Woven Together Annual Community Exhibition
Woven Together Annual Community Exhibition brings together fiber-artworks from across our programming and community members. This year, the theme is TOUCH - exploring the tactile nature of our lives and creativity.
Opening Party
Celebrate the Opening of Woven Together: TOUCH exhibition!
Step into a world of texture, touch, and imagination! Celebrate the Woven Together: TOUCH Exhibition opening at Positive Exposure Gallery.
Join Intertwine Arts for the return of our annual community exhibition, Woven Together! This year’s theme, Touch, invites you into a world of fiber that is soft, textured, weighty, smooth, and meant to be experienced through touch.
Celebrate the opening with an evening of art, connection, and community featuring fiber artworks by disabled artists, live music, delicious food and refreshments, and a selection of handmade pieces and fiber goods available in our shop. Meet artists, connect with the Intertwine Arts community, and experience the joy and accessibility at the heart of our work.
We are delighted to expand Woven Together into a month-long exhibition featuring workshops, public programs, special guests, and community events.
Opening Celebration
September 10th, 5pm - 8pm
83 Maiden Lane, Floor 4
New York, NY, 10038
Marble Maze Workshop
Create your own hand-sewn marble maze! Participants will be provided with handwoven fabric, or are welcome to bring their own fabric to work with. Using sewing tools and marbles provided in the workshop, participants will learn how to sew a simple fabric maze and create their own tactile toy to take home.
The finished marble maze fits comfortably in your hand and can be used as a fidget toy for relaxation, sensory exploration, and stimming. It’s a hands-on project that combines creativity, texture, movement, and touch.
About Anna-Maie
Anna-Maie Southern (she/her) is the Creative Director of Intertwine Arts. Anna-Maie is a trained textile practitioner with a specialism in woven fabrics and over 10 years of experience working within the textile field. She has experience working as a studio manager, teaching artist, and practicing maker. Her practice is rooted in a love of making and a belief in the value of shared creative spaces. She is committed to Intertwine’s mission of advocating for artists with disabilities and fostering more inclusive, accessible opportunities within the arts.
This workshop will take place at Positive Exposure Gallery, a warm and welcoming space dedicated to making art accessible and inclusive. The gallery is designed to be a comfortable environment where everyone can explore, create, and connect.
Registration Form
This workshop is free to attend. If you’d like to support our work, consider making an optional donation below.
Narrative Weaving Workshop with Ria Hawks and Liz Grossman
Weaving as Narrative: Responding Through Color, Texture & Form
What if you responded to a story with color and fiber instead of words? Join us for a hands-on workshop blending Narrative Medicine with free-form weaving. We'll read a short piece together, then you'll respond on a handheld loom with a wide range of yarns and textures. Guided by a prompt, you'll have 20–30 minutes to create freely, exploring an emotion, memory, or image, and letting fiber become the language of response. We'll close with time to reflect and optionally share what emerged.
Narrative Medicine is an interdisciplinary practice that draws upon the humanities, creative arts, and clinical practice to deepen our capacity to listen, observe, reflect, and understand the experiences of others.
Intertwine Arts similarly recognizes the power of creative expression, using free-form weaving to inspire creativity, joy, connection, and self-confidence among people of all ages with disabilities and chronic illness.
This evening of weaving and reflection brings these practices together, inviting participants to slow down, pay attention, and respond—not necessarily by finding the “right” answer, but by noticing what arises.
This workshop is for participants with prior weaving experience (no advanced skill required). All materials provided.
About Ria
Prior to her full-time devotion to Intertwine Arts, Ria was a pediatric nurse practitioner at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NY Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). Her focus was providing palliative and curative care for children with cancer and life-threatening hematological diseases. Throughout her career, she has been an advocate for integrative therapies, including interventions that promote healing.
Ria recognized that weaving could decrease stress and anxiety as well as enhance self-expression and coping skills. She established a weaving program, which was adaptable to different developmental, physical, and emotional needs, in the pediatric hematology/oncology clinic at CUMC. As an adjunct professor at Bank Street Graduate School of Education, Ria shares her expertise with child life students. She also volunteers in the Arts in Medicine Studio, in the Pediatric Neurology Clinic at CUMC. She is the co-founder and Board President of Intertwine Arts.
About Liz
Liz Matejka-Grossman has dedicated her career to advancing equity for under-resourced and marginalized communities through education. While teaching high school English and ESL in New York City public schools, she created wraparound programs to support at-risk students and their families. She also established Literacy AmeriCorps in Palm Beach County as a project of the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County to combat high rates of illiteracy, address the needs of young and adult learners, and provide meaningful service and professional development opportunities for AmeriCorps members.
