COAT OF MANY COLORS HANDWEAVERS
Michael L. Daitch
18809 San Diego Blvd., Lathrup Village, MI 48076
Contact: (586) 419-1502 | Email: michaeldaitch@yahoo.com
Website: coatofmanycolorshandweavers.com
Michael L. Daitch
18809 San Diego Blvd., Lathrup Village, MI 48076
Contact: (586) 419-1502 | Email: michaeldaitch@yahoo.com
Website: coatofmanycolorshandweavers.com
Mission Statement
I believe that everyone deserves to own beautiful and attractive handwoven accessories. My scarves, shawls, throws, shrugs, and wearable’s are created for people who enjoy such luxurious items. I use only yarns of the highest quality to create these handwoven pieces that are both visually arresting and sensually pleasing. In combine lustrous fibers and rich colors with the fine art of weaving, my handwoven articles possess all the intrinsic characteristics, charm and irregularities of handmade textiles that make each item unique. I know that you will enjoy and cherish our handwoven creations. I also am one of the only handweavers in the country who specialize in teaching pre-Bar and Bat Mitzvah children the art of handweaving their own tallit, as well as special Judaic weaving projects at all levels and skills.
Education
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan – Bachelors of Fine Arts – 1975
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan – Graduate Study in Art History – 1977
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio – Graduate Study Weaving/Art and Deaf Education - 1981-1982
Gallery Affiliations
Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Starkweather Art Society, Romeo, Michigan
Grants & Private Projects
DeRoy Testamentary Foundation – *Art in the School Grants – provided through the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
*Fall 2004 – Tzedakah Tallit Project, Congregation Shir Tikvah, Troy, Michigan
*Winter 2005 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Temple Shir Shalom, West Bloomfield, Michigan
*Fall 2005 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Temple Shir Shalom, West Bloomfield, Michigan
*Winter/Spring 2005 – 7th Grade Chuppah Project, Temple Kol Ami, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Spring 2006 – Intergenerational Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield, Michigan
*Winter 2006 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Congregation B’nai Moshe, West Bloomfield, Michigan
On-going project – Private Family Grant, Temple Israel, Opening Doors Program (Alliance for Jewish Education)
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Private – Summer 2006 – Temple Beth Emeth’s Brotherhood Tallit Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*Winter 2007 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Congregation B’nai Moshe, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Fall 2007 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Temple Shir Shalom, West Bloomfield, Michigan
*Winter 2008 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Congregation B’nai Moshe, West Bloomfield, Michigan
*Winter 2009 – Jewish Parents Institute, Family Challah Cover Project, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan
2013-2014 – Tallit Project, Congregation Kehillat Israel, Lansing, MI
2008- Present – Private Grant, Temple Israel – working with special needs children on Tallit.
Projects & Artist-in-Residences
Spring 2006 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield, Michigan
Spring & Summer 2007 & 2008 – Camp Yofi at Camp Ramah Daron, Clayton, Georgia – Artist-in-Residence, Family Camp for Autistic Children
Winter 2008 to present – Artist-in-Residence, Community Tallit Project, Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center West Bloomfield, Michigan
Summer 2010 – Art from the Heart in Celebration of TuB’av, Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, MI
I believe that everyone deserves to own beautiful and attractive handwoven accessories. My scarves, shawls, throws, shrugs, and wearable’s are created for people who enjoy such luxurious items. I use only yarns of the highest quality to create these handwoven pieces that are both visually arresting and sensually pleasing. In combine lustrous fibers and rich colors with the fine art of weaving, my handwoven articles possess all the intrinsic characteristics, charm and irregularities of handmade textiles that make each item unique. I know that you will enjoy and cherish our handwoven creations. I also am one of the only handweavers in the country who specialize in teaching pre-Bar and Bat Mitzvah children the art of handweaving their own tallit, as well as special Judaic weaving projects at all levels and skills.
