List of Shaker Exhibits
From Shaker Pedia
Exhibit | Institution | Dates | Addr | Notes |
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A Promising Venture: Shaker Photographs from the WPA | New York State Museum | 2/14/2015-3/6/2016 | Albany, New York | Book/Herzberg |
A Shaker Legacy: The Shaker Collection at the New York State Museum | The New York State Museum | 11/5/1999-1/2/2000 | Albany, New York | Catalogue/Shearer |
A Shaker Legacy: The Shaker Collection at the New York State Museum | The New York State Museum | 7/29/2000-10/22/2000 | Albany, New York | Catalogue/Shearer - encore presentation |
An Eye Toward Perfection: The Loan Exhibition at the 54th Annual Winter Antiques Show | Park Avenue Armory | 1/16/2008-1/27/2008 | New York, New York | Catalogue/Grant |
As It Is In Heaven: The Legacy of Shaker Faith and Design | Loyola University Museum of Art | 2/7/2015-4/26/2015 | Chicago, Illinois | |
Community Industries of the Shakers | The New York State Museum | 9/1/1932-7/1/1933 | Albany, New York | Curated by Lassiter - smaller follow up exhibition to Community Industruies |
Community Industries of the Shakers (series of exhibits) | The New York State Museum | 6/17/1930-7/1/1932 | Albany, New York | New York State Museum Bulletin #15/Andrews - Community Industries of the Shakers |
Community Industries of the Shakers: A New Look | The New York State Museum | 7/2/1983-1984 | Albany, New York | D. Emerich catalogue. Touring exhibit 6/1986-11/1988 (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services) |
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women | The Menello Museum of American Art | 1/10/2002-3/24/2002 | Orlando, Florida | Materials loaned from HSV |
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women | Figge Art Museum | 10/1/2000-11/26/2000 | Davenport, Iowa | Materials loaned from HSV |
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women | Naples Museum of Art | 11/1/2003-2/1/2004 | Naples, Florida | Materials loaned from HSV |
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women | Fullerton Museum Center | 2/22/2003-5/18/2003 | Fullerton, California | Materials loaned from HSV |
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women | Hudson River Museum | 6/14/2003-9/7/2003 | Yonkers, New York | Materials loaned from HSV |
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women | Georgia Museum of Art | 9/22/2001-12/12/2001 | Athens, Georgia | Materials loaned from HSV |
Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women | Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University | 9/5/2002-11/17/2002 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Materials loaned from HSV |
Creating Perfection: Shaker Objects and Their Affinities | Seattle Art Museum | 10/5/2000-4/28/2001 | Seattle, Washington | Reworked from Paine/Webber exhibition/Shaker Museum Collections |
Design and Manufacture of the Shakers | Lenox Library/Sedgwick Hall | 8/23/1934-9/8/1934 | Lenox, Massachusetts | Catalogue/Andrews - Exhibit of Applied Photography by William Winter (separate catalogue) |
Exhibit of Photographs by William Winter | Albany Institute of History and Art | 11/1/1938-11/x/1938 | Albany, New York | Curated by Lassiter in cooperation with New York State Museum/40 William Winter Photographs |
Exhibition of Shaker Arts and Crafts | Worcester Art Museum | 12/7/1938-1/8/1939 | Worcester, Massachusetts | Catalogue/Andrews - first exhibit to show 'period rooms' |
Focus on Shaker Woodenware (Part I) | New Britain Museum of American Art | 12/3/2016-8/27/2017 | New Britain, Connecticut | |
Focus on Shaker Woodenware (Part II) | New Britain Museum of American Art | 9/3/2017-5/30/2018 | New Britain, Connecticut | |
Furnishing Utopia 3.0: Hands to Work | Design Within Reach/SOHO Studio | 5/19/2018-5/22/2018 | New York, New York | |
Furnishing Utopia: Shaker Design Influence Now | Design Within Reach/SOHO Studio | 5/20/2017-5/24/2017 | New York, New York | |
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection | The Mercer Museum | 1/28/2017-4/23/2017 | Doylestown, Pennsylvania | Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie |
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection | Museum of Texas Tech University | 10/3/2014-1/9/2015 | Lubbock, Texas | Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie |
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection | Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum | 11/17/2012-1/20/2013 | Wausau, Wisconsin | Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie |
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection | Portland Museum of Art | 11/27/2011-2/5/2012 | Portland, Oregon | Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie |
