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Granary. Amie Cunat. Photograph by John Mulligan.

A painting of a house on a wall.

Installation view of Granary. Amie Cunat. Photograph by John Mulligan.

An empty room with pink walls and wooden floors.

Installation view. Photograph by John Mulligan.

A room with a pink wall and a wooden floor.

Detail of panel. Amie Cunat. Photograph by John Mulligan.

A room with a pink and yellow painted wall.

Detail view. Photograph by John Mulligan.

A painting of trees on a wall.

Installation view. Photograph by John Mulligan.

A pink room with a fire hydrant.

Detail view. Two of these historic fire hydrants can be seen just outside the Granary at the Mount Lebanon historic site. Photograph by John Mulligan.

A painting of a clock on a wall in a room.

Detail of wall. Photograph by John Mulligan.

A pink box with a painting on it.

Detail view. The large tree surrounded by a picket fence can be seen at the historic Mount Lebanon site, just outside the Granary. Photograph by John Mulligan.

A painting of a tree and a bird on a wall.

Detail image. Photograph by John Mulligan.

Two paintings on a pink wall in a barn.

Grain elevator. Photograph by John Mulligan.

A pink and purple swing hanging in a wooden room.

Granary (2019)

On view at the Mount Lebanon historic site from June through October, 2019, Granary was a solo exhibition by artist Amie Cunat.

Cunat’s work reimagined the Granary’s historic function by reconstructing its storage structures and elevator with paper materials and vibrant color choices. As visitors traversed around the grain bins, they found areas of its walls richly painted with imagery influenced by Shaker gift drawings.

The Granary, where the exhibition was installed, was built by the Shakers in 1838 to store oats, wheat barley, and rye and is a rare and early example of a commercial-sized granary on a farm.

A black and white photo of a person smiling.

Shane Rothe

Curatorial Associate

Shane Rothe (they/them) joined Shaker Museum in July 2023, working with independent curator Maggie Taft on an exhibition for the new museum space in Chatham. Shane is an artist as well as a curator and continues to create in the mediums of painting, sculpture, writing, and performance. Shane holds a BFA from CalArts and an MA in art history and curatorial studies from the University of Chicago.