2014 auction catalog

2014 AU C TI O N C ATA LOG
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In the pages of this catalog you will see outstanding artists and a variety of donors who gave
their time, resources, and talent to support the Abbe. We are extremely grateful to them and our
volunteers for contributing to this important event for the Abbe Museum.
By learning about the Wabanaki Nations through exhibits, programs, and Native-led
demonstrations, our visitors are awakened to new perspectives and they leave the Museum with a
deeper understanding and appreciation for our differences and similarities as human beings. Your
auction participation helps us change lives through learning.
THANK YOU!
PA D D L E A RT
BETULA PADDLE
Zoë Reifsnyder
Ash paddle, paper, and birchbark
Inspired by the myth of Daphne,
Betula is a Daphne of the birches
instead. Zoë is a graduate of Maine
College of Art and a guest services
associate at the Abbe Museum.
Zeeteeart.wordpress.com
ATLANTIC PUFFIN PADDLE
Scott Hatcher
D-DAD IMAGES
Ash paddle, watercolor
LOT #2
Scott Hatcher is a career biology teacher who
recently started doing pen, ink, and watercolor
renderings that use Zentangle designs and
biological subjects.
Value: $150
LOT #1
Value: $200
NEVERMORE PADDLE
Walter Dunton
Ash paddle, acrylic
LOT #3
Walter is a native of Mount Desert Island.
Having lived here most of his life, he is inspired
by the beauty of the island and the rugged coast
of Maine. Watercolors are his medium of choice,
and he has found that it brings him a great deal
of joy and peace.
LOT #4
ANCESTRY MOOSE
IN JORDAN POND PADDLE
Brenda Merritt
Ash paddle, acrylic, glass beads, red deer hide
Value: $150
“A poem on the back describes how my ancestors
survived around the islands. The moose is
symbolic of respect.”
Value: $350
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LOT #5
DR AGONFLY ON THE WATER
LILIES PADDLE
Katherine Noble Churchill
Ash paddle, acrylic
Katie Churchill was inspired to paint this paddle
after reading that the Penobscot Indians believe
that the dragonfly signifies loved ones who have
passed away. For reference, she used photographs
of a beautiful dragonfly that her son found here
on MDI a few years ago, and photographs of
water lilies on Little Long Pond.
Facebook.com/KatherineNobleChurchillPainting
Value: $250
FLY-FISHING ONLY PADDLE
Patti Selig
Ash paddle, acrylic, feather fly
LOT #6
Philip Barter was born in Boothbay Harbor,
Maine in 1939 and has always had an interest
in art. He studied with Spanish abstract
expressionist Alfonso Sosa in California in the
60s, and also with Fritz Rockwell after returning
to Maine. He was influenced by their use of bold
form and color. Phil started exhibiting in the
late 60s, and has shown in major museums and
collections world-wide.
bartergallery.com
Value: $500
LOT #7
Patti Selig is the owner of the Cranberry Hill Inn
in Southwest Harbor, Maine. She has worked
in higher education as a faculty member and
administrator for the past thirty years both in
Maryland and Maine. Patti and her husband Jerry
are currently enjoying retirement on MDI. She
has been a volunteer with the Abbe for eight years
and is the chair of the Culinary Arts Committee.
Patti uses a variety of media for her art, including
acrylics, oils, and ceramics; her artwork has
been inspired by her husband's love of fishing in
Maine. Her paddle combines acrylics on wood
with a real fly tempting the salmon.
Value: $150
PAINTED PADDLE
Philip Barter
Ash paddle, acrylic
LOT #8
IROQUOIS PADDLE
David Webb
Ash paddle, imitation wampum, deer hide,
and sinew
Rahahe'ti David Webb is Meherrin Indian and
has always been involved in his Iroquois heritage.
Throughout his entire life, he has embraced
his culture, sharing traditional stories, songs
and dances. He served as the Meherrin Tribe
Powwow co-chair in 2012 and he has worked
diligently to learn and teach the Tuscarora
language. David began creating traditional crafts
including beadwork and woodcarving as a child.
"Working in traditional Iroquois art connects
me with my ancestors in a genuine and tangible
way. My ancestors influence my work and what
ultimately emerges is shaped by them."
iroquoiscrafts.webs.com
Value: $300
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F I N E A RT & C R A F T S
BEACHCOMBER SERIES
Jennifer Steen Booher
Photographs on canvas
LOT #9
Jennifer Steen Booher received her B.A. in Art
History and Asian Studies at Vassar College in
1989. After a brief period at the School of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, she worked as
an antiquarian book dealer in San Francisco,
and then earned her M.L.A. in Landscape
Architecture and Historic Preservation at the
University of Virginia in 1997. She has practiced
landscape architecture on Mount Desert Island
since 1998. Ms. Booher is particularly interested
in the intersection of science and art, whether at
the scale of an engineered landscape or at that
of a carefully composed still life photograph.
This piece depicts found objects gathered on the
shores of Mount Desert Island.
LOT #10
SPIR AL GR ANITE SCULPTURE
Obadiah Bourne Buell
Grey granite from Sullivan, ME on basalt base
Obadiah Bourne Buell is a self-taught craftsman
working primarily with stone. A member of the
Maine Stoneworker's Guild, Obadiah's work is
also sold at craft fairs and galleries throughout
the Northeast. Since the summer of 2003, he
has been the sole proprietor of Stone Designs
Inc. and the Granite Garden Gallery, an outdoor
sculpture garden at his home in Sullivan, which
is open to the public. When he's not working on
stone, Obadiah can be found in the vegetable
garden or on his mountain bike.
Stonedesignsmaine.com
Value: $350
jenniferbooher.com
Value: $280
LOT #12
ALMOST SPRING!
