Sacred Sheets

Dunes

Save the date (updated to August 10)☀️ @dunes.fyi will be hosting my Shaker film screening + lecture in Portland, Maine 8/10, 6-8pm. See you

Donations will help cover the artist's honorarium Save the date (updated to August 10)☀️ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dunes.fyi/?hl=en" title="https://www.instagram.com/dunes.fyi/?hl=en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@dunes.fyi</a> will be hosting my Shaker film screening + lecture in Portland, Maine 8/10, 6-8pm. See you there.Maria Molteni <a href="https://www.instagram.com/strega_maria/?hl=en" title="https://www.instagram.com/strega_maria/?hl=en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@strega_maria</a> (They/Them) is a Massachusetts-based interdisciplinary artist, educator, and mystic drawing from historic and pop-cultural contexts as a Metaphysical-Education coach. Their practice, rooted in painting, print, and dance, incorporates research, embodied spirituality, and collaboration with the living and the dead, including astrology, tarot, dreamwork, somatic prayer, and color magic.Descending from square dancers, quilters, and beekeepers near South Union Shaker Village (TN), Molteni has studied Shaker culture since 2007. Focusing on the Shakers’ Era of Manifestations (1837-57)-particularly Gift Drawings and spirit communication-Molteni explores their philosophies and dance through queer, matriarchal, and Spiritualist lenses.Molteni has worked with archives from Canterbury (NH), Hancock (MA), Harvard, Shirley, and South Union (KY), researching at Sabbathday Lake (ME), Mount Lebanon, and Watervliet (NY). They’ve presented lectures and programs at American Folk Art Museum (NY), Viktor Wynd Museum (London), Fruitlands Museum (MA), Nashville Film Festival (TN), and ICA Boston.Their installation “All Around the Room,” depicting a 19th-century Shaker trance experience, is currently at Hancock Shaker Village through November 2025.Spiritual Spectacles: Mother’s Work and the Shaker Era of Manifestations.The Shakers sought Heaven on Earth in egalitarian communes since 1776. During their “Era of Manifestations,” younger Shakers channeled messages from leaders like Mother Ann Lee, creating visionary Gift Drawings (“Mother’s Work”). Molteni contextualizes this era through artworks including their installation and “Sacred Sheets,” a film with Allison Halter translating Gift Drawings into vibrant, choreographed cut-paper designs, evoking women’s labor and spirit communication.

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