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Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
The Andrews Shaker Collection
November 17, 2012 – January 20, 2013
Presenting Sponsor
Promotional and Program Support
Clean lines, quality craftsmanship, and utilitarian design unite more than 200
Shaker furniture pieces, textiles, baskets, kitchen implements, and household
objects collected during a forty-year quest begun in the 1920s by
Faith and Edward Deming Andrews. The Andrews’ efforts
to save and promote this distinct culture – reflected in the
Biblical reference “Gather up the fragments that remain, that
nothing be lost” – led to exhibitions and books that launched
the field of Shaker Studies. Shaker furniture since has
become part of the American vernacular.
Simply Steel
Furniture in the Shaker Tradition
Cleverly minimalistic tables, cabinets, and cupboards
handmade from reclaimed scrap-yard metal feature a
patina that resembles aged wood as well as colorful strips,
reminiscent of Gee’s Bend quilts. Door County artist Jim Rose
offers a fresh, contemporary take on Shaker-inspired designs,
while paying homage to an American craft tradition.
Yoga @ the Woodson
First Thursdays
Museum stays open late, until 7:30 pm
Brighten long, winter nights by treating yourself to
a monthly evening at the Museum – a terrific date
night, family outing, or solo indulgence. Linger in
galleries, learn something new, and experiment
with art materials on the first Thursday of each
month. Adults bolster their knowledge and
understanding of art through Art History 101,
5:30-6:30 pm, and all ages can drop in to try
hands-on projects, 5:30-7 pm.
Decrease stress, quiet your mind, and then step back into your
day with clarity, energy, and joy. Learn the building blocks
of asana (postures), pranayama (breath), and meditation in
the Viniyoga tradition. Work clothes and comfortable attire
welcome; bring a mat and blanket.
Thursdays, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Series 1: January 10, 17, 24, 31
Series 2: February 28, March 7, 14, 21
Fee: $10/class with four-class commitment or $15 drop in.
To register, email [email protected] or call 715.574.8787.
Visit www.riverflowyoga.net or Facebook.com/riverflowwausau
for details.
Events & Programs
November 18
SPARK!
Sunday 1 – 2:30 pm
Shaker furniture and household objects – functional
and decorative – invite reflection and spark
conversation between individuals with memory loss
and an accompanying friend or family member. After
time in the galleries, participants embellish keepsake
boxes.
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November 20 Tuesday
Toddler Tuesday
10:30 am – Noon
Nutty about the Nutcracker
Drop in with your toddler, 18 months-4 years, to share the wonders
of this holiday classic through Nutcracker-inspired art projects and
interaction with Central Wisconsin School of Ballet friends.
November 24 Saturday 1 – 2:30 pm
Nutcracker Ornaments
All ages paint Nutcracker ornaments and enjoy meeting Central
Wisconsin School of Ballet dancers. Drop by for the opportunity to
receive tickets to a Nutcracker performance presented by Wausau
Dance Theatre, Saturday and Sunday, December 1-2.
November 29 Thursday 9:30 – 10:30 am
Art Time for Tots Simple Joys
Little ones, 1-4 years, and accompanying adults learn about the
simplicity of the Shakers’ daily routines and try hands-on activities
designed to kindle lifelong interests in art.
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Key to age groups
and symbols
Art Babies: birth-1 year
Art Time for Tots: 1 year-4 years
Toddler Tuesday: 18 months-4 years
Little Masters: 5-7 years
Young Artists: 8-12 years
TAC (Teen Art Council) events: 13-18 years
Art History 101: 13-adult
Studio Art: 13-adult
SPARK!: adults with memory loss & care partners
Art Beyond Sight: people with blindness/low vision
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Scholarship funds are available for youth and adult program
fees thanks to the Wisconsin Valley Art Association. Call the Museum.
Cancellation Policy: Advance registration is required for all classes and other programs having the phone
symbol. Places will be held only upon receipt of full participation fee. Fees are refundable (minus a 20%
handling charge) up to seven days before a class begins. After that time fees are non-refundable unless there
is a waiting list (refund minus 20% handling charge) or the program is canceled (full refund).
November 30 Friday 10:30 – 11:15 am
Art Babies Just Plain Fun
Babies love stories, music, and moving! Bring your littlest ones, birth1 year, for Shaker-inspired activities followed by multisensory play in
Art Park. Baby gear – prams, strollers, front packs – welcome.
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December 1 Saturday 9 am – Noon
Shaker Watercolor Class
Floral wreaths symbolized the Shaker community,
with each flower in the circle representing
a member. Adults learn simple brushstroke
techniques from Sister Karlyn Cauley and take
home matted artwork suitable for framing or
holiday gift giving. Fee: $15 for Museum members;
$20 for non-members.
