Elaine Luther

Elaine Luther is an independent studio artist working with textile fragments to shine a light on issues of women's labor, lives and rights. She transforms handcrafted textiles with light reactive dye to change how people perceive the items.

Her work has shown across the country and in the UK, including at the Garrett Museum of Art, the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, and the libraries and archives at the Bristol Art Museum and the Henry Sheldon Museum.

A long time teaching artist, Elaine has taught a wide range of skills over the years and currently teaches shibori dyeing and quilting and garment sewing to classes of intergenerational students. Over the years she has taught at many art centers, libraries, and for guilds, including Lillstreet Art Center, the Indianapolis Art Center, 20 Neighborhoods with WMG, and Chicago Public Library.

She has presented speeches at SECAC, Self-Employment in the Arts, FX Chicago, Northern Illinois University, Business of Arts Peoria, and more.

Publications include the book, Give and Take; articles at Sixty Inches from the Center, Chicago Artist Resource, Moore Women Artists, and the Craft Industry Alliance. She is listed in the Chicago Artist Files and in the Reyerson Library Files at AIC. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Kolaj Institute, and the Henry Sheldon Museum and Archives.