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection | Stamford Museum and Nature Center | 2/3/2011-4/23/2011 | Stamford, Connecticut | Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie |
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection | Loyola University Museum of Art | 2/7/2015-4/26/2015 | Chicago, Illinois | Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie |
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection | The Mitchell Gallery/St. John's College | 3/9/2012-4/20/2012 | Annapolis, Maryland | Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie |
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection | Frist Center for Visual Arts | 4/11/2014-11/2014 | Nashville, Tennessee | Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie |
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection | Bellevue Arts Museum | 7/3/2012-10/28/2012 | Bellevue, Washington | Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie |
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection | Fruitlands Museum | 9/1/2013-12/1/2013 | Harvard, Massachusetts | Book/De Pillis and Goodwillie |
Hands to Work and Hearts to God: The Shaker Tradition in Maine | Bowdoin College Museum of Art | 4/3/1969 - x/x/1969 | Brunswick, Maine | Later toured various locations in Maine |
Heavenly Visions: Shaker Gift Drawings and Gift Songs | The Drawing Center | 11/2/2001-12/22/2001 | New York, New York | Book/Morin - spirit drawings |
In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age, 1872-1918 | Kents Hill School | 1/12/1987-2/25/1987 | Kents Hill, Maine | Based on Exhibit at Sabbathday Lake in 1985 |
In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age, 1872-1918 | Portland Public Library | 10/2/1986-10/31/1986 | Portland, Maine | Based on Exhibit at Sabbathday Lake in 1985 |
In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age, 1872-1918 | University of Maine at Farmington | 11/9/1986-12/14/1986 | Farmington, Maine | Based on Exhibit at Sabbathday Lake in 1985 |
In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age, 1872-1918 | University of Maine at Orono | 3/5/1987-4/12/1987 | Orono, Maine | Based on Exhibit at Sabbathday Lake in 1985 |
In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age, 1872-1918 | Nylander Museum | 5/25/1987-6/26/1987 | Caribou, Maine | Based on Exhibit at Sabbathday Lake in 1985 |
In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age, 1872-1918 | Alfred Historical Society | 9/3/1986-9/26/1986 | Sanford, Maine | Based on Exhibit at Sabbathday Lake in 1985 |
Ingenious and Useful: Shaker Sisters Communal Industries, 1860-1960 at Sabbathday Lake | Eli Whitney Museum | 10/8/1986-1/5/1987 | Hamden, Connecticut | Written by Brother Ted Johnson |
Ingenious and Useful: Shaker Sisters Communal Industries, 1860-1960 at Sabbathday Lake | York Institute | 4/27/1987-8/28/1987 | Saco, Maine | Written by Brother Ted Johnson |
Inspired Design: Shaker Furniture from the Benjamin Rose Collection | San Francisco International Airport | 2/1/2013-8/1/2013 | San Francisco, California | |
Inspired Innovations: A Celebration of Shaker Ingenuity | New Britain Museum of American Art | 1/16/2010-4/11/2010 | New Britain, Connecticut | Book/Miller |
Kindred Spirits: The Eloquence of Function | The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens | 11/14/1995-3/3/1996 | Delray Breach, Florida | Materials loaned from HSV |
Kindred Spirits: The Eloquence of Function | The Art Complex Museum | 4/12/1996-9/8/1996 | Duxbury, Massachusetts | Materials loaned from HSV |
Kindred Spirits: The Eloquence of Function | Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art | 4/21/1995-10/8/1995 | San Diego, California | Materials loaned from HSV |
Line and Curve: The Elsworth Kelly & Jack Shear Shaker Collection | Jeff Bailey Gallery | 3/24/2018-5/13/2018 | Hudson, New York | |
Order In All Things: Community and Identity in Shaker Architecture | Loyola University Museum of Art | 2/7/2015-4/26/2015 | Chicago, Illinois | |
Out Of This World: Shaker Design Past, Present and Future | Shelburne Museum | 6/16/2007-10/28/2007 | Shelburne, Vermont | Book/Burks |
Receiving the Faith: The Shakers of Canterbury, New Hampshire | Museum of our National Heritage | 11/22/1992-5/16/1993 | Lexington, Massachusetts | Photography Exhibit - Cara Sutherland |
Receiving the Faith: The Shakers of Canterbury, New Hampshire | Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion | 12/10/1993-2/9/1994 | Stamford, Connecticut | Photography Exhibit |
Religion in Wood: A Study in Shaker Design | Museum of Early American Folk Arts | 9/28/1965-11/24/1965 | New York, New York | Book/Andrews (Published in 1966) |
