Yehudit Avrahams resume

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Selected Commission
Wove the Beged Cahona (3 sets) for Rav Ariel of the Temple Institute, Israel
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Studio Work, Israel, 1979 - Present
Fiber artist and production weaver of Tallitot; additional techniques include drawloom weaving and computerized weaving.
Teacher of weaving
Regional representative in Israel for the Complex Weavers' Association of America
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Experience prior to Israel
1976 Studied with Mabel Burnside Myers, famous Navajo weaver Navajoland, Arizona
1973-1976 Opened a studio in  and developed various fiber art weavings, such as my open window sculptures. North Beach, San Francisco, California
1972-1973 Studied multiharness techniques with Alison Mitchell London, England
1970-1972 Studied with Mrs. Isabel Serna, Centro Latino, Mission District San Francisco, CA
1970-1972 Studied high-warp tapestry weaving at Berkeley Tapestry Works Berkeley, CA
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Education
1962 - 1966 Independent Research in the textile arts .
1966 Graduate work at the New School for Social Research New York City, New York
1962 - 1965 BA Philosophy, minor in Mathematics, with emphasis in Logic, from the University of Bridgeport Bridgeport,Connecticut
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