The mission of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology is to inspire appreciation for and knowledge of the diverse native arts, histories, languages, and cultures of the Greater Southwest.
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Visit us at http://miaclab.org A visit to the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is an excellent introduction to the complexity and diversity of the Native American cultures of the region. Here, you can listen to the stories and songs that tell of origins and the long history of the Native people of the Southwest, witness the development of new forms of art, or learn about the contemporary lives and lifeways of the Southwest's indigenous populations. HOURS Open Daily 10am-5pm from May through October Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm from November through April. Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25th, January 1st, and Easter Sunday
Operating as usual
Due to hazardous road and weather conditions, MIAC will be closed Sunday, February 14. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Meanwhile, please continue to visit MIAC's virtual and online exhibits from the comfort of your own home at the following link:
http://miaclab.org/online-exhibitions/
Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer by Craig Dan Goseyun (Photo Credit: Joaquin Gallegos, MIAC Security).
Due to increasingly hazardous road and weather conditions, the museum will be closed Sunday, February 14. We apologize for the inconvenience.
This #TalentedTuesday , check out the latest iteration of our Artist and Scholar Dialogue series. This week, Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) and Cara Romero (Chemehuevi) chat with Lillia McEnaney about their individual artistic practices and trajectories, the impact the pandemic has had on their work, and give us a sneak peak into some exciting upcoming projects. To watch this installment visit our MIAC YouTube Chanel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR30J12tO3J_3TsYlvgByKFr5G7qDzjOKzNst1khIia0nNcYdyZ1VTh0RFY&v=6Sp2AkjysCc&feature=youtu.be
Don't forget to check out Karen Abeita in our Pottery Demonstration Series tomorrow, Wednesday February 10th at 10:00am MST! You can register for the event at this link: https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Oseu5LZbTkGXKfitSfrsOg?fbclid=IwAR21b1kCkkBMbZrQsWJstjgrmFrCO0t-nuL_iwghFR2Mw-MXSqsiEEEZA3c
MIAC's Pottery Demonstration series was also recently featured in the ABQ journal, which you can read about at this link: https://www.abqjournal.com/2355939/artists-touch.html
Museum presents online Native pottery demonstration
We are open! Our hours will be Tuesday through Sunday, 10am to 4pm (closed Mondays). FREE ADMISSION for the month!
We look forward to your visit, and remind you to bring and wear your required face mask. We have been hard at work preparing our facility for your return, following all COVID-safe practices.
For further information and to learn more about how we are keeping you safe, please visit our website at this link: http://miaclab.org. See you soon!
MIAC is so excited to announce that we will be opening to the public again tomorrow, Thursday February 4th. Our hours will be Tuesday through Sunday, 10am to 4pm (closed Mondays).
We look forward to your visit, and remind you to bring and wear your required face mask. We have been hard at work preparing our facility for your return, following all COVID-safe practices.
For further information and to learn more about how we are keeping you safe, please visit our website at this link: http://miaclab.org. See you soon!
MIAC receives $500,000 from JoAnn and Bob Balzer for a new contemporary-focused gallery.
"I think it's going to be a really exciting space and a changing gallery. It's been on our wish list for so long," MIAC Director Della Warrior says. "We'll have new art forms, we'll showcase some of the excellent art that is winning awards in various Native markets. I've been totally elated. The timing was right. It was meant to be."
To read more visit this link to a story by the Santa Fe Reporter:
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture to open contemporary gallery in 2022
There's lots of dust and memories abound as construction work continues in our Here, Now and Always exhibit. Thanks to R & M Construction team for getting this done. Stay tuned for further exciting developments!
This #TalentedTuesday, check out the latest iteration of our Artist and Scholar Dialogue series. This week, Diego Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) and Cara Romero (Chemehuevi) chat with Lillia McEnaney about their individual artistic practices and trajectories, the impact the pandemic has had on their work, and give us a sneak peak into some exciting upcoming projects.
https://youtu.be/6Sp2AkjysCc
This iteration of our Artist and Scholar Dialogue series highlights Diego and Cara Romero. Diego Romero is a potter from Cochiti Pueblo, and Cara Romero is a...
