THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Ita Aber
March 27, 1932 – April 17, 2025
“We all have a responsibility to the less fortunate.”
Multimedia textile artist, historian, author, educator. Active in equal rights activism, and minority and elder rights. A founding member of the New York Feminist Art Institute. Founder of the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework. Member of New York Artists Equity, the Hudson River Contemporary Artists, Women’s Caucus for the Arts, the National Association of Corporate Art Managers and the American Institute for Conservation.
More About Ita:
- Obituary
- Ita Aber interview, June 2021
- Ita Aber 55 Year Retrospective, January 2001, Sponsored by New York Artists Equity, American Craft Council
- A Finding Aid to the Ita H. Aber papers, 1932-2007
- Wikipedia page
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 2