This year’s JDAIM exhibit is inspired by fashion and our ability to convey and create fashion in multiple forms, media and structures.
The WAE Studio has explored and embraced the notion of what it is to be “FashionABLE”…which, by definition, is to conform to current trends.
The WAE Center has always valued a lack of conformity with an abundance of creativity. Member artists were brought into conversation about how they saw the process of creating and expressing themselves through fashion…and then the work began…transforming mixed media into objects to be worn, mounted and accessorized, with an eye on beauty, invention, humor.
The resulting exhibit is ripe with ideas, expressions and notions!
Enjoy the Show!
The FashionABLE exhibit is sponsored by the Weinstock family in memory of Steven Weinstock, long-time and beloved WAE Center member artist.
Exhibit Dates
Sunday, February 1, 2026 – Saturday, February 28, 2026
Opening Reception - Meet the Artists
Sunday, February 1st, 2pm – 4 pm
FREE Fabric Arts Workshop
RSVP Required.
Led by Faye Graye, Manager, WAE Studio.
Sunday, March 1, 2026, 2pm – 4pm
Join this hands-on workshop where you will decorate a denim pocket to add to your favorite jeans or jacket. Using embroidery, applique, buttons, and beads along with stick and stitch patterns you will create a mini wearable piece art that will also hold your phone, keys or a small personal item. If you have not embroidered before not to worry, we’ve got you in the pocket!
What is JDAIM?
Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month (JDAIM) is a unified effort among Jewish organizations worldwide to raise awareness and foster acceptance and inclusion of people with disabilities and mental health conditions and those who love them.
JDAIM is a call to action for all of us to act in accordance with our Jewish values, honoring the gifts and strengths that we each possess.
Heidi Gallery seeks to welcome guests of all abilities and make their experience as accessible as possible! Please contact HeidiGallery@JSDD.org to request a specific accommodation.
Made possible by funds from the Essex County Department of Cultural Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
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Proposals for exhibitions are always welcome. Please limit your proposal to two pages.
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