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Mount Lebanon Annual Fundraising Gala
Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon held its annual fundraising gala on August 19 at the historic Shaker site in New Lebanon, NY. The guests of honor at the event were Academy Award winning actress Frances McDormand and members of The Wooster Group Kate Valk and Suzzy Roche. Together they presented an excerpt from Early Shaker Spirituals: A Record Album Interpretation, a piece first presented at The Performing Garage in New York City in 2012.
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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.