Yesterday, I worked with third grade families at Jewish Community Center of Harrison. The community's theme for the year is kindness, so we read several texts about kindness and the families discussed the texts as well as personal experiences as…
This semester, I have had the privilege of working with a wonderful group of young women through the Jewish Journeys Project at JCC in Manhattan. At each of four sessions, we studied Jewish texts about a social justice issue and…
Last month, I had the opportunity to work with seventh graders at Solomon Schechter School of Westchester. Students used the Torah portions for their b'nai mitzvah as inspiration for their art. The piece on the left below was inspired…
There are so many things wrong with our country and world right now, it is hard to choose one thing to focus on. Instead, I decided to make a piece about my feeling that the world is broken and there's…
The director of an overnight camp in the Midwest was being honored for her thirteen years of service at the camp. As a special gift, they asked me to create a silk tallit that depicted elements of the camp which…
I've been having fun creating pieces that give a snapshot from my life with my kids. The latest piece was created from a photo of my daughter practicing for her little league game. Starting with a photo, I printed it…
This weekend was the opening of Threadworks at the Blue Door Art Center. I am excited to have two pieces included: Shattered Childhood and In Search of Home. The exhibit is open through July 14 and there is an open…
Last month, I had a chance to work with students at Baruch College to create a remembrance quilt for Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). Hillel partnered with the Art Club at Baruch and the InterVarsity Club to create this lunchtime…
Sixth grade families at Temple Israel Center had the opportunity to encounter the Torah portion for their Bnai Mitzvah in a creative way. They could create spoken word poetry with Andrew Lustig, learn with the Senior Rabbi Gordon Tucker, or create…
A couple weeks ago, I visited my daughter's preschool class to help them turn their lessons about spring into fabric art. At that point, it certainly didn't feel like spring, but they used their imaginations and did such a fabulous…