Work by Serene Weasel Traveller
Work by Serene Weasel Traveller
Work by Serene Weasel Traveller
My work incorporates my Blackfoot culture with my western worldview. I look for the balance between the world of a Blackfoot woman from the Piikani Nation, and a resident of Canada. I am integrating representations of colonialism with my traditional cultural practices, by combining the two different elements, overplaying the notion of a cultural blending. My work is a celebration of the adaptation, survival, and strength of all indigenous people. I pay special homage to the traditional Blackfoot territory, the land that has shaped and sustained the Blackfoot people from time and immemorial.
Serene Weasel Traveller is from the Piikani Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy and she resides in Lethbridge, Alberta, where she has successfully completed her university studies and has received her Bachelor of Fine Arts – Indigenous Art Studio Degree. As a graduate of a Fashion Design and Merchandising program from the Lethbridge College, Serene is a designer of traditional and contemporary native regalia using beadwork, textile garment construction, and jewellery.
In her art practice, Serene works with beading, digital media, installation, site specific projects, found objects that are combined with traditional Indigenous art processes. Balancing her two-world realities. Blackfoot culture, where she was raised within traditional societies and protocols, and western worldviews where she conforms to the requirements of another value system. Serene integrates the opposing realities in a continuous search for balance.
Date:September 7th, 2024 - October 26th, 2024
Location:Casa - Platform
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