Cynthia Alberto

July 28 - August 3, 2024

Cynthia Alberto—artist, designer, and founder of the Brooklyn-based Weaving and Healing arts studio Weaving Hand—bridges traditional and contemporary techniques, drawing inspiration from ancient communities of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Alberto developed "Weaving Together:”  a series of ongoing collaborative events that focus on healing the community and create interpersonal relationships through the act of weaving together. "Weaving Together" events were held at the Museum of Arts and Design, Cooper Hewitt, Barnard College, Pratt Institute, Earth Day Initiative, Pioneer Works, Queens Museum, Ace Hotel, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Bldg 92 ­Brooklyn Navy Yard. Alberto is a recipient of the Dan River Weaving Award (1998);  Peters Valley Craft Center Art Educator Scholarship (2008); The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2009); Museum of Arts and Design—Open Studio Artist Residency (2008 & 2018); and Ace Hotel Artist in Residence (2015 - 2016); Artshack Brooklyn, Artist in Residence (2021). Since 2009, Alberto has been a Resident Artist at League Artists Natural Design, a studio and gallery in Brooklyn that features work by adult artists living with disabilities. Alberto has conducted lectures and workshops at the Queens Museum of Art, Tyler School of Art, Pratt Institute, Fashion Institute of Technology, Brooklyn Fashion and Design Accelerator, Sheridan College Textiles Department, and Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts and Culture.

Cynthia A. Alberto, My Anting Anting (My Amulet), human hair, cotton and wool yarns, h: 25 x w: 25 in.