VOLUME 44 ISSUE 2 SUMMER 2019 Communiqué The Communal Studies Association Newsletter

UPCOMING CONFERENCES Material Culture Is Theme for 2019

2019 Attendees at the 2019 free general public tour of the the tours is limited, so sign up Winterthur, DE Communal Studies Confer- museum and gardens on their early. October 17-19 ence October 17-19, own during the conference. Travel and Accommoda- 2019 will experience a The theme for the confer- tions ence is “Space, Place and the The Crowne Plaza Wil- 2020 change of pace from most CSA meetings – instead of Spirit of Material Culture,” is mington North at 630 Ephrata, PA meeting at an historic com- appropriate for a meeting in a Naamans Rd., Claymont, DE October 1-3 munal site, we will instead place so brimming over with 19703 has been selected as meet at one of America’s artifacts of communities, inten- the conference hotel. It is premier decorative arts tional or otherwise. Many approximately 22 minutes via 2021 museums, Winterthur Mu- presentations will focus on the DE 92 East from the museum. Yellow Springs, OH seum, Garden and Library. theme. Susan Love Brown is Cost is $119 per night, dou- Sept. 30-October 2 The vision of Henry Francis Program Chair. The prelimi- ble occupancy. Call the hotel at 302-792-2700 directly DuPont, the house contains his extensive collection of for reservations and say you 2022 antiques, including numer- are with CSA. Room reserva- Canterbury, NH ous Shaker pieces. Its vast tions should be made at least Date TBD 2600-acre site is beautifully a month in advance, as any landscaped and the Winter- rooms not reserved at that

thur library contains the time will be released by the Edward Deming Andrews hotel after September 17. Shaker manuscript collec- Attendees using air trans- tion and the papers of other portation should use Phila- historic communities, in- delphia, PA (PHL) airport. cluding Arden and Rose No shuttle service is available Valley. from the airport to the hotel, so attendees should anticipate Reflecting Pool at the Winter- either renting a car or using thur Gardens ride-hailing services. Likewise, nary program is now online at no service from the hotel to Inside this issue: www.communalstudies.org/ the conference site or dinner President’s Column 2 annualconference as is regis- venues is anticipated, so at- tration information. tendees are encouraged to Communal News 2 Pre-Conference Tours pair up with other attendees Two tours are planned be- who do have transportation. Executive Director’s 3 Shaker Dwelling Room fore the conference. Wednes- day, October 16 will feature Foundation for In- 4 Local arrangements chair tours, led by Tom Guiler, to tentional Community Tom Guiler, an Assistant nearby Arden, a single-tax Professor of Humanities at community, and Rose Valley, a Calendar of Events 5 Winterthur and a CSA turn of the 20th century arts board member, is planning and crafts community. Thurs- Center Prizes Award- 6 special tours of the collec- day’s tour is to Greenbelt, ed tions pertinent to intention- Maryland, a Depression-era al communities. Attendees planned community, near will also be able to take a Washington, D. C. Space on Exhibit Room. Photos courtesy Winterthur Museum. PAGE 2 VOLUME 44 ISSUE 2 SUMMER 2019

Message from the CSA President Communal News Matt Grow South Union Shaker Vil- site. The fact that we received lage recently received the Edith an award that was named in Bingham Excellence in Preservation her honor makes it all the Education award from Preserva- more special to us." tion Kentucky. One of nine Preservation Kentucky’s mis- awards given by PK annually, sion is to preserve and connect

