North by Northeast: Wabanaki, Akwesasne Mohawk and Tuscarora Traditional Arts, by Kathleen Mundell

For generations, Native American traditional artists in the Northeast have passed on their culture through beadwork, basketry, canoe making, woodcarving and quilting. Through the work and words of over thirty-five traditional artists living and working primarily in Maine and New York, North by Northeast explores these artists’ connection to place, tradition and cultural identity. Written by folklorist Kathleen Mundell, the book features the work of photographers Cedric Chatterley, Darel Bridges, Peter Dembski, Jere DeWaters, Roger Harmon, Peggy McKenna and Martin Neptune with essays by Salli Benedict, Sue Ellen Herne, Theresa Secord, Jennifer Neptune and Lynne Williamson.

Available in August through Tilbury House Publishers, contact www.tilburyhouse.com.

Place: A Workbook
Place: A workbook present the basic principles of Discovery Research, community organizing, asset-based planning, cultural tourism and ethnographic marketing. It also present other models for sustaining local culture that will help communities balance cultural, economic and environmental interests. The workbook, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, is now available.

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KENNEBEC CHAUDIÈRE AUDIO TOUR
“Deep Woods and River Roads: Voices from the Kennebec-Chaudiere Heritage Corridor”, an audio tour of Route 201 in Maine is now available. In Maine, the Kennebec-Chaudiere Heritage Corridor includes over 50 towns in Somerset, Kenenbec, Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties and is approximately 190 miles in length.  Beginning in Jackman and ending at Popham Beach, the Kennebec River waterway unites this geographic expanse from the forested mountains in the north to the coastal lowland communities of the south.

Sponsored by the Kennebec-Chaudiere International Heritage Corridor, the audio is a culmination of two year’s work of community meetings, fieldwork and interviews that helped identify local artists and traditions.

ETHNOGRPAHIC MARKETING WORKBOOK AVAILABLE
“Guide to Ethnographic Marketing” is a workbook on the methodology of ethnographic marketing –fieldwork documentation, building coalitions among artists and educating the consumer – focusing on the marketing efforts of Wabanaki and Akwesasne Mohawk basketmakers and Tuscarora beadworkers. Unlike conventional marketing methods, ethnographic marketing emphasizes building a cultural base of information through fieldwork and documentation, and developing promotional materials in collaboration with traditional artists.

Drawing inspiration from the efforts of traditional artists who are actively engaged in promoting their cultural traditions, the workbook is one approach to creating a vision that can help preserve and strengthen local artistic expression. Partially funded through a grant from Craft Research Fund at UNC, Center of Craft, Creativity and Design and the National Endowment for the Arts, the workbook is available through this website for $6.00.