Wabanaki baskets have existed for over 13,000 years in what is now known as Maine. Jeremy Frey, a seventh-generation Passamaquoddy basket weaver, learned from his mother and began his practice in the early 2000s when the tradition was under threat. He attracted national recognition with his sea urchin-shaped baskets and technique of whittling down ash to nearly threadlike widths, using self-made tools and materials harvested from the woods. The Cantor is honored to be the final, and singular West Coast, venue for this exhibition organized by the Portland Museum of Art. It is, as Frey says, “thousands of years in the making.” Goes until July 20.
Thu, Mar 26, 11am, Free
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford
