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IAIA Receives Tried & True Piñon Award: IAIA Powwow, Celebrating Vibrance & Resilience

IAIA Newsletter—October 2023

October 6, 2023, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Welcome to the October Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) newsletter. This edition includes recent news and past, current, and upcoming happenings at IAIA. For questions, comments, or feedback, please contact IAIA Director of Communications Jason S. Ordaz at jason.ordaz@iaia.edu. Forward this newsletter to a friend.
 

2023 Fall IAIA Powwow—Celebrating Vibrance and Resilience on Oct. 7

On Saturday, October 7, from 11 am–5 pm, the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) will hold its annual Fall Powwow. With the energy and spirit of the dancers and drum groups, IAIA Powwows are a vibrant display of our Tribal cultures—embodying the IAIA community’s resilience. This free outdoor event is open to the public on the IAIA campus at 83 Avan Nu Po Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508. Please keep in mind that a section of Richards Ave is closed. Use alternate routes via Rabbit Rd or Rancho Viejo Blvd.

Grand Entry begins at noon in the IAIA Dance Circle. The IAIA Community will provide food, drink, and art sales. Visitors may bring their own lawn chairs. Umbrellas and canopies are allowed in available open spaces.

Image: View of the IAIA campus during Powwow.

During the IAIA Powwow event, we will be holding a vaccination clinic. It’s an excellent opportunity to protect yourself and others from illnesses. Please bring your health insurance information with you. In order to get vaccinated, you will need to fill out a consent form (available in person during the event). For more information or questions about the vaccination clinic, please contact Laurie Logan Brayshaw, IAIA Director of Sponsored Programs, at llogan@iaia.edu. 

IAIA is a drug and alcohol-free campus. IAIA is not responsible for lost or stolen items, injuries, or accidents that occur during the event.

Pick up a copy of the Santa Fe New Mexican today to read features about the IAIA Powwow—“Two Powwows are Among Weekend Events” by Maya Hilty on page A-6, and looking further inside the fold in the Pasatiempo, you can view another feature, “Powwows for the People” by Spencer Fordin on page 10. Thank you, Santa Fe New Mexican and Pasatiempo staff, for your continued support! 

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IAIA Receives Tried & True Piñon Award 

This summer, as part of their 37th Annual Piñon Awards recognizing northern New Mexico nonprofits, the Santa Fe Community Foundation presented the Tried & True Award to the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). “The Tried & True Award honors an organization that has served the community for over a decade with consistent and high-quality programs, services, and opportunities despite changes in the external environment,” shared the Santa Fe Community Foundation in their announcement. “A beacon of excellence in Indigenous academics, the Institute of American Indian Arts has empowered creativity and leadership in Native arts and cultures through higher education, lifelong learning, and outreach since 1962.”
 
As part of the recognition, IAIA will receive $5,000 in unrestricted funds from the Santa Fe Community Foundation with underwriting support from Enterprise Bank & Trust. IAIA was selected as an awardee from over 60-plus organizations nominated by 90 people. This year, the three other Piñon awardees are Searchlight New Mexico, receiving the Courageous Innovation Award; Scott’s House, receiving the Quiet Inspiration Award; and New Mexico Acequia Association, receiving the Resiliency Award. IAIA Foundation Board member Michael Pettit submitted the nomination for IAIA.
 
“I express gratitude to the Santa Fe Community Foundation Board of Directors and staff for the honor of receiving this year’s Tried & True Piñon Award. We are delighted with the acknowledgement that our college and museum are essential contributors to Santa Fe Community’s vibrant nonprofit sector. This award represents a tribute to IAIA’s board of trustees, faculty, staff, and especially our students and alumni,” says IAIA President Dr. Robert Martin (Cherokee Nation). 
 
The 37th Annual Piñon Awards Ceremony will be held Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at 5 pm at La Fonda on the Plaza. Tickets are available for purchase at www.santafecf.org.
 

