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Join us in 2018!

Visit our exhibit Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage which is traveling through New England through 2018.

Abenaki Heritage Weekend         June 23 & 24, 2018.

Teaching Abenaki Culture in the Classroom, August 2 - 4th, 2018. Educational certifications provided upon sucessful completion of 20-hour program.

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Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

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    The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association embodies the history, culture, and art of the Abenaki people.  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.

   Our mission is to promote Vermont's Indigenous arts and artists, to provide an organized central place to share creative ideas and professional development as entrepreneurs, and to have a method for the public to find and engage our artists.

   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.

 Birch bark etching of Lake Champlain sea monster on canoe by Aaron York. Photo courtesy of the artist.