Elora Crawford is an artist, educator, and MA Art Education student at Concordia University. Her research explores the art history of Kindergarten and the pedagogy of play. Central to this work is her scholarship of 19th-century playthings and art activities—the “Gifts and Occupations”—introduced to education by the founder of Kindergarten, Friedrich Froebel (1782–1852). These materials for learning through play are explored in workshops, gift play interviews, archival study, and artmaking. Her artistic practice unfolds across installation, sculpture, parquetry, paper-folding, and weaving. 

Elora has shown her work and curated exhibitions in Toronto and Montréal, and has presented workshops and guest lectures in Toronto, Montréal, and Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Her art writing has appeared in C Magazine,Peripheral Review, the Trinity Review, and gallery exhibition essays. She holds a BA in Visual Studies from the University of Toronto.