Past Exhibitions / Activities

        

 Lineage:  Living Traditions of Line, Shape, and Design             Goudi’ni Gallery , Humboldt State University      Fall 2017   

A group exhibit of Native Artists of northern California.


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                                                Going Home                                                                        Lyn Risling


              

Night and Day, We are All in this Together   Lyn Risling



A is For Acorn Cover L. Risling

    A is for Acorn  Illustrated by Lyn Risling

       A is for Acorn, A California Indian A B C

        Author, Analisa Tripp

        Illustrations by Lyn Risling.  Published by Heyday Books

       This alphabet board book welcomes youngsters and families of all cultures 

       into the world of Native California. The illustrations of animals, plants, and   

       cultural objects, give a glimpse in the beautiful diversity of California’s indigenous 

       cultures and environments.   First published in 2015, and due to it’s popularity,                                      

       the book it is now in it’s third printing.  You can order books at  

       heydaybooks.com .





Goudini


       Stories of the River, Stories of the People: Memory on the Klamath River Basin

       Goudi’ni Native American Arts Gallery, Humboldt State University  2016

        

       Curated by Brittani Orona, the exhibit featured art, video, and oral histories from the 

        perspective of California  Indian Tribes of the Klamath River Basin.


       Painting :  Hope and Renewal Swim Against the Current

       By Lyn Risling





pa pi'êep ithívthaneen...web copy


      We Were Then, We Are Now

      Maidu Museum, Roseville, CA  

       2016

       A group exhibit focusing on California Indians using language

      as a way to tell the complex beauty of perseverance.

     




Pa pi’êep ithívthaneen aachip kúma’araaras…                    Lyn Risling

(Long ago Center of the World People…)



Coyote Annual Cleaning web


           Coyote III

          Maidu Museum, Roseville CA  

          2015

          Third Annual Coyote themed art exhibition, featuring California Native Artists









Coyote’s Annual Cleaning              Lyn Risling



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FIXING THE EARTH: NOW !                         

Goudi'ni Native American Gallery

Humboldt State University,  2013

This exhibit focused on the traditional tribal practices of healing the Earth through World Renewal Ceremonies of northwestern California.  Native artists from local tribes; Hupa, Karuk, Yurok, Wiyot, Tolowa, Tsnungwe and others, were invited to investigte and share their perspectives on World Renewal through their art. Lyn Risling and Julian Lang co-curated the exhibition in collaboration with Michelle McCall-Wallace from the HSU Art Department



World Renewal                                                 Lyn Risling



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RIVER AS HOME

Morris Graves Museum, Eureka CA

February - March  2013

Lyn Risling was one of six featured artists and a co-curator of this exhibit.  Curator Bob Benson stated, " The  exhibition represents the visual pulse of Native artists from the Klamath River and surrounding river systems. It is a comprehensive look at the spiritual and physical place through the world view of the area's original peoples."  The Wiyot, Yurok, Hupa, Tsnungwe, Karuk, Tolowa and other tribes are represented by more than 90 artists in this large and comprehensive exhibition.




Exhibition Banner                                                                                                     

(Two large banners hung in front of the Morris Graves Museum for the exhibition.)

Designed by Julian Lang / Artwork by Lyn Risling



 


 


 


                                                                                                                             


     

                                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                     


(© Lyn Risling 2018)                      Contact Artist: Click HERE