Eric Otter Bacon was born in 1977 and grew up in Indian Township and surrounding towns in Washington County. As a youngster, he was drawn to basketmaking, watching elders in his neighborhood making baskets. He was influenced by many artists, some basketmakers and birchbark artist and his style evolved as his work was also influenced […]

Dolly Barnes learned to make baskets from her mother, Molly Neptune Parker (1939-2020). Molly was an acclaimed Wabanaki basket maker who received a 2012 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellow and a First People’s Fund’s Community Spirit Award.  As a child, Dolly created her first baskets using scraps. Over time, her mother taught her fancy […]

Sarah Sockbeson is an award-winning Native American artist who creates traditional, yet contemporary, brown ash and sweetgrass baskets. Sarah is part of a new generation of basketmakers who is pushing the boundaries of Wabanaki cultural art to an exciting new level. With her visionary approach, she seeks to not only protect and preserve a precious […]

Gabriel Frey is a 12th generation Passamaquoddy basketmaker who grew up watching his grandfather Fred Moore make traditional work basket–packs, laundry and fish scale baskets. In addition to learning how to weave baskets, he was also taught the entire process of preparing brown ash to make the baskets: from selecting and harvesting brown ash trees […]