Education
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan – Bachelors of Fine Arts – 1975
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan – Graduate Study in Art History – 1977
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio – Graduate Study Weaving/Art and Deaf Education - 1981-1982
Gallery Affiliations
Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Starkweather Art Society, Romeo, Michigan
Grants & Private Projects
DeRoy Testamentary Foundation – *Art in the School Grants – provided through the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
*Fall 2004 – Tzedakah Tallit Project, Congregation Shir Tikvah, Troy, Michigan
*Winter 2005 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Temple Shir Shalom, West Bloomfield, Michigan
*Fall 2005 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Temple Shir Shalom, West Bloomfield, Michigan
*Winter/Spring 2005 – 7th Grade Chuppah Project, Temple Kol Ami, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Spring 2006 – Intergenerational Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield, Michigan
*Winter 2006 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Congregation B’nai Moshe, West Bloomfield, Michigan
On-going project – Private Family Grant, Temple Israel, Opening Doors Program (Alliance for Jewish Education)
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Private – Summer 2006 – Temple Beth Emeth’s Brotherhood Tallit Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*Winter 2007 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Congregation B’nai Moshe, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Fall 2007 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Temple Shir Shalom, West Bloomfield, Michigan
*Winter 2008 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Congregation B’nai Moshe, West Bloomfield, Michigan
*Winter 2009 – Jewish Parents Institute, Family Challah Cover Project, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan
2013-2014 – Tallit Project, Congregation Kehillat Israel, Lansing, MI
2008- Present – Private Grant, Temple Israel – working with special needs children on Tallit.
Projects & Artist-in-Residences
Spring 2006 – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tallit Project, Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Southfield, Michigan
Spring & Summer 2007 & 2008 – Camp Yofi at Camp Ramah Daron, Clayton, Georgia – Artist-in-Residence, Family Camp for Autistic Children
Winter 2008 to present – Artist-in-Residence, Community Tallit Project, Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center West Bloomfield, Michigan
Summer 2010 – Art from the Heart in Celebration of TuB’av, Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, MI
Group Shows
Fall 2008 – Group Show, “In Response: Artists Translate their Israel Experience”, Janice Charach Galley, Jewish Community Center,
West Bloomfield, Michigan
Summer 2007 – Fiber Show, Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Winter 2007- present – Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
November 2008 – annually – Holiday Show, Starkweather Gallery, Romeo, MI
November 2008 – annually – Holiday Show, Gallery 1219, Port Huron, MI
May 2009 – August 2009 – “From Haven to Home”, (displayed Chuppah) Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, Michigan
October 2009 – “The Bra Show” (to benefit Huron Valley Sinai Hospital’s Charach Cancer Treatment Center), Janice Charach Gallery,
Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Summer 2010 – “Art from the Heart in Celebration of Tu B’av, Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, MI
January 2011 – Not Your Grandma’s Fiber Show (Guest Artist Weaving Demonstration)Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan
May 2012 - Saying, I Do Wedding Show, Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, MI
June – July 2012 – “Fiberhybridity” – Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
July 2012 – ROOTS: An exhibition of Chaldean and Jewish Artists, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI
Winter of 2022: Robert Kidd Gallery/Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit - Virtual Exhibit and Discussion (Intersection of Art and Faith) Birmingham, Michigan
November 2021 - January 2022, Ellen Kayrod Gallery "Poetic Cloth" Detroit Michigan
Guest Lectures and Artist Demonstrations
October 2009, Guest Lecturer, Michigan Weavers Guild, Farmington Hills, Michigan
January 2009 - annually – Guest Artist Demonstration, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
April 2010 – Guest Artist Demonstration, Main Branch of the Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan
January 2011 – Guest Artist Demonstration, Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan
September 2011 and 2012 – Jewish Community Center’s Festival of the Arts, West Bloomfield, MI
