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The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association embodies the history, culture, and art of the Abenaki people.
Our mission is to promote regional Indigenous arts, artists, culture, and to provide an organized central place to share creative ideas, and professional development. We accomplish this by creating engaging cultural events, educational programs, exhibitions, and curriculum materials.
While most of our artists and performers preserve and pass down the traditional art of our ancestors, others create contemporary artistic expressions that are informed by tradition.
VAAA's experienced teaching artists have been doing educational programs at schools, historic sites and museums throughout the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast areas of the United States, in Canada and as far away as Germany. Programs include lectures, workshops, demonstrations, and performances that carry the message that the Abenaki people are still here.
We are proud to represent over 280 artists, teaching artists, performers, educators, and scholars.
Birch bark etching of Lake Champlain sea monster on canoe by Aaron York. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Vermont Abenaki Artsists Association is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts through the New England Arts Resilience Fund, part of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund, an initiative of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with major funding from the federal CARES Act from the National Endowment for the Arts.
© 2013 - 2019. Vermont Abenaki Artists Association.All rights reserved.
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