IAIA’s Holiday Art Market and SFCC’s Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair on Dec. 9

Over one hundred of the finest artists and craftspeople from across New Mexico will be setting up shop at Santa Fe Community College’s (SFCC) Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair and Institute of American Indian Art’s (IAIA) Holiday Art Market on Saturday, December 9, from 9 am–4 pm. We encourage everyone to visit both campuses, which are only a six-minute drive or an 11-minute bike ride apart. SFCC’s Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair will be in the Main Hallway and Campus Center at 6401 Richards Ave. IAIA’s Holiday Art Market will be in the Performing Arts and Fitness Center at 83 Avan Nu Po Road. Admission and parking are free at both events.
 

Artists from Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Taos, Cochiti Pueblo, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Farmington, and other locations will participate in both events. Works for sale include jewelry, handbags and totes, woodcarvings, pottery, paintings, prints, photos, tinwork, handmade cards and ornaments, and much more.
 

Call For Artists

Are you an artist interested in vending at IAIA’s Holiday Art Market? Plenty of spaces are still available. For IAIA students, the fee is $25 a table. IAIA faculty, staff, and alums pay $75. Other Indigenous artists and vendors pay $100. We are looking for people selling handmade goods to join us for this special event. You can find the application form online. It is short and easy to complete. Just tell us a bit about yourself and the artworks you will sell and provide three images representative of those works.

Whether you’re buying, selling, or simply taking a stroll, we look forward to seeing you on Saturday, December 9!
 
For more information, contact IAIA Advancement Associate Director Danielle Murzynsky-Obiekwe (Chickasaw Nation) at d.murzynsky-obiekwe@iaia.edu or (505) 428-5931.

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IAIA Open House Welcomes Visitors

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) and the Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) welcomed a steady stream of hundreds of visitors at our dual Open House events on Thursday, September 21, following successful promotions in local publications, radio, and ads. Leading up to IAIA’s Open House, the Santa Fe New Mexican featured an Op-Ed piece by IAIA President Dr. Martin, “Thank You and Celebrate with IAIA During our Annual Open House,” which can be read on the IAIA website. A substantial group of students from several high schools were bussed to the IAIA campus to view demos, visit information booths, tour IAIA, eat, and hang out, with many other attendees joining the festivities. IAIA President Dr. Martin opened with a speech in the Dance Circle, where IAIA’s turquoise-blue Thunderbird mascot took photos with people. The campus was full of activity from 1 pm to at least 5 pm, with a long list of events unfolding across the school. A plaque for The Robert Neff Harcourt Memorial Garden and Outdoor Classroom Space, featuring designs by IAIA student Star Not-Afraid (Hopi), was unveiled to a group of the late Harcourt’s family, friends, and colleagues, who shared heartfelt memories about the former dorm counselor and IAIA supporter.
 
Following the event, Santa Fe New Mexican Editor Phill Casaus, who attended the Open House, wrote a column about the event and Dr. Martin, “IAIA’s Martin has watched the school fly like a Thunderbird.”
 

Watch a video of highlights from the event. 

Video Credit: Filmed and edited by Frosley Fowler (Diné) ’16. Image Credit: Photograph by Nicole Lawe (Karuk) ’16
 

2023 Fall IAIA Graduating Senior Exhibition—Liminal Reflections

Join the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) for the 2023 Fall IAIA Graduating Senior Exhibition, Liminal Reflections, an exhibition representing the culminating achievements of the Fall graduating BFA in Studio Arts and BFA in Museum Studies students. The opening reception is Thursday, November 16, 6–8 pm at the Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery.

The exhibition will be on view from November 16 through December 8, 2023. Liminal Reflections will feature both conceptually and traditionally informed bodies of work and research developed during the student’s final semester of study and academic experiences.
 
The Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery is in the Academic Building on the IAIA campus just north of the Dance Circle. The reception will be open to the public. A light dinner and refreshments will be served. Free parking is available in the lot south of the Lloyd Kiva New Welcome Center, accessed from the main entrance.
 

American Indian Tribal Governance—Book Signing and Discussion on Oct. 9

Join us for a book signing and discussion on Monday, October 9, from 11 am–Noon, with Stephen Wall (Ojibwe), IAIA Indigenous Liberal Studies Faculty Emeritus. He will discuss his latest publication, American Indian Tribal Governance: A Critical Perspective. This event is part of the Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration, and as such, admission to the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) in downtown Santa Fe at 108 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, NM 87501, is free for the entire day. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn more about tribal governance and celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with us!

