Lasting October 15–29, 1952, the workshop also included instruction by Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, Dr. Soetsu Yanagi and Marguerite Wildenhain.
At this time, Weinrib began experimenting in his practice of art production, creating tiles, "slab" pottery, and sculpted pots.
[2] In the summer of 1953, Weinrib and Karnes led the school's second Craft Institute along with Warren MacKenzie, Daniel Rhodes, Peter Voulkos.
In fall 1954, Weinrib and Karnes would leave Black Mountain College and relocate to Stony Point, New York to begin working with M. C. Richards, David Tudor, and John Cage at Gate Hill Cooperative.
In the 1960s, Weinrib became prominent creating abstract sculptures to be mounted or hung during exhibition in a series of shows at the Howard Wise Gallery.