Non-Profit Org. U.S.Postage UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MUSEUM NEWS FOR SCHOOLS PAID Orono, Maine Permit No. 8 HUDSON MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 5746 COLLINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ORONO, ME 04469-5746 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MUSEUM NEWS FOR SCHOOLS | FALL 2019

Inside this issue 25th Anniversary of Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale Day of the Dead umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum and Demonstration, Exhibit Celebration at the IN FALL 1995, THE HUDSON MUSEUM Hudson Museum FEATURED A SPECIAL EXHIBIT, Tree and Tradition: Brown Ash and Maine Native American Basketmaking. The exhibit was a Thursday, Oct. 31 groundbreaking collaboration between the museum and the Maine Indian Basketmakers 10 –11:30 a.m. Alliance, and featured collections from private and institutional lenders, as well as University page 4 of Maine research from the School of Forest Resources. In conjunction with the exhibit, Emera Astronomy Center the museum hosted its first Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale and Demonstration. The Emera Astronomy Center houses the largest planetarium in the state. In 2019, the signature event celebrates its It is the only digital full-dome facility, with a 10-meter dome and 50 seats. 25th anniversary Saturday, Dec.14 (see page 3 The center has a multipurpose room for hands-on activities, a gift shop for more details). To celebrate, the museum is featuring with a variety of educational items, and two observatories. We look forward a temporary exhibit in the Merritt Gallery, Tree and Tradition II. to sharing the universe with your students. Like the original exhibit, Tree and Tradition II explores the continued evolution of The center offers 40 different full-dome planetarium programs on this ancient art form, changing attitudes to land use that limits access to natural astronomy and numerous other sciences for all ages. Some of our new titles resources crucial to basketmaking, and threats to the tradition from climate change for 2019 year include “Expedition Reef,” “Faster Than Light,” “Space Aliens: and invasive insects such as the emerald ash borer. It showcases UMaine faculty and Looking for Life in the Universe,” “Habitat Earth”. A full list of our programs is graduate student research on indigenous plant and tree species that are central to available at astro.umaine.edu/visit/planetarium-programs. Field trips are tailored Maine’s most ancient art form. to school curriculum and public programs engage the whole family. From travel- The exhibit features examples of historic utilitarian baskets dating from the ing through the solar system to exploring the oceans and chemical elements, the 1800s to the 1980s, and tools, such as basket molds and gauges, which are passed planetarium provides children and adults with an inspirational educational experience by immersing them in a down from one generation to the next. Another section of the exhibit highlights variety of science topics. For information or to schedule a field trip, visit astro.maine.edu or call 581.1341. contemporary works made by a new, younger generation of basketmakers who continue to take the tradition in new directions, and who have brought national The University of Maine is an EEO/AA employer, and does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, and international attention to Maine Indian basketry. genetic information or veteran’s status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies: Director of Equal Opportunity, 101 North Stevens Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5754, 207.581.1226, TTY 711 (Maine Relay System). Join us in marking our 25th anniversary of collaboration with For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, call the Hudson Museum, 207.581.1904; Page Farm and Home Museum, 207.581.4100; the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance. n UMaine Museum of Art, 207.561.3360; or the Collins Center for the Arts, 207.581.1755. EDUCATION NEWS SPECIAL FALL PROGRAMS Happening at the Hudson Museum Wabanaki Artist Hudson Museum Showcases at the It is great to be writing to you Hudson Museum again. The Hudson Museum had Gallery Programs In October and November, Maine a very busy and productive spring Indian artists will come to the and summer. Archeology Day Hudson Museum offers guided tours and gallery programs for elementary Hudson Museum to provide was as enjoyable as always, and Maine Indians Program and secondary school groups, as well as programs for university Learn about the material culture of Maine’s four tribes, focusing on birchbark work, demonstrations, talk about ancient our Adventures in Anthropology students and learners of all ages. Additionally, it offers programs basketry and decorative traditions. Listen to a traditional Penobscot tale; play Waltes, traditions and threats to their interactive tour has been that support