Museums

A photo of the 66-foot sailboat named the Ocean Tramp

Graduate student documents Chilean research voyage with photography

The boat where Maraina Miles lived for a month was equipped with a small oven large enough for a tray of brownies, a four-burner gas stove and a mini refrigerator. Most of the perishables, such as avocados and cabbage, were stored on the top deck, kept cool by the Chilean weather and chest freezers.   Despite […]

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Islander promotes book talk with Moxley at Wendell Gilley Museum

The Mount Desert Islander promoted an event happening Tuesday, April 30 at the Wendell Gilley Museum with University of Maine professor of English Jennifer Moxley, who will discuss her book titled “For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds.” The event will be live-cast online, with an in-person reception at 6 p.m. and […]

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Faulkner interviewed by Denver Post for article featuring Hudson Museum

The Denver Post featured information on seven objects at the University of Maine Hudson Museum that will be removed in May at the request of Indigenous Alaskan tribes for a story about a similar request being made at a Denver museum. The Post also interviewed Hudson Museum Director Gretchen Faulkner about repatriating the objects, one […]

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Media highlight museum partnership for Wabanaki basketry lexicon

Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News highlighted the partnership between the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum and Penobscot Nation Museum to create an online lexicon for Wabanaki basketry. The lexicon is funded by a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and will feature images and terminology related to the basketry. CentralMaine.com […]

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Wabanaki Winter Market featured in Maine media

News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Wabanaki Winter Market, the largest holiday gathering of Wabanaki artists in New England, held at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts. WABI, WVII (Channel 7), the Bangor Daily News and Maine Art Scene Magazine previewed the event. WBRC (Channel 7 in Birmingham, […]

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A photo of two acorn baskets

Wabanaki Winter Market returns to UMaine Dec. 9

The largest holiday gathering of Wabanaki artists in New England will return with one-of-a-kind pieces, including some from new and nationally-acclaimed basket weavers, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts. During the 29th annual Wabanaki Winter Market, dozens of Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet and Mi’kmaq artists […]

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