Pamela Salisbury Gallery is proud to partner with Shaker Museum on a project to benefit the Museum which is building a new home in Chatham, NY. This initiative engages visual artists to reimagine the iconic Shaker oval box. As part of the project, each participating artist is given an authentic reproduction of a Shaker oval box made by local woodworker Peter Forward. The artists are then tasked with creating a unique artwork using the box as their point of departure. 

Lothar Osterburg's bespoke Shaker box.

For the “Shaker Museum Benefit Box Project,” Lothar Osterburg created a glimpse into the Shaker world in miniature form. A glass lens mounted in the side of the box enables viewers to discover the Shaker interior within. Diminutive Shaker-style chairs, peg rails, and a broom crafted by the artist, define the simple beauty of a Shaker inspired room.

We are happy to report that Elliott Green’s box, on view during his recent solo exhibition, Ascension, was placed with proceeds going to the Shaker Museum! 

More artists participating in the shaker box initiative include painter Barbara Takenaga, and artists and partners Chie Fueki, and Joshua Marsh. The boxes will be unveiled at their respective openings on Saturday, June 24, 2023.

Elliott Green's bespoke Shaker box.

Chie Fueki & Joshua Marsh's bespoke Shaker box.

For their original piece, Lilly and Rose, Chie Fueki and Joshua Marsh use silk screen and acrylic on mulberry paper. These materials speak to the work in Chie and Josh’s show at Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Behind Closed Eyes, for which the couple created “works on paper that allow seeing to emerge from a process of engaging with materials, as opposed to empirical observation.”

Barbara Takenaga's bespoke Shaker box.