talks, tours, workshops, & conversations | upcoming events at Fruitlands
Shaker Programming at Fruitlands Museum, July – November 2025
The following are programming events related to ‘a good many hands’ and anything but drab. Some listings include a link to register for the event and others will be listed soon. Trustees members are either free or have a reduced fee for the events.
Curator’s Tour: Christie Jackson, Senior Curator
Saturday, August 9, 12:00pm; Curator’s Tour: ‘a good many hands’ – The Trustees of Reservations
Friday, August 15, 12:00pm; Curator’s Tour: ‘a good many hands’ – The Trustees of Reservations
Friday, September 12, 12:00pm; Curator’s Tour: ‘a good many hands’ – The Trustees of Reservations
Friday, October 3, 12:00pm; Curator’s Tour: ‘a good many hands’ – The Trustees of Reservations
Ever wonder how objects are chosen for exhibitions? Or what discoveries are made during the process of putting an exhibit together? Join Senior Curator Christie Jackson for a behind-the-scenes view of the exhibit ‘a good many hands’ with special access to objects and the stories behind them.
Drop-in Bookmaking workshop
Saturday, August 9, 12pm – 3pm
Drop-in Bookmaking Workshop – The Trustees of Reservations
Can you make a book from one sheet of paper? Come find out in this afternoon drop-in workshop. Join artist Brece Honeycutt to learn how to make a simple book from one sheet of paper. Brece is behind the current art installation, anything but drab, exploring Shaker use of color.
Drop-in dye demonstration
Saturday, September 20, 11am – 3pm
Outside Shaker Office
This is during the Fruitlands Museum Craft Fair. No registration needed, ongoing throughout the day.
The fee for the day includes admission to the Craft Fair and to the museum buildings.
Historically, Shakers dyed their clothes a myriad of colors—blues, pinks, reds, purples and browns. Artist Brece Honeycutt will be dipping into dyepots and pulling out vibrant shades of indigo/blue, madder/red and goldenrod/yellow. Stop by to see how color is made from roots and flowers.
Lecture: Christie Jackson, Senior Curator
“Pretty in Pink: Shaker’s Use of Pink and other Stories of the Color Through the Centuries.”
Wednesday, September 10, 6:30pm
Registration information forthcoming.
The recent cinematic explosion of Barbie brought the color pink to the forefront of fashion and culture. This, though, is not the first time that pink has had its heyday. Senior Curator Christie Jackson will examine the vivid hue’s appeal over the centuries, with a special focus on its use in the Shaker Office at Fruitlands Museum where the prominence of pink was a surprising discovery made during a recent paint analysis of this historic building.
In Dialogue: A Colorful Conversation Between Artist Brece Honeycuttt and Curator Christie Jackson
Saturday, October 18, 2pm
Registration information forthcoming.
Join us for a conversation between artist Brece Honeycutt and Senior Curator Christie Jackson as they discuss the role that color had in their most recent projects. Both have been on a journey of discovery into the history of color, and will share stories about the Shakers and their use of color.
Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, MA. Open Thursday to Sunday 10am to 4pm.