Name: Fringe Selects
Start: 2020-12-11T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2021-03-28T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Shakers: Fringe Selects

Fringe Selects

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.

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Visit the Shaker Museum's temporary exhibition, curated by Katie Stout, in downtown Chatham, NY.

Shakers: Fringe Selects

Through a selection of Shaker material chosen by Katie Stout from Shaker Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition explores the breadth of Shaker objects by taking a closer look at the objects on the “fringe”—colorful, ornamental, and less well-known than the minimalist, iconic Shaker pieces. Also on view are two new chairs by Stout created as a response to her exploration of Shaker material culture.The exhibition is presented in Shaker Museum’s pop-up space located at 17 Main Street in downtown Chatham, donated by Columbia County resident, Jack Shear, and near the future home of Shaker Museum’s permanent facility. Admission to the exhibition is free.<a href="https://www.shakermuseum.us/press/shaker-museum-presents-fringe-selects-curation-shaker-objects-katie-stout/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read the full press release</a>. <a href="https://shakerml.org/collection/shakers-community-opens-july-17/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://shakerml.org/press/shaker-museum-open-temporary-exhibition-entitled-shakers-community/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Please note: All visitors are required to wear a cloth mask covering the nose and mouth. There will be a maximum number of three visitors at any time due to capacity restrictions related to COVID-19. Tickets are not required for this event. There is no timed entry. Visitors will be allowed to enter upon arrival as space permits. Visitors may be required to wait outside if capacity is exceeded.

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