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Left page: Rocking Chair, ca. 1850, Mount Lebanon, NY, Andrews Collection, Hancock
Shaker Village, photo by Michael Fredericks; Jim Rose, Eighteen Drawer Cabinet, 1999.
This page: Desk, ca. 1840, Hancock, MA or Enfield, CT, Andrews Collection, Hancock
Shaker Village; Jim Rose, Two Door Cupboard, 2003.
A D ual-Ar tist R esidenc y
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ocal woodworker Mark Duginske
and Door County-based
furniture maker Jim Rose share their
knowledge and passion for Shaker
furniture in programs designed
to complement Gather Up the
Fragments and Simply Steel.
Tuesday, December 4
Little Masters/Young Artists with Mark Duginske, 4:30-6 pm
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Thursday, December 6
Art History 101 with Jim Rose, 5:30-6:30 pm
Hands-on Art with Mark Duginske, 5:30-7 pm
Friday, December 7
Mark Duginske
Teens Build Benches with Mark Duginske and Jim Rose, 6-9 pm
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Saturday, December 8
Duginske offers multiple hands-on
public programs throughout the
exhibition, and Rose focuses on his
steel fabrication process during a
December 6 – 8 residency.
Jim Rose Gallery Walk, 1-2 pm
Thursday or Saturday, December 13 or 15
Shaker Furniture Workshop with Mark Duginske, 9 am-5 pm
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Thursday, January 3
Art History 101 with Mark Duginske, 5:30-6:30 pm
Jim Rose
“Shaker, Rattle, and Roll” funding comes from a Community Arts Grant from the
Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin, with funds from the Wisconsin
Arts Board, Community Foundation, and the B.A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation.
Saturday, January 12
Woodworking Clinic with Mark Duginske, 1-5 pm
Wednesday, January 16
Art History 101 with Mark Duginske, 12:15-1 pm
See details throughout this events calendar.
December 4 Tuesday 4:30 – 6 pm
Little Masters/Young Artists
Good Gifts
Youngsters, ages 5-12, learn from master carpenter and local
woodworking legend Mark Duginske and each creates a mitered box
made from Marathon Park pine.
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December 1 Saturday 1 – 3 pm
Art Park Open Studio
Potato Printing
Using carved potatoes, create composite prints
featuring fruit trees and floral wreaths, typical
Shaker images. This free, drop-in monthly
activity is designed for the entire family.
December 1 Saturday 2 – 3 pm
Shaker Gallery Walk
Sister Karlyn Cauley shares her knowledge of daily Shaker life during a
gallery walk and discusses Shaker originality and practical contributions
to society, as well as her relationship with the present-day Shaker
community in Sabbathday Lake, Maine.
December 6 Thursday
Art History 101
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Hands and Heart to Steel
Adults discover how craftsman Jim
Rose masterfully transforms scrapyard metal into his Shaker-style,
contemporary furniture. Rose discusses
why he draws inspiration from Shaker
culture and Gee’s Bend quilters,
explaining his process, materials, and
career.
Left: Spool Rack, ca. 1870, Mount Lebanon, NY,
Andrews Collection, Hancock Shaker Village;
right: Jim Rose, Stacked Bricks Quilt Cupboard, 2008.
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December 6 Thursday
Hands-on Art
5:30 – 7 pm
Antique Tool & Modern Woodturning Demo
See Mark Duginske’s 19th-century tool collection and work with
Wisconsin Valley Woodturners to plane a curl of pine that can be
painted, worn as a bracelet, or given as a holiday gift.
December 7 Friday 5:30 – 6 pm
Teen Art Council Meeting
The Museum’s Teen Art Council (TAC, for short)
meets monthly to plan events just for teens and enjoys
dinner, compliments of Noodles & Company. To learn
more about TAC, call Jayna Hintz at 715.845.7010.
December 7 Friday 6 – 9 pm
Teens Build Benches
Artists-in-residence Mark Duginske and Jim Rose lead teens in crafting
Shaker-style benches using antique saws, planes, and drills. No previous
woodworking experience necessary. Call 715.845.7010 to reserve a spot
for this free program.
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December 8 Saturday 1 – 2 pm
Jim Rose Gallery Walk
Join this Door
County
artist on a
gallery walk
to learn how
his process
for creating
furniture in
Simply Steel
compares with
traditional
Shaker
woodworking
craftsmanship
evident in Gather
Up the Fragments.