ICE IS MOVING OUT!
Annette Carvajal
Silk, dye, and paint collage
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LOT #11
GRIZZLY IS KING! SHIELD
Kathy Pollard
Donated by Jean Rohrer
Sweetgrass, thread, beads
When the winter ice of 2014 started moving
out of the lakes and ponds on MDI, there was a
shift in the light as well...Spring was finally on
the way!
Kathy Pollard, a self-taught basketmaker of mixed
European and Native American (Cherokee)
ancestry, spent her early years in Southern
Maryland and Southeastern Massachusetts. Her
father's early teachings and family experiences
shaped her love of and appreciation for nature's
beauty and bounty.
Value: $300
Value: $300
LOT #13
PURPLE TIE-DYED NATIVE
HAND DRUM
Robert Muise
Cedar, elk hide, and dye
Robert Muise is a Micmac artisan from Presque
Isle. "Even though I didn't grow up with my
culture, the spirit of the drum has always been
with me. I started making drums in 2009. Since
then, I have strived for the highest quality and
satisfaction in each one I make. The Northern
Flicker, a woodpecker, is one of my totems. It is
always there with me, in subtle ways guiding me."
LUPINE SUNRISE
Walter Dunton
Watercolor, 2006
LOT #14
Walter is a native of Mount Desert Island.
Having lived here most of his life, he is inspired
by the beauty of the island and the rugged coast
of Maine. Watercolors are his medium of choice,
and he has found that it brings him a great deal
of joy and peace.
Value: $525
Drums-of-the-flicker.com
Value: $195
LOT #16
LOON
Sangani Osuitok
Donated by Home & Away Gallery
Serpentine
POLAR BEAR NAPPING –
CHURCHILL , CANADA
Ralph Fahringer
Fahringer's Framing
Digital photo and giclee paint
Fahringersframinggallery.com
Value: $500
LOT #15
This lovely loon is carved from apple green
serpentine with white highlights. Sangani, Inuit,
was born in Cape Dorset and has lived there all
his life. He was raised in a family of Cape Dorset
artists. His father and brother are well-known
carvers, as was his mother, the late Nipisha
Osuitok. Sangani began carving around 1967.
He has said that he enjoys carving, and although
he is self-taught, he has also learned a lot by
watching his father.
homeandawaygallery.com
Value: $280
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LOT #18
WOODBLOCK PRINT
Elaine Hudson Hamilton
Donated by Ellie & Michael Pancoe
Ink print
ASH PACK BASKET
Gabriel Frey
Black ash
LOT #17
Gabriel Frey is a twelfth-generation
Passamaquoddy basket maker. His craft
was handed down to him by his grandfather.
Throughout fifteen years of making brown
ash baskets, he says, "I have done my
best to carry on the quality and style that
my grandfather taught me as well as to
incorporate my individual aesthetic and
form." His work is featured in the Abbe
Museum's exhibit, Twisted Path III:
Questions of Balance.
Hamilton elevates the labor of every day life into
art in this series depicting the various facets of
the craft of stonework. These prints are the most
recent series by the artist, who has exhibited her
work from Maine to California and in between.
She is represented in numerous public and
private collections and has received numerous
awards and grants. She has lived in California
and Maine and served in the Peace Corps in
Kenya before returning to make her home in Des
Moines, Iowa.
Value: $300
Value: $450
EAGLE LAKE
Augusto Rosa Photography
Digital print
LOT #19
Augusto Rosa is an architect and photographer
who splits his time between Maine and Brazil.
Value: $250
PESKOTOM AND MUS
David Moses Bridges
Winter birchbark on panel
David Moses Bridges, Passamaquoddy from
Sipayik, is an award winning birchbark artist that
has received national recognition for his work.
From full-size birchbark canoes to small etched
containers, David is a master of his craft and
creates both traditional and contemporary pieces.
Value: $500
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LOT #20
LOT #21
POLAR BEAR
Isaac Sala
Donated by Home & Away Gallery
Argillite
This charming sitting bear is carved from
beautiful green argillite. Isaac's parents,
Markossi and Rhoda, are both carvers. He
has been carving since he was eight years
old. His subjects include animals, hunters
and kayaks. He resides in Sanikiluaq, a small
Inuit hamlet located on the north coast
of Flaherty Island in Hudson Bay, in the
Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
JOSEPHA
Philip S. Steel
The Salty Dog Gallery
LOT #22
The inspiration for this piece was a young
Zuni woman, Og Wa Pi, a Pueblo Indian
from Santa Fe. This donation is made in
memory of Christina "Tina" Baker, our
friend, and a person who was passionate
about the work of the Abbe Museum.
philipssteel.com
Value: $5,000
homeandawaygallery.com
Value: $215
SOMES SOUND FROM
PARKMAN MOUNTAIN
Sidney Salvatore
Watercolor
LOT #23
This original watercolor was painted from
the top of Parkman Mountain. The view
looks west at Somes Sound and Hall Quarry.
Sid Salvatore, a Maine native, has lived and
worked on Mount Desert Island for the past
40 years. She paints landscapes on MDI and
surrounding islands.
Value: $200
LOT #24
TRI-STAR
Lenny Novak
Antler, wood base, feather, and sinew
"I was raised in New England and informed
of my Native roots by both my Abenaki
and Algonquian grandmothers. I have felt a
strong connection to nature my entire life and
this has helped form my identity as a Native
person. As I began weaving dream catchers,
I developed a technique which created an
original, intricate, and delicate web, which
has become my trademark. Incorporating
lessons learned from my elders inspires me to
seek materials that are renewable."
