Fordham University in New York City has received a $50,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation’s Theology Program to fund a project that explores Shaker Art, Design, and Religion, in partnership with Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon. The grant is a companion to the $750,000 grant awarded by the Luce Foundation’s American Art Program to the Shaker Museum to digitize its collections. The project will be co-directed by Dr. Kathryn Reklis, a professor in the theology department at Fordham, and Lacy Schutz, executive director of the Shaker Museum. They will convene a group of eight Fellows to explore the experiential and communal aspects of Shakerism and the relationship between art and religion in museum spaces. Two convenings will take place at Fordham and one at the Shaker Museum, beginning this fall and running through fall 2019.