The birth of her first child in 1999, who has the chromosomal anomaly 18q- syndrome, catapulted Liz into accessibility education and deepened her lifelong commitment to inclusion. A professional dancer, she trained at England’s Royal Ballet School before earning her BA from the University of Michigan and graduate degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She later co-founded Sharing the Arts, a nonprofit that enhances the lives of individuals with disabilities and diverse ways of being through inclusive performing arts opportunities.
This workshop will take place at Positive Exposure Gallery, a warm and welcoming space dedicated to making art accessible and inclusive. The gallery is designed to be a comfortable environment where everyone can explore, create, and connect.
Registration Form
This workshop is free to attend. If you’d like to support our work, consider making an optional donation below.
Spinning Workshop with Gigi Matthews
Spinning Workshop
Learn how to make yarn using a spindle, the most basic tool used in the craft of handspinning. Spindles have been used for over 30,000 years! We will work with different types of sheep wools and also flax plant fibers.
About Gigi
Gigi Matthews has sold yarns in markets and on Etsy, and has taught spinning at guilds, regional fiber arts conferences, the Tatter Textile Library, and the John C. Campbell Folk School. She is currently the president of the Handweavers Guild of America.
This workshop will take place at Positive Exposure Gallery, a warm and welcoming space dedicated to making art accessible and inclusive. The gallery is designed to be a comfortable environment where everyone can explore, create, and connect.
Registration Form
This workshop is free to attend. If you’d like to support our work, consider making an optional donation below.
Exhibition Touch Tour
Touch Tour
You are invited to experience the sensorial wonder of the Woven Together Exhibition through a gallery tour with vivid verbal descriptions and a wealth of tactile opportunities. A.K.A, you get to touch the art as you learn about it! The tour itself will run for ninety minutes. There will be a fifteen minute period for people to arrive and get oriented, and another fifteen minute period for additional Q&A at the end.
About Danah
Danaleah Schoenfuss (any/all pronouns) is the Program Director of Intertwine Arts, and has six years of tour experience. They have previously held positions at The American Museum of Natural History, The New York Transit Museum, The Children’s Museum of Manhattan and The Mashantucket Pequot Museum. She also has her own multi-medium arts practice primarily within the worlds of weaving, braiding, and metalwork, where they express their autism through stim and tactile explorations.
This workshop will take place at Positive Exposure Gallery, a warm and welcoming space dedicated to making art accessible and inclusive. The gallery is designed to be a comfortable environment where everyone can explore, create, and connect.
Registration Form
This workshop is free to attend. If you’d like to support our work, consider making an optional donation below.
Artist Meet Up
Join artists from Intertwine Arts’ programs for a casual get-together at the gallery. This is a chance to socialize, meet other artists, share what you’ve been working on, and spend some time together in a relaxed setting.
We’ll also be working on a special group project together — but it’s a surprise, so you’ll have to come along to find out what it is!
This workshop will take place at Positive Exposure Gallery, a warm and welcoming space dedicated to making art accessible and inclusive. The gallery is designed to be a comfortable environment where everyone can explore, create, and connect.
Registration Form
This workshop is free to attend. If you’d like to support our work, consider making an optional donation below.
Woven Together Fashion Show
Woven Together Fashion Show
Woven Together Fashion Show
A Celebration of Inclusive Fashion, Creativity, and Self-Expression
Finale Event for the Woven Together Community Exhibition
Wednesday, September 30, 2026. 6pm - 8pm.
Join Intertwine Arts for a special evening celebrating creativity, fashion, and the incredible talent of artists, designers, and models in our community.
The Woven Together Fashion Show marks the closing celebration of the annual Woven Together Community Exhibition, bringing fiber art from the gallery into motion through an inclusive runway experience featuring original garments, wearable art, and textile creations.
The runway will feature models with disabilities showcasing designs created to celebrate diverse bodies, identities, and ways of experiencing the world. The fashion show honors accessibility, representation, and the belief that everyone deserves to see themselves reflected in the arts.
The show will feature:
Original wearable art created by Intertwine Arts program artists
Special guest designers Lonely Worm Farm and Sugandha Gupta!
Event Details
Event: Woven Together Fashion Show
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Location: Positive Exposure Gallery
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Program Schedule: Coming soon
Giving Tuesday Silent Auction
Support Creativity. Bid for One-of-a-Kind Treasures.
Support Creativity. Bid for One-of-a-Kind Treasures.
Celebrate Giving Tuesday by supporting Intertwine Arts through our online Silent Auction! Every bid helps us continue building creative opportunities, community programs, and accessible fiber arts education.