Value: $350
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LOT #26
STAINLESS STEEL YELLOWFIN TUNA
Ryan McDonald
Steel
LOT #25
TR ADITIONAL CLAY POT
Natasha Smoke Santiago
Laguna clay
Natasha Smoke Santiago is a turtle clan woman
of the Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse).
Natasha is heavily influenced by her Haudenosaunee
heritage, history, and teachings. She also draws
upon the experiences of her life as inspiration for
her works. Much of her art tells a tale, or has a story
behind it, thus she calls her website, "The Storyteller's
House." Natasha currently resides within the
Mohawk Nation territory of Akwesasne, along with
her husband and three children.
Originally from Hebron, Maine, Ryan worked
in Northern California and was introduced
to the world of metal. After almost a year
of working there and developing a passion
for metalwork, he returned home to Maine
where he enrolled in the welding program
at Southern Maine Community College,
graduating in May 2014 with an Associates
degree in Integrated Manufacturing. He
is relatively new to the world of artistic
metalwork, and the fish is one of his newest
designs and experiments. Ryan has a passion
to build anything and everything out of metal.
He currently lives and works in Bar Harbor.
Value: $1,000
This pot is Laguna clay, kiln fired, then it is wood
smoked using various wood such as pine or cedar
shavings. It is hand built using pinched coils of clay.
After the smoking the pot is washed, not only to
wash away any soot residue, but to give the clay "one
last drink."
storytellershouse.com
Value: $75
LOT #27
AUCTION INFORMATION
ALL ART WORKS WERE DONATED BY THE
ARTISTS TO BENEFIT THE ABBE MUSEUM.
ALL ITEMS SOLD ARE IN “AS IS” CONDITION.
NONE OF THE ITEMS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE
MUSEUM’S COLLECTIONS.
IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE BETWEEN BIDDERS,
THE AUCTIONEER’S DECISION SHALL BE FINAL.
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS MAY PAY WITH CASH,
PERSONAL CHECK, OR VISA/MASTER CARD.
ALL PURCHASES MUST BE PAID FOR AND PICKED
UP THE NIGHT OF THE AUCTION.
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MOONRISE VASE
Susan Dickson-Smith
Proper clay
Hand-thrown, carved stoneware
"After the piece is thrown on the potter's wheel,
I burnish the surface with a beach stone, then
carve the images using woodcarving tools.
Natural materials – wood, shells, and coral –
add texture. The piece is fired, colorant stains are
applied, and it is fired again."
Value: $325
W E A R A B L E A RT, J E W EL RY, & G I F T S F O R T H E H O M E
LOT #28
LARIAT NECKLACE
Amy Leiner
Donated by Sagegrass Gallery
NECKLACE
Jason K. Brown
Turquoise, crystal, bone, copper
Amy Leiner is the founder of Amy Leiner
Designs, LLC. Her signature jewelry
line is comprised of and most noted for
her chic use of color (in her words, “color
stories”), and innovative design trends.
Though each piece is a limited edition,
the ever-changing styles and sizes created
define Amy's intrepid sense of versatility
and range.
Jason Brown, Penobscot, has developed
his childhood passion of making jewelry
into a full-blown passion for jewelry
design. While attending the Institute of
American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM,
he learned the basics of metalsmithing
and jewelry-making. His path led him
to a career in marketing, working with
fine jewelry companies to promote and
sell high end and designer items. His
experience in the fine jewelry industry
has blended with his passion to handcreate his own line of jewelry and from
this, JBrown Designs was created.
sagegrassgallery.com
LOT #29
Value: $310
Facebook.com/pages/Jbrown-Designs
SEAGLASS BR ACELET
Lisa Hall
Seaglass, sterling silver
Value: $100
This earth-colored seaglass bracelet is made
from all-natural seaglass from local beaches
set in sterling silver. Lisa Hall received her
Bachelor of Arts from Sarah Lawrence
College, with concentrations in art history,
advanced painting, and sculpture. She
studied traditional jewelry-making in
Florence, Italy where she began to design
and produce custom jewelry in 1989. After
moving full time to MDI, Lisa began to
incorporate natural seaglass found on the
rocky Maine beaches into her jewelry. Lisa
Hall Studio is located in the village of
Northeast Harbor.
lisahalljewelry.com
LOT #30
LOOMED BR ACELET
AND EARRINGS
Martha Newell
Glass beads, leather, metal
Martha Newell is a Passamaquoddy/
Penobscot beadworker.
Facebook.com/w.a.beadwork
Value: $60
LOT #31
Value: $450
GATHERING GAL A AUCTIONEER , DENNIS DAMON
We are delighted to have Senator Dennis S. Damon lead the auction festivities. Senator Damon
is a former Abbe trustee and we’re delighted to have him join us again for this important benefit.
Hailing from MDI, Damon holds a BS in education from the University of Maine at Orono and
presently resides in Trenton, Maine.
Senator Damon was elected to public office in November of 1992, as a Hancock County
Commissioner. He was elected to the Maine Senate in 2002 and served four terms until 2010
when term limits required him to leave.
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LOT #32
SET OF EIGHT SALAD PLATES
WITH HERONS
Charlie and Susan Grosjean
Hog Bay Pottery
Stoneware
Charlie Grosjean's pottery is functional,
comfortable, and meant to be used, with shapes
and glazes that have evolved slowly over the
years. Each kiln load is a mix of tried-and-true
pots and others that point in new directions. His
creations are lead-free and safe for baking and
the dishwasher.
hogbay.com
Value: $208
SMALL TULIP POT
Lunaform
Pigmented concrete
LOT #33
Lunaform specializes in garden planters
and urns in a style that is modern yet still
reminiscent of the styles found in classic
American gardens, and the gardens of ancient
Greece and Rome. The studio was founded by
Phid Lawless and Dan Farrenkopf in 1992.