December 13 Thursday 9 am – 5 pm
December 15 Saturday 9 am – 5 pm
Shaker Furniture Workshop
OR
Adults craft a small, four-legged Shaker table during one of these
day-long workshops using antique saws, planes, and drills. No previous
woodworking experience necessary; tools provided. Various finishes
– paint, oil, and shellac – will be demonstrated. Lunch and materials
included. Fee: $45 for Museum members; $60 for non-members. To
register for the Thursday or Saturday workshop, call 715.845.7010.
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December 16
SPARK!
Sunday 1 – 2:30 pm
Shaker fiber arts invite reflection and one-on-one
interaction between individuals with memory loss
and an accompanying friend or family member. After
gallery time, participants use watercolors to create
Shaker folk-art-inspired greeting cards.
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December 18 Tuesday
Toddler Tuesday
10:30 am – Noon
Little Hands, Big Gifts
Left: Jim Rose, Rocker, 2000;
right: Cupboard, ca. 1860, Mount
Lebanon, NY, Andrews Collection,
Hancock Shaker Village.
Introduce little ones, 18 months-4 years, to the beautiful simplicity of
Shaker themes and to the joys of making handmade gifts, just in time
for the holidays.
December 19 Wednesday
Art History 101
12:15 – 1 pm
Shaker Culture
Adults learn about the monastic, communitarian Shaker life from
Museum educator Catie Anderson during this Noon-hour presentation.
Bring a bagged lunch, if you like.
December 27 Thursday
Shaker Pastimes
9 am – Noon
All ages drop in to explore cross stitching, potato printing, and turning
wood on a lathe under the guidance of Wisconsin Valley Woodturners
during this free, post-holiday outing.
December 27 Thursday 2 – 4 pm
Treasuring Memories
Children, teens, and families coping with the death of a loved one
express their feelings by making a memory box. Participants should
bring mementos to incorporate into the
project, which takes about thirty minutes
to create.
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January 5 Saturday 9 am – 4:30 pm
Shaker Basket Class
Adults use a bent hickory handle and
reed to fashion a sturdy, functional
hearth basket, similar to those
Shakers used to store kindling
and wood. Jeannette Biederman, a
teacher at Sievers School of Fiber
Arts on Washington Island,
shares techniques, provides
instruction, and
discusses Shaker
basket weaving.
Bring a bagged lunch; all
materials provided. Fee:
$50 for Museum members; $65 for
non-members.
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January 5 Saturday 1 – 3 pm
Art Park Open Studio
All ages drop in to assemble sculptures after
selecting small, woodturned and cut pieces
donated by Wisconsin Valley Woodturners.
January 12 Saturday
Art Beyond Sight
10:30 am – Noon
Individuals with blindness or low
vision learn how Shakers created
furniture and fiber arts and
how to distinguish different
types of wood through
touch and scent in this
session led by Wisconsin
Valley Woodturner Roger
Zimmermann.
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January 3 Thursday
Art History 101
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Tools of the Trade
Adults learn about Shaker craftsmanship by seeing 19th-century hand
tools in action – sharpening, sawing, planing, scraping, and cutting
dovetails. See identical pieces created on a modern-day lathe, during a
demonstration by Wisconsin Valley Woodturners.
January 3 Thursday
Hands-on Art
5:30 – 7 pm
Woodworking Wonders
All ages assemble sculptures after selecting small, woodturned and cut
pieces donated by Wisconsin Valley Woodturners.
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From top, clockwise: Jeannette Biederman, Hearth Basket; Jim Rose, Tilt-top Table, 1998;
Book Press and Shingle or Stave Bench, both early 19th century, unknown community,
Andrews Collection, Hancock Shaker Village.
January 12 Saturday 1 – 5 pm
Woodworking Clinic
Do you have furniture refinishing or woodworking questions? Is your
grandmother’s spinning wheel missing a spindle? Try your hand at
antique tools – an opportunity to sharpen your grandfather’s Stanley
wood plane! See demonstrations of various finishes, including paint, oil,
and shellac, during this free, drop-in program.
January 14 Monday 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Teen Art Council Meeting
January 17 Thursday 1 – 5 pm
Shaker Quilting Class
The Shaker-style tree of life inspired America’s earliest quilting pattern.
Embrace the traditions of quilting and Shaker folk art in this adult
class. Using embroidery and hand-appliqué techniques taught by Linda
Bentz, participants create an original fiber art piece that can be framed
or quilted as a small wall hanging. Some materials provided; call for
supply list. Fee: $25 for Museum members; $35 for non-members.
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The Museum’s Teen Art Council (TAC, for short)
meets monthly to plan events just for teens and enjoys
dinner, compliments of Noodles & Company. To learn
more about TAC, call Jayna Hintz at 715.845.7010.
