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Article: Artist's determination overcomes obstacles (Native artist Angelique Levac).
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
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Windspeaker Staff Writer
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.
An internationally successful Aboriginal artist and business woman has had to fight through a variety of challenges to achieve success and she firmly believes that if she can do it then any of her people can.
Angelique Levac has appeared on CTV's Canada AM. She's been interviewed by CBC Radio's Vicky Gabereau, and the Knowledge Network has made a documentary about her artwork.
She is one of the few people in the world who is proficient in birch bark biting, an ancient form of Aboriginal art where the artist folds birch bark and then uses her teeth to make designs that, when the bark is ...