All of these community projects I’ve shared carry the theme of weaving cultures, bringing people together to make magic. The Artspace New Haven Weaving Cultures project brought together high school students from Common Ground Urban Farm and Environmental Education Center with artists from The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Bethany. Staff shared the traditions of weaving in the cultures that many of the BIPOC students had come from — parallel to the contemporary woven fabrics and fiber-based work of Anni Albers. As a culmination of the mutual learning, the team engaged with the public in a weaving demonstration on an 8ft loom at the Open Source Festival 2021.