Professor Sharon

Today we enjoyed breakfast at our B&B – The Phoenix Inn – and then made our way to the Fenimore Art Museum. There was a fascinating exhibit of Jewish immigrant wood carvers of the early 20th century in New York showing their work both of carousel horses and Torah arks for synagogues: fascinating. And an interesting exhibit of Stickly furniture as well as folk art and other Americana.N

It was a dreary rainy drive to Hamilton college. The usual start to any conference: check-in, see old acquaintances, find your room, and such. There was a nice dinner and the first lecture of the seminar.

First lecture: The New Virtual White Water Shaker Village: Shaping a Collaborative Network for Shaker History on the Web presented by Jose M. Kozan and Iara Beduschi Kozan

A picture of us waiting for the speaker to set up and begin.

Below a photo of the presenter being introduced by Christian Goodwillie, curator at Hancock Shaker Village.

We didn’t attend last year as it was held at the Shaker communities in Kentucky and it’s just too hot for me there! We attended our first Seminar in Kentucky in 2001 and although it was lovely and educational, the heat was more than awful and I hated it. So we chose not to endure the southern heat last year. So it’s especially nice to be in attendance this year. It’s different so far as it’s located on a college campus and not close to an actual Shaker site; but the lectures look to be very interesting.

Stay tuned! If you’d like a good place to start checking out Shaker resources, go to www.Shakertown.net