Whether you're an art collector, fiber enthusiast, or simply looking for meaningful gifts, you'll find something special while supporting a great cause.
Auction Highlights
Browse and bid on an exciting collection of:
Original artwork by talented artists
Handcrafted fiber art and textiles
Yarn, fiber, and crafting supplies
Creative experiences and workshops
Gift baskets and unique handmade goods
Special fiber arts prizes and surprises
New items may be added throughout the auction, so check back often!
Auction Schedule
Auction Opens: Monday, November 16 at 12:00 PM
Bidding Closes: Monday, November 30 at 11:59 PM
Winners Announced: Tuesday, December 1 - Giving Tuesday!
Winning bidders will be contacted by email with payment and pickup or shipping information.
Why Your Bid Matters
Every dollar raised through the Giving Tuesday Silent Auction directly supports Intertwine Arts' mission to foster creativity, build community, and expand access to fiber arts through workshops, exhibitions, scholarships, and public programming.
Your participation helps keep the arts thriving.
Ready to Bid?
Browse the auction, place your bids, and share the event with friends and family. Together, we can make this Giving Tuesday a celebration of creativity, generosity, and community.
Thank you for supporting Intertwine Arts—we couldn't do this without you!
Weave & Wine Evening
A loom rests on a wooden table, warp threads taut in parallel. Bright yarns—turquoise, coral, mustard, soft gray—lie by spools and tools, promising texture and color. A glass of wine catches the light nearby, its garnet depth mirroring the richest yarns and suggesting a quiet pause between thoughtful passes. Natural light reveals the smooth shuttle, wool’s soft fuzz, and crisp woven edges.
Weave & Wine Party An evening benefiting Intertwine Arts
Thursday, June 18, 2026
6:00 – 8:30 PM
57 West 57th Street, Penthouse, New York, NY
Co-hosted by Chelsea Bizub
Join us for an intimate evening high above midtown Manhattan, where art, community, and the healing benefits of weaving come together.
This curated cocktail gathering for Intertwine Arts' supporters and friends, includes a hands-on weaving experience guided by our teaching artists. Every guest will create their own mini-canvas weaving to take home: a tangible, one-of-a-kind piece of the mission. Enjoy drinks, h'ordeuvres, and conversation while taking in the striking views of the city.
You will also have the chance to meet and speak with program artists and hear directly about the work happening in our programs.
Intertwine Arts brings weaving to adults and children with disabilities and chronic illness, partnering with hospitals, day habilitation programs, and community organizations across the five boroughs. Research continues to affirm what our participants already know: weaving heals. This evening is a chance to experience that for yourself.
Your contribution supports Intertwine's programs and the artists who are the heart of this work.
General admission Open to all guests
$150
Neighbor admission Exclusively for tenants of 57 West 57th Street
$100
Space is strictly limited. We encourage early registration.
Food and Drink generously donated by Dorian's Seafood Market and Le Du Wines. All weaving supplies provided.
Zero Project Conference 2026
Zero Project Conference 2026 banner. A green and white design featuring a digital globe with network lines on the right and the Zero Project logo with white leaves on green background on the left
Thursday, 19 February 2026 | 16:00 - 16:20
Using Weaving and Mosaics for Participation and Creativity
Fireside Chat
Livestreamed
Inclusive arts
English captions | International Sign
Join this Fireside Chat to learn from Espurna and Intertwine Arts on how inclusive weaving and mosaic projects can spark creativity, community participation, and accessibility in arts and social spaces.
For livestream: https://youtube.com/live/R0pO3FNFxoA?feature=share
Weave In, Weave Out
Image of four Intertwine Arts artists, sat around a SAORI loom smiling. Behind them is a backdrop of woven colorful stripy fabric with the words ‘Weave In, Weave Out’ written.
Weave In, Weave Out:
A Disability Socially Engaged Art Exhibition
Curated by Amanda Cachia with Intertwine Arts
Combining performance, installation, and live social sculpture, Weaving In, Weaving Out is a major exhibition hosted by Positive Exposure of site-specific fiber work by contemporary disabled artists from Intertwine Arts. The title of the exhibition alludes to the spatial nature of the exhibition, where visitors are encouraged to come and go within the space, or drop in or out, over the two-month duration that the gallery has become a live social sculpture, or a socially engaged art practice. Intertwine Arts is a non-profit organization based in New York which brings free-form weaving to people of all ages with developmental, mental and physical disabilities and chronic illness. The organization facilitates art-weaving workshops with organizations that include AHRC, Visions, HeartShare, Greenwich House and the YAI Without Walls program. The exhibition is open for appointment where visitors can engage in learning how to weave at the loom while working alongside Intertwine artists in the gallery space.
