 Oval Boxes, Mount Lebanon, NY and Canterbury, NH, circa 1840. Andrews Collection, Hancock Shaker. Photo by Michael Fredericks. | Final Days: Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection October 27, 2011 - February 5, 2012 Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection tells the story of the first and most avid collectors of the Shaker art, Faith and Edward Deming Andrews. From the 1920s through the 1960s, the Andrews actively pursued Shaker objects, collecting mainly from the Shakers themselves. Through careful documentation and scholarship, the Andrews illuminated these materials and their collection has bequeathed to future generations the most comprehensive body of evidence on the culture of the United Society of Believers. The exhibition, which includes more than 200 objects, is the most comprehensive collection of Shaker materials ever assembled and features the work of Shaker communities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York. Works on view include Shaker furniture, printed works, visual art, tools, textiles, and small crafts collected during four decades. Gather Up the Fragments is organized by Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Media support is provided by WCSH 6. Exhibition catalogue available at the Museum Store. In the News Critic’s Pick, The Boston Globe, Sunday, November 27, 2011. “Portland show is a study in simplicity by design” by Sebastian Smee, The Boston Globe, Sunday, November, 13, 2011 “Fascinating Shaker show speaks of spirit occupying form” by Philip Isaacson, The Portland Press Herald, Sunday, November 13, 2011 “Gathering Up the Fragments of Shaker Life” by Ed Beem, Yankee Blog, Wednesday, November 9, 2011 |
