Modeled after markets like the Heard and Santa Fe (SWAIA), the Abbe Museum Indian Market is the first multi-day event of its kind in New England that invites Native American artists from across North America to participate, with the goal of developing Bar Harbor as THE destination for Northeastern Native Art. This event will take […]
The annual festival of Wabanaki’s finest, award-winning artists is BACK! The Wabanaki Marketplace at Shaker Village provides a rare opportunity to purchase museum-quality crafts directly from Maine’s finest Wabanaki artists, nationally recognized and honored for their role in the preservation of important traditions. A wide selection of crafts are offered for a range of prices […]
The Common Ground Country Fair will be held at MOFGA’s Common Ground Education Center in Unity, Maine on September 22, 23 and 24, 2023. The fairgrounds are open Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MOFGA’s annual celebration of rural living features 1000-plus exhibitors and speakers, and […]
Join us for a talk by award winning Wabanaki artist Sarah Sockbeson in the Hudson Museum's Wabanaki Gallery. Sarah creates traditional, yet contemporary, brown ash and sweetgrass baskets. She is part of a new generation of basketmakers who've pushed the boundaries of Wabanaki cultural art to an exciting new level. With her contemporary and visionary […]
We are sorry to announce that this event has been CANCELLED. White Civilizers, Conspiracy Theories, Ancient Apocalypses, and Q-anon: The Weirdness of Archeology in 2023 A lecture by Kenneth Feder, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Central Connecticut State University The twenty-first century has been marked by an explosion in the use of archaeology to support claims […]
Please join us for our annual celebration of Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday that honors departed family, friends, and ancestors. This event includes a presentation by Eunice Loredo, traditional decoration tutorials, and refreshments. Students may also explore the Hudson Museum’s Pre-Columbian collections. This event is geared for Middle and […]
Join us Thursday, November 9 at 6:00 pm in the Collins Center for the Arts, for a screening and discussion/Q&A sponsored by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center of the Sunlight Media Collective for a free screening of and discussion/Q&A about the new documentary film "This River Is Our Relative." This event is part of the 2023-24 […]
Visit the Wabanaki Winter Market landing page for updates and artist profiles: https://umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/wabanaki-winter-market/ A Holiday gathering of Wabanaki artists in New England, featuring Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance weavers who have received national awards and new artists representing the next generation of weavers. Supported in part by grants from the Maine Office of Tourism and the […]
Bill is a graduate of the University of Maine where he majored in Wildlife Biology and Ecology and a 2013 Traditional Arts Fellow award winner from the Maine Arts Commission. For the last 35 years he has traveled throughout the Northeast, Northern Canada, Labrador, the Yukon, and the Gaspe documenting indigenous snowshoe traditions. He collected […]
The Hudson Museum in collaboration with the Anthropology Department will host an in-person Archaeology Day. During their visit to campus, students will have the opportunity to hear from UMaine archaeologists, visit Hudson Museum facilities, and tour archaeology labs and collection areas. In small groups of 25, students will visit four stations: two stations in the […]
