Quoddy Tides Foundation

BRIDGING BOUNDARIES, EXPLORING BORDERS FOUNDED IN 2002 IN EASTPORT MAINE, THE TIDES INSTITUTE & MUSEUM OF ART IS LOCATED ON LONG STANDING TRADITIONAL AND CONTINUING PASSAMAQUODDY HOMELANDS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST AT THE UNITED STATES/CANADA BORDER. THIS BOUNDARY LOCATION SHAPES ITS PERSPECTIVE ON THE REGION AND THE BROADER WORLD: THROUGH ITS INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS TO FOSTER NEW INNOVATIVE AND CROSS-SECTOR WORKS; THROUGH ITS WIDE RANGING COLLECTIONS, EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION EFFORTS; AND THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIPS AND ENDEAVORS TO STRENGTHEN THE REGION'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, VITALITY AND WIDER CONNECTIONS.

COLLECTIONS - IN 2022, THE ORGANIZATION ADDED TO ITS COLLECTION WITH LARGE SELECTIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES OF DENNYSVILLE AND LUBEC, MAINE; OVER 750 ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS FROM THE ESTATE OF BOSTON ARTIST, STEVEN TREFONIDES (1926-2021), WHO WAS ALSO A LONG-TIME SUMMER RESIDENT OF LUBEC; AND 33 WORKS OF ART BY NEW BRUNSWICK ARTIST, FRANK DRUMMOND ALLISON, AMONG OTHER ITEMS.

PRESERVATION - THE ORGANIZATION HIRED MACHADO-SILVETTI ARCHITECTS OF BOSTON IN EARLY 2022 AND THEY COMPLETED REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S MASONIC BUILDING INCLUDING EXHIBITION AND COLLECTION SPACES. WORK ON STABILIZING THE FRONT FACADE OF THE BUILDING CONTINUED, WITH MASONS BEGINNING THE RESTORATION WORK ON THE 2ND AND 3RD STORIES. IN 2022, THE ORGANIZATION WAS GIVEN A SHOREFRONT PROPERTY AND HISTORIC COTTAGE IN CAPE SPLIT IN ADDISON MAINE FROM BOSTON-BASED FILMMAKER, BARBARA HANANIA, WHO PASSED AWAY IN MID-SEPTEMBER. THE PROPERTY IS KNOWN AS "KIYE," THE PASSAMAQUODDY WORD FOR SUNSET. NEW YORK CITY WRITER AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, HERBERT SELIGMANN AND HIS WIFE, LILIAS, A DANCER, HAD THE COTTAGE BUILT IN 1942, AND THE ORGANIZATION WILL PRESERVE THE PROPERTY AND ADD STAYS AT THE LOCATION TO ITS ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM OFFERINGS IN THE FUTURE.

EDUCATION IN 2022, THE ORGANIZATION PRESENTED THREE EXHIBITIONS INCLUDING A WINDOW-FACING INSTALLATION BY MID-COAST MAINE-BASED ARTIST, DEVON KELLEY-YURDIN, THAT HAD A COMPANION EXHIBITION IN OUR NEARBY STUDIOWORKS FACILITY; AN EXHIBITION, "ROTATING VIEWS: TIMA AT 20," CHANGING ITEMS AND ACTIVITIES HIGHLIGHTING OUR FIRST 20 YEARS OF COLLECTING; AND AN EXHIBITION BY HALIFAX-BASED ARTIST, CHARLEY YOUNG, "SALVAGED SCRIPT," THAT FEATURED PRINTS AND LATEX IMPRESSIONS OF SELECTED ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS FROM THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLECTIONS AND BUILDINGS. THE ORGANIZATION HIRED A PART- TIME EDUCATION PROGRAM SPECIALIST IN 2022, WHO HAS MUSEUM EDUCATION AND PUBLIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE, AND FIELD TRIP VISITS BY AREA SCHOOLS AND OTHER OUTREACH INITIATIVES CONTINUED, AS DID ACTIVITIES DURING FESTIVALS AND OTHER REGIONAL EVENTS. FOSTER NEW WORK IN 2022, THE ORGANIZATION BROUGHT 17 ARTISTS TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND REGION THROUGH THE STUDIOWORKS ARTIST-IN- RESIDENCE PROGRAM. ELEVEN OF THE ARTISTS CAME FROM DIFFERENT STATES ACROSS THE U.S., FOUR CAME FROM CANADA AND ONE EACH CAME FROM ITALY AND AUSTRIA. THERE WAS A 50 PERCENT INCREASE IN APPLICATIONS TO THE PROGRAM IN 2022. ARTISTS PURSUED PROJECTS RANGING FROM COMPLEX SCULPTURE BASED ON CLIMATE CHANGE DATA TO PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS DESIGNED TO ELICIT RESPONSES FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, ALTERNATIVE PRINTMAKING PROJECTS, TO PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO, DRAWING, PROJECTION AND MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATIONS. PARTNERSHIPS IN 2022, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED PARTNERSHIPS WITH AREA ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE DOWNEAST RAINBOW ALLIANCE, EASTPORT ARTWALK, EASTPORT SENIOR CENTER, AREA SCHOOLS AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE PRINT VERSION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S 2022 ARTSIPELAGO CULTURAL GUIDE AND MAP WAS PUBLISHED IN MAY AFTER A TWO YEAR HIATUS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. NEW TO THE 2022 EDITION IS THE ADDITION OF PASSAMAQUODDY PLACE NAMES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. DONALD SOCTOMAH, TRIBAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIRECTOR, AND OTHERS PROVIDED THE PASSAMAQUODDY PLACE NAMES, AND THAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN INDIGENOUS CULTURE KEEPERS AND THE ORGANIZATION WILL INFORM FUTURE WORK.