This research supports the travel and documentation for the upcoming exhibition, "Jeremy Frey: Woven," opening at the Portland Museum of Art in May 2024. Frey is a seventh-generation Passamaquoddy basket maker and leading knowledge keeper of his craft.
Selected works
Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Observer (detail), 2022, ash, sweetgrass, porcupine quill on birch bark, and dye, 13 1⁄2 x 10 1⁄2 x 10 1⁄2 inches. Collection of Carole Katz, California. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Eric Stoner
Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Cihpolakon (Eagle), 2019, ash, birchbark, sweetgrass, porcupine quill, and dye, 10 x 7 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2 inches. Collection of Carole Katz, California. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Eric Stoner
Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Blue Point Urchin (detail), 2016, ash, sweetgrass, and dye, 5 x 9 x 9 inches. Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Ari and Lea Plosker. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Eric Stoner
Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Basket within Basket, 2012, ash, sweetgrass, and dye, 9 x 13 x 13 inches. Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Ari and Lea Plosker. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Eric Stoner
Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Cathedral, 2018, ash, sweetgrass, and dye, 21 1⁄4 x 10 x 10 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Museum purchase with support from the Peggy and Harold Osher Acquisitions Fund, Bernstein Acquisition Fund, and Barbara Goodbody, 2018.15a,b. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Luc Demers
"Basket in progress in Frey's studio," 2023. Photograph by Jared Lank (Mi’kmaq).
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