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A photograph of the CRADLED exhibition featuring adult-size and child-size cradles, shaker chairs, and shaker hangers
Exhibit with wooden cradles, a tall chair, and woven baskets. A large sign titled
A museum exhibit featuring cradle displays, wooden chairs, and a patterned quilt. A wall sign titled
Room with framed architectural drawings on the wall, a table with a bowl of apples, and decorative items on pedestals.
A decorative border frames the word A photograph of the CRADLED exhibition featuring adult-size and child-size cradles, shaker chairs, and shaker hangers Exhibit with wooden cradles, a tall chair, and woven baskets. A large sign titled A museum exhibit featuring cradle displays, wooden chairs, and a patterned quilt. A wall sign titled Room with framed architectural drawings on the wall, a table with a bowl of apples, and decorative items on pedestals.

CRADLED

Exhibition open from Sunday, September 15 – Sunday, December 22

Kinderhook Knitting Mill
8 Hudson St., Kinderhook, NY 12016

Fridays and Saturdays 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sundays 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

No tickets or advance reservations are required.

Join us for the opening on Sunday, September 15, from 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM.

Artists Frances McDormand and Suzanne Bocanegra have joined forces with Shaker Museum to present Cradled, a thought-provoking exhibition that explores the transcendent impact of the Shakers’ communal embrace from cradle to grave through objects, values, and inspired modern-day artistic expression.

Read the press release.

Exhibition photos: Matt Borkowski/BFA22

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