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BE A PART OF THE BECREATIVE BARCAMP OCT 26TH
Posted on September 28, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe BeCreative BarCamp is a FREE night of Berkshire Creatives like you sharing their ideas, projects, resources, and innovations! Be a part of the conversation. Share your story. Share your passion. Share your expertise. Wednesday, October 26, 2011 5:30-8:30pm Hancock Shaker Village Pittsfield, MA Free... -
Hancock Shaker Village seeks Creative Products for Museum Store
Posted on February 14, 2011 | 1 CommentThe Hancock Shaker Village Museum store is seeking quality, handmade Shaker themed/inspired products, and artists and graphic designers to mine their extensive modern and historic image collections for store product development. The Shakers developed a wide variety of crafts, trades, and industries, including woodworking and... -
HSV Awarded $1 Million Kresge Grant as a Sector Leader
Posted on January 10, 2011 | 1 CommentHancock Shaker Village (HSV) President and CEO Ellen Spear announced today that the living history museum has received a $1 million grant from the Kresge Foundation. The grant was awarded as part of its Sector Leaders investments, an invitation-only component of the Kresge Arts and... -
From the Berkshire Eagle: UMass, Shaker Village succeed in collaborative
Posted on December 10, 2010 | No CommentsBy Jenn Smith, Berkshire Eagle Staff Thursday December 9, 2010 PITTSFIELD — The inaugural semester of a new graduate degree program collaboratively offered by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Hancock Shaker Village is almost to a close, and Director Steven Bedford said the... -
From the Berkshire Eagle: Shaker interest still strong at 50
Posted on August 9, 2010 | No CommentsBy David Pepose Sunday August 8, 2010 HANCOCK — Fifty years ago, the last remaining Shaker sisters of Berkshire County left a sign on Route 20 giving their heritage to the wind: “1,000 acres for sale. $200,000.” Years later, those once-fading buildings on Shaker land... -
Studio Two of Lenox Wins 4 American Graphic Design Awards
Posted on May 26, 2010 | No CommentsGraphic Design USA, the News Magazine for Creative Professionals, recently announced the recipients of the 2010 American Graphic Design Awards for Website Design, which included Lenox based design firm, Studio Two. “The American Graphic Design Awards is our four decade old flagship competition, and is... -
Hancock Shaker Village Launches Artist-In-Residence Program
Posted on April 5, 2010 | No CommentsHancock Shaker Village announces The Studio at Hancock Shaker Village artist-in-residence program as part of 50th anniversary. Master woodworker Steve Grasselli will be in residence, creating one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture commissioned by the public. Grasselli will work in full view of the visiting public in... -
Grad Student Filmaker Seeks Performers for Shoot at Hancock Shaker Village
Posted on March 12, 2010 | No CommentsThe film is based on Hawthorne’s short story “The Canterbury Pilgrims”. In the film will be a section of a Shaker Dance ritual. The filmakers need singer/dancers to create a Shaker community, who will sing a cappella and dance two or three different dance songs.... -
UMass Amherst and Hancock Shaker Village Announce Key Faculty and Curriculum for New Graduate Degree in Historic Preservation and Design
Posted on December 23, 2009 | 1 CommentUMass Amherst and Hancock Shaker Village have announced key faculty appointments and curriculum for the new Master of Science in Design with a concentration in historic preservation program that will offer an opportunity for advanced study in traditional building materials, preservation theory, and building systems.... -
UMass Amherst and Hancock Shaker Village Create New Graduate Degree in Historic Preservation and Design
Posted on August 17, 2009 | No CommentsUMass Amherst and Hancock Shaker Village have announced a groundbreaking partnership that will create a new two-year master’s degree program that combines the university’s strengths in architecture and public history with on-site training and courses utilizing the Village’s National Historic Landmark site. Starting in Fall...
