Su Casa & NYPL crochet programming

For the months of May and June I will be teaching FREE ONLINE crochet programs for older adults. Two different types of crochet workshops held on different days, I’m sure there will be a time slot that will suit you 😉 All classes are one hour long, all classes are held online. All classes require…

2020 Creative Climate Awards

I am so looking forward to being a part of this years Creative Climate Awards, run by the Human Impacts Institute, see link HERE for a list of this years artists. And yes, you saw that right, it is an award event, which means that I am counting on VOTES as part of the award…

Plastic in the Air

It was a great pleasure to build a new art installation this year, in our chaotic 2020. I received a community arts grants – Arts Fund – from Bronx Council on the Arts to partner with NYPL – New York Public Library. But as we know, New York City became the epicenter for the Covid-19…

Crochet bags – from plastic

I have been crocheting with plastic bags for over a year now and have become obsessed with creating and designing attractive bags for every day use. (I have ‘plarn’ – plastic yarn patterns available in my store) These bags are strong, durable, different, eye catching, perfect for supermarket trips and moving your stuff around town!…

YES to plastic!

Yes to reducing, reusing and recycling plastic bags that is! In 2020, New York City, (where I live), will transition into a plastic bag free world! I am very excited about this, and I have ideas to reduce, reuse, recycle plastic bags by creating temporary art installations using this maligned item from our daily lives….

Poetry in the Air

The ‘Art in the Air’ program that I began in 2018 at Parkchester Library in the Bronx continued this year in a new dynamic way with guest collaborator – talented poet and artist Orlando Ferrand. With 2 grants from Bronx Council on the Arts we embarked on a very fun, very challenging and ultimately engaging…

Art in the Air Presents: Poetry in the Air

With funding from Bronx Council on the Arts with their Community Arts Grant AND Arts Fund Grant I am proud to continue working with New York Public Library Parkchester Branch in the Bronx to revitalize, and decorate their outdoor courtyard to bring excellent, high quality FREE art programming to their local community. This year I…

Plastic bag yarn – Workshops!!!

I was delighted to be invited by New York Public Library to hold a series of six workshops in 2019 at four different branch locations in the Bronx and Manhattan. So…… Let’s make Plarn! Plastic yarn made from plastic bags. Local Bronx artist Ruth Marshall will teach you how to crochet using this FREE yarn…