with the Homewood Arts Council. Here's a screenshot of it, and a link below, so you can see all the artists' work. Check out the whole show: https://www.homewoodartscouncil.com/virtual-gallery This...
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How to Build a Miniature Gallery without Any Tools
While I have access to saws and such, I wanted to make this fast and easy. Here's how to build a miniature gallery with no tools at all. All you need is the pre-cut wood, wood glue, and paint. The base of the gallery is a cradled board from the art supply store. It's...
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How All My Art Goes Together
Sometimes I look at another artist's body of work and marvel that they work in a single medium for years and years, and sometimes even in a single style. At first glance, my body of work may look diverse, as if it's lots of little, different bodies of work, but there...
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The Defiance of a Married Woman Keeping her Name
Almost 100 years later, and it’s still true. I still get Christmas cards and invitations addressed to Not Me, after many years of marriage. And my gentle corrections are still sometimes met with hostility. Women of the 19th and 20th centuries fought for the legal...
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