November 2013, Judaic Weaving Lecture, Eastside Weavers Guild, “Judaic Handweaving”
Annually 2010- 2020, Special Weekend Weaving Project in DIA Studio and Rivera Court, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
June 2021, Lathrup Village Art Fair, Guest Demo, Lathrup Village, Michigan
March 27, 2022, Hellenic Museum of Michigan, Greek Independence Week Weaving Demo, Detroit, Michigan
June 26, 2022, Palmer Park Log Cabin Days, Guest Artist Demo, Detroit, Michigan
September 22, 2022 Anton Art Center "Art Party" Guest Artist Demo, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
Upcoming 2013-2023 Classes and Projects:
Anton Art Center – Adult Weaving Classes, Winter 2013- present, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
Janice Charach Gallery, (On-going) - Special Needs Tallit Project, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Learn to Weave a Holiday Scarf, Gallery 1219, Port Huron, Michigan
Learn to Weave (On-going) – Starkweather Art Society, Romeo, MI
Anton Art Gallery - 2021 Summer Day Camp, Cardboard Loom Weaving, Mt. Clements, Michigan
Detroit Institute of Arts - September 17-18th 2022, Walk-In, Cardboard Loom Weaving, Detroit Michigan
Publictions
My Jewish Detroit, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit September 30, 2015 – “Master Weaver: At Home on the Loom”
Handwoven Magazine, March/April 2013 - Spotlight “Weaving In Faith” submitted per magazines request
Detroit Institute of Arts, November 2008 & January 2010 Members Publication – “Guest Artists”
Handwoven Magazine, November/December 2007 – “When Bar Mitzvah Looms”, submitted per magazines request
Eastern Michigan University- The Edge (Alumni Magazine) – Spring 2006 – “Handwork”: by Kathleen Shields
Detroit Jewish News, January 11, 2006, “Spiritual Stripe”, a weaving project has students and adults wrapped in Judaism, by Elizabeth Applebaum
Torah at the Center, Fall 2006 – The Arts in Jewish Education, “Artists in the School Program: A Community Model”, by Rebecca Starr
Detroit Free Press – September 17, 2004 “Strands in Jewish prayer shawls hold lesson for people of all Faiths”, by David Crumm
Detroit Jewish News – Intersection of Art and Faith: Three Jewish Artists are Highlighted in Interfaith Video, by Shari Cohen
Youtube Videos:
Anton Art Center Loom Weaving Instructor Michael Daitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX-MT63pslw
Master Weaver Michael Daitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBkiftmI63E
ArtParty @ home Artist Profile:Michael Daitch, Master Weaver and Instructor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kPRJ0_9RlQ
Anton Art Center @ home: Weaving a Wall Hanging with Michael Daitch Pt 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaL6PpNLjig
Anton Art Center @ Home: Weaving a Wall Hanging with Michael Daitch Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gXXYNs7724
Professional References:
Ellen Maiseloff, Assistant Director, Special Education, Alliance for Jewish Education
Opening the Doors Education Partnership Program
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, 6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322
Rabbi Michael Moskowitz and Rabbi Dannel Schwartz
Temple Shir Shalom
3999 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, Michigan 48323
Natalie Balazovich, Director
Janice Charach Gallery
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, 6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Zachary Frieling, Art Studio Manager
Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Rabbi Aaron and Rebecca Starr
Congregation Sharrey Zedek
27375 Bell Road
Southfield, MI 48034
Personnal References:
Dennis Zelazny
24950 Landau
Center Line, MI 48015
Edwina Davis
7220 Suncrest Road
West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322
Fall 2008 – Group Show, “In Response: Artists Translate their Israel Experience”, Janice Charach Galley, Jewish Community Center,
West Bloomfield, Michigan
Summer 2007 – Fiber Show, Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Winter 2007- present – Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
November 2008 – annually – Holiday Show, Starkweather Gallery, Romeo, MI
November 2008 – annually – Holiday Show, Gallery 1219, Port Huron, MI
May 2009 – August 2009 – “From Haven to Home”, (displayed Chuppah) Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, Michigan
October 2009 – “The Bra Show” (to benefit Huron Valley Sinai Hospital’s Charach Cancer Treatment Center), Janice Charach Gallery,
Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Summer 2010 – “Art from the Heart in Celebration of Tu B’av, Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, MI
January 2011 – Not Your Grandma’s Fiber Show (Guest Artist Weaving Demonstration)Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan
May 2012 - Saying, I Do Wedding Show, Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, MI
