Creativity Lab: Weaving Together invites you to explore how the art of weaving links generations, traditions, and materials across time through hands-on activities, a resource library, archival materials, and public programs. Weaving Together is a collaboration between creative studio Weaving Hand, artist Cynthia Alberto, and arts incubator Relative Arts. It was developed in conjunction with the exhibition Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction.
Artist Collaborators
Cynthia Alberto is an artist, designer, and founder of the Brooklyn-based healing arts studio Weaving Hand. Her focus is on bridging traditional and contemporary weaving techniques, drawing inspiration from ancient communities across Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Alberto’s artwork, performances, and public weaving projects celebrate traditional and artisanal techniques while incorporating unconventional materials and embracing a zero-waste philosophy. These works continuously explore the many intersections between weaving and healing; craft and sustainability; and the importance of looms—an integral component of weaving history—recognizing their role in shaping this timeless craft.
Relative Arts is a brick-and-mortar community space, open studio, and shop that showcases contemporary Indigenous fashion and design in NYC’s East Village. Their mission is to provide a peer-run space that fosters the advancement of Indigenous futurism through collaboration, celebration, and education. Relative Arts is Indigenous owned and operated by Korina Emmerich (Puyallup) and Liana Shewey (Mvskoke).
Korina Emmerich (Puyallup) founded EMME Studio in 2015 and cofounded Relative Arts in 2023. Her colorful work celebrates her patrilineal Indigenous heritage from the Puyallup tribe while aligning art and design with education. Her work has been featured on Project Runway; at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA PS1, the Denver Art Museum, New York University, Cornell University, RISD Museum, and the Museum of the City of New York; and in such publications as Vogue, Elle, InStyle, and New York Magazine. She has presented her collections at Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week, Indigenous Fashion and Arts, Santa Fe Indian Market's Couture Runway Show, and New York Fashion Week.
Liana Shewey (Mvskoke) is cofounder and director of programming at Relative Arts. Shewey is a committed educator and community organizer who has led teach-ins and speak-outs to create awareness around missing and murdered Indigenous relatives (MMIR), the damaging effects of fossil fuels, and Indigenous liberation. She has also worked in music and event production for more than 15 years and brings those skills and relationships to Relative Arts to host events featuring artists of all forms, and to develop progressive educational programming. She has had notable engagements at the New-York Historical Society, William Paterson University, RISD, the American Indian Community House, Cornell University, the Museum of the City of New York, and more.
Accessibility
In order to serve visitors with hearing loss, the Crown Creativity Lab includes induction hearing loops for sound amplification. Visitors can turn their hearing aid or cochlear implant to T-coil mode to hear enhanced sound effortlessly. The loop system does not work with hearing aids without telecoil technology.
All-gender restrooms are located on Floors 1, 3W, 5, and T1.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and live captioning is available for public programs upon request with two weeks’ advance notice. MoMA will make every effort to provide accommodation for requests made with less than two weeks’ notice. Please contact [email protected] to make a request for these accommodations.
The entrance to the Creativity Lab has a power-assist door. Seating options include chairs with backs and mattresses at wheelchair height.
For more information on accessibility at MoMA please visit moma.org/access. For accessibility questions or accommodation requests please email [email protected] or call 212-708-9781.
The Crown Creativity Lab is a participatory space activated by local partner organizations, artists, and MoMA visitors. Each project is inspired by art on view and invites creativity, personal reflection, and exchange with others.
