Selected Exhibitions

New Beginnings - St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY   February 2011

Sanctuaries In Time - Columbia/Barnard University Kraft Center for Jewish Life, NYC   January - March 2011

Fiber Celebration: Small Works by SAQA Artisits - Chappaqua Library, Chappaqua, NY   July - November 2010

Text and Texture: Midrash Through Making - Park Avenue Synagogue, NYC   July - November 2010

A Letter Unread: Drisha Arts Fellows Present a Year of Learning - Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, NYC   May 2010

Arts Illuminating Texts: Drisha Arts Fellows - Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, NYC    June 2009

SAQA Traveling Exhibit - various galleries, NY     May - November 2009

SAQA Traveling Exhibit - various galleries, NY   May - November 2008

Women Made Gallery - Chicago, IL   May 23 to June 19, 2008

International Quilt Festival - Houston, TX   November 2007

Lowell Quilt Festival - Lowell, MA   August 2007

Sacred Threads - Reynoldsburg, OH   June 2007

Surprised by God: Exploring New Approaches to Prayer - New York, NY    May 2007
Launch event for the Zeek/Hadar issue (Spring/Summer 2007)

International Quilt Festival - Chicago, IL    April 2007

JOFA's 10th Anniversary International Conference on Feminism & Orthodoxy - New York, NY    February 2007
Translating Text into Textile: Sewing the Stories of Jewish Women

International Quilt Festival - Houston, TX   November 2006

Publications

Jewish Threads: A Hand's-On Guide to Stitching Spiritual Intention into Jewish Fabric Crafts
Diana Drew with Robert Grayson, October 2011
"Heather's High Holiday Inspiration"

SAQA Journal
Volume 21, No. 1 (Winter 2011), p. 20-21
"Envisioning the Road to Success"

Barchu: A Podium for the Renewal of Prayer in Israel
Professor Rabbi Yehoyada Amir, Mike Nitzan and Naama Daphni-Kellen, editors. Summer 2010, p. 29
The Whole World is a Narrow Bridge

The Trees and Davvening with Beth Am: A Tu B'Shevat Haggadah
Barak Gale, January 2010, p. 2
Baruch She'Amar: Turning Speech into Action

V'Shinantam L'vanecha: Teach Them Faithfully to Your Children
Leo Baech Day School, 2009, p. 30-31
Miriam

SAQA Journal
Volume 19, No. 2 (Spring 2009), p. 30-31
"My Experience at the Summer Institute"

JOFA Journal
Volume 8, Issue 1 (Spring 2009), p. 16
Women of Valor

Practical Matters
Volume 1, Issue 1 (January 2009), p. 1-13
"Re-Imagining Eve"

High Holiday Supplement: Transliterations, Readings & Reflections for the Machzor
Congregation B'nai Jacob, Woodbridge, CT, September 2007, p. 18
The Whole World is a Narrow Bridge

Zeek Magazine: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture
Spring/Summer 2007, p. 42
The Whole World is a Narrow Bridge

JOFA's 10th Anniversary International Conference on Feminism & Orthodoxy - New York, NY
Tishrei 5766 (October 2005) used for invitations and programs

Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project
Karey Patterson Bresenhan, editor, October 2006, p. 259
Tevet 5766 (January 2006)

Selected Lectures and Workshops

Camp Ramah - Palmer, MA July 2011
Created meaningful challah covers with the fifth grade students.

FiberMixedMedia.com Winter 2011
3-Dimensional Fiber Art Elements: Online course where participants learn techniques for creating 3-dimensional embellishments, quilts, and fiber art sculpture.

B'nai Tikvah - North Brunswick, NJ December 2010
Translating Text into Textile: Fourth grade students worked with their parents to create fiber art pieces based on the Torah portion of the week.

Schluchim Online School for Girls - New York, NY November 2010
Translating Text into Textile: Students of an online Chabad school for girls created fiber art based on their favorite Bible stories as part of their annual New York retreat.

FiberMixedMedia.com - Fall 2010
Journal Quilts Online course where participants each create a quilt based on a significant life event

Pomegranate Guild of Southern Connecticut - New York, NY October 2010
Turning the Prayer of Your Heart into Art: Members of the Southern CT Pomegranate Guild travelled to NYC to make pieces based on a personal or favorite prayer

Drisha Institute - New York, NY October 2010
Translating Text into Textile: Hands-on workshop where participants created individual pieces based on a text related to Shabbat

Lafayette College - Easton, PA September 2010
Cloth Chronicles: Students in Hillel, Threads, and the Feminist Group created fiber art pieces based on a special moment in their lives

West End Synagogue - New York, NY September 2010
Translating Text into Textile: Hands-on workshop for the religious school where participants worked in groups to create fiber art pieces to decorate their sukkah

Park Avenue Synagogue - New York, NY Summer 2010
T ranslating Text into Textile: Two hands-on workshops where participants worked in groups to create fiber art pieces based on a favorite text and the themes of the High Holidays

JOFA (Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance) Conference - New York, NY
March 2010 - Quilting Prayer: Hands-on Workshops on how to turn our prayers into art

Stephen Wise Free Synagogue - New York, NY
January 2010 - Midrash Through Art: Teach fifth grade class how to interpret texts through art

Congregation B'nai Sholom - Newington, CT
November 2009- Turning the Prayers of Your Heart into Art: Hands-on workshop for all ages

National Havurah Committee Summer Institute - Rindge, NH
August 2009 - Art Journaling: Taught multi-media workshop on expressing the emotions of life events through art

B'nai Abraham Synagogue - Easton, PA
March 2009- Shabbat Across America Guest Lecturer (including hand on workshop for all ages)

This is My Prayer - Va'Ani Teffliati: Jewish Women in Prayer - New York, NY
March 2009 - Quilting Prayer: Hands-on Workshops on how to turn our prayers into art

National Havurah Committee Summer Institute - Rindge, NH
August 2008 - Artist-in-Residence: Taught week long class on "Translating Text into Textile," worked with children in kids' camp to create fiber art, gave presentation on "Quilting our Jewish Journeys" to the community, and put together a show of students' work.

National Havurah Committee Summer Institute - Rindge, NH
August 2007 - Coordinated peace flag project

B'nai Abraham Synagogue - Easton, PA
November 2006 - Guest Lecturer with hands-on project for children

Lafayette College - Easton, PA
November 2006 - Guest Lecturer with hands-on project for students

Jewish Theological Seminary - New York, NY
March 2006 - Guest Lecturer