| Clarissa
Hudson Resume'
Clarissa Hudson affectionately
examines a Chilkat robe woven by Jennie Thlunaut.
Collection of the Peabody Museum Harvard, Cambridge,
Massachussets. November 2006 |
Biography
| Resume' | Artist
Statement
Clarissa's
Calendar 2007
Apprenticeship
with Jennie Thlunaut
Demonstrations
| Presentations
Classes
and Apprenticeships
Newspaper Articles |
Magazine Articles | Video Clips
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the artist
Resumé
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1980-present Full-time
multi-media artist, cultural facilitator/director
2004-present 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
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
Exhibits
2006 “HOLD IT!”
Contemporary "Containers" Art Show, Pagosa
Springs, Colorado
2006 “Raven &
Hundred-Pace Viper” Commission on Indigenous Affairs,
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2005-07 “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
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 & (Select) Private Collections
“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, AK
“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
2006-2007, President, Artstream Cultural
Resources: non-profit arts organization
promoting artist research, performances, seminars,
art gatherings
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
"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
2007 Smithsonian NMAI "Listenting
to Our Ancestors'" Electronic Field Trip, Juneau
2007 Juneau City Museum, NMAI Fellowship Research
Presentation, Juneau
2007 Sitka Clan Conference, Museum Research,
Dance Regalia Project Presentations, Sitka
2006 Smithsonian NMAI "Listenting to Our
Ancestors'" Exhibit, Washington, D.C.
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
 Presently
represented by Inuit
Gallery in Vancouver, BC., Canada
Colorado
Address:
Clarissa Hudson
PO Box 2709
Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 USA
970-264-2491
Alaska Address:
Clarissa Hudson
P.O. Box 21453
Juneau, Alaska 99802 USA
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