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‘60 Years Of Creativity By Ita Aber’ At Yeshiva University Museum NO CUT

NEW YORK CITY — Yeshiva University Museum presents an exhibition of textiles by Ita Aber, “Ita B’Ita — Ita in Her Time,” on view in the Arcade and Mezzanine through October 14. The retrospective includes approximately 75 fiber art works of varying sizes that celebrate Aber’s 60 years as an artist. Works on view range in date from 1946 to 2007, and include select works on public view for the first time.

Works in the exhibition include a woman’s prayer shawl (“tallit”), ark curtains, a Torah mantle, a Simchat Torah flag and decorative textiles that depict Biblical scenes, Hebrew letters and ancient Jewish and Chinese symbols, among other imagery.

Yeshiva University Museum at the Center for Jewish History is at 15 West 16th Street (between Fifth & Sixth Avenues). For more information, www.yumuseum.org or 212-294-8330.