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Simply Shaker:  A Lecture Series

Monday, January 21

2:30 p.m.

Points and Swallowtails: Anatomy of the Shaker Oval Boxes

Boxes were made in a half-dozen Shaker villages since the late eighteenth century. While the Shakers’ desire for uniformity in all things dictated that all Shaker boxes be similar in appearance, the boxes have many subtle differences that reveal where, when, and by whom they were made. Good, better, and best examples will be discussed for the collector and connoisseur. 

Presenter: Jerry V. Grant, Director of Research, Shaker Museum and Library

Tuesday, January 22

2:30 p.m.

Press Conference

Mount Lebanon Shaker Village: An Expanded Vision for the Shaker Museum and Library

Mount Lebanon Shaker Village is the most historically significant of all Shaker villages. The Shaker Museum and Library will restore, rebuild, and re-use part of the site as its new museum, research, and teaching center. The press conference will present a history and future plans for the site and the Museum. 

All members of the press and public are invited to attend.

           

Wednesday, January 23
2:30 p.m.

Intimate Tour of the Loan Exhibition 

Visitors on this tour will have a rare opportunity to examine at close range pieces of classic Shaker. We will focus on key component design elements and construction features that epitomize and define what we have come to know as the “Shaker Style.”

Presenter:  Winter Antiques Show exhibitor, Robert W. Wilkins of Suzanne Courcier • Robert W. Wilkins, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts 

 

Friday, January 25
2:30 p.m.

‘I Am Holy Wisdom ...’  Gift Drawings as Unique Expressions of Shaker Faith 

Some of the most atypical Shaker objects are drawings produced during the height of the Shakers’ mid-19^th century religious revival. Shaker mediums, or instruments, recorded visions and dreams that included words of encouragement, praise, and admonition. These works on paper are precious reminders of the powerful tension between the Shakers’ spiritual and temporal worlds. 

Presenter: Sharon Duane Koomler, Director of the Museum, Shaker Museum and Library

 

All lectures are held in the Tiffany Room at the Park Avenue Armory, and are complimentary with show admission.