Lawless graduated first in his class from the
School of Design at North Carolina State
University. Farrenkopf graduated from the
College of the Atlantic with a Bachelor of
Arts in Human Ecology. Their work has been
published in House and Garden, Martha Stewart
Living, Elle Décor, and The New York Times.
Value: $220
LOT #34
ENOKI PEARL NECKLACE
Margaret Kelley
Simply Pearls
Handknotted pearls, magnetic clasp
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LOT #35
Margaret (Maggie) Kelley has long been active
in Maine’s cultural affairs community and
is a member of the Abbe Board of Trustees.
She has received a succession of gubernatorial
appointments to the Maine State Museum
Commission and, since 2005, has served as
Chair of the Commission. Maggie and her
husband, Jack Kelley, are residents of East
Winthrop and Southwest Harbor.
PEARL AND SAPPHIRE EARRINGS
Julie Havener Designs
Pearl, sapphire, sterling silver
Value: $700
Value: $225
Julie is both a metalsmith and a midwife on
Mount Desert Island. Her jewelry is available
at Lisa Hall Studio.
etsy.com/shop/wildes
DAMASCUS CUFF
Jeff Toman
Damascus steel
LOT #37
Rose Saidemberg has lived in Bar Harbor for
the last few years. She worked as a math and
computer sciences school teacher for several
years, also gradually gaining experience
coordinating fashion activities in Brazil. More
recently she has dedicated herself to weaving
shawls with yarns and ribbons from different
parts of the world.
"My first welding and fabrication experience
began 35 years ago as a kid in New Jersey. Hot
metal has continued to be a part of my life both
professionally and in recreation wherever I am,
from being a mechanic at South Pole Station,
to building the home I share with my wife on
Mount Desert Island. In 2002, I took my first
blacksmithing class at Haystack Mountain
School of Crafts to approach moving metal in
different ways. I have continued to work as a
student and as an assistant at other Haystack
blacksmithing workshops and for the Maine
Crafts Association. I enjoy combining this range
of experiences to create functional or sculptural
pieces that can take hard metal and make it
appear soft, graceful, and pleasing to the eye."
Value: $300
Value: $250
LOT #36
SILK AND COTTON SCARF
Rose Saidemberg
Silk and cotton fibers
LOT #38
VERMEIL EARRINGS
Monica Davis
Sterling silver coated in 14K gold
with lapis beads
Monica's work is available at Lisa Hall Studio
and Salt.
Value: $200
LOT #39
SHARK TOOTH EARRINGS
Lisa Hall
Shark teeth cast in silver from fossil
with natural seaglass
lisahalljewelry.com
Value: $225
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LOT #41
LOT #40
MAN'S HANDKNIT SWEATER (SIZE L)
Sandy Wilcox
Wool and silk fibers
Sandy Wilcox, Abbe Board Chair, moved to
Maine in 2006 following her retirement from
the College of Education at Michigan State
University. A return to knitting after a hiatus
of two decades satisfies her need to create with
her hands.
BEADED SHAWL
Lucy Tracy
Beaded silk, Merino wool
Lucy Tracy is a well-known artist who resides
on Mount Desert Island. Her designs reflect the
beauty she finds around her as well as her love for
nature and all things hand-made. Her soft wool
and silk scarves and shawls are a pleasure to the
eye and the touch.
Value: $450
Value: $400
LOT #43
LOT #42
TOUCH OF SUMMER
Derrick Sekulich
Handblown glass
Derrick is a glass artist with Atlantic Art Glass
and has been creating glasswork for a little over
two years. Originally from the Denver, Colorado
area, Derrick moved to Mount Desert Island
16 years ago. A finish carpenter, Derrick also
incorporates his woodworking and other talents
in his artistic work.
derricksekulich.com
Value: $95
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COPPER NECKLACE WITH JADE BEADS
Barbara Fleming
Silverdust Is…
Copper wide, jade beads, copper sheet, lacquer
The beads are wired with pure 18g copper;
the bear and beads are jade and the body of
neckpiece is an 18g copper sheet cut that was
folded, hammered, drilled, filed, and lacquered
for permanent color finish.
barbaraflemingjewelry.com
Value: $225
LOT #45
LOT #44
LOOKING OUT, LOOKING IN
Patience Blythe
Sterling silver, antique carnelian beads
“Looking Out, Looking In” is a necklace
fabricated with hammered textures, embossed
with Osnea (Old Man's Beard), and pierced. The
piece is meant to convey the feelings one has
when sitting at a window looking outside into
nature on a quiet day. The carnelian is an antique
strand of carnelian beads, handcarved in China
in the mid 1960s.
2001 AMERICAN BUFFALO
COMMEMOR ATIVE SILVER DOLLARS,
SET OF TWO
Donated by Jean Rohrer
Issued on June 7, 2001 by the U.S. Mint, the entire
run of the Buffalo Commemorative Dollar was
sold out in just two weeks. This is your chance
to own a set of these iconic coins. The obverse
depicts a combination of three different Indian
chiefs who posed for James Earle Fraser in the early
1900s. The buffalo design on the reverse is Black
Diamond, a 1,550-pound bison that lived in New
York's Central Park Zoo in the early 1900s.
Value: $400
meliorametals.com
Value: $275
LOT #47
LOT #46
WHITE BABY MOCCASINS
Dawna Meader-York
Deer skin, rabbit fur, beads
Dawna Meader-York is Passamaquoddy from
Princeton, Maine. Theses moccasins are made
of a buttery-soft, brain-tanned, white deer skin.
Rabbit fur trims the laces. They tie in the back
by criss-crossing the laces in the front. Glass
seed beads are beaded directly onto the leather
in a feather pattern. They are hand cut, punched
and stitched by hand in the traditional way - the
stitching ends exactly where it began, completing
the circle, just as everything in life is a circle.
