Biting Back: Our Cultural Resilience

Pat Bruderer/Half Moon Woman

Member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation

Jan 17 >> Mar 2, 2025

Biting Back celebrates and shares the art form of birch bark biting, pass on traditional knowledge and reignite interest and appreciation for the sacred art form. A story about survival of tradition, resilience and hope. A selection from the original 13 pieces, including illuminated laser cut drums. “I feel a great responsibility as a carrier of this traditional art form as well as for the teachings it holds which are many. I’m a mother, kookoom to many and my relationships continue to thrive. Through cultural resilience, I bite back.” – Pat Bruderer, Half Moon Woman.

Image: Pat Bruderer (Halfmoon Woman), Ancestral Heartbeat, hide drum and laser etching, nd. Courtesy of the artist.

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