Tribal College Press’s (TCP) new book entitled, American Indian Tribal Governance: A Critical Perspective, is now available for purchase and use in college classrooms. Tribal college professor emeritus Stephen Wall marshals his broad understanding of both Indigenous and Western legal traditions as well as nearly a half century of experience interfacing with tribal governments in this new volume. The first book of its kind, American Indian Tribal Governance is at once a concise topical overview and an expression of self-determination, sovereignty, and decolonization. The book is ideal for use in American Indian studies courses at tribal colleges and mainstream institutions.
 
For more information or questions, please contact IAIA Stores Manager Elissa Wheeler at elissa.wheeler@iaia.edu or (505) 428-5912.
 

IAIA Sponsors SFiFF’s Indigenous Film Program

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is pleased to sponsor the Santa Fe International Film Festival’s 2023 Indigenous Film Program (SFiFF). This year’s programming, created by Gary Farmer (Cayuga Nation and Wolf Clan of the Haudenosaunee Iroquois Confederacy), includes eight feature films, two retrospective films by SFiFF’s Visionary Award recipient Sterlin Harjo (Seminole and Muskogee Creek), and 14 short films screening in Indigenous Shorts 1 and 2. 
 
Tickets to the IAIA Student Shorts showcase on October 20 are free but must be reserved (more information forthcoming). To learn more about the Santa Fe International Film Festival and its Indigenous Film Program, visit the SFiFF website.

Download and view the 2023 Santa Fe International Film Festival Program and see the IAIA ad on the back cover. 
 

Invest in the Impact of IAIA—Give Today

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is a beacon of success in Indigenous higher education. As the only college in the world dedicated to the study of contemporary Indigenous arts, culture, and leadership, IAIA’s impact is undeniable. IAIA students and graduates are paving the way for Native representation in the arts, cinema, creative writing, museum management, and leadership across the world.

IAIA depends on the generosity of donors like you to advance its mission while providing students with state-of-the-art facilities and a high-quality education. When you support IAIA, you are investing in life-changing opportunities for our students, their families, and communities. Please support IAIA’s work today.

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2023–2024 IAIA College Catalog

The 2023–2024 IAIA College Catalog can be viewed and downloaded on our website. The Institute of American Indian Arts is a fine arts college chartered by the United States Congress to “empower creativity and leadership in Indigenous arts and cultures through higher education, lifelong learning, and community engagement.” 
 
IAIA’s commitment to offering high-quality programs is validated by our accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), a national accreditor. We offer associate and bachelor’s degrees in Cinematic Arts and Technology, Creative Writing, Indigenous Liberal Studies, Museum Studies, Performing Arts, and Studio Arts. We also offer certificates in Business and Entrepreneurship, Broadcast Journalism, Museum Studies, and Native Art History, and low-residencies in Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, and Master of Fine Arts in Cultural Administration. 

Image Credit: Tony Abeyta (Diné) ’86 and “Ofuskie” George Alexander (Muscogee Creek) ’15, detail of First Day, 2022, acrylic and oil on linen, 24 x 30 inches. Gift of Marshall E. and Lee Ann Hunt, 2022. IAIA Public Art Collection: 2022-7. © Tony Abeyta and George Alexander. Photograph by Addison Doty.

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IAIA on PBS’s ¡COLORES!

Segments from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) documentary Making History began airing on New Mexico PBS’s ¡COLORES! program Saturday, September 2 and will continue showing on select dates into October. The project was featured in the Albuquerque Journal’s Venue Plus on September 1, 2023, with IAIA alum Joy Harjo (Mvskoke Nation) ’68 on the cover of “this week on tv,” introducing the article “Weaving a Narrative: Filmmaker Ramona Emerson captures journeys of IAIA alumni,” by Adrian Gomez, Journal Arts and Features Editor.
 
