Westchester Women: A Window into their Worlds Fiber Art by Heather G. Stoltz

Women often live multiple lives at once, trying to be the perfect mother, daughter, employee, boss, friend, and community member all while hiding challenges in one realm from those in another. Those carefully constructed walls came crashing down in 2020 when the pandemic forced everyone inside where those walls became windows and the different aspects of their lives began to merge together.

This exhibition gives a glimpse of what was happening in some women’s lives during those tumultuous times. See how a women ranging from a priest to a doctor to a small business owner juggled the various aspects of their lives through a series of fiber art pieces. Also included is a piece created by students from GOOD for Girls (ages 8-18) where each square tells the story of one girl’s pandemic experience as well as artwork expressing Heather’s journey through the adventures of parenting.

Heather G. Stoltz is a fiber artist who creates quilted wall hangings and fabric sculptures inspired by social justice issues, parenthood, and Jewish texts. Stoltz, named as one of The Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36” for 2012, received a 2011 Manhattan Community Art Funds grant for Temporary Shelter, her installation piece about homeless New Yorkers. Her work has been exhibited nationally and featured in Quilts and Human Rights, Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis, Jewish Threads, and several other publications. She was a Drisha Arts Fellow 2008 – 2010 and was an Artist‐in-­Residence at the 2008 National Havurah Committee Summer Institute. Heather lives in Westchester County, NY with her husband and their two children.

The exhibit will be on view from November 23 through January, 2025.  Meet the artist at a reception on Sunday, December 15 at 2:00pm.