Shaker Heritage Society gets an artistic face lift

"When members of the Shaker Heritage Society began talking about boarding up some of the site’s broken windows, Executive Director Johanna Batman wanted to use something more attractive than plywood. The result was an 18-panel mural painted by recent SUNY Albany graduate artist Phoebe Rotter that occupies an entire face of the Washhouse building at the Shaker Heritage site on Meeting House Road."

"Rotter was connected to the Shaker Heritage Society via the non-profit arts organization, Albany Center Gallery. Batman first started talking with the gallery’s Executive Director Tony Iadicicco about possible collaborations almost four years ago, but it was not until after her organization received a legislative grant — initiated by Assembly Member Phil Steck and disbursed by the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation — that they were finally able to put their partnership to use.

“The new mural … is a beautiful representation of how the Shakers emphasized values like equality and inclusivity, which are still so relevant and important today,” Steck said."

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