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Imagine Your Story series highlights activities and experiences by Indigenous peoples and communities. This series is geared toward K-12 students, schools and libraries to provide additional insights into Indigenous ways of learning.
In this video Artist Dorea Garcia (Ohkay Owingeh/Zuni Pueblo) shares her stories and influences of creating artwork . Dorea works in a variety of artistic mediums but what remains central are her connections to family and nature. On your next walk take some time to observe your natural surroundings. What do you see in the sky or crawling by that might influence your own paintings? According to Dorea, "every design represents a story." We hope students and communities can learn something new about what it means to Imagine Your Story. This series is funded by the Sternberger Foundation. #ImagineYourStory
https://youtu.be/-5dm-6MzD68
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Imagine Your Story series highlights activities and experiences by Indigenous peoples and communities. This series is...
This #TalentedTuesday, visit with Lorraine Gala Lewis (Laguna Pueblo/Taos Pueblo/Hopi) in the newest iteration of our Artists & Scholar Dialogue Series. In an interview with Lillia McEnaney, Gala Lewis talks about how ancestral processes and designs inform her contemporary ceramic pieces.
https://youtu.be/EB_CbxQQPSs
Lorraine Gala Lewis is a potter who is known for gaining inspiration from Ancestral Pueblo motifs, shapes, and styles. In discussing her work with King Galle...
Today, de-installation of "Voices of the Clay: San Ildefonso Pottery, 1600-1930" is well underway. It was an honor to have this exhibit featured. You can continue to view this exhibit virtually on our website. Stay tuned for a spring announcement on an another exciting exhibit!
To kick off 2021, we are launching a virtual tour of our current exhibition, Diego Romero vs. the End of Art!
Diego Romero vs. the End of Art is a dynamic exploration of a Cochiti Pueblo artist’s journey through life as depicted through his work. For decades, California-born Cochiti potter Diego Romero has created renowned historical and autobiographical artworks. Acclaimed for his neo-Mimbres pottery illustrating Pueblo Indian history, his father’s Korean War stories, and his relationships with women, family, substances and art, Romero’s work lays bare the life of one Native artist and Native history.
Until we are able to reopen, visit with Diego Romero’s stunning ceramics from the comfort and safety of your home.
View the exhibition here: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=2ZCajYqvgWg
Matterport 3D Showcase
This #TalentedTuesday, visit with local Native artists on our YouTube channel. Our 2020 Artist and Scholar Dialogue Series features curatorial conversations with Jhane Myers (Comanche/Blackfeet), Mateo Romero (Cochiti Pueblo), Loren Aragon (Acoma Pueblo), Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota, and European), and several more.
This series is continuing into the new year, so stay tuned for more!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpByf0zT8uFuvS4QBK1GYQxDpo2m2fYri
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Imagine Your Story series highlights activities and experiences by Indigenous peoples and communities. This series is geared toward K-12 students, schools and libraries to provide additional insights into Indigenous ways of learning.
In this video Francis Vigil (Zia Pueblo/Jemez Pueblo/Jicarilla Apache) and family share a glimpse into their world of being Native and deaf. Sign language is one of the oldest forms of communication and is an example of how our hands also become storytellers and story makers. We hope students and communities can learn something new about what it means to Imagine Your Story. This series is funded by the Sternberger Foundation. #ImagineYourStory
https://youtu.be/EXiEeztB6eU
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Imagine Your Story series highlights activities and experiences by Indigenous peoples and communities. This series is...
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Imagine Your Story series highlights activities and experiences by Indigenous peoples and communities. This series is geared toward K-12 students, schools and libraries to provide additional insights into Indigenous ways of learning.
In this video Talavai Denipah Cook (Ohkay Owigeh/Hopi/Navajo Nation), shares her Khuu Khan Tsawa Itomande or blue corn tamale making activity. Blue corn is central to Indigenous peoples not only for its nutrients, but remains a seminal component of storytelling and subsistence. We hope students and communities can learn something new about what it means to Imagine Your Story.
