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Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

GENERAL INFORMATION

General Information

About the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture: http://miaclab.org/

The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, under the leadership of the Board of Regents for the Museum of New Mexico. Programs and exhibits are generously supported by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, through the generous support of donors.

As the 19th century closed, one of the Southwest’s major “attractions” was its vibrant Native American cultures. In response to unsystematic collecting by Eastern museums, anthropologist Edgar Lee Hewett founded the Museum of New Mexico in 1909 with a mission to collect and preserve Southwest Native American material culture. Several years later, in 1927, John D. Rockefeller founded the renowned Laboratory of Anthropology with a mission to study the Southwest’s indigenous cultures. In 1947 the two institutions merged, bringing together the most inclusive and systematically acquired collection of New Mexican and Southwestern anthropological artifacts in the country.

 

710 Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87504, Phone: (505) 476-1269.Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, May through October; closed Mondays November through April, closed Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. Events, news releases and images about activities at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and other in divisions of the Department of Cultural Affairs can be accessed at media.newmexicoculture.org.

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Santa Fe, NM 87557 United States
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EXHIBITIONS

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EVENTS

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NEWS RELEASES

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May 15, 2023

Celebrate the 19th annual Native Treasures Art Market at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture on Memorial Day Weekend

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...

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April 27, 2023

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture presents “Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles”

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...

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April 10, 2023

“Down Home” opens at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture to celebrate MIAC 2023 Living Treasure Anthony Lovato (Kewa/Santo Domingo Pueblo)

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)...

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January 27, 2023

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture announces 2023 Living Treasure and Legacy award recipients

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...

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September 23, 2022

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Welcomes New Director of Education

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...

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August 25, 2022

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture receives grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art

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...

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July 19, 2022

Native youth of all ages will come together for the Nakotah LaRance Memorial Youth Hoop Dance Competition August 6 and 7, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Santa Fe.

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...

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July 18, 2022

“Grounded in Clay” exhibition at Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe debuts July 31; travels to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2023

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...

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May 18, 2022

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture celebrates Native lives and histories with its new permanent exhibition, Here, Now and Always

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,...

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April 12, 2022

Celebrate MIAC’s 18th annual in-person Native Treasures Art Market this Memorial Day weekend

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...

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April 11, 2022

Celebrating 2022 Living Treasure Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), MIAC opens ReVOlution

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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February 8, 2022

Joy Harjo, US Poet Laureate, presented by Museum of New Mexico Foundation and Museum of Indian Arts and Culture on March 2

Santa Fe, NM - Join the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and Museum of Indian Arts and Culture...

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December 13, 2021

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Opens “Painted Reflections: Isomeric Design in Pueblo Pottery”

Santa Fe, NM —...

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November 10, 2021

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Announces 2022 MIAC Living Treasure

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 ...

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September 14, 2021

MIAC Announces Opening of “Birds: Spiritual Messengers of the Skies” 

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...

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PHOTOS/IMAGES

Photos/Images

FIVE LITTLE KACHINAS, Elizabeth Willis DeHuff, Illustrations by Fred Kabotie, Harcourt Press, 1930.
TATAY'S MEMORIES, collected and retold by Elizabeth Willis DeHuff, Illstrations by, Fred Kabotie, Harcourt Press, 1924
TATAY'S MEMORIES, collected and retold by Elizabeth Willis DeHuff, Illstrations by, Fred Kabotie, Harcourt Press, 1924
IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE, Ann Nolan Clark, Illustrated by Velino Herrera, Viking Press, 1941.
IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE, Ann Nolan Clark, Illustrated by Velino Herrera, Viking Press, 1941.
IN MY MOTHER's HOUSE, Ann Nolan Clark, Illustrated by Velino Herrera, Viking Press, 1941.

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)

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.

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  • August 2008

  • Fri 22

    Breakfast with the Curators, Comic Art Indigene Paired breakfasts featuring a MIAC curator and an artist on three sets of Thursdays and Fridays in August, on a theme related to a MIAC exhibit or upcoming exhibit.

