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Haring Lacrosse Art

About

​A Citizen of the Seneca Nation of Indians (adjacent to New York State, USA) Dr. Haring is an artist, social worker, and world-renown health disparities researcher. As an artist, he works in the medium of wood and creates site-specific installations and interventions that engage Indigenous stories, practices, relationships, and knowledges. Haring’s work is a collection of Community Based Participatory Art and blends Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) knowledge systems and Western science.  The ancient Indigenous art of steam-bending, wood-carving, and weaving of ancestral lacrosse sticks are a cultural form of resistance, resilience, and continuance.  These works share Indigenous Knowledge in lacrosse teachings as medicine, art, and community wellness.  Further, Dr. Haring carries teachings beyond traditional stick-making into the realm of art by showcasing “story sticks”. In this format and through presentation, he shares “beyond the grain” in a community based participatory fashion by engaging artists to co-create and coalesce talents into unique pieces of art forms that portray history of the game, science, war, and medicine.  ​

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SOLO / FEATURED EXHIBITIONS

  • Arts Etobicoke (2024) – Story Stick Collection: Indigenous Knowledge & Art-Making Practices, Toronto, Canada

  • University of Arizona (2024) – Wooden Lacrosse Story Stick Teachings (Exhibition + Workshop), Tucson, AZ

  • University at Buffalo (2024) – Experiential Lacrosse Art Installation

  • Lewiston Art Festival (2023) – Featured Artist, Lewiston, NY

  • Seneca Heritage Day (2022) – Featured Exhibition, Allegany Territory

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SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS / FEATURES

  • Buffalo Museum of Science (2021) – Native American History Month Exhibit

  • Onohagwede Cultural Center (2025; 2021) – Story Stick Collection Exhibition

  • Seneca Nation Art Show (2021) – Award Selection (Old Style Stick)

  • Celebration of Nations (Canada) – Collaborative Indigenous Art Installation

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EXHIBITION FORMAT

  • Gallery installations (sculptural works)

  • Artist talks and storytelling

  • Community-engaged / experiential installations

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SELECT MEDIA (SUPPORTING WORK)

  • Films for Indigenous Cancer Health (Series)

  • Translating the Interplay: Indigenous Knowledge & Modern Medicine

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EDUCATION

PhD, Social Work – University at Buffalo
MSW – University at Buffalo
BA, Psychology / Social Interdisciplinary Studies – Stony Brook University

AS, Arts & Sciences, Finger Lakes Community College

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