Hancock Shaker Village
To visit Hancock Shaker Village is to travel back to a simpler time. The site, buildings and interpreters are a refreshing change from the hustle and bustle of contemporary life. Depending on the season, you may witness furniture making, sheep shearing, organic gardening, ice cutting or one of a hundred other survival skills the Shakers practiced.
- Contact Person:
- Address:
- 1843 W. Housatonic Street
- Pittsfield MA, 01201
- Phone:
- (413) 443-0188
- Phone 2:
- (800) 817-1137
- Website:
- http://www.hancockshakervillage.org/accounts/28/homepage/
36 BFA References to Hancock Shaker Village
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Hancock Shaker Village Front Page
Greetings for the Holidays
By: - Dec 15th, 2020Seasons Greetings and an appeal from Hancock Shaker Village.
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Hancock Shaker Village Thanksgiving Front Page
Celebrating a Year Like None Other
By: - Nov 23rd, 2020Hancock Shaker Village felt like a home-away-from-home this year. In a year when we are counting our heroes, the Village has had many.
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Hancock Shaker Village Front Page
A Special Invitation Sunday August 30
By: - Aug 26th, 2020Live from Hancock Shaker Village: Songs of Comfort will be broadcast live on WAMC and streamed online or on the WAMC app. This Sunday August 30 at 7 pm.
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What Joe Thompson Means to Northern Berkshire County Front Page
The Daunting Legacy of MASS MoCA
By: - Aug 22nd, 2020Joe Thompson graduated from Williams College in 1981. As founding director of MASS MoCA he has been here ever since. Stepping down in October he will sever ties next summer. Between now and then he will plan the next move. Other than some loose ends his remarkable work here is complete. Magnificently so.
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Hancock Shaker Village Front Page
A Pledge
By: - Jun 05th, 2020Since the late 18th century, the Shakers have embraced individuals of all racial and cultural backgrounds as equals – including black, brown, and indigenous. We are a museum, not Shakers – but as a museum and in keeping with the historic Shaker values of equality and justice, we are appalled by what we see before our eyes across America.
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Hancock Shaker Village Phase One Front Page
Campus Access as of June 4
By: - May 29th, 2020On Thursday, June 4 as part of Massachusetts Phase 1 initiative, Hancock Shaker Village will open only its outdoor spaces—including its beloved baby animals in outdoor fenced-in areas—to the public Thursdays through Sundays, 10 am–3 pm. This schedule will be in place at least through June, as the Village plans for a full reopening in Phase 3.
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Hancock Shaker Village a Living History Museum Front Page
Jennifer Trainer Thompson Discusses Plans for a 2020 Season
By: - Apr 23rd, 2020In a normal season the Hancock Shaker Village, which was founded sixty years ago near Pittsfield, is open from April through December. With spring planting and the birth of livestock this is a busy time of year. The annual Baby Animals Festival draws some 20% of annual visitation and 15% of earned revenue. We spoke with director Jennifer Trainer Thompson about strategies to function during the pandemic.
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Letter from Hancock Shaker Village Front Page
Three Little Lambs
By: - Apr 19th, 2020Jennifer Trainer Thompson, the director of Hancock Shaker Village, has a letter for friends and neighbors. It's spring and the lambs have been born. Soon it is time to plant the traditional gardens. Trying times call for creative solutions.
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Pictures at an Exhibition Front Page
Giuliano Opening at Real Eyes Gallery
By: - Nov 10th, 2019Many artists and friends attended the opening of my exhbition "Then and Now: Analog to Digital" at Real Eyes Gallery in Adams, Mass. For the occasion I wore my Senegal robes. That reflected the exotic nature of the work. Music was performed on electric sitar and percussion by Nana Simopoulos and Caryn Heilman. There were lively dialogues about the work anticipating an artist's talk on Saturday, November 23 at 4 PM.
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Spring Awakening at Hancock Shaker Village Front Page
Borrowed Light Watercolors by Barbara Ernst Prey
By: - May 24th, 2019Working "24/7" over several months the renowned, Williamstown-based artist, Barbara Ernst Prey, created Borrowed Light. The suite of watercolor renderings of interiors is on view in a converted chicken coop of Hancock Shaker Village. It is a part of expanded contemporary programming under the director Jennifer Trainer Thompson. She was a founding member of the MASS MoCA team. They have been neighbors and friends for many years. It was intuitive for them to undertake this remarkable project.
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Hancock Shaker Village Newest Shaker, Paul Muldoon Front Page
The Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Wrote And Performed A Shaker Poem
By: - Oct 08th, 2018Paul Muldoon, a 67 year old New Yorker, originally from Northern Ireland, recited his poetry while the band, Rogue Olifant, played accompanying music. The evening at Hancock Shaker Village emulated a 1960s scene from my past.
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Enrichment At Hancock Shaker Village Front Page
Food For Thought
By: - Jul 22nd, 2018A great day trip that enlightens and enriches the soul is as close as Berkshire county, home of Hancock Shaker Village. Spending a day learning about the Shakers, sharing dinner and thought with Peter Jennings son, Chris Jennings, and attending a concert with members of WILCO and transplanted local troubadour, Johnny Irion, can turn any day into sunshine.