Opening Reception: January 23rd, 6pm - 8pm
CLOSING PARTY: Sunday 22nd March, 12pm - 3pm
Holiday Shopping at Loop of the Loom
Shop Handmade gifts from Intertwine Arts!
Each purchase uplift artists with disabilities and/or neurodiversity.
Common Threads Exhibition
Common Threads
Fiber Arts Exhibit
Opening Reception:
Nov. 20th, 4pm - 7pm
770 Castle Hill Ave. Bronx, NY
"Another Part of Me" | Pop-up Store!
"Another Part of Me" | Pop-up Store!
One-Time shopping event - your chance to shop for yourself or for holiday gifts!
Intertwine Arts is a non-profit organization.
Your purchase goes 100% to supporting our disability arts community of artists.
50% directly to the artists / 50% towards new materials to support their future fiber art projects
Weave With Us!
A black and white doodle sketch of a loom, cup of coffee, cone of yarn, scissors, bobbin and needles, love hearts.
Join us for a relaxed weave and chat! This is a space open for all levels and abilities to come together and connect, create, and/or learn more about Intertwine Arts. You are welcome to stay for the full time, but you can come and go as you like. We will chat, weave, show each other pictures of our projects, share stories and thoughts. Sometimes we will have a lesson about a particular topic if there is interest.
Visit one time or come regularly - this class is offered on a drop-in basis with no need to sign up ahead of time.
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: Once a month, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Recommended Materials:
A loom: can be as simple as a piece of cardboard, or as advanced as a floor loom!
Yarn
Scissors
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
WOVEN TOGETHER: 10 Year Anniversary Gala
For a decade, Intertwine Arts has provided healing and connection through community-based weaving and creative workshops for people with disabilities and chronic illness. This year, we honor our co-founder and CEO, Ria Hawks, celebrate our impact, and invite you to help us weave the next 10 years of transformation and growth.
We're excited to welcome you to a benefit in support of the extraordinary weavers from Intertwine Arts workshops. Our goal is to raise $60,000 in support of our workshops and virtual weaving programs, designed for people of all ages with cognitive or physical disabilities or chronic illnesses. The evening will be one of community, appreciation and celebration, including:
A fashion show of bespoke garments by talented textile artists
An exhibition and sale of fiber artwork from Intertwine Arts program participants
A Silent Auction of exciting items
The presence of a variety of looms, adapted for use by all abilities and available for guests to weave
Special cocktails and hors d’oeuvres
Live music
Date and Time
Thursday, October 9, 2025
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Location
The Caelum Gallery, 516 West 26th Street, Suite 314, Chelsea, NYC
Between 10th and 11th Avenues,
1/2 block from the High Line
Accessibility
The building is wheelchair accessible, with a ramp leading to the entrance and an elevator to the gallery floor. You will enter at a door labeled 516, and take the freight elevator to the 3rd floor with assistance from an elevator operator. They will have equipment to fill the gap between floor and elevator if needed. The elevator will open just outside of the gallery space. There is also a bathroom down the hall from the gallery. Please contact Danaleah at danah@intertwinearts.org for access questions or accommodation requests.
Weaving In, Weaving Out: The Creation of an Upcoming Accessible Textile Exhibition
Combining performance, installation, and live social sculpture, Weaving In, Weaving Out will be an upcoming major exhibition hosted within the Positive Exposure Gallery of site-specific fiber work by contemporary disabled artists from Intertwine Arts. The title of the exhibition alludes to the spatial nature of the exhibition, where individuals come and go within the space, or drop in or out, over the multi-month duration that the gallery has become a live social sculpture, or a socially engaged art practice.
Join us for a digital discussion of the creation of this exhibition with curator Amanda Cachia, Positive Exposure founder Rick Guidotti, Intertwine Arts Creative Director Anna-Maie Southern, and a participating artist. The Zoom event will feature short segments from each panelist about their work and a Q&A from the audience.
New York Textile Month 5, September 2025
About Amanda Cachia
Amanda Cachia has an established career profile as a curator, consultant, writer and art historian who specializes in disability art activism across intersectional axes of difference, including gender, race, and sexuality.
About Intertwine Arts
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.
About Positive Exposure
Positive Exposure partners with hundreds of nonprofits, hospital systems, advocacy groups, and educational institutions, creating educational resources and programming to reconstruct societal attitudes towards individuals living with genetic, physical, behavioral, or intellectual difference.
