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

“In my collection spotlight series, I will walk the audience through works made by Mi'kmaw artists (with one exception) that utilize different mediums and materials, traditional and contemporary, to express themes of culture-keeping, revitalization, and evolution. I will relate these works to the story of my grandmother’s forced assimilation, my matrilineage’s ongoing reconnection journey, and how the path laid before us is one of creation.” - Danikah Chartier (Eskasoni Mi'kmaw Nation)

The tour will be in-person at the Abbe’s downtown location (26 Mount Desert Street) and is 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.)