About 25th Annual Rappaport Prize Artist Lecture with Jeremy Frey
Please join us for a lecture by Jeremy Frey, the recipient of the 2024 Rappaport Art Prize.
About the Artist:
Jeremy Frey (b. 1978, Passamaquoddy Indian Township Reservation, Maine) is one of the foremost Passamaquoddy craftspeople of his generation. A descendant of a long line of Indigenous weavers, Frey learned traditional Wabanaki methods from his mother and by apprenticing at the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance. Woven from natural materials that the artist himself forages, such as sweetgrass and wood from brown ash trees, Frey’s vessels are characterized by subtle forms, delicately layered colors, and elaborate weaves.
Frey won Best of Show at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 2011, marking the first time a basketmaker achieved this honor in the market’s 90 year history. That same year, Frey won Best of Show and at the Heard Museum Indian Guild Fair and Market in Phoenix, Arizona, which he would repeat in 2015, making him the first artist ever to do so.
Frey’s work is held in the public collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; the Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine; and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine, among others.
Join us at 5:30pm for a light reception before the lecture. The lecture will begin promptly at 6:30pm.
About the Rappaport Art Prize:
Created in 2000 and endowed in 2010, the Rappaport Prize is presented to a contemporary artist with strong connections to New England and a proven record of achievement. The Rappaport Prize is one of the most generous contemporary art awards of its kind. In 2010, the Prize was endowed in perpetuity by the Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation, assuring the ongoing support of contemporary art and artists in New England. In 2022, the foundation increased the award to an unrestricted gift of $50,000. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Rappaport Prize.
We are pleased to announce that ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation will be available for the Rappaport Lecture. If you or a guest require ASL interpretation, please let us know in advance so we can reserve seats that provide the best visibility of the interpreters. Please email mnelson@thetrustees.org.
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