Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market

Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/14/2019
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location
Hudson Museum University of Maine

Categories

Tags Hudson Museum University of Maine, Indian Artists, Maine, Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market, Orono


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Join us for the Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market on December 14, 2019 at the Hudson Museum University of Maine in Orono, Maine. This is the largest holiday gathering of Maine Indian artists in New England featuring members of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance who have received national awards and new artists representing the next generation of weavers.

50+ established, national award-winning artists (including winners of the prestigious “Best of Show” award at Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Museum show as well as two makers who are National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellows).and new, upcoming makers from Maine’s Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot nations will attend.

Enjoy a day showcasing one-of-a kind art forms, demonstrations, storytelling, traditional music, drumming, and dancing with members of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Micmac, and Maliseet nations. The Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market features something for everyone!

FREE Admission 9:00am – 3:00pm

10:00 am Welcome Ceremony
10:30 am Traditional Penobscot Songs
11:00 am Brown Ash Pounding Demonstration
12:00 pm Baslet Demonstration, Donna Sanipass (Micmac)
12:30 pm Drumming & Singing, Chris Sockalexis (Penobscot)
1:00 pm Fashion Show
2:00 pm Burnurwurbskek Singers
3:00 pm Raffle Drawing

https://umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/events/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Collins-Center-for-the-Arts/129910657051239

Gretchen Faulkner, director, Hudson Museum: 207-581-1904, gretchen.faulkner@maine.edu

Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market





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Becky Olvera Schultz

Becky Olvera Schultz is an artist and photographer whose background includes journalism, advertising and marketing. She has been in involved with the powwow circuit for several years, participating as a vendor and as a member of powwow planning committees. For more information on Becky, visit her art site at www.native-expressions.com