Value: $100
DESERT DREAMS
Leslie Jones Jewelry
Sandstone, Lucite, metal and crystal beads
"A self-taught beader, I have been beading in
some form for over 35 years. Transforming
cabochons into unique works of wearable
sculpture has become my latest endeavor. Most
of my work is a fusion of past and present
materials as well as more modern pieces using
semi-precious stones and glass seed beads.
Jewelry should be fun to wear as well as an
adornment for the body."
lesliejonesjewelry.com
Value: $150
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LOT #49
WINDWALKER PEARL AND
TURQUOISE NECKLACE
Margaret Kelley
Simply Pearls
Hand knotted pearls, turquoise, sterling clasp
Margaret (Maggie) Kelley has long been active
in Maine's cultural affairs community and
is a member of the Abbe Board of Trustees.
She has received a succession of gubernatorial
appointments to the Maine State Museum
Commission and, since 2005, has served as
Chair of the Commission. Maggie has also been
Chair of both the "Friends of the Blaine House"
and the "Friends of the State Museum," the
non-profit support organizations for these two
highly-respected state institutions. Maggie and
her husband, Jack Kelley, are residents of East
Winthrop and Southwest Harbor.
LOT #50
AQUINNAH SUNRISE WAMPUM SET
Elizabeth James-Perry
Wampum, milkweed, fiber-dyed with natural
minerals, sterling silver
Traditional hand-sculpted wampum pendant
strung on wild-harvested, hand-spun milkweed
fiber dyed with natural minerals by Aquinnah
Wampanoag artist Elizabeth James-Perry. Handsculpted wampum quahog shell earrings on
sterling hooks.
elizabethjamesperry.com
Value: $245
Value: $500
PENDANT WITH CANOE AND PADDLE CHARMS
Shane Perley-Dutcher
Silver
Shane Perley-Dutcher is Wolastoq from the Tobique Maliseet First Nation and as a child
was given the spirit name “Aduksis.” Aduksis translated from the Maliseet language means
little deer. Shane’s passion for creativity has inspired his journey as an artist. “Creativity
has been my heart beat since I was a child. Over the years, the beat has found many
rhythms. Creative energy is transferable and keeps me balanced, without it life changes
for me.”
In 2000, Shane graduated with honors and distinction from the jewelry manufacturing/
metal arts program at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. In 2006 he
formed Aduksis Jewelry Designs as a product of his creativity.
LOT #51
Shane’s work can be seen in Twisted Path III: Questions of Balance at the Abbe Museum.
Value: $175
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E X PER I EN C E S
LOT #52
EXPERIENCE THE ART OF
GLASS BLOWING
Linda and Ken Perrin
Atlantic Art Glass
LOT #53
Experience the art of glass blowing and schedule
a four hour session in the hot shop with local
glass artists Ken and Linda Perrin. There you
and your friends (up to six people) will be able
to choose from a number of hot glass projects.
Each person will make the project with the
safe and thorough instruction and assistance of
the Perrins. This opportunity is a great way to
express yourself, learn something new, and create
memories of a lifetime.
WILD ACADIA FUN PARK
Four Day Passes to Aerial Adventure Park
and Zip Lines
New in 2012, the Aerial Adventure Park at Wild
Acadia Fun is the first of its kind within 100
miles. The course offers 30 exciting challenges,
two zip lines, and a giant swing, all located up to
45 feet in the air. The Aerial Adventure Park is
the perfect way to experience a safe and thrilling
adventure for adults and children four years and
older. Come and experience the Aerial Adventure
Park with your friends and families.
atlanticartglass.com
wildacadia.com
Must be redeemed by June 2015. Not available
July 4-August 31, 2014.
Value: $156
Value: $380
LOT #55
LOT #54
TAIWANESE TEA TASTING AT TEA
HOUSE 278
Donated by Lynn and John Benson
LOBSTERS AT PRETTY MARSH
FOR EIGHT
With Cookie and Bill Horner,
Sandy Wilcox and Jack Russell
Join Lynn and John at their tea bar where a tea
expert will guide your party of four through a
spectrum of some of the highest quality Taiwanese
teas available. Each participant will receive a gift to
commemorate their tea experience, and afterwards
may linger in the tranquil garden.
Enjoy a fabulous lobster picnic for eight on Pretty
Marsh Harbor, hosted by Sandy Wilcox and Jack
Russell, and Bill and Cookie Horner. Watch seals
and herons, eagles and ospreys while enjoying
a traditional lobster feed on the rocks, or in the
cozy log cabin looking out toward Blue Hill Bay
and Isle Au Haut. Guests are welcome to bring
beverages of their choice.
teahouse278.com
Value: $250
Value: $125
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LOT #56
WATERCOLOR LESSONS FOR YOU
AND YOUR FRIENDS
Donated by Jean E. Forbes
Enjoy learning to paint watercolors with three
friends in your home. Retired high school art
teacher and MDI resident Jean Forbes will
teach you two basic methods of watercolor.
Composition, color use and mixing, glazes,
washes, values, as well as materials (paper,
paints, brushes) will be covered. Paints,
brushes, and paper will be available for those
who are new to the medium. Participants
will be encouraged to work from their own
photos or the provided photos. The workshop
will ideally take place 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. for two
days mutually agreed upon in September or
October, 2014. Critique will take place the
last hour of each class. Prior to the first class
participants will be given an optional supply
list and techniques for taking quality photos.
