Local youth learning about food justice at the Youth Farm Project helped me grow a small tuft of Japanese Indigo this summer. During this afternoon workshop we harvested and extracted pigments while discussing the colonialist histories and capitalist systems of the textile industry. Each young farmer then created their own unique indigo-dyed bandana! Shout out to Rafael Aponte and Ann Marie Piombino for collaborating with me, and to Alternatives Federal Credit Union for partially funding this workshop! Find out more about the Youth Farm Project here.

Local youth learning about food justice at the Youth Farm Project helped me grow a small tuft of Japanese Indigo this summer. During this afternoon workshop we harvested and extracted pigments while discussing the colonialist histories and capitalist systems of the textile industry. Each young farmer then created their own unique indigo-dyed bandana! Shout out to Rafael Aponte and Ann Marie Piombino for collaborating with me, and to Alternatives Federal Credit Union for partially funding this workshop! Find out more about the Youth Farm Project here.

One part weaving instruction, one part lecture on cultural appropriation, Weavolution workshopped on the intersections of weaving and revolution during Ithaca's The People's School event. TPS has the continued goal of fostering collective political education for work and thought that is anti-capitalist, anti-racist, anti-sexist, and supportive of the oppressed people around the world. For more information on TPS please visit their website. 

Lifelong is a vibrant hub for a wide variety of activities geared to older adults throughout the county – activities which promote continued mental, physical, and creative growth. In the summer of 2017 Luna Fiber Studio gave a tapestry workshop to over a dozen enthusiastic adults. 

Luna Fiber Studios gave a tapestry weaving workshop to youth ages 6 - 8 at GIAC during the summer of 2017. This workshop was funded by Alternative's Federal Credit Union in their mission to help serve low-income and underserved communities. 

The Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) is a center for all ages, particularly youth and teens. It serves the immediate neighborhood and the greater Ithaca area by providing multicultural, educational, and recreational programs focused on social and individual development. The center's programs include services dedicated to improving the quality of life for the people we serve; advocating for the rights and needs of youth, families, underrepresented, and disenfranchised populations; providing structured employment training opportunities for at-risk youth and adults; and fighting against oppression and intimidation in our community.

Luna Fiber Studio welcomes students of all ages to come visit our space! On this particular lovely day, a group of 8 - 10 year olds learned how to weave on a table loom and floor loom.

During the fall of 2015, Sarah collaborated with David Streib from the science department of New Roots Charter School to teach a week long natural dye intensive. During this week we foraged locally for dye plants, and learned the chemistry of the entire dye process: mordanting, extraction, and application. This workshop was funded by the Community Arts Partnership Artist in Community Grant. 

During the fall of 2015, Sarah collaborated with David Streib from the science department of New Roots Charter School to teach a week long natural dye intensive. During this week we foraged locally for dye plants, and learned the chemistry of the entire dye process: mordanting, extraction, and application. This workshop was funded by the Community Arts Partnership Artist in Community Grant. 

In April of 2017, Sarah co-organized an event to bring youth adoptees together to make art. Kids from the ages of 8 - 18, adopted  domestically, internationally, from foster care and from kinship care, created art from clay sculptures, book-making and oral story-telling. Their amazing work culminated in an exhibition at Cornell along with C-CAMP (Cornell's Cross Cultural Adoption Mentor Program). PAW was organized by Carrie Freshour and Michael Stewart (both fellow adult adoptees) and the magnificent Emily Dong. For more information on this event please visit our website or our Facebook page. 

In April of 2017, Sarah co-organized an event to bring youth adoptees together to make art. Kids from the ages of 8 - 18, adopted  domestically, internationally, from foster care and from kinship care, created art from clay sculptures, book-making and oral story-telling. Their amazing work culminated in an exhibition at Cornell along with C-CAMP (Cornell's Cross Cultural Adoption Mentor Program). PAW was organized by Carrie Freshour and Michael Stewart (both fellow adult adoptees) and the magnificent Emily Dong. For more information on this event please visit our website or our Facebook page.