This series is funded by the Sternberger Foundation. #ImagineYourStory #NMTraditions
https://youtu.be/9XVqQboivqw
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Imagine Your Story series highlights activities and experiences by Indigenous peoples and communities. This series is...
If you missed our Baking with Norma event earlier this week, check out KRQE's article about the program:
https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/local-museum-hosting-online-native-cooking-instruction/
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – One local museum is helping people how to cook with traditional Native ingredients. “Blue corn is sometimes used for traditional purposes in the Pueblo and other Nat…
This #TalentedTuesday, check out the most recent iteration of our Artist and Scholar dialogue series. This week, Lillia McEnaney chats with Kathy Whitman-Elk Woman (Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara) to discuss her current projects and outlook on the state of Native art in 2020.
https://youtu.be/GsWYgHHAe4s
If you missed our Baking with Norma event yesterday, you can now check it out on MIAC's YouTube page. Be sure to follow along with the recipe listed in the video's description to make your own delicious blue corn muffins!
#NMTraditions
https://youtu.be/ONXTnDwd40s
Live event recording: The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is excited to present a horno cooking demonstration with Norma Naranjo streamed via Zoom at 4 p.m. ...
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Imagine Your Story series highlights activities and experiences by Indigenous peoples and communities. This series is geared toward K-12 students, schools and libraries to provide additional insights into Indigenous ways of learning.
In this video Ehren Kee Natay and Colin White (Kewa/Diné ) share their music and dance in honor of Rock Your Mocs 2020. This video highlights the pride of Indigenous peoples by claiming that "we're still here" and that Rockin' Your Mocs is not limited to one time a year. We encourage students and community members to get up and try some of these fancy dance moves!
This series is funded by the Sternberger Foundation. #ImagineYourStory
https://youtu.be/b2RdnvN85OU
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Imagine Your Story series highlights activities and experiences by Indigenous peoples and communities. This series is...
This #TalentedTuesday, check out the newest installment of our artist and scholar dialogues series. This week, Lillia McEnaney chats with Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota, and European), a multidisciplinary artist who combines social collaboration with craft to visually communicate stories about contemporary Indigenity. In this conversation, Luger talks about his current and future projects, the historical contexts behind his work, and his overall approach to art-making.
https://youtu.be/MLICccc-mKA
Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota, and European) is a multidisciplinary artist who combines social collaboration with craft to visually ...
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Imagine Your Story series highlights activities and experiences by Indigenous peoples and communities. This series is geared toward K-12 students, schools and libraries to provide additional insights into Indigenous ways of learning.
In this video Mercedes Beckerhoff (Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo) shares her pressed flower and card making activity for kids and families to do at home. Her activity is influenced by nature and all the colors that surround our everyday. The possibilities and designs are endless. What will you write in your card? What flowers will you choose? We hope students and communities can learn something new about what it means to Imagine Your Story. This series is funded by the Sternberger Foundation. #ImagineYourStory
https://youtu.be/-JYbeFLtGU0
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Imagine Your Story series highlights activities and experiences by Indigenous peoples and communities. This series is...
On November 30th, MIAC hosted a virtual panel discussion to celebrate the closing of our temporary exhibition, "Voices of the Clay: San Ildefonso Pottery 1600—1930." Moderated by Lillia McEnaney, the panelists included Erik Fender (San Ildefonso Pueblo), Dr. Joseph (Woody) Aguilar (San Ildefonso Pueblo), and Dr. Bruce Bernstein.
See a recording of the panel on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/J8f_9zjjWUU
Live Event Recording:Join exhibition co-curators Russell Sanchez (San Ildefonso Pueblo), Erik Fender (San Ildefonso Pueblo), and Dr. Bruce Bernstein, as well...
Last month, we launched MIAC’s November speaker series, “Indigenous Storytelling in Art and Literature,” co-hosted by Deputy Director Dr. Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owingeh) and Curatorial Assistant Lillia McEnaney. See the link at the bottom of this post to watch the final installment of this series.
According to Dr. Reese, (Nambé Owingeh), less than 1% of children’s books published in the United States include American Indian characters or authors. These conversations are an extension of MIAC’s ongoing work with local schools and educators, and is meant to serve as a resource for New Mexicans to learn about Indigenous communities throughout the Southwest.
