Featured Programs
Weekly Programming:
Intertwine Arts holds regular sessions in conjunction with the Without Walls (WOW) Program at YAI, an art program that provides opportunities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in New York City to channel their creativity and become working artists.
Tayloe Smiles while modelling her handwoven scarf in shades of blue and green with bursts of yellow.
A carousel of images of weavings made in our AHRC programming, inludes tapestries, circle weavings and a stuffed blue cat toy.
Intertwine Arts facilitates a weekly circle weaving Zoom workshop with adults with disabilities, as well as in-person programs on floor looms at AHRC facilities across the city. Many beautiful woven artworks have been transformed into dolls, pillows, hats, and more!
Gentle guitar music plays over a video of a woman circle weaving on a paper plate with warm-toned yarns.
Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
Intertwine Arts has led multiple workshops for people who are blind or with low vision at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library. In these workshops, participants work at their own pace and based on their interest, making tapestries, circle weavings, bowls, jewelry, and more!
A video of participants working on weaving projects at VISIONS
Our teaching artists offer in-person weaving sessions for the blind and visually impaired, starting off with DIY looms, and graduating towards more professional looms as their skills develop and their creative ideas blossom.
Anna sits in front of a wooden loom with a narrow colorful weaving on it, that was later turned into a bracelet.
Intertwine Arts holds weekly in-person weaving classes on a SAORI loom at the Brooklyn Heartshare facility. The avid weavers have created beautiful art on the floor loom, circle weavings, customized baskets with fiber, and have started creating wearables and decor such as bracelets, necklaces, shrugs, and blankets!
Joey proudly holds up a pillow he made, with blue and red stripes and a fuzzy top half.
Institutes of Applied Human Dynamics (iAHD)
iAHD staff constantly show their dedication to weaving, as they have attended multiple trainings by Intertwine to better the weaving offerings they give their clients. We have provided two looms to their facilities, and have locations in Tarrytown and Bainbridge. You can learn more about the extraordinary weaving experiences of two IAHD clients by clicking below.
Intertwine Arts has conducted weekly zoom workshops with Barrier Free Living, an organization that supports survivors of domestic violence with disabilities. We have explored tapestry, circle, jewelry, and paper weaving together. Maurine Packard, Intertwine Arts treasurer and teaching artist, was spotlighted in their August 3 blog post.
A woven tapestry in oceanic colors, with a net-like fringe at the bottom, blue beads throughout, and a green seahorse at the top.
A woven bracelet with blue and red yarns and white threads.
Intertwine leads zoom workshops wherein participants learn to make tapestry, jewelry, narrative weavings, and more! The Creative Center at University Settlement is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the creative arts to people with cancer, chronic illnesses, and through all stages of life.
Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation
Intertwine has provided a therapeutic zoom workshop space wherein participants learn to make narrative tapestry weavings. The Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF) is dedicated to improving the treatment, quality of life and the long-term outlook for children and families affected by a brain or spinal cord tumor.
An instagram post, featuring children, their families, and Teaching Artists smilingly sharing their cardboard tapestry weavings over zoom
A boy with a black hat holds up a blue shirt, embroidered with a woven piece in the shape of a dog.
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital Of New York Presbyterian
Our signature program is a drop-in for patients and families in the outpatient hematology/oncology/ bone marrow transplant clinic. We also work with select inpatients, such as children on isolation for stem cell transplants. From their pieces Intertwine makes purses, backpacks, art hangings, as well as pillows, stuffed animals for the children to keep and cuddle. Our work has been featured on the Child Life Mommy Blog. Funded in part by The Laura Rosenberg Foundation.
Sister Pat’s Kids Camp, Esopus, NY
An outreach ministry of St. Helen’s Church in Westfield, NJ, the Parish provides a week-long camping program for children with cancer and related blood disorders. Intertwine has partnered with Sister Pat’s Kids Camp to offer weaving to the campers (ages 6-14 years), since 2015. Our teaching artists bring looms, yarn, and other materials necessary for the children to enjoy weaving during their week at camp, as well as sewing machine to finish their projects. In the 2022 session, 50 campers made objects such as bracelets, pillows, purses, doll blankets and clothing with their woven fabric.
A blue and purple striped weaving being created, with a child’s hand holding a shuttle as she weaves.
A man wearing a cap and glasses holds up a weaving on cardboard, with grey and black stripes and shiny flecks throughout.
Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP)
Intertwine Arts collaborates with ASAP to provide free online weaving classes to veterans, service members, military spouses, family members, and caregivers. These eager weavers have learned how to make tapestries, wearables, and incorporate nature into their pieces.