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SHAKER VILLAGE OF PLEASANT HILL 2021 Upcoming Events Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill Volume I Nonprofit Org DEVELOPMENT NEWSLETTER Number 3 May September 3501 Lexington Road U.S. Postage Riverboat Rides Launch Harvest Fest Harrodsburg, KY 40330 PAID Music on the Lawn Debuts Community Sing shakervillageky.org Permit #1 Hard Cider Bash 859.734.5411 Lexington, KY June Summer Camp October Father’s Day Weekend & Trick-or-Treat Vintage Baseball Boo Cruise Simple Gifts July November Mercer County Week Quail Dinner 2020 Annual Report Blessing of the Hounds This Place Matters! August Craft Fair December 2020 - A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER SVPH 60 Year Incorporation Illuminated Evenings Anniversary Tea Time with Mrs. Claus The staff and administration at Shaker Early on, our team committed to telling Village entered 2020 with a high level of the story of the Kentucky Shakers through Please check dates and times at shakervillageky.org energy and excitement. 2019 had been a our digital media platforms. Bringing our remarkable year at Shaker Village, and humanities programming to you when we put in place a great number of plans you could not physically visit the Village, for 2020 that would further enhance the enabled us to act as a source of education, guest experience. But, “life is what happen entertainment and an uplifting presence. to us while we are making other plans” As we reached out to you – our guests and (Allen Saunders; John Lennon). supporters – to share this digital content, we received an outpouring of care and “As a non-profit cultural site, the mandated concern that meant so much to the staff closure in the early weeks of the pandemic who care for this powerful place every day. was difficult, said Maynard Crossland, 2020 turned out to be a year like no other, President and CEO. “But, it was within but despite the ongoing health emergency, the journals that we found inspiration in Pleasant Hill has been and remains a safe this challenging time and knew we would and peaceful retreat for our guests in an get through this together.” The Shakers otherwise uncertain world. This has been themselves were no strangers to adversity At different points in the history of Pleasant Hill, the possible because of you, your support, and Grant Awards and had navigated through the Spanish Shakers in the community relied on healthcare provided your willingness to visit this past summer Shaker Village’s Development team support was more important than ever, so Flu in 1918 as well as Cholera outbreaks by both Shakers, and non-Shakers. In this image, standing and fall. Let’s take a look back at everything your has been diligently working to build a they put their heads down and applied for in 1820. from left to right, are Dr. William Pennebaker, Francis support helped accomplish this year at Kentucky’s grant program since being awarded a several CARES-act grant opportunities. Pennebaker (dentist) and a non-Shaker medical doctor. largest National Historic Landmark. transformational grant from The Lilly Their efforts were rewarded with our first C. Late 19th Century. Endowment, Inc. in 2015. That project federal award in recent history from The revitalized the spiritual center of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Village through preservation of the 1820 totaling $95,754, to support three Preservation of The Historic Center Meeting House and the 1824-34 Centre humanities staff positions, as well as two Family Dwelling. With that encouraging digital activities to expand access to the When SVPH closed in March 2020, the and the 1811 Old Stone Shop. When you visit kick-off the team put in place a proactive Village’s collections and content. This grant preservation staff was well-into a large this spring and summer, you will notice work infrastructure to seek funding opportunities project wrapped up at the end of March project related to the 1817 East Family has begun on the 1835 East Family Wash House. and manage awards. 2021. The team also received CARES Dwelling. A private donation from a funding through a Kentucky Humanities In 2019, the team made substantial progress grant, totaling $10,000, which supported Chamber Music Returning! generous donor enabled SVPH’s talented by winning two awards. The first from staff salaries and digital exhibits. team of craftsmen to continue this work LexArts and the KU-LGE Foundation while the Village was closed to the public, ($2,000) for a temporary exhibition titled The tricky thing about federal grants Mark your calendars for next year! The focusing on the building’s windows and Inspired: Shaker Gift Drawing Quilts. The is that there can be considerable time Chamber Music Festival of the Bluegrass doors and replacing the wood shingle roof. second award from the Kentucky Local