Our final speaker is Arigon Starr (Kickapoo). Arigon Starr is a Kickapoo singer, actor, playwright, and comic book writer known for her one-woman shows. She has won numerous awards for her music, art, and plays, including the Native American Music Awards for Best Independent Recording in 1999 and Songwriter of the Year in 2007. In 2016, Starr edited the graphic novel “Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers,” which was named one of the American Library Association’s 2018 Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Starr has stated that her writings are intended to counter negative Indigenous stereotypes. She is the first Native American woman to have her own record label: "Wacky Productions" and has created four albums under this label.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KclEr8o-jqA&t=1s
This #TalentedTuesday, visit with Joe Cajero (Jemez Pueblo) and Althea Cajero (Santo Domingo Pueblo/Acoma Pueblo), MIAC's 2014 Living Treasures awardees. In an interview with Lillia McEnaney premiering this afternoon, learn about their individual artistic journeys, creative practices, and how the pandemic has changed their work.
https://youtu.be/6Vlqcu_X1HY
Joe and Althea Cajero are each multi-talented and interdisciplinary artists in their own right, and this interview--part of MIAC's 2020 Artist and Scholar Di...
The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Imagine Your Story series highlights activities and experiences by Indigenous peoples and communities. This series is geared toward K-12 students, schools and libraries to provide additional insights into Indigenous ways of learning.
In this video ShanDien Sonwai LaRance (Hopi, Tewa, Navajo and Assiniboine) shares her Hoop Dancing passion. How can dance be a way of storytelling? Do students see similarities of Hoop Dance formations and other images created in traditional artwork such as pottery and weavings? We hope students and communities can learn something new about what it means to Imagine Your Story. This series is funded by the Sternberger Foundation. #ImagineYouStory #NewMexicoCulture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ2DIxQreH0&feature=youtu.be
710 Camino Lejo
Santa Fe, NM
87505-7511
Ride the Santa Fe Trails 'M' line from the plaza to Museum Hill, or take the shuttle up from the downtown Railrunner stop.
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture is located on beautiful Museum Hill at 710 Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The museum is open Daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. May through October, and open Tuesdays through Sundays 10:00am to 5:00pm. November through April, Our admission prices are listed here http://www.indianartsandculture.org/hours . We are always free for youth and children 16 and under. Free for NM residents on Sundays and Free for NM seniors on Wednesday. Free Parking on Museum Hill. If you are looking for more information about the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, please visit http://www.indianartsandculture.org/.
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A special Mother's Day concert in the virtual series features Jacob Shije, and is hosted by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. After years of performing with bands from high school and college, Shije decided to become a solo artist in 2019, releasing his debut single “Hide the Heartbreak” on multiple streaming platforms. Since then, he has performed throughout the Southwest as both a solo artist and as a member of the Levi Platero Band. Shije is inspired by many musical artists, including John Mayer, Michael McDonald, and The Beatles. He has also produced his own music, which has been described as “rhythmically groovy and sonically vivid with vintage textures." Shije’s music is available on most streaming platforms, including Sound Cloud. #NMCulture
We're so excited that the teepee for our new exhibit Beyond Standing Rock is finally assembled in the gallery! Check out this short time-lapse video showing the three-hour process in just eight seconds.
The New Mexico State Library's Southwest collection includes books that document the many facets of the Native American experience in our state. Follow them on Facebook for more information about all the great work they do!
