Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon invites the public to join a Basket Weaving Workshop with professional basket maker Wendy G. Jensen, held at Drop Forge & Tool, located at 442 Warren Street in Hudson, NY, on Saturday, February 8, 2020, between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM. In this one-day workshop, each participant will make a 25” long Harvest Market Basket. The event includes a lunch catered by Thyme & Co. Tickets are available for purchase online; discounts are available for Shaker Museum members.
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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.