Last Sunday, I had the privilege of working with the Chavurah families at the Community Synagogue of Rye. This group of 5th-7th graders take part in an alternative religious school where they learn through experiential programs. I was honored to lead…
Back in December, I worked with a wonderful group of people at Temple Emanu-El of West Essex as they completed their semester of studying Psalms with an art project. Each person created a piece of fiber art which represented their…
In October and November, the students and parents at Temple Israel Center's Nursery School made fiber art representations of the days of Creation. Earlier blog posts show the creation of those pieces. Once their work was complete, mine was just…
Last week, third and fourth grade students from Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester and the Upper Westchester Muslim Society (UWMS) came back together to create fiber art based on the sketches they made after studying stories found in both the Quran and Jewish texts.…
High school students at Temple Israel Center made inner self portraits last week. Using words that they use to describe themselves as well as words friends and family use to describe them as inspiration, the students each made a piece…
Last week, I had the privilege of working with 3rd and 6th grade students at Bet Am Shalom in White Plains. The students have been studying the story of Moses and the burning bush. We spoke about the moment when Moses…
I taught a wonderful group of women at Drisha this evening. Each participant made a piece based on this past week's Torah portion and/or Berachot 6b which the Arts Fellows have been studying this year. Hard at work: Explaining their…
All three outside walls of "Temporary Shelter" are now complete! All 111 fiber art pieces made by students in New York family shelters are included and the walls truly tell their stories. I'm so excited to share their work and…