  {"id":20423,"date":"2023-11-01T13:11:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T17:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/?p=20423"},"modified":"2025-09-12T09:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:48:47","slug":"debbie-nicholas-artist-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/2023\/11\/01\/debbie-nicholas-artist-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Debbie Nicholas (Artist Profile)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Debbie Nicholas<\/strong> comes from a long line of Passamaquoddy basketmakers. Her mother Edith Neptune Pond picked sweetgrass and was renowned for her sweetgrass braid, her uncle Peter Neptune makes \u201cfancy\u201d work baskets, and her aunts Theresa Neptune Gardner and Clara Neptune Keezer instilled in her a passion for making baskets.&nbsp; To this day, everyone in the family continues the tradition of harvesting sweetgrass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">After attending a Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA) workshop, Debbie began weaving baskets. She then apprenticed with her aunt Clara, learning how to make strawberries, blueberries, and fancy baskets.&nbsp;When Clara suggested that she create her own signature style, Debbie surprised her aunt with a black cat basket as a gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Nicholas often sketches out her basket designs before she weaves them.&nbsp;In 2023, she was commissioned to make the <i>Friends of the Hudson Museum<\/i> raffle basket. Proceeds from the ticket sales for the Winter Market raffle help support the Wabanaki Winter Market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gallery \u2013 Debbie Nicholas, Passamaquoddy Basketmaker<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/Debbie-Nicholas-Artist-Profile-by-BC-00.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"20427\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/Debbie-Nicholas-Artist-Profile-by-BC-00.png\" alt=\"Image of a basket vase with purple curlwork.\" class=\"wp-image-20427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/Debbie-Nicholas-Artist-Profile-by-BC-00.png 600w, 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src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/Debbie-Nicholas-Artist-Profile-by-BC-03.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/Debbie-Nicholas-Artist-Profile-by-BC-03.png 600w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/Debbie-Nicholas-Artist-Profile-by-BC-03-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/Debbie-Nicholas-Artist-Profile-by-BC-03-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/Debbie-Nicholas-Artist-Profile-by-BC-03-105x105.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/Debbie-Nicholas-Artist-Profile-by-BC-03-317x317.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/Debbie-Nicholas-Artist-Profile-by-BC-03-423x423.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/Debbie-Nicholas-Artist-Profile-by-BC-03-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Video \u2013 Debbie Nicholas, Passamaquoddy Basketmaker<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/wabanaki-basketmaking-qs0gub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/PBS-Video-Cover-Wabanaki-Basketmakers-1024x576.png\" alt=\"PBS Video Cover for &quot;Wabanaki Basketmaking&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-20435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2023\/11\/PBS-Video-Cover-Wabanaki-Basketmakers-1024x576.png 1024w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/wabanaki-basketmaking-qs0gub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Source: PBS<\/a>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming 2025 Wabanaki Winter Market (Saturday, December 13, 2025):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/wabanaki-winter-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Hudson Museum<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>the <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/hudsonmuseum\/event\/wabanaki-winter-market-2024-30th-anniversary-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Wabanaki Winter Market<\/strong><\/a> is New England\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is supported in part by a grant from <a href=\"https:\/\/fourdirectionsmaine.org\">Four Directions Development Corporation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location of the event:<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinscenterforthearts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Collins Center for the Arts<\/a> (2 Flagstaff Road | 91¸£Àû)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Saturday, December 13, 2025 (from 9 am to 3 pm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong> Gretchen Faulkner | Director, Hudson Museum (207.581.1904) <strong>For event updates,<\/strong> please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wabanakiwintermarket.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.wabanakiwintermarket.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debbie Nicholas comes from a long line of Passamaquoddy basketmakers. 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