between the application period and the will return to Shaker Village on May 27- History Trust Fund ($2,000) which also award notice. In November 2019, our team 29, 2022! Featuring the world-renowned Other notable preservation projects in funded a temporary exhibit titled Pieces of submitted a request for a matching grant Pleasant Hill. These awards coupled with to the Institute for Museum and Library musicians from New York’s Chamber Music 2020 included the completion of the 1833 restricted gifts from individual donors Sciences to support a permanent exhibition Society of Lincoln Center they will be Waterhouse and 1860 Bath House project, and a $25,000 corporate sponsorship from titled Local Economies, Global Impacts. In performing for the 14th year at the Village. painting of the 1821 Ministry’s Workshop, Community Trust Bank for exhibits capped August 2020, Shaker Village was awarded More information on Patron and ticket installing a new roof on the 1809 Farm off a successful year. the $130,000 grant, our third federal award packages, and sponsorship opportunities, Deacon’s Shop, and cleaning and repointing in 2020, and is now in the process of raising will be available in the Fall of 2021. of the masonry on the Farm Deacon’s Shop When the COVID-19 pandemic started, the matching funds required by the grant our team knew the significance of receiving program. The exhibition is slated to open Preservation efforts in progress, July 2019 Cleaning and repointing success, 2020 to the public in August 2021. Contact Us 859.734.1547 | [email protected] | shakervillageky.org/donate Contact Us 859.734.1547 | [email protected] | shakervillageky.org/donate OUR MISSION: To inspire generations of guests through discovery by sharing the legacies of the Kentucky Shakers. SHAKER VILLAGE OF PLEASANT HILL DEVELOPMENT NEWSLETTER | Simple Gifts | VOLUME I NUMBER 3 The Farm at Shaker Village is a year-round operation that requires Improvements to the Visitor Experience daily attention to our more than 100 animals. In 2020 our “farmily” The Farm We also continued our work to implement grew to include six lambs, six calves, 18 ducks and 36 new sheep During our closure, the Program Team, We also installed 20 new educational the site-wide interpretative plan which is (Shetland and Katahdin). We also expanded the farm footprint Marketing Team, Preservation Team, waystations thanks to the generosity of rolling out in stages across multiple years. to 118 acres by adding a 68-acre tract of native grasses and added Farm Team, and Preserve Team produced Community Trust Bank. These waystations In the first half of 2020, we installed 147 blackberries, flowers and green space near The Orchard. digital content at a fast and furious pace. provide our guests with information about exhibition panels and 49 objects in six One of the biggest challenges we faced at the Farm was food During this three-month time frame we the Shakers and Pleasant Hill as well as a exhibits across four buildings. This is just production. When we closed in March, our farmers already had posted six blog posts, over 20 interpretative myriad of topics related to The Farm, The the beginning of full, interactive exhibitions hundreds of plants growing in the greenhouse to support our farm- video’s, four photo slide shows and many Preserve, and the natural landscape. They that are still to come! to-table dining experience. With the dining room closed, and later historical trivia posts. This work was are positioned in key locations across the open at a reduced capacity, we were able to donate more of our made possible in part by a CARES grant Village and add accessible interpretation produce to food banks and pay-it-forward restaurants. We also began through Kentucky Humanities. This type of the Village to the guest experience. a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model in the fall that will of work continued after our reopening as continue to expand in 2021. Program Specialist Laura Webb worked to Improving accessibility across the site is prepare our collection records for online a long-term goal for us. In addition to the We entered into a unique partnership with LG&E and KU to give publication. She published nine blog posts waystations, we installed an accessible path “baaaaack” to the earth. This innovative project established a flock of featuring collections objects, photos and in the Orchard, the Herb Garden, and the grazing sheep at the E.W. Brown Generating Station in Mercer County artifacts. Ms. Webb’s work was directly Native Garden as well as several picnic where their solar array is located. The sheep replace the need to mow supported by a CARES grant through the tables. We truly had no idea how big of an The flock of “lawn mowers” that care for the E.W. with gas-powered lawnmowers and has been a huge success! This National Endowment for the Humanities.