New e-publication Americana Insights focuses on American Folk Art and Americana
Dressing table, maker unidentified, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1815-1825. Painted and gilded maple and white pine; brass. H. 36 1/4 in., W. 36 7/8 in., D. 17 3/8 in. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Colonial Williamsburg. Photograph courtesy The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Americana Insights, a new nonprofit e-journal and multi-faceted resource center, was launched today by Jane Katcher, Americana and American folk art collector, in collaboration with David A. Schorsch, a leading authority on American antiques and folk art. The digital publication is supported by a distinguished advisory board of museum and art-world professionals and edited by independent scholar, author, and curator Robert Shaw.
CHATHAM â The Shaker Museum was awarded a $550,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to improve its facilities.
The Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant money will be used for a climate-controlled collections storage facility within the new museum building, which is planned for downtown Chatham.
âShaker Museum is tremendously grateful to the National Endowment for the Humanities for this grant, which will help us as we reanimate the museum and begin this new and exciting chapter,â said Shaker Museum Executive Director Lacy Schutz in a statement. âAs stewards of this incredible collection, our first priority must be to preserve and protect this material so we can then in turn share it with generations to come. This grant will help us do just that. We are honored to be included in the NEHâs 2020 grant cycle, which includes so many valuable cultural endeavors across the country.â