Current Exhibitions
Shaker Light: Barbara Ernst Prey & Austin Prey
Artist Barbara Ernst Prey (b. 1957) has an affinity for light – specifically, capturing its fleeting luminosity in both built and natural environments. Borrowed Light is a body of watercolor prints and originals depicting scenes from the Village, first painted and exhibited in 2019 that now returns alongside photographs by Prey’s son, Austin Prey. Austin [...]
Past Exhibitions
Peculiar Grace – On exhibit till December 28
Peculiar Grace is on exhibit till December 28 in the Believer's Room - an admission ticket is not needed to view the exhibit. Katie Rubright’s paintings and works on paper consider the intersections of memory and landscape with the passage of time. Working in layered color and gesture, she creates images that are both rooted [...]
All Around the Room: June 21-December 28
Interdisciplinary artist and Shaker researcher Maria Molteni’s immersive installation brings a recorded trance experience of young Shaker visionist Ann Mariah Goff into playful, ephemeral form.
Couture from the World: Inspired by the Shakers: June 7-November 30
The Shakers referred to people who were not in their sect as “people from the World”. As women of the World, Deborah Carter and Joanie Ciolfi, inspired by Shaker iconic elements and the Shaker Design postage stamps, create three stunning dresses that bring the past to the present.
Elements of Harmony: May 17-November 30
In this exhibition, rugs from Hancock’s extensive collection are featured alongside Greenwood’s textile sculptures, which were made with deep consideration of Shaker designs, techniques and materials.