Digitalized image of people sat at four SAORI looms weaving, while audience members wander through the gallery and fiber art hangs on the walls
"Another Part of Me" | An Exhibition by AHRC NYC’s Fisher Center Artists
Poster for ‘Another Part of Me” featuring a light green background, an image of a fiber art weaving, an abstract sketch of many colors and a drawing of a man with black glasses and short black hair.
Explore with us the many dimensions of self, connection, and creativity through a vibrant collection of drawings, paintings, and fiber art by the artists at the AHRC NYC Fisher Center.
The Fisher Center is an organization committed to achieving equity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in NYC. The fiber arts program at The Fisher Center is in partnership with Intertwine Arts, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide accessible fiber arts programming to people across NYC who have a disability or chronic illness.
Drawing inspiration from the Michael Jackson lyric that celebrates unity in diversity, this exhibition brings together fiber artists and visual artists in a lively, unbounded dialogue.
Opening Reception
Friday, September 19 · 5 - 7pm EDT. Doors at 4:30pm
Gallery Hours
Open Hours Vary. To plan your visit to the Gallery at W83, please email or call W83 at: w83.frontdesk@redeemerws.com (646) 430 - 5862
About W83
W83 is the home of Redeemer West Side Church and a neighborhood hub for thoughtful conversations, cultural engagement, and community connections on the Upper West Side of NYC. We serve our neighbors on the UWS primarily by:
- Providing affordable space for various gatherings and events
- Hosting visual and performing arts experiences that feature local artists
- Offering resources for community formation and personal development via partnering organizations
The Gallery at W83 is one of the few public art galleries on the Upper West Side. Curious about the gallery? Read more https://www.150w83.com/about-gallery-at-w83.
Directions
150 W. 83rd Street
New York, NY 10024
Nearest Subway Stops
79th Street (1)
86th Street (1)
81st Street (B/C)
86th Street (B/C)
Parking
On-street parking is available.
Find additional parking in garages at 157 W. 83rd Street and 225 W. 83rd Street.
Intertwine Arts x AHRC NYC logos
Weave With Us!
A black and white doodle sketch of a loom, cup of coffee, cone of yarn, scissors, bobbin and needles, love hearts.
Join us for a relaxed weave and chat! This is a space open for all levels and abilities to come together and connect, create, and/or learn more about Intertwine Arts. You are welcome to stay for the full time, but you can come and go as you like. We will chat, weave, show each other pictures of our projects, share stories and thoughts. Sometimes we will have a lesson about a particular topic if there is interest.
Visit one time or come regularly - this class is offered on a drop-in basis with no need to sign up ahead of time.
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: Every Thursday, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Recommended Materials:
A loom: can be as simple as a piece of cardboard, or as advanced as a floor loom!
Yarn
Scissors
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
Weave With Us!
A black and white doodle sketch of a loom, cup of coffee, cone of yarn, scissors, bobbin and needles, love hearts.
Join us for a relaxed weave and chat! This is a space open for all levels and abilities to come together and connect, create, and/or learn more about Intertwine Arts. You are welcome to stay for the full time, but you can come and go as you like. We will chat, weave, show each other pictures of our projects, share stories and thoughts. Sometimes we will have a lesson about a particular topic if there is interest.
Visit one time or come regularly - this class is offered on a drop-in basis with no need to sign up ahead of time.
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: Every Thursday, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Recommended Materials:
A loom: can be as simple as a piece of cardboard, or as advanced as a floor loom!
Yarn
Scissors
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
Artshare at Red Wall Art Gallery
Flyer for the Artshare Red Wall exhibition, featuring an abstract image of a figure head with a black outline.
Artshare at Red Wall
Monday, July 21, 2025 - Monday, August 18, 2025
Red Wall Gallery at Resorts World Casino110-00 Rockaway BoulevardQueens, NY, 11420United States (map)
Through the gracious donation of Resorts World, Artshare will be exhibiting at the Red Wall Gallery once again. This exhibit spotlights Queens - based artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. An opening reception will be held on Monday, July 21 at 11:30 am.
Image of the exhibiton dispaly featuring woven pieces, woven circles and mixed media visual art pieces.
Image of woven piece ‘Emergence’ by Steven Frietsch
Weave With Us!
A black and white doodle sketch of a loom, cup of coffee, cone of yarn, scissors, bobbin and needles, love hearts.
Join us for a relaxed weave and chat! This is a space open for all levels and abilities to come together and connect, create, and/or learn more about Intertwine Arts. You are welcome to stay for the full time, but you can come and go as you like. We will chat, weave, show each other pictures of our projects, share stories and thoughts. Sometimes we will have a lesson about a particular topic if there is interest.
Visit one time or come regularly - this class is offered on a drop-in basis with no need to sign up ahead of time.
