Passamaquoddy artist Geo Neptune wins national fellowship
Neptune, who works in traditional arts, is among this year s 60 recipients of the $50,000 award from United States Artists.
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Geo Soctomah Neptune of Indian Township won a $50,000 artist fellowship on Wednesday. With traditional markings tattooed on their forehead and chin, Neptune is wearing earrings made from tusk shells and porcupine quills.
Photo by Sipsis Peciptaq Elamoqessik
Before celebrating a $50,000 United States Artists fellowship, Passamaquoddy two-spirit Geo Soctomah Neptune paused to remember their grandmother, the nationally famous basketmaker Molly Neptune Parker, who died in June.
“She was my teacher and mentor, and she was the head of my family and my best friend,” Neptune said. “She would have been one of the first people I would have told. But she is looking down, and I am sure she is very excited wherever she is.”