Jason Pardilla (Artist Profile)

Jason Pardilla, Penobscot

Jason Pardilla, Penobscot is a photographer, guide, fisherman, and artist whose connection to
the Penobscot River is deeply ingrained in all aspects to his life. Jason’s photography focuses on
documenting the Wabanaki landscape. He shares his deep relationship with his Wabanaki
Homeland through his work, while seeking to advocate for the protection and preservation of
this special place for future generations.

Jason’s images showcase scenes of the river, the surrounding landscape, and birchbark canoes as well
as images of other places around the world that Jason has travelled to that are also connected
to water.

The Hudson Museum’s Minsky Culture Lab is currently featuring an exhibit of Jason’s images
taken through the lens of a panawáhpskewi (Penobscot). Water connects all of the images near
and far either by water itself or the craft utilized to travel by water. There are also images
where indigenous communities live by the water. These images reveal items used to provide
sustenance and places important to indigenous people. We share these places with all of
creation. Welcome to a new dawn.
ksìpa (so you see)

Photos: Jason Pardilla – Penobscot Photographer

 

Upcoming 2025 Wabanaki Winter Market (Saturday, December 13, 2025):

Organized by the Hudson Museum, the Wabanaki Winter Market is New England’s largest holiday gathering of Wabanaki artists. The annual December event features award-winning Wabanaki weavers as well as new artists representing the next generation of artists.

The event is supported in part by a grant from Four Directions Development Corporation.

Location of the event: The Collins Center for the Arts (2 Flagstaff Road | Orono, Maine)

Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025 (from 9 am to 3 pm)

Contact: Gretchen Faulkner | Director, Hudson Museum (207.581.1904) For event updates, please visit: https://www.wabanakiwintermarket.org