(Alan Syilboy - image credit)A piece of Mi'kmaw artwork now lives on the moon. Selection of Syliboy's paintingPeralta said he discovered Syliboy's painting at an art gallery in Toronto. Mi'kmaw artist Alan Syliboy says Shirley Bear was his first painting teacher and without her he probably wouldn't have become an artist. Mi'kmaw artist Alan Syliboy likens his art being sent to the moon to petroglyphs that were left behind as messages. A copy of the song, Ko'jua, performed by Morgan Toney and Alan Syliboy and the Thundermakers, was also sent to the moon.
