The Minor Art Gallery (MAG)
The MAG is a tiny art gallery located in Magnolia, Seattle next door to the historic Seattle City Light Building. We display rotating mini art shows that are free and open to people that happen to walk by on this particular street on a particular day.
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CURRENT SHOW
FEAST FOR THE EYES II
This collection continues my exploration of Italian-inspired food sculptures, celebrating the beautiful overlap between food and art. In Italy, a meal is rarely just about what's on the plate; it's about gathering, lingering, sharing stories, and creating memories around the table.
By recreating meals that are meant to be enjoyed together, these pieces preserve the feeling of connection that food creates long after the last bite is gone.
This show is a celebration of community, craftsmanship, and the simple joy of sharing a meal. It is my way of honoring the traditions that remind us that some of life's most meaningful moments happen around the table, where food becomes both nourishment and a form of art.
If interested in purchasing a piece, please email elise@elisewulff.com
Lowfat Calzone Zone Plate Cardboard, paint, paper bags $150
Sardines & Salami Board Cardboard, paint, paper bags $200
Anginetti Cookies Plate Cardboard, paint, paper bags $65
Oranges & Sardines Plate Cardboard, paint, paper bags SOLD
Original Oysters Plate Cardboard, paint, paper bags $50
Girl Dinner Plate Cardboard, paint, paper bags $45
Holy Cannoli Plate Cardboard, paint, paper bags $75
Firenze Oysters Plate Cardboard, paint, paper bags $75
Branzino Plate Cardboard, paint, paper bags $200
Spumoni Cake & Slice Cardboard, paint, paper bags $250
Cherries & Stripes Plate $40
The Bear Plate $40
Spring in Motion
Spring in Motion is a rotating cardboard installation celebrating the arrival of spring. Over several weeks, robin builds a nest, lay eggs, and hatches her 3 young birds, with new scenes appearing for neighbors to discover on their daily walks. Made entirely from recycled cardboard and paper, the piece invites viewers to slow down and notice the small seasonal changes happening all around us.
PAST SHOWS AT THE MAG
mini BENEFIT ART SHOW
supporting
BALLARD FOOD BANK
100% of proceeds from sales of this show will go directly to Ballard Food Bank. To inquire or purchase pieces, please email elise@elisewulff.com or text 253-653-2880. Thank you for your support!
From top left clockwise:
Retro Rainbow by Alexandra Nason
2022
11" x 14”
$200
Pan con Jamon by Erik Berkule
12” x 12”
$150
Pizza Rat by Elise Wulff
2025
Cardboard, hot glue
SOLD
Stay Inside the Lines Coloring Book
Various WA artists
$25
Safe Space
‘Safe Space’ started as a completely different concept that was originally depicted as a physical manifestation of a safe haven I keep locked away in my head.
But, I heard a call (have you read Big Magic? You can’t ignore that inspiration!), and it demanded I create fish. lots and lots of fish. now. RIGHT NOW. Despite this shift, the name 'Safe Space' remained apt, reflecting the theme of seeking security within one's environment.
While most humans would not call the open ocean a ‘safe space’, it offers sanctuary to countless small creatures. Through the safety of the community, even the smallest fish can thrive. A school of sardines and other shelter-seeking animals like rock fish, crabs, and starfish finding solace in their surroundings symbolizes this innate need for protection and belonging.
a friendly Black Rock fish
Safe Space during the day
Safe Space at night
FESTA PER GLI OCCHI
FEAST FOR THE EYES
Artist Elise Wulff pays homage to Italy and her culinary treasures by immortalizing beloved fare into sculptural art. Perhaps not a feast for the palate, but certainly a feast for the eyes!
september 4 - october 1, 2023
If interested in purchasing a piece from the show, please email elise.antonio@gmail.com. U.S. shipping available for fee.
Goodbye to Childhood Breakfast
April 30th - June 10th, 2023
“Childhood is a short season” - Helen Hayes
Goodbye to Childhood Breakfast is a multi-media exploration into my own anxiety about time, moving into adulthood and the loss I don’t necessarily feel for the halcyon days of past. It does feel like time is racing fast to the finish line (actually, science shows time does appear to move faster for adults via heuristics), and the pressures of aging and losing time are all around us.
However, throughout creating this installation, I was reminded that the magic we knew as children can be so powerful when brought into adulthood. Imagination, play and wonder are integral to a joy-filled life that keeps us present and moving forward instead of looking back.
I feel nostalgic about childhood (and breakfast at my Gram’s where many a bowl of cereal was eaten) - but I also wouldn’t go back. Though I still consider myself young, time is not promised to anyone. I’m enjoying the time I have left.
A personal exploration into imagination and anxiety, childhood nostalgia and the human experience of time. Oh and breakfast foods!
Goodbye to Childhood Breakfast - video portion of installation. Made for television display at the MAG
We Belong To The Wild
In this curated animal collection, cardboard pieces from past and present were created as a celebration of the wild in us all.
March 24th - April 20th, 2023
If you've ever been inspired by a poem, by nature, by animals, you've known the feeling of belonging to the wild. Whenever I walk in Discovery Park, or snuggle my dog Goose, or feel my heartstrings being pulled when reading a Mary Oliver poem, I know that the wild is alive and well in my soul.
This collection of animal pieces is a celebration of that wild place that lives both inside and outside of ourselves. It lives in the orcas spotted from the ferry boat. It lives in the little snails slowly making their way through our gardens. The snakes sunning themselves on quiet walking trails in the summer. The wild lives in the 'fat bears' filling up on the abundance of salmon in the fall. It also lives in each and every human.
It's the feeling that we are so lucky to experience in the PNW - the feeling that we belong to the bigger wild.
“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place in the family of things.”
- Mary Oliver, Wild Geese