LOT #57
MDI BIOLOGICAL LABOR ATORY
VIP TOUR AND LUNCH
Donated by the MDI Biological Laboratory
The MDI Biological Laboratory, founded in 1898,
is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research
institution. Its research is focused on improving
human health by studying regeneration and
how we repair damage to our tissues and organs;
how and why we age; and how our environment
affects our health. This visit, for up to six people,
includes a tour of their research facilities and
lunch with a member of their scientific staff. This
is an opportunity to see first-hand how discoveries
are transformed into cures, and what we can learn
from organisms that regenerate lost appendages
and organs naturally.
mdibl.org
Value $250
Value: $500
LOT #58
BOAT RIDE AND DINNER AT
ISLEFORD DOCK
Donated by Sail Acadia
and Cynthia and Dan Lief
Two tickets for a relaxing sunset dinner cruise
aboard the lobster boat Elizabeth T (value $70,
donated by Sail Acadia) to Little Cranberry
Island, where you will enjoy a delicious meal at
the renowned Isleford Dock Restaurant ($50 gift
certificate, donated by Cynthia and Dan Lief).
The sunset dinner cruise departs from Dysart's
Marina in Southwest Harbor, WednesdaySunday at 5:00. Reservations required to ensure
availability aboard the boat and at the restaurant.
Value: $120
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LOT #59
ONE WEEK AT GEORGES POND
FR ANKLIN AT NEEDLE POINT
Donated by Chloe and Scott Hatcher
Nestled in the woods, but only 40 minutes
from MDI, this is a perfect getaway from the
hustle and bustle. Four guests can enjoy the
peacefulness of Georges Pond while lounging
on the deck or kayaking on the pond. Available
select dates in 2014 and 2015.
Value: $700
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. VIP TOUR AND MITSITAM CAFE
LUNCH FOR TWO
Donated by Carolyn and David Rapkievian
LOT #60
Enjoy a VIP Tour for Two highlighting the new exhibition, Nation
to Nation: Treaties between the United States and American Indian
Nations, opening September 21, 2014 with a senior staff member
of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian at
a mutually agreed upon date and time. The NMAI is a museum
of living culture and cares for one of the world's most expansive
collections of Native artifacts, including objects, photographs,
archives, and media covering the entire Western Hemisphere, from
the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego. The museum on the National
Mall in Washington, D.C. offers exhibition galleries and spaces for
performances, lectures and symposia, research, and education. The
NMAI is also dedicated to acting as a resource for the hemisphere's
Native communities and to serving the greater public as an honest
and thoughtful conduit to Native cultures - past and present - in
all their richness, depth, and diversity.
After the tour, enjoy lunch at Mitsitam Cafe, which features Native
foods found throughout the Western Hemisphere, including the
Northern Woodlands, South America, the Northwest Coast, Meso
America, and the Great Plains. Each of the five food stations depict
regional lifeways related to cooking techniques, ingredients and
flavors found in both traditional and contemporary dishes. Lunch
for each person will include: choice of any one entree, two sides
and fountain soda or bottled water.
Value: $150
Image credit: © 2010 Renée Comet Photography, Inc.
ONE WEEK AT BEAVER LODGE
AT CR AWFORD LAKE
Donated by Susy Flach
A 1950s classic-log fishing lodge on a beautiful island-filled lake
with sunsets, loons, and eagles out your windows. A sophisticated
rustic cabin with three bedrooms, one bathroom, sleeping porch,
separate cabin with screened porch, deck, dock, and raft. This
camp offers a peaceful kayaking paradise, a magical experience
among great pines and lovely waters. Sleeps six to eight people.
LOT #61
Value: $2,000
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GIF T BASKETS
LOT #62
COCKTAIL PARTY COLLECTION
Leather tray, eight tumblers, six cut glass
condiment bowls, wine chiller, bar tools, and
cocktail party book.
Donated by Nancy Ho, Kimball Shop in
Northeast Harbor
Value: $600
CHILDREN'S BOOK BAG
LOT #63
Treasure Bears soft book
Good Night Maine
Fishing for Numbers (signed)
Moose of Course
Grandma Drove the Lobster Boat (signed)
Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man
The Story of the Sea Glass
The Great State of Maine Activity Book
Lobsterman
Maggie Goes to Maine (signed)
Moose on a Mission
Bear-ly There
One Morning in Maine
Ashley Bryan's All Things Bright and Beautiful
Also including a t-shirt feautring One
Morning in Maine
and birches sail tote by Again and Again
LOT #64
COFFEE LOVERS BASKET
Four handmade stoneware mugs, French press
coffeemaker, travel mug, two pounds of Italian
espresso beans, biscotti, gift certificates for coffee
beans and brewed coffee, hand-made quilted
table topper by Barb Dixon.
Ash basket by Eldon Hanning.
Donors: Gull Rock Pottery, Rooster Brothers,
Restaurant Barn, Milagro Coffee in Southwest
Harbor, and Linda Dunn
Value: $300
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Donors: Under the Dogwood Tree, Bar
Harbor Baby, Patricks by the Sea, The Happy
Crab, Eden Rising, The Blueberry Patch,
Stone Soup, The Village Emporium, Acadia
Shops, Cool as a Moose, Betsey Anderson,
A Little Mad, Sherman’s Bookstore, Star
Gallery, and Sidney Salvatore
Value: $350
FAMILY GAME NIGHT PACK
LOT #66
LOT #65
Maj Jongg set, Clue, Yahtzee, Big Boggle,
Apples to Apples, Scattergories, Dominoes,
Cribbage, and playing cards, plus popcorn.
Donated by Downeast Winds Maj Jongg players
and Cookie Horner
Value: $175
MAINE WINTER READING COLLECTION
Autographed books by Peter P. Blanchard III, Ruth
Gortner Grierson, Christina Baker Kline, Carl
Little, Joan MacCracken, Catherine Schmitt, Linda
Robinson, Tina Rosenberg, David Rosenfelt, Les
Watling/Jill Fegley/John Moring, Monica Wood,
Christina Gillis, John Gillis, and Judith Goldstein.
