Oh My! Handmade

I’ve been working on this list of 30+ Black women and gender diverse community leaders who are over 65.

“All the whiteness was getting on my nerves.” — Howardena Pindell on why she made “Free, White and 21.” (1980), New York Times, 2025 Howardena Pindell is almost 83 years old and still making art in her New York studio.

Project: Virtual producer of the 2025 Jews for Racial and Economic Justie (JFREJ) Mazals responsible for virtual run of show, coordinating with special guests, and event facilitation.

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Found in my grandmother Ana Brom’s notebooks tucked between instructions on dying wool and sketches for clothing designs are “notes to a little schmuck”, as she referred to herself.

🧵Stitching The Blues🪡 Mixed media experiments — stitched and felted hand dyed wool, remnants of my Nana Ana Brom’s hand dyed silks (and her thread scissors), beads & a tiny message in a bottle sealed with beeswax.

Imagine that hell is a dinner party.

Project: The Biscuit Eater Cafe & Books From 2016-2022 my family owned and operated a rural cafe and bookstore with a focus on community care.

Project: Jews for Racial and Economic Justicec (JFREJ) Israel-Palestine Shabbat Guide Date: November 2023-January 2024