Indigenous ‘togetherness’

“ mάwαməwak” (acrylic on canvas), by James Eric Francis Sr., in the show “Mawte: Bound Together,” at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine, through April 13,

The museum says:

The show “connects contemporary Wabanaki artists in an exhibition initiated by guest curator and Penobscot basketmaker Sarah Sockbeson. The Penobscot word mαwte (mαw tteh) means ‘it is together.’ Ideas of togetherness and interconnection guide both the artworks themselves and the curatorial process.

“Sockbeson and a core group of invited artists reimagine exhibition making by modeling collective storytelling, while challenging simplified views of Indigenous aesthetics. Through shared conversations, the artists shaped the exhibition around binding and rebinding, environment and place, and Indigenous-led expression.’’