Opening Reception:
Nov. 20th, 4pm - 7pm
770 Castle Hill Ave. Bronx, NY
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Flyer for the Artshare Red Wall exhibition, featuring an abstract image of a figure head with a black outline.
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
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.
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.
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.
An image of the MAFA Conference 2025 flyer. June 26-29, 2025. Millersville PA.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Image of a black and white mushroom on a yellow background with the words ‘ALL FUNGI ART SHOW, JUNE 2025’
An International Art Show | NYC | June 07 – June 29, 2025
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Wednesday April 16 – Young designers’ runway
Event: Young Designers runway collection
Host: Rutgers Business School
Location: 630 Flushing Ave Brooklyn 11206
Open to the Public - Tickets fashionweekbrooklyn.com/tickets
Doors open - 5pm
Runway show – 6pm
Artists – Harlem School of The Arts Performance (HSA Teen Dance Ensemble) @hsanyc
Featured design with students (curated by COPE NYC @cope_nyc)
Intertwine Arts @intertwinearts Accessories by LoveCashionista @lovecashionista
Designer – Powered by Rutgers Business School
Mode of One by Shayla Pearson @shaylathedesigner
Anacia Sessoms - @enchantmentofgardens
Aaliyah Gibson
Olivbrazil by Natalia Jesus @natalia_llia
Kenisha Seth @kenishas.designs
*Special thanks to our host and partner Rutgers Business School
Over the past four years, the Symposium for Disability and Accessibility at Yale has explored topics that intersect with disability. Cross-cultural collaboration, education, race, the law, health disparities, accessible spaces, and lived experiences have all been key points of inquiry that we have engaged within the Yale community and beyond.
This year, in light of the 35th anniversary of the signing of the ADA, we seek to expand these conversations. By collaborating with interlocutors from other institutions and organizations, we hope to gauge the progress made over the last 35 years while also considering how we might work together to promote Disability Justice, Culture, and Empowerment for members of our communities.
Presented by Ria G. Hawks
Intertwine Arts is a nonprofit organization that provides fiber arts workshops to people with intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities and/or chronic illness, and their families. Many disabled people face exclusion from creative opportunities and traditional programs for art-making and community due to issues of accessibility and social pressure. We offer the opportunity to explore art through fiber art and free style weaving. Our workshops address the challenges of creative exclusion by tailoring our programs to meet our audience’s needs, abilities, and interests and by bringing additional artistic resources to supplement the valuable work done by our partner organizations. In our programs, people with disabilities experience joy, curiosity, and self-confidence as they explore fiber art within a supportive and expansive philosophical framework. This presentation will illustrate the impact of our process of making fiber art within the disability community by story and illustration.
Format: Virtual
Location: Zoom (registration required)
A photo of a tapestry by Intertwine Arts artist Ikesha Irvin. The tapestry consists of many stripes of colors, and has embroidered words written into it. The words read ‘My Daughter. I love Her. Birthday. My Cousin. My Family. Tamika Padgett.’
Opening Reception:
Thursday, April 3
6:00pm - 8:00pm
The Fabric of My Life features work from artists who are part of the Intertwine Arts programming - an inclusive community of fiber artists who have a neurological disability, physical disability, or chronic illness.
The artists were invited to explore self-expression through their fiber arts practice. These guiding questions shaped their response:
How do you feel on the inside?
What would a woven self-portrait look like for you?
What color best represents you?
If you could express one part of your mind, what would it be?
The exhibition is a celebration of the unique perspectives of the Intertwine Arts artists, and their creative power. Our artists illustrate a multitude of viewpoints that resonate with each other through shared experiences while also showing the differences that make each individual extraordinary.
Inspired by April’s Autism Awareness Month, this exhibition is in honor of our neurodivergent artists, their experience and their interpretation of the art-making process. Through The Fabric of My Life we invite you to experience their work and celebrate their voices.
Location:
Nearest subway - York St (F)
The studio is on the street level and is accessible to wheelchair users.
April 1st - April 27th
11am - 6pm
Closed on Mondays
Mark your calendars for an unforgettable day! The HGA Fiber-A-Thon will be a day filled with inspiring stories, uplifting creativity, and an opportunity to make a difference. This event will be broadcast live for 12 hours on Thursday, March 27th, starting at 12 noon Eastern Time, and promises to be an incredible showcase of talent, compassion, and community spirit.
An image of a flyer for the Handweavers Guild of America Fiber-a-Thon titled ‘Us Intertwined: Disability Advocacy through Fiber Arts’
4:15-4:24pm
Danaleah Schoenfuss, Intertwine Arts
Us Intertwined: Disability Advocacy and the Fiber Arts. Intertwine Arts will talk about ways to increase accessibility in weaving and advocate for disabled and chronically ill fiber artists.
A black and white sketch doodle of a cone of yarn, a bobbin and needles, a cup of coffee, a frame loom, a pair of scissors and two hearts.
Join us for a relaxed weave and chat! This is a space open for all levels and abilities to come together and connect with fellow fiber enthusiasts. This class is moderated by a teaching artist and is an opportunity for you to have your weaving questions answered and to be inspired.
How the session works: This is a drop-in session, you are welcome to stay for the full two hours 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 particular 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-2pm EST
Location: Zoom
Meeting Link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88370554243?pwd=B0PmpY7050oYggzGfkDZaAolLWA2w8.1
Recommended Materials:
Cardboard
Yarn
Scissors
Paper
Something to Write With - pencil, pen, crayons, markers, etc.
Comb or fork
Optional: Magazines and/or Newspapers
Optional: Meaningful found objects - photos, old clothing, books, candy wrappers, etc.
Please email danah@intertwinearts.org with any questions
