we find comfort in many things
in nature, stone, water, flowers
in warmth, food, sweets
in nostalgia, family, home, gatherings

Opening Sunday, October 2nd, 2011 from 2 - 6PM
on view from October 2011 to June 2012
inFUSION Gallery @
MSKCC Brooklyn Infusion Center.
We invited Brooklyn-based artists and designers to submit their ideas on the topic of comfort. Brogan Ganely, Ron Melhman, Donna Powers, Anne Sherwood Pundyk, Rachel Styer, Pamela C. Turczyn, Jennifer Weiss, Tali Weinberg

"Weinberg seamlessly incorporated the histories and futures of economics and textile crafts into a (terrifyingly) smart yet inviting installation."

"Cures for Depressions" at the Textile Arts Center. Opening July 8th 7-9pm; Open Studios July 9th and 10th 12-6pm; Artist Talks July 25th 7pm.

A May Day Celebration of Textiles and Their Makers. April 29 – June 12, 2011. Curated by Tali Weinberg.
Featuring artists/makers: Abigail Doan, Atefeh Khas, Belinda Smith, Charlene Lam, El Hombre Sobre la Tierra in collaboration with Global Goods Partners and Via Nativa, Erica Harris, Erin Considine, Hilary Steel, Jill Magi, Maya Valladares, Michele Pred, and Susan Weltman

Environmental fiber artist Abigail Doan presents an art/fashion open house for Earth Day on Friday April 22, 2011 from 6pm to 9pm. Invited artists and local sustainable fashion designers will showcase their fiber, textile, and green design initiatives, as well as offering activities related to slow fashion strategies and environmental outreach. Visitors will be able participate in on-site activities and share in a dynamic community dialogue for Earth Day 2011.

A column I write for the Textile Arts Center blog about textiles, labor, and activism.
The title of this column is a play on “Bread and Roses,” a phrase taken from a poem and used to refer to the 1912 textile workers strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The call of women marchers, “We want bread, but we want roses too,” is said to be a call for dignity as well as fair wages, that life should be beautiful as well as just.

Sewing Seeds is a program of the Textile Arts Center with the mission of providing accessible, accurate information and inspiration on natural dyes to the community. Sewing Seeds includes a "living library" of dye plants at a community garden to be used for education and research; a freely available online resource on natural dyes; local production of dye plants and naturally-dyed yarns; and events to connect with the wider Brooklyn community who are interested in slow food, urban agriculture, and local production.
This link is to the blog column for sewing seeds that I contribute to regularly.

Thank you to everyone who helped produce the participatory installation "The males have wings but it is the females whose bodies are crushed to extract their red dye. But red is also the color of the sun."

The installation was produced for the New York show "Disposable: Ciudad Juarez and the War on Women"

TAC is an education center, community space, and gallery that provides artists, working professionals, students, and artisans with the tools for making and sharing fiber art. I am an artist in residence at TAC from January - June 2011. I welcome studio visits upon appointment.

Friend and mentor Linda Labelle offers a selection of high quality natural and organic yarns and fibers and a variety of natural dyes at her Online shop and Brooklyn storefront as well as classes on weaving, spinning, dyeing, knitting, and other fiber arts.

Exhibition Dates: April 29th – June 12th 2011
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: March 25, 2011
For details click on the link above