Living Art – Living Well seminar with basketmakers

 The second in a series of four seminars entitled Living Art – Living Well Studio will be held Wednesday, April 30 at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center at 7 p.m.
The seminar will feature one of the most gifted basketmakers of the Passamaquoddy Nation, Molly Neptune Parker. The series of seminars are designed to increase awareness and knowledge regarding the impact of arts in aging and how creativity matters to the health of the body, mind and spirit of older adults.      Through the series of four seminars, Living Art – Living Well Studio offers participants the opportunity to explore the connection between traditional art, cultural legacy and life review; it also explores the role these play in health, aging and positive decision making and how this informs the practice of health care.
As a child, Neptune Parker learned basketmaking from her mother and she continues the fancy basket tradition at her home on the shores of Lewey Lake in Indian Township. Her work is much sought after by collectors and has been featured in several exhibitions. She will have samples of her work at the seminar and will discuss the importance of her craft to healthy aging.
The series of seminars is sponsored by the University of New England Maine Geriatric Education Center, in partnership with Cultural Resources, Inc. and the Maine Arts Commission.
The seminars are free and open to the public.