WABI covers annual basketmakers market
WABI (Channel 5) covered the 2015 Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market held at the Hudson Museum located in the Collins Center for the Arts. The market featured members of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance who have received national awards as well as artists representing the next generation of weavers. More than 50 artists were at the event demonstrating how to make baskets and displaying their intricate designs, according to the report. “Art and basketry in particular has been a very important part of our communities, our culture and economics,” said Jennifer Neptune, director of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance.