Earlier this month, I visited the JCC of Harrison to make covers for the Torah with the sixth graders. The students and their parents read the Torah portions for their upcoming Bnai Mitzvah and then created fabric art that will…
As Maker-in-Residence at the Harrison Public Library, I'm teaching fiber art workshops each month from October through December. In October, families made family flags and earlier this month, the ESL students made art about what America means to them. Once…
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to work with the incredible three- and four-year-olds at Westchester Day School. Since Simchat Torah had just passed, they were learning about Bereshit and the days of Creation. The students started by drawing…
I am proud to be the Maker-in-Residence at the Harrison Public Library for October through December. As part of this position, I'm teaching workshops for all ages. At the first workshop, held earlier this month, families made family flags to…
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to work with sixth graders at Solomon Schechter School in Westchester. They had the choice of using their Bar/Bat Mitzvah portion as inspiration or a text from Tanakh they had chosen earlier in…
Over the last couple months, I worked with the sixth grade families at two different synagogues to help them create Torah covers inspired by their Bnai Mitzvah portions. These fabric art pieces will cover the Torah during their Bnai Mitzvah…
Earlier this month, I worked with the Pre-K class at Kol Ami to create art about Jerusalem which was to be used as a Torah cover. (Click here to see pictures from that workshop.) Below are the steps taken to…
Earlier this week, I visited the Pre-K class at Kol Ami's Early Childhood Program. The students have been learning about Jerusalem, so we used that as the inspiration for our art. First, we started our design work with crayons on…
On Sunday, kindergarten and first grade families at Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester created art about the Jewish values that the students are discussing in school. Each group was assigned one of eight Jewish values and they started with…
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to work with sixth graders at Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle. They reflected on the Torah portions for their upcoming bnai mitzvah and created a cover for the Torah that will be used when…