Friday, June 30, at 6 PM, the Portland Museum of Art will host “As Far as One Can See:
Jun. 162023
Please join us in Portland on June 30!
On Friday, June 30, at 6 PM, the Portland Museum of Art will host “As Far as One Can See: Visitor Contact Station Rises in Katahdin Woods and Waters.”
You’re invited to please join us for a lively conversation and to see stunning visuals of this unique project, the creation of a Visitor Contact Station in Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument reflecting a Wabanaki worldview, which will be a gift to the U.S. National Park Service and open to the public in 2024. Registration for this free program is here.
Tekαkαpimək, Saunders Architecture (Image by Mir)
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is located in the present and traditional homeland of the Penobscot Nation in northern Maine. Tekαkαpimək Contact Station, pronounced “de gah-gah bee-mook”, is Penobscot for “as far as one can see”.
Tekαkαpimək rises from Wabanaki stories and beliefs, built of mass timber and clad in raw, locally-harvested and milled cedar, with rock anchors deep into cliffside ledge, cantilevering into the surrounding forest yet hidden from view of canoeists below.
Architectural designs resulted from a process between Elliotsville Foundation, representatives of the Wabanaki Nations, and Saunders Architecture.
Panelists speaking on this project include Norway-based Canadian architect Todd Saunders; 13th generation Passamaquoddy basket maker Gabriel Frey; Tekαkαpimək exhibition writer Jennifer Neptune, Penobscot; and Elliotsville Foundation President Lucas St.Clair. Lucas and Jennifer both serve on the steering committee for A Monumental Welcome campaign.
Development Coordinator Sarah Andre and I will be in attendance and we hope you can join us.