The segments feature IAIA alums heather ahtone (Chickasaw Nation/Choctaw) ‘93, Charlene Teters (Spokane) ‘86, Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo) ‘89, George Rivera (Pojoaque Pueblo) ‘84, Layli Longsoldier (Oglala Lakota) ‘09, Joy Harjo (Mvskoke Nation) ‘68, and Golga Oscar (Yup'ik) ‘20. The filmmaking company that worked on the documentary, Reel Indian Pictures, is also owned by IAIA alums Kelly Byars (Choctaw) ’85 and Ramona Emerson (Diné) ’15. Congratulations to our alums for being highlighted on ¡COLORES!
 
¡COLORES! Schedule

The segments will broadcast on ¡COLORES! on Saturdays at 4 pm on New Mexico PBS channel 5.1. Watch the segments about our alums on the NMPBS livestream online.
 

• Saturday, September 2: heather ahtone

• Saturday, September 9: Charlene Teters

• Saturday, September 16: Patricia Michaels

• Saturday, September 23: George Rivera

• Saturday, September 30: NM¡COLORES!

• Saturday, October 7: Layli Longsoldier

• Saturday, October 14: Joy Harjo

• Saturday, October 21: Golga Oscar

 
For more ways watch, visit NMPBS.
 

Join the IAIA Community—View Open Positions

IAIA is looking to hire driven individuals who believe in and support IAIA’s mission “to empower creativity and leadership in Indigenous arts and cultures through higher education, lifelong learning, and community engagement.” As of this newsletter deployment, the following positions are open:
 

• Admissions Recruiter

• Advancement Alumni and Constituent Relations Manager

• Advancement Associate

• Facilities Technician

• Indigenous Liberal Studies Instructional Assistant Professor

• Museum Security Officer

• Student Services Student Life Area Coordinator

IAIA offers competitive salaries and an outstanding benefits package for regular full-time positions, which includes medical, dental, vision, term life, long-term disability, short-term disability, a 403B investment plan, and an Employee Assistance Program.

To see available positions, view the Employment page.
 

Alumni Spotlight—Russell Frye (Pueblo of Tesuque) ’15

Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Alumni Russell Frye (Pueblo of Tesuque) ’15, who has found his artistic voice in creating glass and cast bronze forms inspired by his family’s legacy of Pueblo pottery, began his journey in glass art at IAIA, where he continues to be involved. Frye works with glass most days of the week, first at his job at Prairie Dog Glass with Patrick Morrissey, who is also the glassblowing instructor at IAIA, and second during IAIA’s Special Topics: Glass Material Process class, where he is a student and assists Morrissey. “He’s kind of like this mad scientist that knows all about these furnaces and the electrical, where a lot of people look at this, and they’re just like, ‘No way,’ but he, you know, he sees it, he can read it.” Frye shares. Just a few weeks ago, Frye also participated in the glassblowing demonstration at IAIA’s Open House. While he wouldn’t claim to be “totally affluent in glassblowing yet,” Frye has gained the skills to safely teach others. “But now, I can work with this material with a sense of confidence and start to help other people learn how to work with this medium. I was—now, I’m still a student, but I would say I’m in an intermediate level now … and I think that’s what’s great about this program is, we’re able to have people in so many different levels of their working ability.”
 
This year, Frye won a first-place blue ribbon at SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market for a glass sculpture. The annual IAIA Student and Recent Graduate Art Market allowed him to get his “foot in the door of what it was like to be at Indian Market” and gave him “more experience doing markets.” He has also shown at the Poeh Cultural Center’s Pathways Indigenous Arts Festival, and he is represented by Gallery Hozho at Hotel Chaco. Frye was previously represented by the former Shidoni Gallery and Sculpture Garden and has displayed work with the New Mexico Glass Alliance at the Albuquerque Sunport.
 
At IAIA’s annual Benefit & Auction this year, he was a guest at the table of renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly, who is notable for helming a glass program in the early days of IAIA. However, when Frye was a young student at IAIA, “there was nothing” offered for glass, but now, IAIA has a “full-blown glass studio.” Recognizing Chihuly’s connection, he shares, “So, it’s kind of cool to see it, you know, come full circle now, where we have a new glass program emerging at the new campus.”

