Theresa Secord

Secord earned a B.A. in geology from the University of Southern Maine in 1981 and an M.S. in Economic Geology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984. Secord studied weaving and Penobscot language with Madeline Tomer Shay from 1988 to 1993. == Personal life ==

Secord has two sons, Caleb Hoffman and Will Hoffman. Caleb is a basketmaker apprenticing with Jeremy Frey. == Awards and honors ==

• Secord received the "Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life" by the Women's World Summit Foundation in 2003 for helping rural basket makers rise out of poverty, becoming the first U.S. citizen to receive this award. • She was a recipient of a 2016 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. • She was the 2017 Bernard Osher Lecturer at the Portland Museum of Art. • In January 2025, she was one of five winners of the Ruth Foundation for the Arts Award. == Published works ==

• Changing Faces of Tradition: A Report on the Folk and Traditional Art in the United States - Chapter 5 Organizing • Two Maine Forest Pests: A Comparison of Approaches to Understanding Threats to Hemlock and Ash Trees in Maine ==References==