Come to the Abbe Museum on Thursday, August 15th for our Collection Spotlight series from 1:00am - 2:00pm hosted by our Luce Curator of Exhibits and Collections, Dr. Aaron Miller and Danikah Chartier (Eskasoni Mi'kmaw Nation)!

Programs are in-person at the Abbe’s downtown location (26 Mount Desert Street) and are free with museum admission.

About Danikah Chartier
Danikah Chartier (Eskasoni Mi'kmaw Nation) is a fine art photographer and educator. Danikah earned her BFA in Photography and Related Media from the Fashion Institute of Technology with minors in Art History, Fashion History Theory and Culture, and Film and Media Studies. Danikah's artwork is a practice of mindfulness, generational healing, self-cultivation, and social liberation. Danikah Chartier works with Historic New England as their 2023-24 northern region Indigenous Community Liaison and Researcher for the Recovering New England's Voices Initiative. In this role, she researches the homelands that HNE sites occupy, incorporates Indigenous historical perspectives into tours, partners with local Indigenous communities, and offers recommendations to the organization for reparative justice and allyship. Danikah also works as a Gallery Educator with Colby College Museum of Art, teaching K-12 school groups about the Colby art collection through an Indigenous lens. To view her portfolio, visit DanikahChartier.com.

(Profile headshot by K. Ebner Creative.)