Additional titles by Sarah Orne Jewett, E.B. White,
Chris Breiseth, and Kristin Downey.
Also including a handknit throw by Sandy Wilcox.
Items solicited from authors by Somes Sound Book
Club and Jack Russell
Value: over $500
LOT #67
Donated by Jeff and Linda Dunn
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Café This Wa y
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Vase, two mugs, coffee, tea, candy, and cookies
in a woven basket, imported from Holland.
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Value: $100
GATHERING GALA COMMITTEE
Katherine Stroud Bucklin
Linda K. Dunn
Ellen Gilmore
Chloe Hatcher
Cookie Horner
Maggie Kelley
Dee Lustusky
Barbara McLeod
Linda Robinson
Rose Saidemberg
Sid Salvatore
Patti Selig
Jane Tawney
Sandy Wilcox
Diane Zito
LOT #68
DINNER AND MOVIES IN BAR HARBOR
Dinner for two at five of the island's premier restaurants,
plus ten movie tickets. Excludes drinks and gratuities.
Donated by Café This Way, Fathom, Havana, Mache
Bistro, Mama DiMatteo's, and Reel Pizza
Value: $495
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L I V E AU C T I O N
SNOW Y OWL PADDLE
Cookie Horner
Ash paddle, acrylic
A retired, registered nurse, Cookie Horner is also a registered Maine guide
and a hospice volunteer. She loves singing, hiking, sailing, fly-fishing, and
anything to do with Maine’s north woods. Ever the creative spirit, Cookie
also enjoys rug hooking and watercolor painting. This is the seventh paddle
she has painted for the Abbe.
Value: $400
LOT A
BEAR
Cynthia Stroud
Bronze
LOT B
As a child growing up on a farm in Pennsylvania, Cynthia Stroud
was fascinated by animals, and dreamed of becoming a large animal
veterinarian. Later, her interests shifted to fine art. Today Cynthia lives on
the coast of Maine where she works in a wide range of media, including
bronze, stone, wood, clay, oil, pastel, watercolor, photography, and collage.
Trained as a classical sculptor, her work captures the energy of wild animals
and flying figures in action and at rest–from the leap and flex of a dolphin
in midair and the tumble of bear cubs at play to the lazy poise of a sleeping
bobcat.
Value: $750
RIPE AND UNRIPE STR AWBERRY BASKETS: MASTER AND
APPRENTICE SET
Molly Neptune Parker and George Neptune
Dyed ash and sweetgrass
LOT C
Molly Neptune Parker began weaving when she was a young girl, and
today shares her knowledge with her many children, grandchildren, and
young artists of the Passamaquoddy community. She is also a community
leader and serves as President of the Maine Indian Basketmaker's Alliance.
Molly's work has been recognized through a variety of awards and honors,
including a 2012 NEA National Heritage Fellowship, a Maine Art's
Commission Fellowship Award for Traditional Arts, the New England
Foundation for the Arts Native Arts Award, and the First Peoples Fund
Community Spirit Award.
George Neptune began weaving with his grandmother, Molly Neptune
Parker, at four years old. At age twenty, George became the youngest
person to be given the title of Master Basketmaker by the Maine Indian
Basketmakers Alliance, and is passing the weaving tradition on to his sister
and his godson, Emma Soctomah and Logan Barnes.
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Value: $800
ISLAND IMPRESSIONS
Karen McFarland
Wool
This hand-hooked rug, or wall hanging, is made with strips of wool fabric
in the traditional method of Maine and the Maritimes. In the collage
are many landscapes, flora and fauna, and other objects representative of
Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. Look closely!
Value: $750
LOT D
CONNECTION PADDLE
Linda Rowell-Kelley
Ash paddle, acrylic
This paddle was inspired by a painting that Linda created for the MDI
Bio Lab using DNA symbols. Painting transports Linda to a quiet world
full of growing colors reflecting the internal landscape that invites viewers
to step inside and feel the feathered flowers, walk upon a hill to a one
room cabin or sit on a shoreline and look at uninhabited islands. There
is a healing quality to her work, painted more from instinct rather than
replicating a place as it is. A resident of Bar Harbor, Linda developed her
vision and passion for art early on; she studied sculpture, painting and
graphics at Maine College of Art, formerly Portland School of Art.
Facebook.com/pages/Linda-Rowell-Kelley-Art
Value: $300
LOT E
PENOBSCOT TR ADITIONAL BIRCHBARK MOOSE CALL
Butch Phillips
Birchbark, sweetgrass, twine
Etched on the winter bark of the white birch tree, the designs on this
moose call are typically Wabanaki, and some are copied from designs
found on old carvings and ceremonial clothing. The designs depict
aspects of the natural world that are spiritually significant and important
to Native life. The call was etched without a preplanned pattern and
is therefore one of a kind. This ancient hunting tool is still used by
Penobscot moose hunters today. The etchings include moose head and
moose tracks, Penobscot/Wabanaki curve designs, rising sun with
wigwam design, floral designs copied from Penobscot chief's ceremonial
collar, hawk feathers, fiddleheads, and leaves of trees important to Native
life, such as the oak, brown ash, basswood, maple, and white birch.
LOT F
Value: $1,800
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SET OF TWO BASKETS
Sarah Sockbeson
Donated by Sarah Sockbeson and Nicholas Halsdorff
Dyed ash, sweetgrass, and deer antler
LOT G
"Although I am using traditional material and techniques, my style comes from
the place I live today, in this modern society. Basketry, to me, is a fine art, and in
order for the tradition to survive, it must evolve. It is personally important to me,
not just as an artist, but also as a Native American, to create art that will inspire
future generations, and keep the tradition of basketry alive."
