Jason Pardilla (Artist Profile)
Jason Pardilla, Penobscot
Jason Pardilla, Penobscot is a photographer, guide, fisherman, and artist whose connection to the Penobscot River is deeply ingrained in all aspects to his life. Jason’s photography focuses on documenting the Wabanaki landscape. He shares his deep relationship with his Wabanaki Homeland through his work, while seeking to advocate for the protection and preservation of this special place for future generations.
Jason’s images showcase scenes of the river, the surrounding landscape, and birchbark canoes as well as images of other places around the world that Jason has traveled to that are also connected to water.
The Hudson Museum presented an exhibit of Jason’s images taken through the lens of a ±è²¹²Ô²¹·Éá³ó±è²õ°ì±ð·É¾± (Penobscot) in 2025. Click here to see an online version of this exhibit. Water connects all of the images near and far either by water itself or the craft utilized to travel by water. There are also images where indigenous communities live by the water. These images reveal items used to provide sustenance and places important to indigenous people. We share these places with all of creation. Welcome to a new dawn. °ì²õì±è²¹ (so you see)
For more information: click here for more information about Jason’s work.
Photos: Jason Pardilla – Penobscot Photographer
Upcoming 2026 Wabanaki Winter Market (Saturday, December 12, 2026):
Organized by the Hudson Museum, the Wabanaki Winter Market is New England’s largest holiday gathering of Wabanaki artists. The annual December event features award-winning Wabanaki weavers as well as new artists representing the next generation of artists.
The 2026 Wabanaki Winter Market is supported in part by the through the Alton ’38 and Adelaide Hamm Campus Activity Fund.
Location of the event: The (2 Flagstaff Road | 91¸£Àû)
Date: Saturday, December 12, 2026 (from 9 am to 3 pm)
Contact: Gretchen Faulkner | Director, Hudson Museum (207.581.1904)
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