state-mandated educational initiatives. Fees for programs a northeastern bowl and dice game; watch artists gather and prepare materials and perpetuation, and discuss how appreciated by many. are $2 per student. make art forms; and make a bookmark or traditional container. they are taking the art forms All groups visiting the museum must call in advance to in new directions. This semester, you can look confirm space and schedule availability. To arrange a visit, call forward to the museum’s booth 581.1906. Bus Arrival Information: Buses should arrive on campus All showcases will be held in the at the Common Ground Country Prehispanic Cultures of Mesoamerica at least 10 minutes prior to the group’s tour time. From the South: Learn about the civilizations that flourished in Mesoamerica before 1492 through the Hudson Museum’s Maine Indian Fair, artist showcases in October From I-95, take exit 191 to Kelly Road and turn right. From the North: museum’s artifacts from the William P. Palmer III Collection. From Olmec to Aztec, this Gallery in the Collins Center for and November, and its annual From I-95, take exit 191 to Kelly Road and turn left. Continue on Kelly Road for collection is unrivaled in the region and provides students with the opportunity to the Arts against a backdrop of Day of the Dead. The museum 1 mile until you reach the traffic light, then turn left onto Route 2 and go through experience rich cultural traditions. objects made by their ancestors. celebrates its 25th Maine Indian downtown Orono. Cross the river, then bear right onto Park Street. Continue Basketmakers Sale and half a mile and take the Rangeley Road exit from the traffic circle onto the All events are free and open Demonstration Dec.14. University of Maine campus. At the fork in the road, bear left and proceed toward World Cultures to the public. For more the Memorial Union circle. Drop off students by pulling up beside the fire lane Learn how cultures around the world are similar and different, how they solve basic information, call 207.581.1904. I spent the past summer in between the Class of 1944 Hall and the Collins Center for the Arts. Once issues and how their environments impact their solutions. Washington, D.C., working as an students are off-loaded, buses should park in the Belgrade Lot. n Wednesday, Oct. 2 intern at the U.S. Department of 2–3:30 p.m. State. While I was there, I was Molly Neptune Parker, fortunate enough to visit the Explore Archeology Excavate the only indoor archaeological site in Maine in the comfort of the Hudson Passamaquoddy basketmaker Smithsonian’s National Museum Adventures in Anthropology: Museum. In the Arch Box, students learn about techniques that archaeologists use and 2012 National Heritage of the American Indian. Seeing to understand the past. They’ll record and identify artifacts, map their locations, Fellow, National Endowment its exhibits and artifacts was Look and Learn at the Hudson Museum Ever wanted to be an anthropologist and travel the world to study cultures that understand their context and determine what types of activities took place at the site. for the Arts incredible, and I am excited to are both similar to and different from our own? Now is your chance to bring This is designed for eight to 10 students and requires at least an hour. Appropriate for n Wednesday, Oct. 16 share what I learned with your students to the Hudson Museum and let them immerse themselves in the students in grades 3 and above. n 2–3:30 p.m. everyone. museum’s exhibits in this interactive tour. Each student researcher will receive Frances Soctomah, a “Research Notes” booklet to gather data and at the end of the tour, the Passamaquoddy basketmaker Kristen Settele museum’s educators will help them wrap up their research. and granddaughter of 581.1906 Students will explore different aspects HUDSON MUSEUM CLASSROOM EXHIBITS Molly Neptune Parker [email protected] of culture, including writing systems, n Wednesday, Nov. 6 foodways and transportation using objects Resource-rich classroom exhibits from the Hudson Museum stimulate the study of fine 2–3:30 p.m. in the museum’s World Cultures Gallery. arts, language arts and social studies through mini-exhibits, cultural artifacts and resource Butch Phillips, They also will explore how environment, materials. For a rental fee, classroom exhibits are available for two-week loan periods. Penobscot birchbark artist natural resources and cultural preferences The fee includes one-way shipping. Borrowers are responsible for return UPS shipping n Wednesday, Nov. 20 impact the types of houses that cultures expenses. To book these exhibits, call 581.1906. Exhibits include: 2–3:30 p.m. create. Figure out who lives in a wigwam, James Francis, Cedar and Sea Penobscot Images: In Beauty and yurt, igloo, stilt house, or a house made from Penobscot multimedia artist Fee: $35 Early 20th-Century Harmony: The Navajo adobe bricks, and why. Match up forms of Photographs and Their Textiles transportation with how they are powered. People of the Dawn: Supported by a grant from by Frank G. Speck Fee: $45 Explore plants and animals from around the Past and Present the Belvedere Traditional Fee: $25 world, figure out where they came from and Fee: $45 Seeds of Change Handcrafts Fund, Maine how they have been integrated into our diet. Three Arctic Visits The Maya Fee: $35 Community Foundation try your hand at making masks to tell a story. Fee: $45 Fee: $45

