CHATHAM, NEW YORK. November 16, 2021 – Shaker Museum, which stewards the world’s most comprehensive collection of Shaker material culture and archives, announced today the members of its inaugural Makers’ Circle. Members of the new advisory group include Emily Adams Bode, Ini Archibong, Nacho Carbonell, gt2P (Victor Imperiale, Guillermo Parada, Tamara Pérez and Sebastián Rozas), the Haas Brothers (Nikolai and Simon Haas), hettler.tüllmann (Katja Hettler and Jula Tüllmann), Sheila Hicks, Ladies & Gentlemen Studio (Dylan Davis and Jean Lee), Bibhu Mohapatra, Emmett Moore, Neri&Hu (Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu), Jolie Ngo, David Nosanchuk, Tom Sachs, and Katie Stout.
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Sharon Duane Koomler is a Shaker scholar and traditional letterpress printer living in upstate New York. She has academic degrees in American Folklore from Indiana University and Western Kentucky University. Sharon has worked at Shaker Museums from Kentucky to New Hampshire as an educator, curator, consultant, and director. She has written and published on Shaker material culture and spirituality, and lectured widely on Shaker art, life, and belief. Sharon has a particular interest in the under-researched social aspects of Shaker life and ways in which Shakers practiced inclusion and intentionality.