More experimentation is in the works for Frye. “Yeah, I think that you’ll probably see more of my glass being incorporated with metalwork,” he says. The collaborative context at IAIA fosters the exploration of new techniques. Studio Arts Faculty Craig Tompkins worked with Frye to create a 3D print. “And I haven’t shown it to the world yet.” He plans to use the 3D print as a mold to cast work. “And then even Jasmine Novak—she’s taking the glass class this semester,” he shares. “And she, bless her heart, has been hard at work, and she’s actually creating some really remarkable stuff over there. She’s getting it ready so that we can do glass castings now. So, I might take this piece—instead of casting in metal, I’ll be able to cast it in glass now because of what Jasmine’s been able to do over there.” Novak is working on a fox and rabbit. “And then I have this cow that I want to do. So, I think you’re gonna see a lot of little glass animals coming,” he chuckles.
 
Quotes have been edited for brevity and clarity.
 
If you would like to be considered for a future Alumni Spotlight, contact IAIA Communications.
 

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Community News and Happenings

The following contains information about recent happenings and news within the IAIA community. If you would like to be included in the community news, please submit a form to Communications. 
 

• IAIA Alum Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Rosebud Sioux) ’08 and IAIA MFASA Mentor Raven Chacon (Diné and Chicano) named among the 2023 MacArthur Foundation Fellows (Image Credit: Courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

• The Land Carries Our Ancestors, an exhibition curated by Jaune Quick-to-see-Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation) opens at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, featuring several IAIA community members, including “Ofuskie” George Alexander (Muscogee Creek) ’15, Keri Ataumbi (Kiowa) ’96, Teri Greeves (Kiowa) ’96, Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidasta, Arikara, Lakota) ’11, Linda Lomahaftewa (Hopi and Choctaw) ’65, Chris Pappan (Kaw, Osage, Cheyenne River Sioux, Scottish) ’92, Cara Romero (Chemehuevi) ’05, Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) ’86, Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo) ’07 and ’18, Marie Watt (Seneca, Scottish, German) ’92, among others (the exhibition is on view September 22, 2023–January 15, 2024)

• IAIA Alum Fransisco Fraire, Jr. (Pascua Yaqui) ’20 to be a featured artist in the Our Song Is Our Strength exhibit, set to open December 1, 2023 at the Richey Resource Center—the exhibit is part of the They Don't Love You Like I Love You: Indigenous Perspectives on Sovereignty exhibition at the University of Arizona’s Arizona State Museum, curated by IAIA alum Jennifer Juan (Tohono O'odham) ’19

• IAIA Financial Services Controller, Aimee Balthazar, selected for the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ (NACUBO) 2023­–2024 cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program, a professional development experience for promising mid-level managers in higher education business and finance

• IAIA Alum Frank Buffalo Hyde (Nez Perce and Onondaga) ’95 featured on Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight

• IAIA Land-Grant Extension Educator Melanie Kirby (Tortugas Pueblo and Mestiza) and former IAIA Trustee Princess Daazhraii Johnson (Neets’aii Gwich’in), named among seven Indigenous Climate Fixers in nonprofit media organization Grist Grist’s annual list of 50 leaders in climate and justice

• IAIA Alum Rose B. Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo) ’07 and ’18 featured in Cowboys & Indians

• Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1945–1975, MoCNA’s traveling exhibition, opens at Aurora University’s Schingoethe Center

• Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination, an exhibition at Bard College’s Hessel Museum of Art, which features multiple IAIA community members including 2023 Honorary Doctorate of Humanities recipient Jeffrey Gibson (member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent), Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidasta, Arikara, Lakota) ’11, Linda Lomahaftewa (Hopi and Choctaw) ’65, 2011 Honorary Doctorate of Humanities recipient James Luna James Luna (Pooyoukitchum, Ipi, Mexican-American), Lloyd Kiva New (Cherokee), Marie Watt (Seneca, Scottish, German) ’92, and Dyani White Hawk (Sicunga Rosebud Sioux) ’08 on view through November 26, 2023

• IAIA MFACW Mentor Bojan Louis (Diné) among the winners of the Before Columbus Foundation’s American Book Awards

• IAIA Alum Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidasta, Arikara, Lakota) ’11 to open solo exhibition, Speechless, on view at the Nevada Museum of Art October 7, 2023–June 2, 2024

• IAIA Alum Hal Homer (Oneida Nation Turtle Clan) passes on (August 25, 1973–September 17, 2023)

View a listing of happenings at the Institute of American Indian Arts and the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.