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Celebration at the Minsky Field Trip Fund Collins Center for the Arts for the Hudson Museum Hudson Museum SPECIAL SCHOOL SHOW The Minsky family is generously sponsoring a field trip THURSDAY, OCT. 31, 10 – 11:30 A.M. fund, which will provide support for elementary and secondary school groups of 20 or more students, coming Join us for our annual Day of the Dead for guided tours and programs at the Hudson Museum. 42 FT: A Menagerie of Mechanical — Dia de los Muertos — celebration, Grants are for $150 and are reimbursements for travel a Mexican holiday that honors expenses and/or tour fees. Marvels – Cirque Mechanics departed family, friends and THURSDAY, OCT. 10, 11 A.M. ancestors. This holiday combines Funds will support museum field trips for schools in At the center of every circus rests a 42-foot ring full of thrills, pre-Columbian and post-Contact Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington, Waldo, Hancock laughs and excitement. The show’s unique mechanical traditions, and celebrates the and Aroostook counties. Applications are available interpretation of the traditional, and its story full of the lore continuation of life and the online (umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum). of the historic one-ring circus, create a welcoming place, like belief that death is not an a big top, where we can be amazed. Step right up ladies and end, but the beginning of gentlemen, boys and girls, to the Cirque Mechanics world of a new stage of life. Joan L. Alfond Field Trip Fund gears and canvas, pulleys and sawdust — within 42 FT. Activities include: Thanks to a generous donation from Joan L. Alfond n A presentation by Eunice to support field trips to visit and engage with the $2 per student Loredo on this tradition and its origins Ellen J. Loring Collection of Early American Decoration, and how it is celebrated in Mexico. the Page Farm and Home Museum offer grant funding n An opportunity for students to make to support field trip experiences for elementary and traditional decorations, papel picado, paper secondary school groups in Southern Penobscot, skull masks, tissue paper flowers and clay skulls. Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo, Washington and They may also explore the Hudson Museum’s Hancock counties. The Magic of Lyn Dillies pre-Columbian collections. n Traditional refreshments — Day of the Dead bread and punch Schools are eligible to receive funding on a 1:1 match FRIDAY, OCT. 18, 7 P.M. — will be served. basis to finance field trips, costs including, but not limited Infusing all the spectacle and flash of Vegas into an enchanting, to, transportation, additional staff support; and museum family-friendly event, Dillies’ spellbinding illusions dazzle, amaze and The event is geared for middle and high school students, program fees. Grant awards are for up to $250 and are astound audiences with some of the most masterful, mind-blowing and Spanish classes. for the 2019–20 academic year. Applications must be illusions in magic today. accompanied by a Field Trip Experiences booking form. SPACE IS LIMITED TO 300 STUDENTS and reservations Special ticket discount for K–12, $10 per student plus ticket fees. are required. For more information or to make To be eligible for this grant, FTEs must include the a reservation, call 581.1904 or email Fiber and Folk Art program, an exploration of fiber [email protected]. arts and two Early American Decoration techniques, stenciling and country paint. Grants will be reviewed as received and you will be notified within two weeks if Kuné – Canada’s Global Orchestra your grant request will be awarded. Grant funds will be FRIDAY, NOV. 15, 8 P.M. disbursed within 30 days after the FTE. This is a true world music concert. The musicians hail from all corners The Joan Loring Alfond Field Trip Grant Program of the globe — Peru, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Ukraine and beyond — and honors the work of Ellen Jacobson Loring, whose are now living in the Toronto area. The 11 musicians of Kuné play lifelong support of art education is embodied in the instruments as diverse as they are, from the tar of Iran to the bouzouki Early American Decoration Exhibit and the Ellen J. Loring of Greece and the sitar of Pakistan. et. al. Collection of Early American Decoration, Studio and Gallery. As part of the evening, the Hudson Museum will present a mini-exhibit of world instruments from its collections. Special ticket discount for K–12, $10 per student plus ticket fees.

