Her works explore various themes, such as identity, cultural heritage, terrorism, tikkun olam, as well as the spiritual concepts of kabbalah.
Using the resources of inventive new technology, and based on research of archival photos, documents and artifacts, she connects Jewish architecture with its old world origins.
Verwer’s “Protest Art” Tightrope,[1] an installation previously at It’s A Thin Line[2] exhibit at the Yeshiva University Museum, explored the impact that the lack of an eruv has on families with young children and the infirm.
City Charms[4] amulet photographs invoke protection from acts of destruction on buildings, particularly terror-watch-list targets, a theme she continues in her apotropaic images in the Temple Talismans[5] series.
The Educational Alliance’s inaugural exhibit at the Manny Cantor Center, opening January 2015, is curated by Linda Griggs and Yona Verwer.
At the Columbia / Barnard Kraft Building Verwer organized Into the Void - Works by Cynthia Beth Rubin, Warrior / Peacemaker, Graphic Novel by Julian Voloj,[21] and Fractured Epics: Historical Paintings and Imaginary Portraits by Joel Silverstein.