Norma Randi is a Wabanaki artist and homesteader from Maine. She is a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe and was raised in her Passamaquoddy mother’s ancestral lands at Sipayik, Maine. She has roots from her father’s clan of the Hidatsa and Mandan people of North Dakota. Norma is a painter and digital art creator; she uses acrylic, oils, and watercolors as her mediums.

Norma draws inspiration from her ancestral heritage and life lived with her husband. She has a love for the various landscapes and palettes of Maine skies, earth, and waters, experiencing the beautiful Maine environment that her maternal ancestors called home and traversed for 12,000-plus years. The focus on her heritage is also a teaching tool for herself to be aware of the history of her ancestors, how their lives were lived prior to colonization and after, their culture, their environments and ecology, and the people within the communities who continue carrying on traditions despite the initial setback of assimilation. It is a form of self-healing and expression.

Norma Randi graduated from the University of Maine at Machias with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She is a member of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor and has an art show at least once a year. In June 2023, she won a People’s Choice Award for her language preservation piece at the Abbe Museum Indian Market weekend. She will be featured at the Eastport Arts Center in June 2024 for a solo show and at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens from mid-July through mid-October.

You can now purchase her small works at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, and the Acadia National Park Stores. You can see her in person at various craft fairs in Maine, where she sells her art and wares.