    August 22, 2008 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am
    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Friday, August 22: Breakfast with ceramic artist Diego Romero of Cochiti Pueblo, followed by a talk about his work in the neo-Mimbres style of his own creation.$25 or $20 MNMF members. Reservations required, seating is limited, call 476-1271 or 476-1258.

  • Thu 21

    Breakfast with the Curators, Comic Art Indigene Paired breakfasts featuring a MIAC curator and an artist on three sets of Thursdays and Fridays in August, on a theme related to a MIAC exhibit or upcoming exhibit.

    August 21, 2008 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am
    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Thursday, August 21: Breakfast with MIAC Curator, Tony Chavarria, followed by a tour of the exhibit, Comic Art Indigene.$25 or $20 MNMF members. Reservations required, seating is limited, call 476-1271 or 476-1258.

  • Wed 20

    Joy Harjo and the Arrow Dynamics Band Kick off Indian Market Weekend at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Annual Native American Music Under the Stars.

    August 20, 2008 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Joy Harjo is a vibrant multi-dimensional/multi-cultural talent. She’s a poet/songwriter, sax player, singer, and author. Her roots extend from her birthplace in the Mvskoke Creek Indian Nation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Santa Fe where she attended the Institute of American Indian Arts. After graduating from the University of New Mexico she began writing poetry that […]

  • Wed 20

    Let’s Take a Look

    August 20, 2008 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Solve the mysteries of your Native American artifacts.FREE!

  • Fri 15

    Breakfast with the Curators, Native Couture: A History of Santa Fe Style Paired breakfasts featuring a MIAC curator and an artist on three sets of Thursdays and Fridays in August, on a theme related to a MIAC exhibit or upcoming exhibit.

    August 15, 2008 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am
    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Friday, August 15: Breakfast with the artist and fashoin designer Pilar Agoyo of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, followed by a talk about her work in contemporary fashion and film.$25 or $20 MNMF members. Reservations required, seating is limited, call 476-11271 or 476 1258.

  • Thu 14

    Breakfast with the Curators, Native Couture: A History of Santa Fe Style Paired breakfasts featuring a MIAC curator and an artist on three sets of Thursdays and Fridays in August, on a theme related to a MIAC exhibit or upcoming exhibit.

    August 14, 2008 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am
    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Thursday, August 14: Breakfast with MIAC curator Anita McNeece, followed by a tour of the exhibit Native Couture: A History of Santa Fe Style. $25 or $20 MNMF members. Reservations required, seating is limited, call 476-1271 or 476-1258.

  • Wed 13

    Arts Alive! Reverse Glass Painting On the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art Patio

    August 13, 2008 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Spanish Market artist Cleo Romero will teach reverse painted glass techniques as they were used to embellish traditional New Mexican tinwork. Create an ornament to take home with you.  To schedule groups please call Pat Price at 982-2226 ext. 122education@spanishcolonial.org

  • Sun 10

    Adventures in Anthropology Pot Creek Pueblo and Picuris Feast Day

    August 10, 2008 @ 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Visit the Pueblo and tour the Pueblo ruins.$95 or $75 for MNMF members.Reservations required, call 505-476-1250

  • Wed 6

    Art on the Hill Museum Hill is open late and is FREE!

    August 6, 2008
    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

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  • July 2008

  • Wed 16

    Let’s Take a Look

    July 16, 2008 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Solve the mysteries of your Native American artifactsFREE.

  • Wed 9

    Arts Alive! Straw Applique On the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art Patio

    July 9, 2008 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Spanish Market artist Lenise Martinez will teach traditional New Mexican straw appliqué. Create an ornament to take home with you. This is a free drop-in workshop for all ages.To schedule groups please call Pat Price at 982-2226 ext. 122education@spanishcolonial.org

  • Thu 3

    Arts Alive! Native Couture Jewelry Native Couture Jewelry with a Special Guest Artist

    July 3, 2008 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Museum entrance to exhibitions by admission, $6 NM residents $8 non-residentsChildren 16 and under freeTo schedule groups please call Lisa Sheppard at 476-1256

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