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Candlelit Hancock Shaker Village Front Page
A Holiday Celebration With The Shakers
By: - Dec 12th, 2017Hancock Shaker Village, near Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was decorated for the holidays during a late afternoon stroll with carolers, musicians and dressed-up staff from this timeless Shaker community. Drinks, Shaker Holiday carols and festive food was served as guests listened to Shaker stories and songs.
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Food For Thought Front Page
Dar Williams Talks About Her New Book
By: - Sep 27th, 2017Dar Williams talks about her new book, 'What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician's Guide to Rebuilding America's Communities One Coffee Shop, Dog Run and Open-Mike Night at a Time.' BBQ, Bourbon and beer are on the menu at Hancock Shaker Village.
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Artist Stephen Hannock On Berkshire Museum Front Page
How Selling the Art Betrays the Community
By: - Jul 22nd, 2017Works by Stephen Hannock are in global museum collections. His Oxbow painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be included in a survey of Hudson River artist Thomas Cole. Hannock's mate Sting will also be involved in the project. When he created paintings for his friend's hometown of Newscastle the studies were shown at the Berkshire Museum. He gave one of the studies to the museum to honor philanthropist Nancy Fitzgerald. The fact of that work and the entire fine arts collection of the museum is unknown. We talked at length with the Berkshire based global artist about the impact of the museum's strategy to sell its fine arts collection with a radical makeover as an interactive educational museum for history and science.
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Deval Patrick Initiates Food For Thought Front Page
Series Launched At Hancock Shaker Village
By: - May 08th, 2017Ex-Governor, Deval Patrick, will host the first, 'Food For Thought', speaker series at Hancock Shaker Village on Friday, May 12th. He will talk over dinner about his autobiography, A Reason To Believe.
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Shaker Harvest Suppers October 8th & 29th Front Page
Shakers Know How To Cook.
By: - Sep 10th, 2016The Shakers took full advantage of nature's bounty. Fresh vegetables, homegrown herbs and raised livestock were a daily feature on the Shaker menu. After experiencing one of these special 'Harvest Suppers', a realization occurred to me that there are two more meals being offered this October and that one should consider taking advantage of this opportunity.
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Auction At Hancock Shaker Village Front Page
Harvest Suppers Begin on September 9th
By: - Sep 06th, 2016Hancock Shaker Village is world renowned for its useful simplicity. A visit to this wonderful community, located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts is a rewarding experience. On September 9th, a Shaker auction will take place, as well as the first of a series of Shaker Harvest Suppers.
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February is a Ten in Pittsfield Opinion
Mid Winter Festival
By: - Feb 04th, 2014No it ain't Mardi Gras in New Orleans but Pittsfield is giving it a shot. Shake off the funk with the annual city wide Ten by Ten Festival. There's lots to do so bundle up and break out of the cabin.
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14 Stations by Robert Wilson Fine Arts
Passionm Play from Oberammergau to Mass MoCA
By: - Sep 24th, 2013Some five years previously, Robert Wilson explained, he had been approached by the mayor of Oberammergau, a community of 5,000 that has been presenting a Passion Play, every ten years, since 1634. The resultant 14 Stations were reinstalled at Mass MoCA in 2001 where they remained on view for a year. This report is reposted from Maverick Arts Magazine.
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Tero Saarinen Company at Jacob’s Pillow with Borrowed Light Dance
Revival of 2004 Collaboration with The Boston Camerata.
By: - Jul 16th, 2012For 71 minutes I got religion while completely absorbed by the Shaker inspired Borrowed Light a collaboration between Tero Saarinen Company and The Boston Camerata. The 2004 work had its 2006 U.S. premiere at Jacob's Pillow and has returned via "popular demand" for Pillow's 80th season. It was a stunning highlight of an anniversary celebration.
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Berkshire Salon Through June 10 Fine Arts
Fifth Annual Eclipse Mill Gallery Exhibition to June 10
By: - May 16th, 2012The lively and much anticipated Fifth Annual Berkshire Salon 2012 is dedicated in memory of the recently deceased Eclipse Mill resident Norman Thomas. A grid of his Cubist/ Pop paintings is featured in the installation of works by some forty regional artists. The Salon is open on weekends in North Adams from May 18 through June 10.
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Hancock Shaker Village Fine Arts
2012 Calendar of Events
By: - Apr 04th, 2012Hancock Shaker Village (HSV) announces the living history museum’s 2012 plans at a press conference today. The 52nd season will run from April 7 through October 28. It includes a major new exhibition titled A Promising Venture: Shaker Photographs from the WPA, which features the work of photographer Noel Vicentini, who was hired as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project in 1936 to document the Shaker villages in upstate New York and western Massachusetts for the newly-formed Index of American Design.
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Berkshire Museum Calendar Fine Arts
Exhibitions and Events Through July 15
By: - Mar 27th, 2012In addition to exhibitions the Berkshire museum features an aquarium and the renowned Little Cinema. Here is a break down of exhibitions and events through mid July.
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Berkshire International Film Festival 2011 Wrapup Film
Awards Announced
By: - Jun 06th, 2011The Berkshire International Film Festival announced the winners of the annual BIFF Juried Prize Award and the BIFF Audience Award. In the Juried documentary category, the winner was CRIME AFTER CRIME directed by Yoav Potash, the powerful documentary film on the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her.
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