Heart Berry's Howes "Bringing Back Mamahood" in new Headwaters Foundation for Justice Calendar "Transformation as an Anishinaabekwe is returning. Every move has been made to remove us from our hearts, our lands, and our breath. When we return to our ways, our language, and our ceremonies, and who we truly are we transform not into something new but into something ancient. We become that which we grieved and raged and sobbed and longed for. A memory. We are returning because our grandmother's kept themselves safe for us. This is our work." Howes draws on motherhood and her own work to reclaim her identity often in her art. In the Ojibwe Floral Tradition, Howes was taught to use plants as...
One year ago, this feature on the Ordean Building Window Murals brings back great memories and we still love to drive by seeing our Ojibwe Florals in this place, the center of all good things.
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Heart Berry's artist Howes spent much of 2020 early on working with the architecture team from DSGW and the Turtle Mountain Band to create a series of a large scale murals for their new water park. We are so excited to reveal them alongside the team! Ground has been broken on the facility and we cannot wait to see these in action.
More reveals to come. Miigwech to Kim Kroeker for her design assistance on this project and for DSGW Architecture's Michael Lavendure for bringing us into the team.
Nookomis and her girl also part of the largest mural yet to be revealed! Stay Tuned!
Nookomis and her girl. Every child wants to be loved in this way. As I drew this I imagined the love that is transferred between generations. The teachings and incredible gifts we have to give and receive. We were so thrilled to be asked to be a part of the DSGW Architecture team this past year working on some very exciting and HUGE projects. Miigwech to Michael Lavendure for believing we could pull this off. We are releasing some sneak peeks into the art for the set of murals we created for the Turtle Mountain Turtle Island space. Ground has been broken on this new project and we want to thank Kim Kroeker for her design assistance on this project...
