IAIA News
April 7 – May 21 Topaz Jones Unpredictable Bliss»
Santa Fe, NM | Apr 12, 2012 –
Artist Frank Buffalo Hyde Celebrates the Beast in Latest MoCNA Exhibition»
Santa Fe, NM | Apr 12, 2012 –
Growing up on the Onondaga Reservation in central New York, artist Frank Buffalo Hyde often watched the tribe’s bustling buffalo herd, occasionally helping corral a few of the powerful beasts. He recalls their cycle of life, especially this time when the spring calves are born. “It has always been a powerful image for me,” said [...]
IAIA Students Take Top Honors at American Indian Higher Education Consortium Student Competition»
Santa Fe, NM | Apr 11, 2012 –
The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) won several top honors in the annual American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) student competition, taking home a record 42 awards for the campus in handgame, the arts and the coveted Knowledge Bowl. “It’s the first time we’ve won the Knowledge Bowl,” said Nocona Burgess, student activities coordinator [...]
Environmentalist and Political Activist Winona LaDuke Keynote Speaker at Institute of American Indian Arts Conference»
Santa Fe, NM | Apr 2, 2012 –
Winona LaDuke, Ralph Nadar’s two-time vice presidential Green Party candidate, will highlight a student-led environmental conference at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in April. LaDuke, an environmentalist and political activist who is a member of the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, will be a keynote speaker for The Art of Change: Climate Justice and Indigenous Solutions April 20-21. LaDuke is program [...]
Tours and Tools to Spur Tribal Economic Development & Tourism at Eighth Annual CLE Cultural Tourism Conference»
Santa Fe, NM | Mar 29, 2012 –
Looking to aid tribal communities’ economies and provide tools to create or improve tourism, the Institute of American Indian Arts’ Center for Lifelong Education (CLE) has partnered with members of the Hopi Tribe to host a May cultural tourism conference. The Eighth Annual Cultural Tourism Conference, sponsored by the CLE and the Upper Village of Moenkopi, [...]