Value: $700
Native Voice is Primary Voice at the Abbe Museum
A PA D D L E R A I S E
LOT H
At the core of the Abbe Museum’s work
is a long, respectful relationship with the
Wabanaki communities. For decades the
Abbe has hired Wabanaki artists and
demonstrators who are willing to share
their experience and talents with museum
audiences. And, the Abbe has represented
these artists in our shop for just as long. In
addition to the cultural economy this creates,
audiences enjoy learning directly from and
interacting with Wabanaki educators, who
are generous with their time and willing to
share their culture with life-long learners and
students from all over the globe.
To inform projects and strategic initiatives,
the Abbe has engaged Native advisory
groups for a variety of purposes – from the
construction of the downtown facility to
exhibit projects like the award-winning
Indians and Rusticators. Since 2009, the Abbe
team has expanded this relationship further
by moving beyond advisory groups to working
with Native curators who have guided the
development of exhibits, such as Wabanaki
Guides and N’tolonopemk. In 2011, we
convened our first Native Advisory Council,
which meets annually to consider the overall
direction of the Abbe and to develop ideas
and solutions for Abbe programs, exhibits,
and initiatives.
We would like to share with you a current
project which represents the next level of
collaboration for Wabanaki communities and
the Abbe Museum.
Over the years, many Wabanaki people
have talked with Abbe staff about Wabanaki
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objects that have made their way to
museums around the country, and
across the world. From baskets to
beadwork, woodcarvings to birchbark
canoes, tools and artwork, many
pieces of Wabanaki material culture
have ended up in museums far away
from the Wabanaki homeland, where
it is difficult for tribal community
members to see these pieces of their
history and culture. This interest evolved
during recent visits to the communities
to something more tangible: Can the
Abbe bring Wabanaki objects “home”
for an exhibit, and for community
members to study them more closely?
From this question, we have developed
an answer with our plans for the 2015
exhibit and educational program series,
Coming Home.
This past spring, Abbe curatorial staff
members worked alongside Wabanaki
community curators to identify objects
for the exhibit from northeastern
museums, including the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology in Philadelphia
and the Boston Children’s Museum.
Museum staff facilitated access for
Wabanaki community curators to the
collection records at relevant museums,
while relying on the community
curators to identify what should
“come home.” As we move into the
design phase, Wabanaki community
curators will also provide background
information on the pieces they selected,
and help guide the design of the exhibit
to represent their culture and history from
their perspective. This approach follows
the model established by the National
Museum of the American Indian and it is
serving the participants well.
Creating significant new connections,
Coming Home artifacts will be able to
represent Wabanaki perspectives on
resistance, survival, religion, ecology, art,
as well as intricately intertwined world
and spiritual views, all mostly invisible in
the nation’s museums. The possibilities
for cultural engagement are boundless.
The project is guaranteed to enhance a
growing relationship between the Abbe
and the Wabanaki tribes, and present new
perspectives to our visitors, the likes of
which they have not encountered before.
This project is just one excellent example
of how Native voice is the primary voice
at the Abbe Museum. This is our charge,
this is our mission. Your gift during the
Gathering Gala paddle raise will support,
in fiscal year 2014, the exhibit costs of
salaries and contract fees, travel costs for
Native advisors, program delivery costs,
and additional expenses related to AbbeWabanaki collaborations.
During the July 30 Gathering Gala,
attendees will have the opportunity to
raise their paddle and make a charitable
donation in support of these initiatives.
Thank you for your generosity and for
your enthusiastic support of our mission to
inspire new learning about the Wabanaki
Nations with every visit.
WABANAKI-GUIDED TOUR
ON THE PENOBSCOT RIVER
Anonymous Donor
LOT I
Penobscot Nation Tribal Historian James E. Francis, Sr. and
Penobscot river guide Jason Pardilla have teamed up to offer an
experience for those who want to slow down and breathe in the pine
forest, feel the rush of the river, and learn about the history of Henry
David Thoreau's journeys, the Penobscot Homeland, and days of
logging on the Penobscot River. This three-day two-night adventure
for four will come with a menu of activities to choose from. You
and your compatriots will be able to talk with the guides to design
the kind of trip that will best suit you. Canoe equipment and gear
will be provided by the New England Outdoor Center; if needed,
canoe instruction will be offered at the start of the trip. Food and
accommodations for guests are all included.
Value: $3,000
AT SUNSET, THE OWL CAME
Original from Thanks to the Animals
Rebekah Raye
Donated by Artemis Gallery
Ink, watercolor, pastel
LOT J
Thanks to the Animals is a children's book by Passamaquoddy
storyteller Allen Sockabasin. It was recognized in the Society of
Illustrators 25th Anniversary Show of Original Art in New York City
and also holds a top 10 Children's Picked List and Chicakadee award
in Maine, plus a Georgia book award.
Value: $2,100
CASCADE BASKET
Jeremy Frey
Black ash, dye, and sweetgrass
Jeremy Frey is a Passamaquoddy basketweaver living in Maine, and he
descends from a long line of Native weavers. Specializing in fancy ash
baskets, a traditional form of Wabanaki weaving, his work has been
featured in the Changing Hands exhibit at the Museum of Art and
Design in New York City. He has pieces in the Smithsonian, and in
many other prominent museums around the country.
LOT K
In 2011, Jeremy won Best of Show at the Sante Fe Indian Market and
at the Heard Indian Market Fair. This is only the second time that
someone has won both shows in the same year and it was the first
time in the Sante Fe Indian Market's 90+ year history that a basket
achieved this highest honor.
jeremyfreybaskets.com
Value: $8,000
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