 For generations, Native American traditional artists in the Northeast have passed on their culture through beadwork, basketry, canoe making, woodcarving and quilting. “North by Northeast: Wabanaki, Akwesasne Mohawk and Tuscarora Traditional Arts,” a traveling exhibit sponsored by Cultural Resources, presents these traditions through the work and words of over thirty-five traditional artists living and working primarily in Maine and upstate New York. In the creative hands of those who continue to practice them, these arts reflect the values and traditions of contemporary communities with each generation, recasting old forms into new expressions.
The exhibit features the work of such artists as David Moses Bridges (Passamaquoddy birch bark artist), Marlene Printup (Tuscarora bead worker), Henry Arquette (Mohawk basket maker) and Jennifer Neptune (Penobscot basket maker & bead worker) as well as photographers Darel Bridges, Cedric N. Chatterley, Peter Dembski, Jere DeWaters and Peggy McKenna. Accompanying the exhibit is a book published by Tilbury House Press, Gardiner, Maine entitled “North by Northeast: Wabanaki, Akwesasne Mohawk and Tuscarora Traditonal Arts.” The book features over 200 photographs taken by photographers over the last 10 years and essays by Lynne Williamson, Sue Ellen Herne, Salli Benedict and Theresa Secord, and exhibit curator, Kathleen Mundell.
has been generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Folk and Traditional Arts Program; the Wyeth Foundation for American Art; and the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian, Visual and Expressive Arts Grants program.
• Akwesasne Museum & Cultural Center, Hogansburg, NY, May - September 2008
• Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine: October 2008 – May, 2009
• Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, CT May, 2009 –September, 2009
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