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Santa Fe, NM – Visit the 19th annual Native Treasures Art Market at the Santa Fe Convention Center this Memorial Day weekend, May 26 – 28, 2023. Each year, the Museum of Indian Arts & Cu...
Santa Fe, NM - The horizon line is both a point of connection between sky and earth and a separation of space. Horizons: Weaving Between th...
Santa Fe, NM- The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) is pleased to announce the 2023 Living Treasure award exhibition, Down Home: Anthony Lovato (Kewa/Santo Domingo Pueblo)...
Santa Fe, NM – Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Living Treasure and Legacy Awards. These aw...
Santa Fe, NM – Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) is excited to welcome Marita Hinds as the new Director of Education for the museum. She started in the role on...
Santa Fe, NM - Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) is pleased to announce that the museum has received a $75,000 grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art to su...
Santa Fe, NM – The Lightning Boy Foundation, a non-profit organization founded to honor the life of Valentino ‘Tzigiwhaeno’ Rivera and the legacy of his mentor Nakotah LaRance, will hold the...
Santa Fe, NM - Museum of Indian Arts & Culture will debut a traveling exhibition that features more than 100 historic and contemporary works in clay, debuting on July 31, 2022. The project, Grounded in Cl...
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC), a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, will unveil its brand new permanent exhibition, Here, Now and Always,...
Santa Fe, New Mexico – Join the in-person Native Treasures Art Market at the Santa Fe Convention Center this Memorial Day weekend, May 28 – 30, 2022. Each year, the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC) pe...
Santa Fe, New Mexico – On Sunday, May 1, 2022, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) will celebrate its 2022 Living Treasure, Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo) with an artist talk at 1pm, a book signing at 2pm, and entertainme...
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SANTA FE – The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) is pleased to announce Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo) as the 2022 recipient of the MIAC Living Treasure award. This award is part of the annual ...
Birds are one of the earth’s greatest treasures. Acting as spiritual messengers between sky and earth, they have been held in the highest regard in Native American culture, both in the past and in the present. The Museu...
Marcus Amerman (Choctaw)
Working in a traditional media with an unexpected subject matter, Amerman transforms both with these meticulous mosaic style portraits of DC superhero icons. “Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who should, I believe, rule the world,” wrote William Moulton Marston, who created the stalwart Amazon in 1940.
Lisa Holt (Cochiti Pueblo)
Harlan Reano (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
Inspired by the Justice League cartoons — the super-powered team anchored by Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman — Lisa and Harlan have created a series of Pueblo superhero figurines. Using inspired graphic design painted on finely constructed clay figures, this dynamic duo of Pueblo pottery view these pieces as not out of place but following in the Cochiti figurative tradition of commenting on the world around them. Mysterious in its power and abilities, this Pueblo hero is ready for action.
Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo)
Presented here are the drawings that are the source material for the famed Diego Romero neo-Mimbres pottery pieces. Taking inspiration from the Marvel Comics of the 1960s, in particular those scripted by Stan Lee and drawn by Jack Kirby, Diego creates his ceramic pieces which speak of the history of the Pueblos and the struggles of today. The conquistador Don Diego de Vargas takes the place of Loki, the Norse trickster god in this drawing inspired by the splash page from The Avengers #1 from 1963.
Mateo Romero (Cochiti Pueblo)
Mateo Romero is a prominent painter in the Indian art world. Recognized for his photo transfer paintings and the Bonnie and Clyde series enveloped with social commentary and celebrations of Pueblo life ways, these two comic pages represent a heretofore unseen aspect of his work; a horror story using Native themes. Graphic, raw and unapologetic, this is a unique glimpse of an artist experimenting with form, narrative and style.
Rose Bean Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo)
Objectification portrays distinctive elements of contemporary Pueblo Indian life in bold graphic terms. The allures and pressures of assimilation, tradition, creativity and companionship are portrayed with a human face reminding us that in our lives within and beyond boundaries, we find ourselves.
Every year, Native Treasures designates one artist as the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Living Treasure. This Featured Artist is recognized for the artist’s body of work and contribution to the community at large.Get to know renowned artist, Tammy Garcia. Enjoy a delicious breakfast at the Museum Hill Cafe followed by an intimate walk-through of […]
Friends of Indian Art members are invited for a program presented by Bob Gallegos, a well-known dealer and supporter of the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association (ATADA). He will explain the importance of a strong relationship between collectors, dealers and museums. Wheelright Friends are also invited. Refreshments will be served at 5:30, followed by the […]
The third Wednesday of each month from 12:00 to 2:00 pm.During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. They […]
Thursday, May 9, 2013, 12:00 pm, Free. Location: School of Advanced Research BoardroomThe Museums’ Dilemma: Culturally Appropriate ConservationKelly McHugh, Objects Conservator, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American IndianMany indigenous communities have differing ideas about the concepts of preservation and conservation. Often, these beliefs contradict typical museum practices. How does one balance museological best practices with […]
Diverse Arts with Ross Chaney and Cliff Fragua. Lecture Series start at 2pm in the MIAC theater, seating is limited. This speaker series highlights artists in our newest exhibit "What's New in New: Recent Recent Acquisitions"Ross Chaney, a self-taught multi-media artist who works in film, video, installation, painting, drawing and digital imagery. Chaney, Osage Tribe and Cherokee […]
Thursday, April 25, 2013, 12:00 pm, Free. Location: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Meem AuditoriumConsultations: Providing Interpretation and Guidance for CollectionsJim Enote, Director, A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, Director, Hopi Cultural Preservation Office Cynthia Chavez Lamar (Moderator), IARC Director, SARNative community representatives often work with museums to improve collections records and […]
Avanyu Trail Day: In honor of Earth Day. Walk our Avanyu Heritage Trail. Trail booklets available at the front desk for self-guided tours. Additional southwestern plants, traditional crops, water saving farming technique information will be available.The Avanyu Heritage Trail is Museum Hill’s permanent outdoor exhibit about the Native people and the environment of the Southwest. […]
The third Wednesday of each month from 12:00 to 2:00 pm.During this time, curators from The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and The Laboratory of Anthropology are in the lobby of MIAC to look at your treasures. These curators will attempt to identify and explain any artifact or historic object presented to them. They […]
Pottery with Jody Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo; Russell Sanchez, San Ildefonso Pueblo; Yellowbird Samora, Taos Pueblo.Lecture Series start at 2pm in the MIAC theater, seating is limited. This speaker series highlights artists in our newest exhibit "What's New in New: Recent Recent Acquisitions" Jody Naranjo is a contemporary Tewa potter from the Pueblo best known for its […]
Thursday, April 11, 2013, 12:00 pm, Free. Location: School of Advanced Research BoardroomTribal Archives: Ethics and the Right to Access Attorney Peter Chestnut talks about various issues and concerns that have impacted tribal archives and how these institutions and communities have solved or negotiated through these issues.Peter Chestnut is managing shareholder of Chestnut Law Offices in […]
Thursday, March 28, 2013, 12:00 pm, Free. Location: Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Meem AuditoriumIs it Native American Art?: Authenticity and Self-determinationLara Evans, Art Historian, IAIA Art History FacultyIn the summer of 2012, the Southwest Association for Indian Arts hosted a lecture series on the topics of quality and authenticity. Series consultant Lara Evans […]
Lecture Series focusing on Jewelry with Veronica and Earnest Benally, Diné jewelers. In the MIAC theater, seating is limited.Ernest and Veronica Benally are both Diné (Navajo) jewelers. Ernest works with both silver and gold, and loves lapidary work. He is best known for his imaginative mosaic inlay work. Veronica approaches her jewelry designs with a motherly […]
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