About the VAAA

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 the traditional art of our ancestors, others create contemporary artistic expressions that are informed by tradition.

Their mission is to promote Abenaki 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 even as far away as Germany. Programs include lectures, workshops, demonstrations, and performances that carry the message that the Abenaki people are still here.