Clarissa's Resumé
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About | Biography | Artist Statement
1980-present Full-time multi-media artist, cultural facilitator/director
2004-2009 Pagosa Daily Post, Pagosa Sprs., CO, owner/production manager/writer
1989-1993 NaaKahidi Theatre, Juneau, AK; designer/actress/musician/stage & tour manager
1981-1993 Kahtahah Landscape Gardeners; owner/landscaper/gardener
1980-1981 Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau, AK; Scholarship Coordinator
1979-1981 Sealaska Corp., Juneau, AK; Div of Communications Secretary
1974-78 Office of the Governor, Juneau; Div of Policy Development, Clerk typist
1974-77 Bureau of Indian Affairs, Div. of Contracting, Clerk typist
1970-74 Alaska Homemakers Home-Health Service, Juneau; Home-health aide
Education
2009-present Insittute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM; BFA major
2002-03 Ft. Lewis College, Durango,
CO; majoring in art, minor in languages
1988-1989 Attended Institute
of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, N.M.
1985-1986 Apprenticeship w/Jennie
Thlunaut, Chilkat weaving
1974 Graduated, Juneau-Douglas
High School, Juneau, AK
1972-1993 Native Arts & Culture
classes; teachers included A.P. Johnson, Cy Peck,
Sr.
Selina Peratrovich, Delores Churchill, Cheryl
Samuel, Jennie Thlunaut
1973-77 Apprenticeship w/Harry K. Bremner
Sr., Yakutat Tlingit songs & dance
Select Exhibits
2010 “Time Warp” Contemporary Chilkat/Ravenstail Weavings, Bill Reid Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2009 “Ainu & Northwest Coast Weavings” Japanese Garden Museum, Portland, OR
2006 “HOLD IT!” Contemporary "Containers" Art Show, Pagosa Springs, Colorado
2006 “Raven & Hundred-Pace Viper” Commission on Indigenous Affairs, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2005 “Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation: Part 2” Museum of Art & Design, NYC
2002-06 “Sealaska Juried Native Art Show”, Sealaska Plaza, Juneau, AK
2002 “Fusing Traditions” Native Americans in Glass, Ft. Marcy Center, San Francisco, CA
2001 “Alaska Native
Art Show & Sale”, Alaska Native Heritage Center,
Anchorage, AK
1999 “Blanket Statements”,
Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta
2001 thru 2005 Institute of American Indian Art Contemporary Show & Sale
Awards & Fellowships
2008 “Honoring
Alaska's Indigenous Literature" Award, for Chilkat
Weavers' Handbook, Juneau, AK
2002 & 2006 “Best of Show,”
Sealaska Juried Native Art Show, Juneau, AK
2003 “Best of Show” &
“Peoples’ Choice,” Alaska Native Heritage
Center, AK
2001 “Best of Show,” Heard
Museum Indian Art Fair & Market, Phoenix, AZ
2000 “Best of Class,” SWAIA
Santa Fe Indian Market, NM
1996 & 1992 “Best of Show,”
Lawrence Indian Art Show, Lawrence, KS
1994 “Best of Show,” SWAIA
Santa Fe Indian Market, NM
2006 Visiting Artist
Fellowship, NMAI, Smithsonian Institute, Wash., D.C.
2002 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship,
Johnson, Vermont
2001 Pilchuck School of Glass,
full scholarship, Stanwood, Washington
Major Public & Private Collections
“Jennie Weaves An Apprentice" Chilkat robe, Private Collection, Los Angelos, CA
“Copper Man" 6-piece Chilkat/Ravenstail
ensemble, Private Collection, Mercer Island, WA
“Northern Migration” 30-ft beaded aerial
sculpture, Anchorage Senior Center, AK
“Dancing Northern Lights” 26-ft beaded aerial
sculpture, Anchorage Elder Housing, AK
“Salmon Run” 24-ft beaded aerial sculpture,
Mt. Juneau Tramway, Juneau, AK
“Going to the Potlatch” 15’x4’
carved/painted/beaded wall panel, MV Kennicott, WA/AK
“Shaman With Spirit Guides” 15’x4’
carved/painted/button robe wall mural, Southeast Alaska
Regional Health Consortium, Sitka, AK
“Following Our Ancestors’ Trail” 11’x9’
carved/painted/copper wall mural, Alaska Native Medical
Center, Anchorage
“Wrestling With Angels” 7’ x 9’
carved wall mural, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks
“Copper Woman” 5-piece Chilkat/Ravenstail
woven ensemble, Anchorage Museum, AK
“Raven” Chilkat robe, private collection,
Seattle, WA
“The Diamonds Robe” Northern Geometric woven
robe, private collection, Sitka, AK
“Sea Grizzly” Chilkat robe, private collection,
Vancouver, B.C.
“Thomas Schulz Bear II” Buttonblanket robe,
Private Collection, Vancouver, BC
“Thunderbird Sun II” Buttonblanket robe,
Highsmith, Inc., Ft. Adkinson, WI
“Blind Uncle Bear Learns to See” Buttonblanket
robe, Boston, Mass
“Having To Look Closely” Buttonblanket robe,
private collection, New York, NY
“Athapaskan Fiddler’s Festival” Buttonblanket
wall mural, Doyon, Ltd., Fairbanks, AK
“Northwest by Southwest” Buttonblanket wall
mural, private collection, Portland, OR
“Emergence II” Buttonblanket healing robe,
private collection, Paris, France
Cultural Facilitator
Artstream Cultural Resources Board Member: non-profit arts organization promoting artist research, performances, seminars, art gatherings, house concerts
Chilkat & Ravenstail Weaving Instructor: since 1989, teaching annual Chilkat weaving workshops throughout the Northwest Coast; Chilkat/Ravenstail weaving apprenticeships in my home; the Chilkat Weavers’ Gatherings, once or twice a year, in Southeast Alaska, Yukon Territory, British Columbia and Colorado
Dance Regalia Documentary Project: Co-Director/Producer/Photographer with Donna Foulke and a production team: photo and video documentary of Northwest Coast dancers in regalia during the biennial Native event “Celebration” in Juneau, Alaska; providing a documentary to the general public and future generations the importance of the stories, history and culture in each individual’s and/or clan’s Native dance regalia
Northwest Coast Native Artists’ Symposium & Performance Night: In 2006, an inaugural biennial event held the day and night before Celebration 2006 in Juneau, Alaska, bringing together Northwest Coast Native artists and scholars from the visual and performance art genres to become acquainted with one another and their work, share ideas, presentations, issues; create a network for artists to expand their connections professionally and personally, inspire and support present and future generations of artists, thereby strengthening the Northwest Coast Native Art community. Artstream, in collaboration with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian will host the 2nd Biennial Northwest Coast Artists' Gathering, June 3 & 4, 2008.
"Jennie Weaves An Apprentice — A Chilkat Weaver’s Handbook" by Clarissa Hudson: This handbook provides Chilkat weavers of all experience levels pertinent information gained from Clarissa’s apprenticeship in 1986 with the last traditional Chilkat weaver, Jennie Thlunaut, combined with Clarissa’s experiences as a weaver and teacher of this traditional art form. With color photos and drawings, some of the information includes: Jennie’s astounding fingering technique (for speed, accuracy, & tension), her philosophies, traditions, values and tricks-of-the-trade, Clarissa’s story of her apprenticeship with Jennie, preparation of materials & supplies, natural & commercial dyeing, weft color samples, and more; and, keeping with tradition, some of the information is shared with a touch of storytelling.
Demonstrations/Presentations
2011 Bill Reid Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2011 University of Alaska, Juneau, AK
2007 & 2009 Sitka and Juneau Clan Conference, Alaska
2005 Univ. of Washington,“Fusing
Traditions” Artists Panel, Seattle, WA
2005 Univ. of Alaska. Alaska
Rural Systemic Initiative, Teach Math thru weaving,
Juneau,
2004 “Folklife Festival”
& Grand Opening Festivities of NMAI, Smithsonian,
Wash., D.C.
2003 “Art Walk” Fundraiser
for Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe,
NM
2002 “Tapestry” Show,
Native & Western Science Convention, Dine’
College, Tsaile, AZ
2000, ’99, ’93, ’91 U.S. Forest Service, Juneau, Alaska
1996 “Made in America”
Exhibit, Nelson Atkins Museum, St. Louis, MO.
1993 “Artist on Board”,
Alaska Marine Highway, Juneau, AK
Publications & Films as a featured artist
Jan/Feb 2002 Native Peoples
Magazine “Woman of the Cloth” by Suzette
Brewer
featured artist profile
Nov/Dec 2001 Native Peoples Magazine
“Cross-Cultural Fusion” glass &
wood
totempole Pilchuck Glass School, 30-yr commemorative
project
Sep 2001 Southwest Art “Clarissa
Hudson” by Dottie Indyke
contemporary Northwest Coast painter
2001 “Trail of Painted Ponies”
photo documentation of over 100 life-size ponies
painted by various artists; book edited by Rod
Barker
2001 “1999-2001 Biennial
Report” University of Washington, Dept.
of Environmental Health; cover artist
2001 “Gwishalaaty—The
Spirit Wraps Around You” documentary film
featuring 6 Chilkat Weavers of the NW Coast by
Barb Cranmer, Nimpkish Wind Productions, Vancouver,
B.C., Canada
2000 “Traditional Native
American Artists & Activities” children’s
book complied & edited by Arlette Braman,
published by John Wiley & Sons; featuring
textile artists
1999 “Art Textbook for
Highschool Students” complied & edited
by Nancy Bedau published by Davis Publications,
Inc., Worcester, Mass; artist in textiles
1998 “Keeping the Spirit
Alive” documentary film of 5 leading Northwest
Coast Native Artists, Mimbres Productions, Los
Angeles, CA