June – July 2012 – “Fiberhybridity” – Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
July 2012 – ROOTS: An exhibition of Chaldean and Jewish Artists, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI
Winter of 2022: Robert Kidd Gallery/Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit - Virtual Exhibit and Discussion (Intersection of Art and Faith) Birmingham, Michigan
November 2021 - January 2022, Ellen Kayrod Gallery "Poetic Cloth" Detroit Michigan
Guest Lectures and Artist Demonstrations
October 2009, Guest Lecturer, Michigan Weavers Guild, Farmington Hills, Michigan
January 2009 - annually – Guest Artist Demonstration, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
April 2010 – Guest Artist Demonstration, Main Branch of the Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan
January 2011 – Guest Artist Demonstration, Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan
September 2011 and 2012 – Jewish Community Center’s Festival of the Arts, West Bloomfield, MI
November 2013, Judaic Weaving Lecture, Eastside Weavers Guild, “Judaic Handweaving”
Annually 2010- 2020, Special Weekend Weaving Project in DIA Studio and Rivera Court, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
June 2021, Lathrup Village Art Fair, Guest Demo, Lathrup Village, Michigan
March 27, 2022, Hellenic Museum of Michigan, Greek Independence Week Weaving Demo, Detroit, Michigan
June 26, 2022, Palmer Park Log Cabin Days, Guest Artist Demo, Detroit, Michigan
September 22, 2022 Anton Art Center "Art Party" Guest Artist Demo, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
Upcoming 2013-2023 Classes and Projects:
Anton Art Center – Adult Weaving Classes, Winter 2013- present, Mt. Clemens, Michigan
Janice Charach Gallery, (On-going) - Special Needs Tallit Project, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Learn to Weave a Holiday Scarf, Gallery 1219, Port Huron, Michigan
Learn to Weave (On-going) – Starkweather Art Society, Romeo, MI
Anton Art Gallery - 2021 Summer Day Camp, Cardboard Loom Weaving, Mt. Clements, Michigan
Detroit Institute of Arts - September 17-18th 2022, Walk-In, Cardboard Loom Weaving, Detroit Michigan
Publictions
My Jewish Detroit, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit September 30, 2015 – “Master Weaver: At Home on the Loom”
Handwoven Magazine, March/April 2013 - Spotlight “Weaving In Faith” submitted per magazines request
Detroit Institute of Arts, November 2008 & January 2010 Members Publication – “Guest Artists”
Handwoven Magazine, November/December 2007 – “When Bar Mitzvah Looms”, submitted per magazines request
Eastern Michigan University- The Edge (Alumni Magazine) – Spring 2006 – “Handwork”: by Kathleen Shields
Detroit Jewish News, January 11, 2006, “Spiritual Stripe”, a weaving project has students and adults wrapped in Judaism, by Elizabeth Applebaum
Torah at the Center, Fall 2006 – The Arts in Jewish Education, “Artists in the School Program: A Community Model”, by Rebecca Starr
Detroit Free Press – September 17, 2004 “Strands in Jewish prayer shawls hold lesson for people of all Faiths”, by David Crumm
Detroit Jewish News – Intersection of Art and Faith: Three Jewish Artists are Highlighted in Interfaith Video, by Shari Cohen
Youtube Videos:
Anton Art Center Loom Weaving Instructor Michael Daitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX-MT63pslw
Master Weaver Michael Daitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBkiftmI63E
ArtParty @ home Artist Profile:Michael Daitch, Master Weaver and Instructor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kPRJ0_9RlQ
Anton Art Center @ home: Weaving a Wall Hanging with Michael Daitch Pt 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaL6PpNLjig
Anton Art Center @ Home: Weaving a Wall Hanging with Michael Daitch Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gXXYNs7724
Professional References:
Ellen Maiseloff, Assistant Director, Special Education, Alliance for Jewish Education
Opening the Doors Education Partnership Program
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, 6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322
Rabbi Michael Moskowitz and Rabbi Dannel Schwartz
Temple Shir Shalom
3999 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield, Michigan 48323
Natalie Balazovich, Director
Janice Charach Gallery
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, 6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield, Michigan
Zachary Frieling, Art Studio Manager
Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
Rabbi Aaron and Rebecca Starr
Congregation Sharrey Zedek
27375 Bell Road
Southfield, MI 48034
Personnal References:
Dennis Zelazny
24950 Landau
Center Line, MI 48015
Edwina Davis
7220 Suncrest Road
West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322
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