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: Every Thursday, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Recommended Materials:
A loom: can be as simple as a piece of cardboard, or as advanced as a floor loom!
Yarn
Scissors
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
Weave With Us! Featuring Faviola Lopez-Romani
Participants can either join along from home or simply watch for inspiration!
About Faviola
I first became interested in fiber arts as a music theory student in college. I was fascinated in the similarities between MIDI notation and weaving in their ways of describing structures created through patterns. At the same time I was longing to connect with my Peruvian grandmother, a textile artist and educator. From there I saw working with textiles as a way to celebrate global heritage arts, discuss ecologies and social structures, and create community.
Project
Participants can create cords from “waste” fibers to create unique coiled forms.
Supplies
-clip board or binder clips
-bowls of water (for participants using organic fibers)
-foraged fibers such as dried ferns, corn husks, plastic bags, news paper (fibers must be twistable)
-sewing needles
-thread (no thinner than embroidery floss)
-scissors
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: July 3nd, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
Weave With Us!
A black and white doodle sketch of a loom, cup of coffee, cone of yarn, scissors, bobbin and needles, love hearts.
Join us for a relaxed weave and chat! This is a space open for all levels and abilities to come together and connect, create, and/or learn more about Intertwine Arts. You are welcome to stay for the full time, but you can come and go as you like. We will chat, weave, show each other pictures of our projects, share stories and thoughts. Sometimes we will have a lesson about a particular topic if there is interest.
Visit one time or come regularly - this class is offered on a drop-in basis with no need to sign up ahead of time.
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: Every Thursday, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Recommended Materials:
A loom: can be as simple as a piece of cardboard, or as advanced as a floor loom!
Yarn
Scissors
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
MAFA 2025
MAFA 2025 – June 26-29, 2025, at Millersville University!
An image of the MAFA Conference 2025 flyer. June 26-29, 2025. Millersville PA.
Intertwine Arts will be boothing on Friday 27th at the MAFA 2025 Conference
With dozens of in-person workshops in weaving, spinning, dyeing, felting, basketmaking, and other fiber arts, MAFA 2025 is sure to be a fun and inspiring experience! Shop the Marketplace; peruse the fashion, fiber art, and functional textiles exhibits; take part in the towel exchange; sign up for the Spinning Games; enjoy yoga for crafters in the afternoon; see what everyone has been doing during the Open Studio Tour, and make new friends. There’s a lot to look forward to!
The MAFA 2025 Conference will be held at Millersville University, Millersville, PA. The campus is located between Harrisburg and Lancaster, in south-central Pennsylvania’s historic Lancaster County.
MAFA is grateful to our Gold Conference Supporter, the Handweavers Guild of America. Find their profile HERE.
Thanks also to our Silver Conference Supporter, Long Thread Media. Find their profile HERE.
How can I get updates about MAFA 2025?
Sign up for the MAFA 2025 Update email list HERE.
Check back here – we will update information as details are firmed up.
Follow MAFA on social media and use the hashtag #2025mafa. Links to Facebook, Instagram, and X are at the top of MAFA web pages.
Quick Start Guide
Taking a Workshop: Find the workshop list here, and workshop registration and housing information here. As a reminder, your workshop registration includes all conference activities.
Not taking a Workshop: Daytrippers, Overnighters, and Weekend Guests (coming for the full four days), please enjoy shopping in the Marketplace; visit a variety of themed exhibits; on Friday and Saturday stop by our new gathering the Makers Meetup; and consider taking a class or two from our Weekend Classes lineup. the Open Studio Tour on Saturday evening is also open to all. Find about more about the options to stay on-campus at MAFA.
Virtual attendees: We will not be offering virtual classes during the conference, but we will post Zoom links here so you can join us for livestreams of selected conference events.
Weave With Us!
A black and white doodle sketch of a loom, cup of coffee, cone of yarn, scissors, bobbin and needles, love hearts.
Join us for a relaxed weave and chat! This is a space open for all levels and abilities to come together and connect, create, and/or learn more about Intertwine Arts. You are welcome to stay for the full time, but you can come and go as you like. We will chat, weave, show each other pictures of our projects, share stories and thoughts. Sometimes we will have a lesson about a particular topic if there is interest.
Visit one time or come regularly - this class is offered on a drop-in basis with no need to sign up ahead of time.
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: Every Thursday, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Recommended Materials:
A loom: can be as simple as a piece of cardboard, or as advanced as a floor loom!
Yarn
Scissors
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Exhibition
Image of Fiber artist and Intertwine Arts Teaching Artist Damali Abrams, standing in front of her two large mixed-media canvas art pieces that hang on the wall.
