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From the HAC Collection: Brian Tripp
Aug 2
From the HAC Collection: Brian Tripp

Knight Gallery

This special exhibition will showcase the entirety of the Humboldt Arts Council's collection of works by the esteemed Brian Duane Tripp (1945-2022). As a member of the Karuk Tribe, Brian Tripp achieved international recognition for his multifaceted artistic practice, which included visual art, poetry, traditional singing, and dance. This will be the first opportunity for the public to view the complete HAC collection of his significant artistic contributions, all together in one place at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. This comprehensive presentation will offer a valuable insight into Tripp's artistic legacy and the collecting practices of the HAC. This exhibition promises to be quite insightful. It will delve into the enduring artistic legacy of Tripp, offering a comprehensive overview of his significant contributions to the art world. Furthermore, the presentation will provide valuable information regarding the collecting practices of the Humboldt Arts Council. We will explore the principles and strategies that guide our acquisition of artworks, offering a deeper understanding of how our collection is shaped and curated.

Renewal Collaborations by Becky Evans & Robert Benson
Aug 30
Renewal Collaborations by Becky Evans & Robert Benson

Anderson Gallery

This exhibition emerges from our individual and collaborative explorations of resilience and regeneration. Through sculpture, mixed media, and works on paper, we document and interpret the cycles of renewal witnessed in our natural world and in traditional cultural practices. These collaborations are rooted in place and in conversation, and emerge during our visit to landscapes marked by fire, water, and ancestral significance.

The inspiration for this exhibition began with witnessing seasons of wildfire in ancestral lands, particularly Ironside Mountain (Tse:nding), a sacred site of profound cultural importance to the Tsnungwe people. This is a mountain where, as elders said, "you could go when you were old and come back young again." After wildfire swept the mountain, we were drawn there to document the damage and the following years to witness the first green shoots emerging in a blackened landscape. These moments sparked our creative response to the question: how does the land renew itself? And how do traditions, ceremonies, and communities also participate in renewal?

Morris Graves

PErmanent Collection Gallery

In a baby book, Graves’ mother recorded his first word as “see”. In looking at a list of work it seems that this is what he has asked himself and us as viewers to do all along - to see, to look beyond the surface of the objects and catch sight of the inner mature. This exhibition invited viewers to explore the work of Morris Graves from the Humboldt Art Councils (HAC) Permanent Collection and to see glimpses into a world of natural harmony and ethereal beauty.

The HAC Permanent Collection Gallery will rotate works from the collection that are only exhibited occasionally.

ON VIEW INDEFINITELY

Morris Graves Museum of Art

636 F Street
Eureka, CA 95501
707.442.0278

Museum Hours

12pm-5pm Wednesday through Sunday

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Humboldt Arts Council Office Hours
By appointment only.

Please contact jemima@humboldtarts.org or meghan@humboldtarts.org

Admission

$5 for adults;
$2 for seniors (age 65 and over) and students with ID;
children 17 and under free;
Museum members are free.

Thank You Museum Sponsors

  • Schmidbauer Lumber Company

  • Living Education & Arts Foundation

  • 101 Things To Do

  • GHD

  • Redwood Capital Bank

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