The Creative Center’s Training Institute for Arts-In-Healthcare and Creative Aging is a unique opportunity for practitioners working at the intersection of the arts and healthcare to learn from experts in the field while fostering lifelong connections with their peers from the United States and around the world.

Us Intertwined: Disability Community through Fiber Arts Danaleah Shoenfuss and Maurine Packard

Saturday, March 8th

2:15 - 3:00 pm

In this presentation, Intertwine Arts will guide you through a typical day in one of our weaving workshops for people with disabilities and/or chronic illness. We will share our principles of accessibility, show the informal structures of how we keep our artists creative, as well as the set-up for a fun, collaborative, supportive and joyous community. Intertwine Arts will also share the variety of physical tools in our programs, from specialized equipment to scrappy everyday objects that provide a variety of disability supports. The presentation will include materials and guidance to create your own DIY loom, which you can enjoy weaving during the presentation, and/or take home to enjoy.

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 disabled and chronically ill fiber artists. 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

INCLUDEnyc is back in person! Meet face-to-face with recreational programs, summer camps, health and educational organizations, and other supports and services!

When: Saturday February 1, 2025 | 10:30 am - 3:00 pm

Where: The Tisch Skylights at The Shed- 11 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001 (North entrance, near the intersection of 30th Street and 11th Avenue)

Languages: English, Spanish

Type: Event

Public Transportation:

• 7 train to 34 St–Hudson Yards

• A, C, E, 1, 2, and 3 trains to 34 St–Penn Station

• M11, M12, and M34 buses

For general questions and accommodation requests, contact Kylie at (212) 677-4650 x21 or kbalogh@includenyc.org. For Spanish interpretation, call (212) 677-4668. To participate as an exhibitor, email roverton@includenyc.org.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to prepare a loom using simple materials that you can find at home. The teaching artist will guide the group through personal reflections, and connect those feelings with weaving choices. Then each person will create a tapestry that creatively documents their thoughts. We will weave to relax, to express ourselves, to find community, and with the philosophy that there is no such thing as a mistake! Everyone will walk away with a piece of woven art. Attendees do not have to be present for all sessions, and can pop in and out as they please.

Date and Time: January 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th 2025, 12pm - 2pm

Location: Zoom

Price: Free

Materials:

• Cardboard

• Yarn

• Scissors

• Paper

• Something to Write With - pencil, pen, crayons, markers, etc.

• Optional: Magazines and/or Newspapers

• Optional: Meaningful found objects - photos, old clothing, books, candy wrappers, etc.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to prepare a loom using simple materials that you can find at home. The teaching artist will guide the group through personal reflections, and connect those feelings with weaving choices. Then each person will create a tapestry that creatively documents their thoughts. We will weave to relax, to express ourselves, to find community, and with the philosophy that there is no such thing as a mistake! Everyone will walk away with a piece of woven art. Attendees do not have to be present for all sessions, and can pop in and out as they please.

Date and Time: January 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th 2025, 12pm - 2pm

Location: Zoom

Price: Free

Materials:

• Cardboard

• Yarn

• Scissors

• Paper

• Something to Write With - pencil, pen, crayons, markers, etc.

• Optional: Magazines and/or Newspapers

• Optional: Meaningful found objects - photos, old clothing, books, candy wrappers, etc.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to prepare a loom using simple materials that you can find at home. The teaching artist will guide the group through personal reflections, and connect those feelings with weaving choices. Then each person will create a tapestry that creatively documents their thoughts. We will weave to relax, to express ourselves, to find community, and with the philosophy that there is no such thing as a mistake! Everyone will walk away with a piece of woven art. Attendees do not have to be present for all sessions, and can pop in and out as they please.

Date and Time: January 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th 2025, 12pm - 2pm

Location: Zoom

Price: Free

Materials:

• Cardboard

• Yarn

• Scissors

• Paper

• Something to Write With - pencil, pen, crayons, markers, etc.

• Optional: Magazines and/or Newspapers

• Optional: Meaningful found objects - photos, old clothing, books, candy wrappers, etc.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to prepare a loom using simple materials that you can find at home. The teaching artist will guide the group through personal reflections, and connect those feelings with weaving choices. Then each person will create a tapestry that creatively documents their thoughts. We will weave to relax, to express ourselves, to find community, and with the philosophy that there is no such thing as a mistake! Everyone will walk away with a piece of woven art. Attendees do not have to be present for all sessions, and can pop in and out as they please.

Date and Time: January 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th 2025, 12pm - 2pm EST

Location: Zoom

Price: Free

Materials:

• Cardboard

• Yarn

• Scissors

• Paper

• Something to Write With - pencil, pen, crayons, markers, etc.

• Optional: Magazines and/or Newspapers

• Optional: Meaningful found objects - photos, old clothing, books, candy wrappers, etc.

Join our program partner AHRC NYC for a special Christmas Bazaar! Featuring unique artworks from the Intertwine Arts artists at the Wendy M. Siegel program.