South Union Shaker Village was Kentuckians to their heritage, recognized for its commitment and make Kentucky communi- to historic preservation ties stronger, healthier and By the time you receive this through restoration efforts, edu- economically sustainable. Their newsletter, our fall conference cational programming, publica- goals are to promote preserva- will be fast approaching. We are tions, and exhibitions. Among tion as the proven economic fortunate that the conference will South Union's most notable re- driver it is for community sta- be held at one of the premier cent achievements is the exhibit, bilization, revitalization, herit- institutions of early American "'Dictates of Conscience and age tourism and job creation; material culture, the Winterthur Feelings of Humanity:' People of and to help Kentuckians appre- Museum, Garden, and Library. Color at South Union, 1807- ciate, maintain and protect Two pre-conference tours are 1860," a fascinating study of the their heritage. scheduled, the first going to Ar- African American experience South Union Shaker Village is den and Rose Valley, Pennsylva- among the . Educational located 10 miles west of Bowl- nia, and the second to Greenbelt, programming for school chil- ing Green or 3 miles east of Maryland. dren also focuses on issues of Auburn, just off US 68-80. For Typical of CSA conferences, race and gender in the Shaker more information about visiting the sessions will cover a wide community, South Union's South Union, call 270-542- range of topics, this year clus- Southern foodways and folklife 4167 or visit tered around the theme “Space, traditions, as well as the sect's southunionshakervillage.com. Place, and the Spirit of Material attitudes toward sustainability Roger Lee Hall, an authori- Culture.” The conference pro- and early examples of "green ty on Shaker music, has gram looks terrific. We are grate- living." compiled and edited a multime- ful to hear from many new pre- The PK award is named for dia publication, "More Love" - A senters as well as many CSA vet- Edith Bingham, one of Ken- Recorded Shaker Legacy (PTME erans. Special thanks to Tom tucky's most recognized historic 1060). Included on the disc are Guiler and Susan Love Brown for preservation advocates. Mrs. over 100 audio examples, in- their work on the local arrange- Bingham has been involved in cluding his appearances on ments and the program! countless preservation projects Public Radio and his in-person I am also excited to let you across the Commonwealth for interviews with Shaker singers know that we are working on a many years and continues to at Canterbury, New Hamp- major redesign of the CSA web- generously offer her time, talent, shire, and Sabbathday site to update the look, enhance and expertise to preserve Ken- Lake, Maine. Also included is the functionality, make it more tucky's past. SUSV Executive his interview with American mobile-friendly, and increase the Director Tommy Hines stated composer, Aaron Copland, search-engine optimization. "Edie Bingham began donating who arranged "Simple Gifts" Thank you for your ongoing sup- her time at South Union nearly and helped to make it known port of CSA. 30 years ago, and is currently throughout the world. For chairing our Advisory Commit- information about this new Matt Grow tee. It is difficult to state just multimedia publication, go to: how invaluable she has been and www.americanmusicpreservati continues to be for our historic on.com/ josephBrackettSimpleGifts.htm VOLUME 44 ISSUE 2 SUMMER 2019 PAGE 3 Executive Director’s ICSA Triennial Conference in NY Column

By Kathy Fernandez The International Communal Studies Association recently held its triennial conference in conjunction with the Cam- phill Research Symposium from July 18- 21st at four different Camphill communi- ties located in the Hudson River Valley of New York: Camphill Hudson, Camphill Triform, Camphill Copake, and Camphill Ghent. The theme of the conference was “Diversity and Inclusion in Intentional I had the privilege of attending Community,” which allowed for a broad the recent ICSA conference at the range of topics and presentations, includ- Camphill communities in the beau- ing questions of gender, disability, and tiful Hudson Valley of New York. age diversity. As I knew little about Camphill The conference consisted of research beforehand, I found the sessions paper panels, community workshops, were most enlightening and the artistic workshops, films, and dramatic aims of the organization, to pro- performances. Participants were wel- vide housing, care and occupations comed by ICSA founders Yaacov Oved for the differently-abled, to be and Donald Pitzer. The conference was Program Chair Dan McKanan most impressive. One thing struck truly international with participants from me was the number of young peo- Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, ple in attendance, and their enthu- Israel, Kenya, Norway, Rwanda, the Unit- siasm was evident. ed Kingdom, and the . Par- I remember that early CSA con- ticipants had the opportunity to learn ferences had lots of younger at- about historic intentional communities, tendees, both students and mem- as well as contemporary communities, bers of current communities. This including the wide array of Camphill fact is often remarked upon by communities, L’Arche, ecovillages, and current CSA members and board. emerging Israeli urban kibbutzim. Looking at this year’s conference With the exception of Camphill Hud- program, I see lots of names of son, an urban community, the other people, mostly students, who have Camphill communities that served as never before attended and are not sites for the conference were located in current members. I plan to greet rural parts of New York, all of which all of them and encourage them to consisted of beautiful architecture. Par- become part of CSA, and I hope ticipants enjoyed superb hospitality, food, ICSA Co-founder Don Pitzer. Pho- you will, too. And, you can go a and entertainment by the host communi- tos by Don and Connie Pitzer. step further – if you teach a class ties. All in all, this ICSA conference pro- in communalism, I hope you’ll tell vided the opportunity to discuss the your students about us – how this problems and solutions of inclusion and organization is such a great com- diversity in intentional community. munity in itself – and, better yet, buy those promising students a membership in CSA, $20 a year. Use the membership form on the back of this newsletter or go online. Have you paid your We have a great program 2019 planned for this year at a most CSA Membership? picturesque site.,thanks go to Lo- If you haven’t, there is a cal Arrangements Chair Tom form enclosed in this Guiler and Program Chair Susan Love Brown. See you at Winter- newsletter. thur in October! Bill Metcalf presents the FIC Kozeny PLEASE RENEW TODAY! Award to Chris Coats of the Diggers PAGE 4 VOLUME 44 ISSUE 2 SUMMER 2019

