Image of a decorative basket with curls, finely-braided sweetgrass, and stripes in blue and magenta.
Wabanaki Winter Market2024 Friends of the Hudson Museum Raffle Basket by Kenny Keezer, Passamaquoddy

Wabanaki Winter Market (2024 Edition) 30th Anniversary Event!

The Wabanaki Winter Market at the Collins Center for the Arts (Orono, Maine) is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year!  New England’s largest holiday gathering of Wabanaki artists will take place on Saturday, December 14 this year. This annual event features artists who have received national awards, as well as new artists representing the next generation of weavers.

The event provides the public with an opportunity to purchase Wabanaki art directly from the artists and to learn about these ancient traditions.

Join the Hudson Museum from 9am to 3pm on December 14, 2024 for a day that will showcase one-of-a-kind art forms (basketry, beadwork, wood carving, birchbark items), and maple syrup as well as demonstrations, storytelling, traditional music, drumming and dancing. Something for everyone!

This year’s Friends of the Hudson Museum raffle basket was made by Kenny Keezer, Passamaquoddy.  Tickets will be available for purchase at the market.

The Hudson Museum will be open during the event, and visitors are encouraged to explore the Wabanaki Gallery where they can view the work of the ancestors of the contemporary artists.

The Wabanaki Winter Market is FREE and open to the public.

This event is supported in part by a grant from the Onion Foundation.

Mark your calendar!

Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024 (from 9 am to 3 pm)

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

Contact:
Gretchen Faulkner | Director, Hudson Museum
(207) 581-1904 | gretchen.faulkner@maine.edu

For event updates, please visit: https://www.umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum

About the Hudson Museum:

The Hudson Museum, University of Maine, is Maine’s Museum of World Cultures and is located in the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono, Maine.

The Hudson Museum maintains a collection of over 9,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects. The Museum’s collections feature an extraordinary collection of Pre-Columbian artifacts ranging from Olmec to Aztec – The William P. Palmer III Collection, Native American holdings from the Northeast, the Southwest, Northwest Coast, Arctic, and Plains, as well as collections from Africa, Oceania and Asia. The Museum hosts temporary and permanent exhibits, offers guided tours and gallery programs for learners of all ages, lectures, workshops and the annual Wabanaki Winter Market.

EVENT F.A.Q.

FAQ 1: Is parking available? How far is the parking from the entrance?
Answer: Free parking is immediately across from the Collins Center for the Arts. In addition, handicap parking is available with proper vehicle placards or license plates in both the CCA and Belgrade parking lots located on the front side of the building. Drop-off location: Patrons can be dropped off at the front of the building on Flagstaff Road, which can be accessed from both the College Avenue and Park Street entrance to campus. The drop-off point is located approximately 30 feet from the building entrance.

FAQ 2: What method of payments do participating artists accept?
Answer: Some vendors accept credit cards, all accept cash and checks. There is an ATM in the Collins Center for the Arts. Note that prices range anywhere from $20 to thousands.  There is something for everyone in a variety of price ranges!

Do you have a question? Please email Gretchen Faulkner, Director, Hudson Museum (gretchen.faulkner@maine.edu)

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Pack Basket by Peter Neptune- Passamaquoddy -

2024 - SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Saturday, December 14, 2024
9:00 Doors Open to the Public
9:30-10:00 Welcome
10:00-10:30 Traditional Penobscot Songs with Kelly Demmons, Penobscot
10:30-11:00 Brown Ash Pounding Demonstration by Eldon Hanning, Mi’kmaq
11:00-11:30 Children’s Doll Workshop with Wendy Hamilton, Penobscot
11:30- Noon Flute Music with Hawk Henries, Nipmuc
1:00-1:30 Basket demonstration by Peter Neptune, Passamaquoddy
2:00-3:00 Burnurwebskek Singers

While you are at the Winter Market be sure to visit piləwihasəwal wəlatahkewαkanal Transforming Traditions in the Hudson Museum. This exhibit showcases the works of 5 pairs of artists who are taking the tradition in new directions and the  intergenerational transfer of traditional cultural knowledge in the face of threats to the tradition:

