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Clarissa Rizal (June 4, 1956 – December 7, 2016) was a Tlingit artist of Filipino descent. She was best known as a Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver, but she also worked in painting, printmaking, carving, and sculpting.


Personal life

Rizal was born on June 4, 1956, in
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, with the last name of Lampe. Through her mother, she is of the T'ak Dein Taan (black-legged kittywake) clan of Hoonah/Glacier Bay. She also produced works for a time using the married name of Hudson. Rizal raised a son and two daughters; both daughters are weavers. The daughters,
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and
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, weave and teach in Alaska and other states. Rizal died on December 7, 2016, in
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.


Apprenticeship and writing

When in her twenties, Rizal apprenticed under
Jennie Thlunaut Jennie Thlunaut (–1986) was a Tlingit artist, who is credited with keeping the art of Chilkat weaving alive and was one of the most celebrated Northwest Coastal master weavers of the 20th century.Brown, Steven C. ''Native Visions: Evolution in ...
to learn Chilkat weaving. 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
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. Rizal contributed illustrations to the children's book ''Mary's Wild Winter Feast'' (2014).


Awards and honors

Rizal also received awards for her artwork. She won a 2013 Artist Fellowship from the Rasmuson Foundation. In 2015, Rizal received a Native Arts & Cultures Foundation National Artist Fellowship. She was a 2011 and 2016 First Peoples Fund Cultural Capital Fellow. Rizal was a recipient of a 2016
National Heritage Fellowship The National Heritage Fellowship is a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts. Similar to Japan's Living National Treasure award, the Fellowship is the United States government's h ...
awarded by the
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, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. Her mentor
Jennie Thlunaut Jennie Thlunaut (–1986) was a Tlingit artist, who is credited with keeping the art of Chilkat weaving alive and was one of the most celebrated Northwest Coastal master weavers of the 20th century.Brown, Steven C. ''Native Visions: Evolution in ...
received the same award in 1986. One of the last robes on which Rizal worked was a collaborative effort, ''Weavers Across the Water.'' 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.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rizal, Clarissa 1956 births 2016 deaths 20th-century American artists 21st-century American artists 20th-century Native Americans 21st-century Native Americans American weavers Artists from Alaska Native American textile artists Tlingit people Women textile artists National Heritage Fellowship winners 20th-century Native American women 21st-century Native American women Textile artists