FIC Needs Your Support CSA Member News Thousands of communities undergone a transformation. We Kathy Fernandez, Executive Direc- model solutions for social con- are taking a stronger stand on so- tor of the Communal Studies Associa- nection, environmental respon- cial justice and climate change is- tion and former site director of Histor- sibility, and economic equality. sues. We have improved our ser- ic Zoar Village, recently published of For over 30 years, the Founda- vices to better meet the needs of history of that community, Zoar: The the movement. This spring, we re- Story of an Intentional Community (Kent State University Press, 2019). She is vamped our visual presence by in- also the author of a previous volume, A troducing a new logo, enhanced Singular People: Images of Zoar (Kent website, and name evolution from State University Press, 2003). the Fellowship to the Foundation for Timothy Miller, Professor of Reli- Intentional Community. gious Studies at the University of Kan- To support these changes and sas, recently retired. He was honored tion for Intentional Community our ambitious plans for the future, by the Kansas State Senate for out- (FIC) has supported the devel- standing service. Miller is a former opment of intentional commu- ICSA president, a CSA distinguished scholar, and author of the recently nities as pathways towards a published Communes in America, 1975- more sustainable and just 2000 (Syracuse University Press, 2019). world. Ic.org is the leading re- Miller is known for his many books source for finding, joining, and documenting intentional communities starting community. We list in the United States. 1000+ intentional communities Beverly Seckinger, Professor in the School of Theatre, Film, and Television, at the University of Arizona in Tucson, showed her film, Hippie Family Values we’ve launched a monthly donor (2017) at the triennial meeting of the program, called Giving Hands. This International Communal Studies Asso- ciation (ICSA). The film documents ten circle of committed friends will years in the lives of individuals living on provide FIC with financial stability a communal ranch in New Mexico. She throughout the year. is also the producer, director, and pho- Plus, for a limited time, we have tographer of the documentary Laramie been offered an incentive grant Inside Out. ($100 for every new monthly do- Evelyn Sterne, an Associate Profes- nor) from the Fund for Democratic sor of History at the University of Communities. Your commitment Rhode Island and new member of CSA, of as little as $5 each month as a has just been appointed Director of URI’s Center for the Humanities. Her worldwide in our Communi- part of Giving Hands will help se- research focuses on varieties of reli- cure this opportunity! ties Directory, produce Com- gious expression in early twentieth- munities Magazine, operate an We are primed to serve the co- century America. Her latest research online Bookstore, and serve as munities movement better than project has led her out of New England a networking hub for all kinds ever before, but we need your help and into the study of intentional com- of community initiatives. to carry out this mission. Join us as munities. She is currently writing a In recent years, the FIC has we catalyze community solutions! book about the House of David, a reli- Visit https://www.ic.org/donate/ to gious commune that drew believers support the FIC. from around the world to a tiny town in Michigan. Approaching the study of religion as a social historian rather than a theologian, she is intrigued by why individuals join faith communities and the ways in which religion and society are mutually constitutive. VOLUME 44 ISSUE 2 SUMMER 2019 PAGE 5

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

August August 11 - Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill – River Boat cruises on the Dixie Belle August 11, 18, 25 – Koreshan State Park, Farmers Market and Native Plant Sale, August 14 – Hancock Shaker Village, Shaker Foodways August 17 – New Harmony, Gallery book launch & moonlight walk August 17 – Canterbury Shaker Village, New Hampshire Permaculture Day August 18-21 – Hancock Shaker Village, Shaker Foodways August 24 – New Harmony art and antique stroll

September September 1, 8 – Koreshan State Park, Farmers Market and Native Plant Sale September 7 – South Union Shaker Village, Farm to Table fall dinner September 7 – Historic Zoar Village, Speaker Series, Civil War General John Hunt Morgan September 14 – Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Hard Cider Bash September 14 – Kashi Ashram, One Day Yoga Retreat September 14 – Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury Artisan Festival September 14 – New Harmony, Moonlight walk September 14 – Enfield Shaker Museum, Harvest Festival and Organ Concert September 14 & 15 – Koreshan State Park, guided historic tours September 14 & 15 – Watervliet Shaker Village, Shaker Craft Fair September 20 – Historic Zoar Village, Civil War School Day September 21 – Historic Zoar Village, Civil War Reenactment September 21 & 22 – New Harmony, Kunstfest German festival and artisan fair September 25, 27, 28 – Kashi Ashram, Kali Fire Puja (first night) September 28 – South Union Shaker Village, Spirits of South Union Candlelight Tour September 28, 30 & October 1 – Kashi Ashram, Laxmi Fire Puja (first night)

