Clarissa Rizal

Clarissa Rizal
Born (1956-06-04)June 4, 1956
Juneau, Alaska
Died December 7, 2016(2016-12-07) (aged 60)
Nationality Tlingit
Movement Northwest Coast art
Awards National Endowment for the Arts, 2007–08 Honoring Alaska's Indigenous Literature Award
Website clarissarizal.com

Clarissa Rizal was a Tlingit artist of Filipino descent.[1] She was best known as a Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver, but she also worked in painting, printmaking, carving, and sculpting.[2][3]

Personal life

Rizal was born on June 4, 1956, in Juneau, Alaska, with the last name of Lampe.[3] Through her mother, she is of the T'akDeinTaan (black-legged kittywake) clan of Hoonah/Glacier Bay.[1][3] She also produced artwork for a time using the married name of Hudson. Rizal raised a son and two daughters; both daughters are weavers.[2] She died on December 7, 2016, in Pagosa Springs, CO.[3]

Apprenceship and writing

When in her twenties, Rizal apprenticed under Jennie Thlunaut to learn Chilkat weaving.[1] Thlunaut was in her 90s. In 2005, Rizal published a book titled Jennie Weaves an Apprentice: A Chilkat Weaver's Handbook. It won a 2007–08 Honoring Alaska's Indigenous Literature Award from the Alaska Native Knowledge Network at University of Alaska, Fairbanks.[4]

Awards and honors

Rizal also received awards for her artwork. She won a 2013 Artist Fellowship from the Rasmuson Foundation.[5] In 2015, Rizal received a Native Arts & Cultures Foundation National Artist Fellowship.[6] She was a 2011 and 2016 First Peoples Fund Cultural Capital Fellow.[7] Rizal received a 2016 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her mentor Jennie Thlunaut received the same award in 1986.[8]

One of the last robes on which Rizal worked was a collaborative effort, Weavers Across the Water.[2][8] At least fifty weavers either submitted squares or helped Rizal in other ways. The squares were woven together into a single robe. It was first worn by master carver Wayne Price at the dedication of a new Huna tribal house in Glacier Bay. Rizal then took the robe to Washington, DC, for the NEA award event.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Interview with Clarissa Rizal | NEA National Heritage Fellowships | NEA". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Renowned Chilkat weaver Clarissa Rizal dies of cancer". www.capitalcityweekly.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Clarissa Seya (Lampe) Rizal (Hudson)'s Obituary on Juneau Empire". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  4. ↑ "2007-08 HAIL Awards". www.ankn.uaf.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  5. ↑ "Individual Artist Award in 2013". Rasmuson Foundation. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  6. ↑ "Clarissa Rizal - Native Arts and Cultures Foundation". Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  7. ↑ "Clarissa Rizal". First Peoples Fund. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  8. 1 2 "Clarissa Rizal | NEA National Heritage Fellowships | NEA". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2017-11-19.

Further reading

  • Folk Masters: A Portrait of America. Indiana University Press. 2017. p. 217. ISBN 9780253032331.
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