January 15 Tuesday
Toddler Tuesday
10:30 am – Noon
Winter Wonderment
Wee ones, 18 months-4 years, love snow! Bring little ones to sample a
variety of art-making projects with a winter-wonderland theme in Art
Park, the Museum’s interactive family gallery. Plan monthly outings to
this free, drop-in program.
Tools of the Trade
Mark Duginske compares traditional
and contemporary woodworking tools
and techniques. Sharpening, sawing,
planing, scraping, and cutting dovetails
are demonstrated using antique and
modern-day hand tools. Bring a bagged
lunch, if you like.
Sunday 1 – 2:30 pm
Shaker household objects invite reflection and oneon-one interaction between individuals with memory
loss and an accompanying friend or family member.
After gallery time, participants create wooden
collages using small pieces donated by Wisconsin
Valley Woodturners.
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12:15 – 1 pm
Exhibition Extras
Activity Guide Explore the clean lines of Shakerinspired furniture and objects in this guide designed
for all ages.
Audio Tour The enhanced, free audio
tour – on easy-to-use iPod touch
devices – provides insights into a
dozen Shaker artworks. Available
beginning Friday, November 23.
Video “We Find No Harm in
Dancing,” a 20-minute video
featuring Shaker marches and
dances.
From top, clockwise: The Tree of Life, 1854,
Hannah Cohoon, Hancock, MA; Wall Clock, 1840,
Mount Lebanon, NY; Blue Shoe, ca. 1840, unknown
community, all from Andrews Collection, Hancock
Shaker Village, photos by Michael Fredericks.
Catalogue Lavishly illustrated, 392-page hardcover
Gather Up the Fragments book available for purchase.
Remove along dotted line and post!
January 16 Wednesday
Art History 101
January 20
SPARK!
Sunday
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Tuesday
Christmas Day
Museum closed
Tuesday
Wednesday
9-4 Museum open
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n Art History 101: 13-adult n Teens
n Studio Art: 13-adult
n Adults
n SPARK!: memory loss
Friday n Art Babies: birth-1 year
n Art Time for Tots: 1-4 years
n Toddler Tuesday: 18 mo-4 years
n Little Masters: 5-7 years
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9-Noon Shaker Pastimes
2-4 Treasuring Memories
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5:30-6:30 Art History 101
5:30-7 Hands-on Art
9-4:30 Shaker Basket
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1-3 Art Park Open Studio
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10:30-Noon Toddler Tuesday
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First Thursday of each month 9 am-7:30 pm
Saturday-Sunday Noon-5 pm
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n Studio Art: 13-adult
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n SPARK!: memory loss
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n Art Babies: birth-1 year
n Art Time for Tots: 1-4 years
n Toddler Tuesday: 18 mo-4 years
n Little Masters: 5-7 years
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Thanksgiving
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Acknowledgments
Museum Hours
Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection is organized
by Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, Massachusetts and toured by
International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. Funded in part by the
National Endowment for the Arts.
Tuesday – Friday
9 am – 4 pm
First Thursday of each month
9 am – 7:30 pm
Saturday – Sunday
Noon – 5 pm
Closed Monday and holidays, including Thanksgiving Day, Christmas
Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day
Simply Steel: Furniture in the Shaker Tradition is a Woodson Art
Museum exhibition, organized by curator Andy McGivern with the
assistance of artist Jim Rose.
Design: Richard Wunsch, Wausau
Thanks to the Wisconsin Valley Woodturners, a
chapter of the American Association of Woodturners,
for educational programming assistance and provided
materials, and to the Marathon County Solid Waste
Department for donating wood from trees felled for a
new landfill site.
A Wisconsin Arts Board Creation and Presentation Grant with funds
from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the
Arts sustains exhibitions and programs. A City of Wausau Room Tax
Fund Grant supports the Museum’s regional and national marketing
initiatives.
Contact Us Phone: 715.845.7010
Fax: 715.845.7103
Email: [email protected]
Online: www.lywam.org
Accredited by the
American Alliance
of Museums
Cover, top: Chest, ca. 1840, Mount Lebanon, NY, Gift of Dorothy Canning Miller Cahill, Collection of Hancock Shaker Village;
bottom, left to right: Wooden Pail, 19th century; Oval Box, ca. 1840; Blue/Green Oval Box, ca. 1840, all from Mount Lebanon, NY,
Andrews Collection, Hancock Shaker Village, photos by Michael Fredericks.
This page, left to right: Stand, ca. 1830, Hancock, MA, Andrews Collection, Hancock Shaker Village; Jim Rose, Stack of Oval Boxes,
2001; Glasses and Case, mid-19th century, unknown community, Andrews Collection, Hancock Shaker Village.
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