Organized by the Portland Museum of Art and co-curated by Ramey Mize, PhD, Associate Curator of American Art at the Portland Museum of Art, and Jaime DeSimone, Chief Curator at the Farnsworth Art Museum, the exhibition is supported by a catalogue of the same name, Jeremy Frey: Woven, published by Rizzoli Electa in association with the Portland Museum of Art. It includes essays from Mize; DeSimone; Dakota Hoska (Oglala Lakȟóta), associate curator of Native arts at the Denver Art Museum; Andrew James Hamilton, associate curator of Arts of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago; and Theresa Secord, a Penobscot basket maker and founding director of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance. Secord also served as a cultural consultant for the exhibition and co-editor of the catalogue.

Sponsors:

This exhibition is part of Art for All. Art for All supports the PMA's dedication to being an open, accessible, inclusive, and welcoming museum for all, through exhibitions and programs that reflect our community and create experiences with art that strengthen our bonds and bring us together.  

Major support for the exhibition had been provided by Bank of America. Generously supported by Isabelle and Scott Black, Adam and Diana Lee, Peter and Paula Lunder, Roger and Margot Milliken, and Carol and Joe Wishcamper. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Support provided by Cascade Foundation, Terra Foundation for American Art, Crewe Foundation, The Bear Bookshop Marlboro (VT), Center for Craft, and McCandless LLC. Exhibition catalog support provided by Karma Gallery, Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund, Thoma Foundation. Media sponsor: News Center Maine.

Image Credits:

Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978), Defensive, 2022, ash, sweetgrass, and dye, 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Collection of Carole Katz, California. © Jeremy Frey. Image courtesy Eric Stoner