woven together 2024
On October 24th we hosted our 3rd annual Woven Together fundraising event. Our goal was $35,000 and we supassed it - raising a total of $42,000! Thank you to everyone who attended, bid, donated and sponsored the evening. The joy we spread day to day at our programming would not be possible without your support.
New York Textile Month
Textile Medley 2024
Thank you to everyone who joined us for a stimulating conversation between artists Naomi Lawrence and Stephanie McGovern! We hope you found their conversation as inspiring as we did.
Imagine includes a boarder of textile, running along the top and right side. Under the board is the title ‘Textile Medley with Stephanie Mcgovern and Naomi Lawrence’. Underneath the title are two photographs, one of Stephanie and one of Naomi.
We had a blast at Disability Unite 2024!
Three imagines from left to right: Anna-Maie, Ria, Danah and Maurine stand next to our handwoven products and a sign saying ‘Intertwine Arts’. Person smiling and weaving on a floor loom in the park. Two people weaving on floor looms in the park while another person leans over to help.
Intertwine Arts was thrilled to return for another year of Disability Unite Festival at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park. The festival never fails to bring a great sense of community and joy for all of us who come together to celebrate disability pride.
A photo of a brightly decorated room filled with tapestries and banners, inside the room are nine people, smiling and chatting and two of them are weaving on a SAORI floor loom.
WEAVING EXPERIENCE AT THE Chashama art party
Intertwine Arts hosted a weaving experience at the Chashama Gala, an event which celebrates the artists who make our city sparkle. The evening was a colorful array of art and music, our weaving activities where a popular destination for the gala attendees. Thank you to everyone who came out and spent some time with us!
Finished collaborative tapestry made by visitors:
A long piece of woven fabric in mostly shades of red, orange and pink with pops of other colors.
THANK YOU IAHD FOR HONORING US WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
A video of board members Ria Hawks and Maurine Packard, sitting down in a room with yarn and other weaving supplies behind them, talking about Intertwine Arts organization
Intertwine Arts Featured on WNBC
Intertwine Arts' exhibition at the Dynamic Arts Gallery was featured on the WNBC news! A big thanks to Michael DelGiudice and Andrew Siff for beautifully capturing what we do, as well as the amazing creativity of the artists we work with.
See our work in action in the video below.
Video from WNBC describing the work we do at Intertwine Arts. Video takes place in art gallery Dynamic Arts, in the bronx. Clips include people admiring textiles on display across the gallery, participants weaving on a SAORI floor loom, and Ria Hawks talking about Intertwine Arts and our impact.