Theresa Secord and Caleb Hoffman
Gabriel Frey and Gal Frey
Peter Neptune and Maggie Dana
Debbie Nicholas and Kenny Keezer
Dolly Barnes and Molly Neptune Parker

Image of a group of people sitting around a large drum, all holding drumsticks and drumming.
Burnurwurbskek Singers
A man does a demonstration for a crowd.
Demonstration by Eldon Hanning (Mi'kmaq)

DIRECTIONS TO THE EVENT

CLICK HERE FOR MAP & DIRECTIONS

LOCAL ACCOMODATIONS

Following are links to websites providing a list of local accommodations for participants and visitors coming from longer distances and who want to explore the area.

Hotel Ursa (new!)

Chamber of Commerce (hotel listings)

Google listings (Orono, ME)

Google listings (Bangor, ME)

Airbnb (Orono, ME)

Airbnb (Bangor, ME)

2023 Participating Wabanaki artists

(Stay tuned for our 2024 lineup!)

Carolyn Anderson, Maliseet
Eric Otter Bacon, Passamaquoddy
Dolly Barnes, Passamaquoddy
Doris Chapman, Passamaquoddy
Mary Creighton, Passamaquoddy
Pam Cunningham, Penobscot
Barry Dana, Penobscot
Carol Dana, Penobscot
Amanda Ennis, Maliseet
Alexandra Francis, Penobscot
Barbara Francis, Penobscot
Charlene Francis, Penobscot
Cheryl Francis, Penobscot
Gabriel Frey, Passamaquoddy
Gal Frey, Passamaquoddy
Eldon Hanning, Mi’kmaq
Frank Hanning, Mi’kmaq
Hawk Henries, Nipmuc
Sierra Henries, Nipmuc
Debbie Huston, Penobscot
Gerald “Butch” Jacobs, Passamaquoddy
Susie Lewey, Maliseet/Passamaquoddy
Jo-Ellen Loring Jamieson, Penobscot
Nicole Johnson, Penobscot
Nancy LaCoote, Passamaquoddy
Jeanne Lewey, Penobscot
Wendy Little Bear, Penobscot
Paula Love, Penobscot
Norma Randi Marshall, Passamaquoddy
Erica Menard, Penobscot
Belinda Miliano, Passamaquoddy
Edith Mitchell, Penobscot
Linda Morin, Mi’kmaq
Kat Nelson, Penobscot
Geo Neptune, Passamaquoddy
Jennifer Neptune, Penobscot
Kira Neptune, Passamaquoddy
Peter Neptune, Passamaquoddy
Debbie Nicholas, Passamaquoddy
Jason Pardilla, Penobscot
Butch Phillips, Penobscot
Gayle Phillips, Penobscot
Rolf Richter, Passamaquoddy
Lokotah Sanborn, Penobscot
Minquansis Sapiel, Passamaquoddy
Theresa Secord, Penobscot
Caron Shay, Penobscot
Tim Shay, Penobscot
Michelle Smiley, Passamaquoddy
Sarah Sockbeson, Penobscot
Frances Soctomah, Passamaquoddy
Tiana Vermette, Penobscot
Jeremy Violette, Penobscot
Wooden Way Creations, Passamaquoddy

Also:

Penobscot Theater
Our Maine Book
Maine Forest Service
Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik (APCAW)

(*) this list will be continuously updated

PROMOTIONAL IMAGERY

Press and other marketing partners may use the following images to promote the 2024 Wabanaki Winter Market. Whenever possible, please include the following photo caption “Wabanaki Winter Market” and credit “Courtesy of the Hudson Museum, University of Maine” – THANK YOU.

TOOLKIT: POSTERS & FLYERS

Our marketing partners may download and print the following posters for their internal promotion of this event. 

DOWNLOAD 11×17 POSTER (PDF) 
DOWNLOAD 18×24 POSTER (PDF)

CONTACT INFORMATION

  1. Primary: Gretchen Faulkner | Director, Hudson Museum (207.581.1904) | gretchen.faulkner@maine.edu
  2. Graphic Design: Thierry H. Bonneville (BC – Agency) thb@bonnevilleconsulting.com | (207) 433.0212

For event updates, please visit: https://www.umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum