Saved by creativity | Jeremy Frey | TEDxDirigo

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Jeremy Frey, a Passamaquody basket-weaver, shares his personal journey through dark times to finding light and hope and the role the Native arts played in his recovery.
Jeremy Frey is a Maine Passamaquoddy basket-weaver. He is descended from a
long line of native weavers and specializes in ash fancy baskets, a traditional form of Wabanaki weaving. His work has been featured in the Changing Hands exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design in New York City. His work is also showcased in the Smithsonian Museum as well as many other prominent museums around the country. Mr. Frey won Best of Show at the Santa Fe Indian Market and at the Heard Indian Market and Fair in 2011. He is only the second
person to win both of these major cultural competitions in the same year and the first basket-weaver to achieve this honor in the Santa Fe Indian Market’s 90+ year history.
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[@zoltankaparthy9095]

I get you. 42 years here. Clean and sober is way better. We get to be our better selves. You have been gifted with such creativity and it was in you the whole time. ;o) Your baskets are dreams on earth. Thank you.

[@mickeywoolard63]

That's awesome!!!!