Lyn Risling
Karuk/Yurok/Hupa

Lyn Risling, Karuk, Yoruk and a Hupa member of Northwestern California, has been best known throughout her local Native communities over the past 25 years through brochures, posters, tote bags, buttons, promotional and educational materials for various Native American organizations throughout Northern California. She was recently honored for her support of local Indian language programs through use of her artwork for language curriculum. Risling received a Bachelor of Arts degree from UC Davis in 1973 and a Master of Arts from Humboldt State University in 1997. She has shown her work in her local annual “From the Source” exhibition, which has been sponsored by the Ink People and the United Indian Health Services in Eureka and Arcata, California. In 2004, she was a recipient of the First Peoples Fund's annual “Community Spirit Award,” which honors a few Native Artists chosen from throughout the nation for work that reflects their commitment to their culture and to Native communities. Risling is currently showing her first solo art exhibition, “Renewing Our Way,” at United Indian Health Services Potawot Health Village in Arcata, California, through September 2005.