Loon, 2020
Jeremy Frey. Collection of Catherine Stiefel, California. © Jeremy Frey. Photograph by Eric Stoner.
Join Andrew James Hamilton, associate curator of Arts of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago, for a conversation in the galleries on Jeremy Frey: Woven. The exhibition is a mid-career retrospective of the work of Frey, an artist dedicated to expanding and elaborating the possibilities of traditional Passamaquoddy basket weaving.
This conversation takes place on the last day that the show will be open to the public.
what to expect
This program will consist of close looking and discussion in the galleries devoted to Textiles on our lower level. Visitors will meet in Gallery 57. Folding stools will be available. ASL interpretation and/or assisted listening devices are available upon request at museum_interpretation@artic.edu. Assisted listening devices are limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Requests must be made at least two weeks in advance. The program will be about 60 minutes long.
Jeremy Frey: Woven is organized by the Portland Museum of Art, Maine.
The exhibition was curated by Ramey Mize, associate curator of American art, Portland Museum of Art, Maine, and Jaime DeSimone, chief curator at the Farnsworth Art Museum. Penobscot basket maker and founding director of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance Theresa Secord served as a cultural consultant for the exhibition.
The presentation at the Art Institute of Chicago is organized by Andrew Hamilton, associate curator, Arts of the Americas and made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art.
