Shaker Museum Curator Conversation: There’s More to the Story
Come have a glass of wine with Jerry Grant and Sharon Koomler, co-curators of Unexpected Shaker, Shaker Museum’s current exhibition at the Kinderhook Knitting Mill pop-up space, as they share more about those Shakers and lead a lively discussion about the exhibition. All are welcome, no registration required.
Shaker Museum’s pop-up is located on the second floor at 8 Hudson St, Kinderhook, NY, 12106, and can be accessed by stairs or by elevator.
True to its title, Unexpected Shaker focuses on unusual, lesser-known, and one-of-a-kind objects in the museum’s collection of over 18,000 material objects of Shaker culture.
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Shaker Museum Director of Library & Collections Jerry Grant explains the inspiration for the exhibition’s theme: “In a 2019 article in Mortise & Tenon magazine, Brother Arnold Hadd of the Sabbathday Lake, ME, Shakers remarked that museums tend to exhibit Shaker objects universally agreed to represent excellence in Shaker design. These examples, however, fall short of telling the whole story of the Shakers. Unexpected Shaker presents examples from Shaker Museum’s collection that reflect the importance of function over aesthetics, the wear and tear of use, and the infiltration of worldly styles in Shaker life. Each vignette includes biographical information and, when possible, photographs of the maker.”
