Renewing Our Way:

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Lyn Risling

As the first solo-show for Yurok/Karuk/Hoopa painter, Lyn Risling, the exhibition features a range of her artwork over the past decade with an emphasis upon her most recent series.  Reflecting an indigenous worldview of the Klamath, the Salmon and Trinity River Peoples she explores and addresses the re-surfacing of the traditional One-Eleven tattooing practice by local Northern California Tribes.  

Risling is a member of the Hoopa Tribe of California, with grandparents of Yurok and Karuk blood.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University California at Davis in 1973 and a Master of Arts from Humboldt State University in 1997.  Risling’s recent awards include the Community Spirit Award in 2004 from the First Peoples Fund.

Lyn Risling is the daughter of activist, leader, and University of California Davis Professor-Emeritus David Risling.  With his recent passing, the Risling family and the Department of Native American Studies have dedicated the opening to host a Memorial for David Risling.

ARTIST TALK: 
Saturday, June 18th -  4 to 6pm

David Risling Memorial: 
Monday, May 9,  2005 - 4 to 8pm