Current and upcoming exhibitions at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts:
 

• The Stories We Carry, Friday, September 30, 2022–Monday, September 30, 2024

• The Art of Jean LaMarr, August 18, 2023–January 7, 2024

You can view the IAIA Community Calendar, which includes community-only happenings, as well as important dates from the Academic Calendar. (IAIA Community: If you would like to subscribe to the IAIA Community Calendar, please send a request to communications@iaia.edu.)

From the Collection

This month’s featured artwork was recently shown at the Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, in the ARRIVALS exhibition, October 3, 2021–January 23, 2022. 

Floyd Solomon (Laguna, Zuni), Deceptus Magnus-October 12, 1492, 1990, etching on paper, 22 x 30 in. IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) Collection: L-46; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson, 1991. 

Image Credit: Photograph by Jason S. Ordaz. 

From the Photo Archive

This month’s photographic session from the archive is a collection of photographs from 2018.

Contact

For questions, comments, or feedback, please contact IAIA Director of Communications Jason S. Ordaz at jason.ordaz@iaia.edu.

IAIA Newsletter

Newsletter written and produced by IAIA Communications staff Jason S. Ordaz, Nicole Lawe (Karuk) ’16, and Neebinnaukzhik Southall (Chippewas of Rama First Nation) ’19. All photographs by Jason S. Ordaz, unless otherwise cited.

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Communications department’s duties involve a range of branding and internal and external communications management for IAIA, including IAIA’s official style guide, a monthly newsletter, coordinating with the press, press releases, community emails, alumni spotlights, social media, photography, graphic design, ads, tv screens, audio visual support, event promotion, the community calendar, website updates, writing, editing, and more.

Although IAIA Communications staff have painstakingly prepared the information contained in this publication with care, IAIA does not warrant or represent that the information is free from errors or omissions.

While the information is considered to be accurate and correct at the date of publication, changes in circumstances after the time of publication may impact the accuracy of the information. The information may change without notice, and IAIA is not in any way liable for the accuracy of any information in this publication.
 

Land Acknowledgement

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) respectfully acknowledges that it is located on the traditional Puebloan lands of the Tanoan and Keres speaking Peoples. We honor and thank them for their graciousness as stewards of the land.

Institute of American Indian Arts

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is the only college in the world dedicated to the study of contemporary Native American and Alaska Native arts. IAIA offers undergraduate degrees in Cinematic Arts and Technology, Creative Writing, Indigenous Liberal Studies, Museum Studies, Performing Arts, and Studio Arts; graduate degrees in Creative Writing, Studio Arts, and Cultural Administration; and certificates in Broadcast Journalism, Business and Entrepreneurship, Museum Studies, and Native American Art History. The college serves approximately 500 full-time equivalent (FTE) Native and non-Native American students from around the globe, representing nearly a hundred federally recognized tribes. Named one of the top art institutions by UNESCO and the International Association of Art, IAIA is among the leading art institutes in our nation and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).

Indigenous Peoples Day events

All events are free and open to the public.

Institute of American Indian Arts Fall Powwow: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday on campus, 83 A Van Nu Po. Grand entry begins at noon. The powwow will have dancing and food, drink and art vendors. For more information, visit https://iaia.edu/event/2023-iaia-fall-powwow/.

Weekend dances: 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on the Plaza. The dances are organized by Toursim Santa Fe in collaboration with tribal partners. Visit https://www.santafe.org/indigenouspeoplesday/ for a full schedule.

Honoring Native Nations Powwow: 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday on the Plaza. Vendor booths open at 9 a.m.; grand entry and the Parade of Nations begins at 1 p.m. The powwow is hosted by the Santa Fe Indigenous Center.

Sacred Cypher immersive art event: 3–7 p.m. Monday at 4KINSHIP, 812 Canyon Road. This event, hosted by Diné designer Amy Denet Deal, will feature fashion designers, vocalists, poets and dancers.