Project Indigene artist Mateo Romero speaks about his thoughts on cultural appropriation. Learn more about Project Indigene here: www.nmculture.org/projectindigene #ProjectIndigene
Project Indigene artist Frank Buffalo Hyde speaks about the impact of social media on our contemporary lives. Hyde is part of a new generation of Native American artists who uses social media to let the world know who they are. Learn more about Project Indigene here: www.nmculture.org/projectindigene #ProjectIndigene
Get your tickets now for the New Mexico Music Commission's 2018 Platinum Music Awards Show! This fabulous annual awards show celebrates the lifetime achievement of New Mexico’s music heroes and icons. This year's event takes place on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 7:30pm at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Get your tickets by calling 505-988-1234 or by visiting www.platinummusicawards.org. Honoring: Antonia Apodaca Hummingbird Music Camp Malcom Yepa Nacha Mendez Tom Guralnick Dr. William Clark #NMPlatinumMusicAwards #NewMexicoMusicCommission
The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts show "Action Abstraction Redefined", is on exhibit through December 31, 2018. Pieces and drawings featured in the exhibition are from MoCNA’s permanent collection and were created in the 1960s and 70s at IAIA. This exhibit is part of "Art of the Draw", a community collaboration which includes the New Mexico Museum of Art's exhibition "Lines of Thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to Now from the British Museum, on exhibit through this Sunday, September 17th. Visiting these two exhibits sounds like the perfect day spent in downtown Santa Fe!
We are proud to be a part of "Be Here Now: Summer of Love Santa Fe", cultural collaboration celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love with our current exhibits "Into the Future: The Culture Power in Native Art" and "Frank Buffalo Hyde: I-Witness Culture" Exhibits and a series of happenings are also associated at four other cultural institutions. New Mexico History Museum - "Voices of Counterculture in the Southwest" and "Sleeping During the Day" as well as their Counterculture Reading List and Facebook Book Club (join the group at https://www.facebook.com/pg/NewMexicoHistoryMuseum/groups/) IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts - "Connective Tissue: New Approaches to Fiber in Contemporary Native Art" Atrium Gallery, Baatan Building - Michael Naranjo: Touching Beauty Santa Fe Desert Chorale 2017 Summer Festival For more information, please visit http://nmculture.org/beherenow/ and then join us for a far out summer of counterculture! Partially funded by the Santa Fe Arts Commission.
"I-Witness Culture artist Frank Buffalo Hyde investigates the space where Native Americans exist today; between the ancient and the new, the accepted and the truth, the known and the unknown." We welcome you to come see this extraordinary exhibition through January 18, 2018. Find more information at www.indianartsandculture.org.
A selection of Silver Horn’s original drawings will be on view during the March 11, 2017 lecture featuring perspectives from noted Kiowa tribal historian and storyteller, Dorothy White Horse Delaune, and Dr. Candace Greene, a specialist in plains pictorial traditions. The lecture will take place from 10:00am to 12:00pm at the Kathryn O’Keeffe Theater at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Lecture is free with museum admission.
Ever wonder what fascinating attraction is just around the corner from you in the Land of Enchantment? Download the free Cultural Atlas of New Mexico and start exploring: http://atlas.newmexicoculture.org. The app makes discovering more about New Mexico's indigenous cultures easy and fun.
The Ohkay Owingeh Serpent Trail Dancers perform again at 2:30! Free Sunday today.
Native Food Sovereignty Project
Lloyd Kiva New: Native Genius. Have you seen all of the exquisite exhibits celebrating his life and legacy? At three museums in Santa Fe, on the plaza and on Museum Hill.
A glimpse into the archival world at the Laboratory of Anthropology... Today we are inventorying recordings of various Native songs.
Archaeology, Photography and Time converge in the exhibition Oblique Views. More about the exibition at http://indianartsandculture.org/current?&eventID=2613
Archaeology, Photography and Time converge in the exhibition Oblique Views. More about the exibition at http://indianartsandculture.org/current?&eventID=2613
Photography, Archaeology and Time converge in the exhibition Oblique Views. http://indianartsandculture.org/current?&eventID=2613
What's hot for the holidays? Check it out at http://nmculture.org/guide
The Art of David Bradley
...and the Jemez Buffalo Dancers will perform again a little later this afternoon. Maybe you can join their dance circle if you drop by!
The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture takes the ALS ice bucket challenge in honor of our friends Steven Miller and David Bradley. We nominate the Wheelwright Museum, the Heard Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Native Art, and the Museum of International Folk Art. Take the challenge; don't be wimps!
Pull of the Moon Video. Gorgeous!
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Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts
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Museum of New Mexico Foundation
1411 Paseo de Peralta
Museum of International Folk Art
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Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
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Collection of Native Art at Buffalo Thunder
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