4 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MUSEUMS NEWS FOR SCHOOLS 5 PATHWAYS TO THE PAST University Discover the Page Farm of Maine Lord Hall and Home Museum Gallery University of Maine 40 Harlow St., Bangor Due to the popularity of the Do & Discover program, Tuesday–Saturday the Page Farm and Home Museum has developed a second tour packet and can serve larger groups. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Museum of Art 2019–20 CURRENT AND If you are bringing a large school group to the UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS university, consider including the Page Farm and EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EXHIBITIONS Home Museum in your plans. The museum can accommodate up to 48 students, and can book PROGRAMS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO ALL THROUGH DEC. 21, 2019 OCT. 4–NOV. 15 back-to-back tours. AGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. Nina Jerome: Entangled Framing Maine: Artists’ Perspectives Joan Belmar: Way Stations STUDIO VISIT: A PANEL DISCUSSION on Place. An exhibition of Maine artists Featuring four voices in contemporary art Studio Visit: New Works by Six Painters whose images represent their perspective Wednesday, Sept. 25, 5:30–7 p.m. Thomas Berding, Joanne Freeman, on the nature and culture of Maine. Seating is limited, RSVP required Alfredo Gisholt, Rachel Hellmann, Opening Reception: Oct. 4 Suzanne Laura Kamman, Matt Phillips DOWNTOWN BANGOR ARTWALK 5:30–7:30 p.m., Lord Hall Atrium Friday, Oct. 4, 5–8 p.m. JAN. 10–MAY 2, 2020 Artist Discussion Teresa Dunn DOWNTOWN TRICK OR TREAT AT UMMA moderated by Carl Little: Oct. 4 Deirdre Murphy and Scott White 6:30–7:30 p.m., 100 Lord Hall Saturday, Oct. 26, 2–4 p.m. Michael Philip Manheim DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY ART BAZAAR Selections from the Permanent Collection In collaboration with the Saturday, Nov. 2, 2–5 p.m. SCHEDULE A FIELD TRIP to the University Maine Folklife Center and ADULT WORKSHOP: of Maine Museum of Art. Tours are hosted by Maine Studies Program INTRO TO PRINT PROCESSES a professional museum educator, and may UMaine Department of Join us for a fun and educational trip through the Saturdays, Nov. 9 and 16 include gallery and studio activities. Give Art Senior Studio Exhibition museum. Solve cipher riddles to navigate through For ages 18 – plus, cost and time TBD students the opportunity to view original Reception: Dec. 6, 5:30–7 p.m. the exhibits, participate in challenge activities, and artwork in the galleries, learn museum etiquette WINTER ART FACTORY carry out some stop-and-dos to learn about life in and see the behind-the-scenes workings of a Saturday, Dec. 7, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. rural Maine 150 years ago. museum. Museum visits last approximately Seasonal art making Students will draw on clues to locate exhibits 90 minutes. The museum can accommodate Lord Hall also oversees exhibitions and access information on key concepts involving BRAINYART: TRIVIA NIGHTS 35 students per tour, and 16 students for held in Lord Hall, the Lord Hall Gallery the artifacts and folkways presented in exhibits. AT THE MUSEUM classroom activities. Provide one chaperone oversees exhibitions of student artwork Students must work together to accomplish this Bimonthly, Tuesday evenings for every 10 students. The programs are free throughout campus. Venues include the task and communicate their interpretations of the For ages 21 – plus, $5 suggested donation, thanks to the generous support of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences exhibitions before proceeding with the hunt. dates TBD University of Maine Patrons of the Arts offices in Stevens Hall, Fogler Library and The program is suitable for grades 2 through 6. in honor of Vincent A. Hartgen. the Honors College. Field trip experiences at the Page Farm and Home Museum cost $2 per student, with two free Lord Hall Gallery is located chaperones for every 10 students. The museum Free admission to the University of Maine Museum of Art in 2019–20 in Lord Hall on the University of also offers a grant to help with associated costs. is made possible by a generous gift from Deighan Wealth Advisors. Maine campus. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.–4 p.m. weekdays. The gallery Book this program, or one of our other All museum programs have been developed to satisfy For more information about these programs or to schedule a visit, contact is free, open to the public and adventures, by calling 581.4100, emailing standards set by 2007 Maine Learning Results, updated Kat Johnson, senior museum educator, University of Maine Museum of Art, handicapped accessible. For more [email protected] or visiting umaine.edu/pagefarm. in 2011 to reflect the Common Core State Standards. 581.3360, [email protected], umma.umaine.edu. information, call 581.3245.

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