Elisabeth Samuels

Elisabeth Samuels was a painter, curator & educator, currently Director at Indigo Gallery. Born in Chicago, she received a BA from Indiana University, studied at The Art Institute of Chicago, and UNC program Figline Valdarno, Italy, and received a MFA in Painting and an MA in Art Education from the University of Wisconsin Madison. For more than 25 years Samuels worked in the fine art field using her curatorial skill set in both educational and gallery settings, as well as through community engagement. Samuels was the cofounder of Artists in Buffalo and the current incarnation of Allentown First Fridays