--- title: Elisha Rubacha description: exploration of miniature impressionism url: 'https://www.artsume.com/a/elisha-rubacha' type: artist createdAt: '2026-10-08' updatedAt: '2026-10-09' disciplines: - Miniature - Craft - Mixed Media - Poetry - Theatre location: 'Peterborough, ON, Canada' website: 'https://instagram.com/saidthefox' birthYear: 1989 --- # Elisha Rubacha *exploration of miniature impressionism | Miniature, Craft, Mixed Media, Poetry, Theatre | Based in Peterborough, ON, Canada* ## About Elisha May Rubacha lives, writes, and makes small things in Peterborough, ON. She was a finalist for Peterborough's Outstanding Emerging Artist Award in both 2018 and 2025, and has received grant support for her various writing endeavours from every level of government. Elisha has been developing her new artistic practice in miniatures since June 2025. ## Curriculum Vitae ### Education - **2013** - Honours BA, English Literature, minor in Philosophy, emphasis in Linguistics, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada ### Awards, Grants & Fellowships - **2025** - Finalist for the Outstanding Emerging Artist Award, Peterborough Arts Awards - **2025** - Recommender Grant for Writers to write Caprock Poems, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada, Recommended by Brick Books - **2024** - Grants for Individual Artists Component One, to write Caprock Poems, Electric City Culture Council & The City of Peterborough, $1,500 - **2023** - Grant to workshop script-in-progress Loop, Theatre Trent - **2023** - Two Recommender Grants for Writers to write Caprock Poems, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada, Recommended by New Quarterly and Book*hug Press - **2022** - Grants for Individual Artists Component Two, to workshop Loop, Electric City Culture Council & The City of Peterborough, $3,500 - **2022** - Honourable Mention in the August 2022 Arc Award of Awesomeness, Arc Magazine - **2022** - Explore and Create Research and Creation Grant for Caprock Poems, fully funded, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON, Canada, $20,880 - **2022** - Recommender Grant for Theatre Creators to write script-in-progress Loop, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada, Recommended by 4th Line Theatre - **2020** - Recommender Grant for Writers to write The Bondar Book, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada, Recommended by Invisible Publishing - **2019** - Two Recommender Grants for Writers to write The Bondar Book, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada, Recommended by Coach House and ChiZine Publications - **2018** - Two small grants to workshop scripts, Loop and Waiting for Real Jobs, Theatre Trent - **2018** - Finalist for the Outstanding Emerging Artist Award, Peterborough Arts Awards - **2018** - Recommender Grant for Writers to write The Bondar Book, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada, Recommended by Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society - **2017** - Grant to produce Capable as part of a bird, buried press triple book launch, Theatre Trent - **2016** - Shortlisted for Under There, PRISM International Creative Non-Fiction Contest - **2013** - Barbara Rooke Travel Prize, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada, $3,000 Note from the artist: Granted to a graduating English major for travel to a significant literary heritage site or region - **2012** - Sylvia Cherney Scholarship, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada, $500 Note from the artist: Granted to an academically accomplished English major with a demonstrated love of theatre ### Residencies - **2023** - Emerging Writers Residency: Poetry, Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, Banff, AB, Canada, Poet-in-Residence, working on Caprock Poems under Suzanne Zelazo - **2021** - Artist-in-Residence, Precarious Festival ### Publications - **2024** - *uncharted*, it took work to get here (These Days) - **2023** - *star child*, ON FIRE, EH? (These Days) - **2021** - *33 Raz Street*, Food of My People (Exile Editions) - **2019** - *see*, the tuesday poem (dusie) - **2018** - *too much nothing*, Apt. 9 Press - **2017** - *model rocket*, Bywords - **2017** - *cover letter; Veterinarian's Instructions; laundry room note*, illiterature (Puddles of Sky Press) - **2015** - *He Could Have Said Iron*, Skirt Quarterly - **2015** - *dot lineage*, The Steel Chisel ### Positions - **2016–Present** - Founder, Editor & Graphic Designer, bird, buried press Note from the artist: Publishes work by Ontario writers and artists. Specializing in handmade book objects, bird, buried often creates books in limited runs with one-of-a-kind features, sometimes even assembling them live and including unique poems written at the event. - **2016–2024** - Co-Conspirator, Graphic Designer & Webmaster, Show and Tell Poetry Series ### Professional Service - **2018–2021** - Board Member, Electric City Culture Council, Peterborough, ON, Canada ### Projects - **2025** - *Mini-Mini 50/50*, Artspace, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Sold several small-scale works in support of Artspace’s Mini-Mini 50/50 - **2021–2024** - *Short-Forms Mentorship Program*, Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society, Selected Short-Forms Mentee, working on Caprock Poems under Marc Nair - **2023** - *Selected Theatre Mentee, Alternating Currents Program*, Public Energy, Working on Loop under Kate Story - **2019** - *Selected Theatre Mentee, Alternating Currents Program*, Public Energy, Working on Loop under Kate Story - **2019** - *Playwright of Waiting for Real Jobs*, Precarious Festival - **2018** - *Stagehand & Publisher of The Fluff Trilogy*, The Theatre on King, Fluff Stories - **2017** - *Selected Theatre Mentee, Alternating Currents Program*, Public Energy, Working on Loop under Kate Story - **2017** - *Installation Artist*, Precarious Festival ## Portfolio ### Sriracha Mayo (2025) *Fimo oven-bake clay & acrylic paint* --- ### 1:12 scale living room (2026) --- ### tiny advent (2025) *Fimo oven-bake clay & magnets in a tin, with lino-cut print Christmas tree* --- ### tiny gear (2025) *Fimo oven-bake clay & magnets in a tin* --- ### record player (2026) *Fimo oven-bake clay, acrylic paint, paper, card, pen, acyrlic paint, and craft wood* --- ### picnic table (2025) *Craft Wood & Acrylic Paint* --- ### games (2025) *Paper, Card, Pen, Marker, White-out* ## Links - **Website:** https://instagram.com/saidthefox