Ita H. Aber papers, 1932-2007

Ita Aber (1932-) is a Jewish multimedia and textile artist, curator, and art teacher who works primarily in New York. Aber was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1932 and immigrated to the United States in the 1950s. She completed her studies at Empire State College and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York earning a masters degree equivalent in Jewish art. In addition to her textile work, Aber worked as a curator at the Hudson River Museum.

Aber was a founding member of the New York Feminist Art Institute and the founder of the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework. Starting in 1972, she taught needlework at the Jewish Museum, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and other venues throughout the eastern United States.