As my fellow Seminar attendees know, the title of a Shaker hymn from Hancock ca 1850 which we sang in farewell to one another ’til next we meet. Sunday morning brought two final presentations for this year’s seminar:Â Rob Emlen presented “Picturing a Shaker Village:Â How the public imagined the Shaker Landscape in 1835” and […]
Entries Tagged as 'Hancock Shaker Village'
Farewell dear Crossbearers
July 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Musings, Shaker, Site Seeing, travel
Tags: Canturbury Shaker Village·covered bridge·Hancock Shaker Village·Shaker
A quiet moment with the Shakers
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Shaker
This past Wednesday I went over to Pittsfield to Berkshire Community College to attend a seminar presented by Dr. Stephen Brookfield on critical thinking. After spending the morning at a local Head Start program, I carved out an extra few minutes (not as easy as it sounds as it’s a 1 1/2 hour drive each […]
Tags: Dr. Stephen Brookfield·gardens·Hancock Shaker Village·Shaker
Shaker Seminar 2008 – Day Three
July 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · My Goals, Shaker, travel
What a great day! Sitting and listening at conferences is always somehow wearying and exhilarating at the same time! Today’s lectures started with two that were really a pair as they were presented by the authors of a great new book about a particular Shaker collector couple: Book: Gather up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker […]
Tags: Hancock Shaker Village·Shaker
Shaker Seminar 2008 – Day Two
July 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Shaker
What a long, interesting and educational day! After a continental breakfast in the dorms (I always wish there was protein at American continental breakfasts), we headed off to the library at Hamilton College (a short walk up the hill). There we enjoyed a presentation of the Shaker holdings by Randy Ericson. We saw some really […]
Shaker Seminar – Day 1
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Itinerary, Shaker, Site Seeing, travel
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 […]