Molly Neptune Parker, who made these baskets, will give a basket-making demonstration Dec. 4 in the Hudson Museum.

Wabanaki artists to showcase baskets, birchbark and multimedia pieces at Hudson Museum 

October 15, 2019 Arts, Museums, Northeastern Americas: Humanities Research and Education, Outreach, Signature and Emerging Areas

Four Wabanaki Artist Showcases will be held this fall in the Maine Indian Gallery of the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine. 

Frances Soctomah, a Passamaquoddy basketmaker, will be the featured artist 2–3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16. 

In November, Penobscot Butch Phillips will share his birchbark art 2–3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6. Penobscot James Francis will present his multimedia art 2-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20.

Molly Neptune Parker, a Passamaquoddy basketmaker, will be the featured artist 2–3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4. She is a 2012 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellow. 

The artists will demonstrate their crafts, discuss threats to these ancient traditions and talk about how they’re taking the artforms in new directions. 

A grant from the Maine Community Foundation’s Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund supports the free, public showcases. 

As part of the series, each artist will create a work of art to be added to the museum’s collection. Gretchen Faulkner, Hudson Museum director, says the pieces will fill important gaps in the museum’s collection.

For more information, call 581.1904. To request a reasonable accommodation, call 581.1226.