Our Mission, Vision, and Values
The mission of Intertwine Arts is to inspire creativity, joy, and self-confidence through free-form weaving for people of all ages with disabilities or chronic illness.
Intertwine Arts' exhibition at the Dynamic Arts Gallery was featured on the WNBC news!
Intertwine Arts envisions creating and promoting inclusive communities of weavers by partnering with organizations that provide programs and services to people with intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities or chronic illness together with their families and caregivers. We aim to promote accessibility in the arts, as well as champion the legitimacy of disabled weavers in the art world.
We also believe everyone should be able to experience the therapeutic benefits of weaving, a creative process wherein individuals discover their own unique creative sensibilities, connect with their peers on a deeper level, and gain confidence in themselves and their abilities.
Intertwine Arts believes that:
Three women smile and enjoy touching the fiber art on the gallery wall. One of the women is wearing sunglasses and holding a cane.
1. The arts must be inclusive, equitable, and accessible to people of every background and ability
2. Everyone has an inherent sense of beauty, unique sensibilities, and the intrinsic ability to create
A group of artists gather around the table holding their fiber artwork, the artworks vary in shapes and sizes and include a cricket loom weaving and paper plate weaving.
A mother and her two children stand infront of their weavings hanging on the gallery wall, they are hugging and smiling at the camera.
3. Everyone has the right to experience the joy and emotional well-being of making art
4. Building community among weavers, their families, and caregivers provides vital support, inspiration, and friendship
A woman with short curl black hair sits at the sewing machine, sewing a piece of yellow handwoven fabric
A man sits at the loom, weaving a red, pink and blue fabric, a woman sits next to him and chats with him