Fiber artists and Intertwine Arts Teaching Artist Damali Abrams has been the artist-in-residence at the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, teaching at their older adult center and also at a women's mental health shelter. This Thursday, an exhibition of her and her students work will be on display.
Date and Time: Thursday, 12th July - 1pm to 2:30 PM
Location: Lenox Hill Neighborhood House - 331 E 70th St, New York, NY 10021.
About Damali:
Damali Abrams, the Glitter Priestess, is a New York City based artist and educator utilizing art as a healing modality and a spiritual practice. Damali attended the Whitney Independent Study Program and earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BA from New York University.
Damali is a member of SEQAA (Southeast Queens Artist Alliance). She is a recipient of the Women's Studio Workshop Right Now! Production Grant and the Queens Council on the Arts New Works Grant. She has been a fellow at Culture Push, the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, A.I.R. Gallery, and apexart in Seoul, South Korea. Damali has also been an Artist-in-Residence at RU (Residency Unlimited), Fresh Milk in Barbados, Groundation Grenada, The Center for Book Arts, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL), and LMCC on Governors Island. She was a Creative-In-Residence at Brooklyn Public Library.
Damali has presented her work at School of Visual Art (SVA), St. John's University, Sonoma State University, Soho House, UConn Stamford, Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), Barbados Community College, New York University (NYU), SUNY Purchase, Hunter College School of Social Work, and Syracuse University’s 601 Tully.
Damali’s work has been exhibited at many spaces including El Museo del Barrio, MoCADA (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art), Rush Arts Gallery, Longwood Gallery, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, JCAL, and The Point.
Her work has been featured in Artforum, Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory, and on the blogs of art21, Fresh Milk, and Groundation Grenada. Her writing has been published by Harlequin Creature and Women's Studio Workshop.
Weave With Us! Featuring Faviola Lopez-Romani
A black and white doodle sketch of a loom, cup of coffee, cone of yarn, scissors, bobbin and needles, love hearts.
Participants can either join along from home or simply watch for inspiration!
About Faviola
I first became interested in fiber arts as a music theory student in college. I was fascinated in the similarities between MIDI notation and weaving in their ways of describing structures created through patterns. At the same time I was longing to connect with my Peruvian grandmother, a textile artist and educator. From there I saw working with textiles as a way to celebrate global heritage arts, discuss ecologies and social structures, and create community.
Project
Participants can create cords from “waste” fibers to create unique coiled forms.
Supplies
-clip board or binder clips
-bowls of water (for participants using organic fibers)
-foraged fibers such as dried ferns, corn husks, plastic bags, news paper (fibers must be twistable)
-sewing needles
-thread (no thinner than embroidery floss)
-scissors
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: Every Thursday, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
Fungi Art Show
Image of a black and white mushroom on a yellow background with the words ‘ALL FUNGI ART SHOW, JUNE 2025’
“FUNGI”
An International Art Show | NYC | June 07 – June 29, 2025
Featuring Mushroom sculptures from our Heartshare Downtown brooklyn program
Opening Reception
Join us for the opening reception of the “FUNGI” International Art Show! Meet the artists, enjoy multimedia art inspired by the world of fungi, and be part of this exciting event.
Date: Saturday, June 07, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
About the Organizers
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) is an artist-run 501(c)3 nonprofit located in a Civil War–era warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn. With 25,000 sq. ft. of exhibition space, BWAC offers professional development, public engagement, and exhibition opportunities for artists of all levels. Visit bwac.org to learn more.
Brooklyn Mushroom is a platform for arts, culture, and knowledge-sharing around all things mycological. Their most recent Fungi Festival drew over 1,200 attendees.
Photograph of the artists from the Heartshare Downtown Brooklyn program, holding their weaving works. Featuring Alondra, Alba, Luis, Shantiana, Ikesha and Patricia
Weave With Us!
A black and white doodle sketch of a loom, cup of coffee, cone of yarn, scissors, bobbin and needles, love hearts.
Join us for a relaxed weave and chat! This is a space open for all levels and abilities to come together and connect, create, and/or learn more about Intertwine Arts. You are welcome to stay for the full time, but you can come and go as you like. We will chat, weave, show each other pictures of our projects, share stories and thoughts. Sometimes we will have a lesson about a particular topic if there is interest.
Visit one time or come regularly - this class is offered on a drop-in basis with no need to sign up ahead of time.
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: Every Thursday, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Recommended Materials:
A loom: can be as simple as a piece of cardboard, or as advanced as a floor loom!
Yarn
Scissors
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
2025 Outdoors for Autism with INCLUDEnyc
You bring a blanket, we’ll bring the fun!