October October 2, 3 & 4 – Kashi Ashram, Saraswati Fire Puja October 4-7 – Amana Colonies, Oktoberfest October 5 – Kashi Ashram, Durga Fire Puja October 5 – Historic Zoar Village, Speaker Series, the Ohio and Erie Canal October 5-6 – Old Economy Village – Emtedankfest Harvest Festival October 11-12 – , Apple Dumpling Sale October 11-20 – Old Aurora Colony, 47th Annual Quilt Show October 12 – New Harmony, Atheneum 40th Anniversary Gala October 12 – Canterbury Shaker Village, Vintage Car Show October 12 – Koreshan State Park, 6th Annual Family Halloween Festival October 12 – Watervliet Shaker Village, Paranormal Investigation October 13 – Kashi Ashram, Monthly Market October 13 – Ephrata Cloister, Day of Music October 17-19 – Communal Studies Association conference Winterthur Museum, Gardens, & Library, Delaware October 17-20 – New Harmony, Chautauqua on the Wabash Dulcimer Festival October 26 – Canterbury Shaker Village, Harvest Music Festival October 26 – Old Economy Village, A Halloween Haunting

November November 2 – South Union Shaker Village, Shaker Breakfast November 9 – Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Quail Dinner November 17 – Kashi Ashram Monthly Market November 29 to December 2 – Amana Colonies, Prelude to Christmas November 30 – Ephrata Cloister, Candlelight Open House

December December 6, 8, 13, 15 – Canterbury Shaker Village, Christmas with Canterbury Shakers December 6 – South Union Shaker Village, Holiday Market preview party December 7 – South Union Shaker Village, Holiday Market December 7 – New Harmony - Christmas in New Harmony December 7 – Canterbury Shaker Village, Christmas at Canterbury December 7 – Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Children’s Tea Time with Mrs. Claus December 7-8 – Old Economy Village, Christmas at the Village December 7-8 – Koreshan State Park, 3rd Annual Old Fashioned Holiday Bazaar December 9-10 – Ephrata Cloister, Christmas at the Cloister December 14 – Canterbury Shaker Village, Christmas at Canterbury December 17 – South Union Shaker Village, Dickens in the Centre House December 26-29 – Ephrata Cloister, Lantern Tours December 28 – Kashi Ashram, New Year’s Fire Puja PAGE 6 VOLUME 44 ISSUE 1 SUMMER 2019

Center for Communal Studies To entice you to come to Winterthur, a few Awards Annual Prizes & Grants more photos...

The Center for Communal Stud- “The Lawful Forest” ies at the University of Southern The Center for Communal Stud- annually invites submissions ies promotes the study of historic and for its prize competition for the contemporary communal groups, inten- best undergraduate and graduate tional communities, and utopias. Estab- student papers on historic or con- lished in 1976 at the University of temporary communal groups, inten- Southern Indiana, it encourages and facil- tional communities and utopias. itates meetings, classes, scholarships, The Center also annually invites publications, networking and public in- applications for a Research Travel terest in communal groups past and pre- Grant to fund sent, here and abroad. For more infor- research at the mation, contact Casey Harison, Direc- Communal tor, Center for Communal Studies. Uni- Studies Collec- versity of Southern Indiana, Evansville, tion at USI's IN 47712 USA, by phone at David L. Rice 812.465.7150, or by email at chari- Library. The [email protected] Communal Studies Collection's rich archival materials hold information on over 600 historic and contem- porary communal societies, utopias, Hidden Collections Grant and intentional communities. Appli- Does your organization, library or cants may be graduate students or the community you study have papers established scholars in the United they would like to digitize and place States or abroad from any discipline online? The Communal Studies Associ- that involves the study of commu- ation offers a $2500 grant for digitizing nalism (including history, American (including digitizing of existing micro- Studies, English, anthropology, eco- film) materials related to communal nomics, sociology, etc.). studies. Winners of the 2019 undergradu- The application is open to any non- ate & graduate prizes & research profit organization, current communal travel grant were: group, historic site or library. The dig- Undergraduate Prize of $250 itized material must be then made to Ashley Lawhorn of the Uni- available to the public online. A dollar- versity of Southern Indiana for “New Harmony, Indiana – In- to-dollar match is required. Half of the cluding Women in the Nine- requested funds are given up front and teenth Century" the remainder when the project is com- Graduate Prize of $500 to pleted. This “hidden collection” grant Oded Marom of the University is for materials that are not currently of Southern California for available online. "Trying Not to Think About It: For more information, go to our web- The Limits of Inter-ideological site ww.communalstudies.org/ Collaboration in Prefigurative hidden-collections-grant-application- Communities" form The deadline for applications is Photos Courtesy Winterthur Museum Research Travel Grants to September 1, with the winner notified Joshua Lockyer of Arkansas by October 1. Communiqué, the Newsletter of Tech University for his project The Communal Studies Association, on “Celo Community North P. O. Box 122, Amana, IA 52203, [email protected], Carolina” and John Page of www.communalstudies.org Southern Cross University Send news items to Editor Susan (Australia) for his project on Brown, [email protected] VOLUME 44 ISSUE 2 SUMMER, 2019 PAGE 7

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