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, 2024. This annual event features artists who have received national awards, as well as new artists representing the next generation of weavers.

The popular FREE 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 grants from Four Directions Development Corporation and 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 | [email protected]

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.