Join us, as well as some of our amazing partners for an afternoon of fun, entertainment, and connection.
This event will focus on young people with autism, age 0 – 18, and their families, but all are welcome!
This free event is made possible by the New York City Council Autism Initiative.
YAI Central Park Challenge
Intertwine Arts will be boothing at the YAI Central Park Challenge
Three images of people in the park smiling and holding posters
Join YAI’s Central Park Challenge and help empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to live, love, work, and learn! For over 60 years, YAI has been creating opportunities and fostering independence through its 300+ programs, including housing, education, healthcare, and employment services. The funds raised from this event ensure we can continue providing these life-changing supports. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this incredible movement. Register or donate today: give.yai.org/cpc2025
Join YAI’s Central Park Challenge and help empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live, love, work, and learn! Your support makes a difference. Register or donate today: give.yai.org/cpc2025 #YAInetwork #SeeingBeyondDisability
Weave With Us!
A black and white doodle sketch of a loom, cup of coffee, cone of yarn, scissors, bobbin and needles, love hearts.
Join us for a relaxed weave and chat! This is a space open for all levels and abilities to come together and connect, create, and/or learn more about Intertwine Arts. You are welcome to stay for the full time, but you can come and go as you like. We will chat, weave, show each other pictures of our projects, share stories and thoughts. Sometimes we will have a lesson about a particular topic if there is interest.
Visit one time or come regularly - this class is offered on a drop-in basis with no need to sign up ahead of time.
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: Every Thursday, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Recommended Materials:
A loom: can be as simple as a piece of cardboard, or as advanced as a floor loom!
Yarn
Scissors
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
Weave With Us!
A black and white doodle sketch of a loom, cup of coffee, cone of yarn, scissors, bobbin and needles, love hearts.
Join us for a relaxed weave and chat! This is a space open for all levels and abilities to come together and connect, create, and/or learn more about Intertwine Arts. You are welcome to stay for the full time, but you can come and go as you like. We will chat, weave, show each other pictures of our projects, share stories and thoughts. Sometimes we will have a lesson about a particular topic if there is interest.
Visit one time or come regularly - this class is offered on a drop-in basis with no need to sign up ahead of time.
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: Every Thursday, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Recommended Materials:
A loom: can be as simple as a piece of cardboard, or as advanced as a floor loom!
Yarn
Scissors
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
Weave With Us!
A black and white doodle sketch of a loom, cup of coffee, cone of yarn, scissors, bobbin and needles, love hearts.
Join us for a relaxed weave and chat! This is a space open for all levels and abilities to come together and connect, create, and/or learn more about Intertwine Arts. You are welcome to stay for the full time, but you can come and go as you like. We will chat, weave, show each other pictures of our projects, share stories and thoughts. Sometimes we will have a lesson about a particular topic if there is interest.
Visit one time or come regularly - this class is offered on a drop-in basis with no need to sign up ahead of time.
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: Every Thursday, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Recommended Materials:
A loom: can be as simple as a piece of cardboard, or as advanced as a floor loom!
Yarn
Scissors
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
Weave With Us!
A black and white doodle sketch of a loom, cup of coffee, cone of yarn, scissors, bobbin and needles, love hearts.
Join us for a relaxed weave and chat! This is a space open for all levels and abilities to come together and connect, create, and/or learn more about Intertwine Arts. You are welcome to stay for the full time, but you can come and go as you like. We will chat, weave, show each other pictures of our projects, share stories and thoughts. Sometimes we will have a lesson about a particular topic if there is interest.
Visit one time or come regularly - this class is offered on a drop-in basis with no need to sign up ahead of time.
Class size: Unlimited
Experience: None - even if you don’t know how to weave yet, we will show you!
Price: Free
Time and Date: Every Thursday, 12pm-1:30pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Recommended Materials:
A loom: can be as simple as a piece of cardboard, or as advanced as a floor loom!
Yarn
Scissors
Sign up for email notifications here:
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions.
Leave It To Me Exhibition
AHRC NYC's Fisher Center Artists Present….
LEAVE IT TO ME
Image of a flyer for the Leave it To Me exhibition, featuring four pieces of art work - a woven fiber sculpture, a colorful abstract drawing, a portrait of Shirley Chisholm and a tapestry piece.
Meet & Greet the Artists:
Tuesday, May 20, 10:30 am-12:30pm
Evening Reception:
Wednesday, June 25, 4:30-6:30pm
83 Maiden Lane, 4th Floor, New York, NY
Viewings by appointment May 6 - July 16, 2025
Please contact events@positiveexposure.org or 212-420-1931