Shaker Art | University of Oregon Museum of Art | 5/2/1966-5/29/1966 | Eugene, Oregon | Materials loaned from HSV |
Shaker Arts and Crafts | Everson Museum | 1/12/1971-3/14/1971 | Syracuse, New York | |
Shaker Arts and Crafts | Memorial Art Gallery/University of Rochester | 11/13/1970-12/27/1970 | Rochester, New York | |
Shaker Arts and Crafts | Munson-Williams Proctor Institute | 3/28/1971-5/2/1971 | Utica, New York | |
Shaker Craftsmanship | Jones Library | 6/12/1937-9/12/1937 | Amherst, Massachusetts | Catalogue/Andrews - Photographs of William Winter |
Shaker Craftsmanship and Art | The Berkshire Museum | 7/13/1940-x/x/1940 | Pittsfield, Massachusetts | Catalogue/Andrews |
Shaker Design | Sezon Museum of Art | 11/11/1992-12/26/1992 | Sezon, Japan | Catalogue/Sprigg - Materials loaned from HSV |
Shaker Design | Whitney Museum of American Art | 5/29/1986-8/31/1986 | New York, New York | Catalogue/Sprigg |
Shaker Design | Corcoran Gallery of Art | 9/27/1986-1/4/1987 | Washington, D.C. | Catalogue/Sprigg |
Shaker Design: Out Of This World | The Bard Graduate Center | 3/13/2008-6/15/2008 | New York, New York | Book/Burks - reworked from Shelburne Museum |
Shaker Design: The Art and Furnishings of an American Communal Sect | The Craft Center | 1/26/1967-2/18/1967 | Worcester, Massachusetts | Materials loaned from HSV |
Shaker Gifts, Shaker Genius: The Collections of the Shaker Museum and Library | Paine Webber Gallery | 1/22/1999-4/2/1999 | New York, New York | Catalogue/Budis |
Shaker Handicrafts | Whitney Museum of American Art | 11/12/1935-12/12/1935 | New York, New York | Catalogue/Andrews |
Shaker Inspirational Drawings | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection | 1/21/1962-3/4/1962 | Williamsburg, Virginia | Catalogue/Andrews (see 1960 Colby Museum of Art) |
Shaker Inspirational Drawings | Colby Museum of Art | 9/29/1960-10/15/1960 | Waterville, Maine | Catalogue/Andrews - Harvard, Williamstown, Amherst, Andover, Northampton |
Shaker: Decoding an Identity | McLachlan Woodworking Museum | 5/3/2016-9/4/2016 | Kingston, Ontario (Canada) | |
Shaker: Function, Purity, Perfection | European Fine Art Fair | 3/13/2015-3/22/2015 | Maastrict, Netherlands | Forward by Terrance Conran |
Shaker: Furnishings for the Simple Life | Smithsonian Institution/Renwick Gallery | 3/19/1999-7/25/1999 | Washington, D.C. | Reworked from 'Shaker: The Art Of Craftmanship' |
Shaker: Furniture and Objects from the Faith and Edward Deming Andrews Collection | Smithsonian Institution/Renwick Gallery | 11/2/1973-4/7/1974 | Washington, D.C. | Materials loaned by Andrews - Booklet/Shaker: The Heaven Inspired Drawings |
Shaker: Masterworks of Utilitarian Design | Katonah Gallery | 11/20/1983-1/8/1984 | Katonah, New York | Catalogue/Sprigg |
Shaker: Original Paints and Patinas | Center for the Arts/Muhlenberg College | 11/17/1987-1/10/1988 | Allentown, Pennsylvania | Catalogue/Sprigg |
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship | Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery & Sculpture Garden | 1/21/1996-3/31/1996 | Lincoln, Nebraska | Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection) |
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship | Barbican Art Gallery | 1/22/1998-4/26/1998 | London, UK | Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection) |
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship | Delaware Art Museum | 10/12/1996-1/5/1997 | Wilmington, Delaware | Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection) |
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship | The Chrysler Museum | 2/18/1995-4/16/1995 | Norfolk, Virginia | Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection) |
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship | Wichita Art Museum | 2/3/1997-3/30/1997 | Wichita, Kansas | Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection) |
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship | Columbus Museum of Art | 4/19/1996-6/30/1996 | Columbus, Ohio | Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection) |
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship | American Museum in Britain | 5/16/1998-10/18/1998 | Bath, UK | Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection) |
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship | Munson-Williams Proctor Institute | 5/5/1997-7/13/1997 | Utica, New York | Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection) |
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship | High Museum of Art | 6/13/1995-9/10/1995 | Atlanta, Georgia | Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection) |
Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship | Wadsworth Atheneum | 9/30/1995-12/3/1995 | Hartford, Connecticut | Book/Rieman (Mt. Lebanon Shaker Collection) |
Shakers and Movers: Selections from the Collection of Dr. Thomas and Jan Pavlovic | Art Institute of Chicago | 1/26/2016-12/3/2017 | Chicago, Illinois | |
Simple Gifts: Hands to Work and Hearts to God | The William Benton Museum of Art | 3/20/1978-5/21/1978 | Storrs, Connecticut | Catalogue/Sprigg - Materials loaned from HSV |
Simple Gifts: Shaker at the Met | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 7/13/2016-8/6/2017 | New York, New York | |
Simple Gifts: The Alfred Shakers 1783-1931 | Saco Museum | 8/11/2005-10/30/2005 | Saco, Maine | |
Simplest Means | Jeff Bailey Gallery | 1/10/2014-2/22/2014 | Hudson, New York | |
Simply Shaker: Groveland and the New York Communities | Rochester Museum and Science Center | 1/11/1991-9/2/1991 | Rochester, New York | Catalogue/Kramer |
That is Best Which Works Best | 1/18/2017-1/22/2017 | Toronto, Canada | Done as part of Furnishing Utopia traveling exhibit | |
The Furnishings of Shaker Dwellings and Shops | The Berkshire Museum | 10/10/1932-10/30/1932 | Pittsfield, Massachusetts | Catalogue/Andrews - Photographs by William Winter. First true exhibition catalogue |
The Gift of Inspiration: Art of the Shakers | Hirschl and Adler Gallery | 5/3/1979-5/29/1979 | New York, New York | Spirit drawings - based on 1970 exhibit at HSV |
The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and the Shakers | Institute of Contemporary Art | 6/10/1998-9/27/1998 | Boston, Massachusetts | Based on previous exhibition at Sabbathday Lake in 1996 |
The Shaker Order of Christmas | American Folk Art Museum | 11/24/1969-1/4/1970 | New York, New York | Catalogue/Andrews - reprint from their 1954 brochure |
The Shakers in New York State | American Folk Art Museum | 9/14/1979-11/21/1979 | New York, New York | |
The Shakers: Abiding Inspiration in Faith and Design | Decorative Arts Center of Ohio | 10/3/2009-1/3/2010 | Lancaster, Ohio | |
The Shakers: America's Quiet Revolutionaries | New York State Museum | 11/15/2014-3/6/2016 | Albany, New York | |
The Shakers: An Exhibition Concerning Their Furniture, Artifacts and Religion | The Women's Auxiliary/United Cerebral Palsy | 11/7/1975-11/11/1975 | Hartford, Connecticut | |
The Shakers: Focus On: Enfield, Connecticut | New Britain Museum of American Art | 6/14/2015-11/20/2016 | New Britain, Connecticut | |
The Shakers: From Mt. Lebanon to the World | Farnsworth Museum of Art | 6/14/2014-3/8/2015 | Rockland, Maine | |
The Shakers: Photographs by Ann Chwatsky/Objects from Sabbabthday Lake | Nassau County Museum of Fine Art | 4/20/1987-5/24/1987 | Roslyn Harbor, New York | Book/Wertkin - The Four Seasons of Shaker Life |
The Shakers: Pure of Spirit, Pure of Mind | The Art Complex Museum | 5/20/1983-9/4/1983 | Duxbury, Massachusetts | Collection of the Weyerhauser Family |
The Shakers: The Life & Production of a Religious Community in the Pioneering Days of America | Centre Pompidou | 1/14/1976-1/29/1976 | Paris, France | Book/Mang and Fisher - Munich, Vienna, Gothenberg |
The Shakers: The Life & Production of a Religious Community in the Pioneering Days of America | Stedelijk Museum | 10/24/1975-12/14/1975 | Amerstdam, Netherlands | Book/Mang and Fisher - Munich, Vienna, Gothenberg |
The Shakers: The Life & Production of a Religious Community in the Pioneering Days of America | Manchester City Art Gallery | 3/25/1975-4/20/1975 | Manchester, UK | Book/Mang and Fisher - Munich, Vienna, Gothenberg |
The Shakers: The Life & Production of a Religious Community in the Pioneering Days of America | Victoria and Albert Museum | 5/8/1975-6/15/1975 | London, UK | Book/Mang and Fisher - Munich, Vienna, Gothenberg |
The Shakers: Their Arts and Crafts | Philadelphia Museum of Art | 4/19/1962-5/20/1962 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Zieget Collection - Later donated to the PMA |
The Work of Shaker Hands | Smith College Museum of Art | 1/4/1961-1/25/1961 | Northampton, Massachusetts | Catalogue/Andrews - Supplemental Book 'The American Shakers' (HSV Publication) |
Transcendent Functionalism | Jeff Bailey Gallery | 12/9/2017-1/28/2018 | Hudson, New York | |
True Gospel Simplicity: Shaker Furniture in New Hampshire | New Hampshire Historical Society | 7/3/1974-9/30/1974 | Concord, New Hampshire | |
Two Shaker Villages: South Union and Pleasant Hill, Kentucky | J.B. Speed Art Museum | 2/17/1976-3/21/1976 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
Work: Shaker Design and Recent Art | Tang Museum/Skidmore College | 7/7/2001-9/23/2001 | Saratoga Springs, New York |