Call for Woodwork: In Union, Remotely - Shaker Design Principles
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About this event
Join Shaker Museum for an online Zoom event about Shaker design principles. You will hear from special guests John and Wonhee Arndt of Studio Gorm, who will talk about their design work in Furnishing Utopia.
This event is part of Shaker Museum's community engagement project, “Call for Woodwork: In Union, Remotely.” All are invited to participate in this free series of events and encouraged to submit finished pieces for our online showcase. Submissions should draw inspiration from the Shakers’ values or way of life.
For those interested in responding to the Shaker Museum's "Call for Woodwork: In Union, Remotely," registration is available here. Registration is encouraged. Registered participants will receive special assistance in exploring the online collection, access to suggested readings, and automatic invitations to ZOOM events to meet other craftspeople to share inspiration and camaraderie.
Organizer Shaker Museum
Organizer of Call for Woodwork: In Union, Remotely - Shaker Design Principles
Shaker Museum holds the world’s most comprehensive collection of Shaker objects, archives, and books, and stewards the historic North Family site at Mount Lebanon, the founding community of the Shakers.
The Shaker Museum was founded in 1950 by John S. Williams, Sr. on his farm in Old Chatham, New York. Beginning in the 1930s, Williams traveled extensively to then-active Shaker communities and collected examples of their arts, industries, and domestic life, as well as spiritual artifacts. His approach was that of an anthropologist documenting the decline of a culture. Today the museum’s collection is a prime resource for scholars and curators.
In 2004, the museum became the owner and steward of the North Family site at Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, consisting of 11 Shaker buildings on 91 acres, and the museum’s name was changed from Shaker Museum & Library to Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon.
The Mount Lebanon site is open year-round. The Old Chatham site, which houses collections storage, the library, and the administrative offices, is open year-round by appointment.
