School for Advanced Research

School for Advanced Research The School for Advanced Research has supported innovative social science and Native American artistic creativity for more than a century.
The School for Advanced Research has supported innovative social science and Native American artistic creativity for more than a century. Since we began offering fellowships in 1972, we have funded the work of more than 345 SAR scholars and artists, among whose ranks are six MacArthur Fellows and eighteen Guggenheim Fellows. Please join us in Santa Fe for insightful lectures or a tour of the School's historic campus. You can also follow the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists on our website at www.sarweb.org.
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The School for Advanced Research has supported innovative social science and Native American artistic creativity for more than a century. Since we began offering fellowships in 1972, we have funded the work of more than 345 SAR scholars and artists, among whose ranks are six MacArthur Fellows and eighteen Guggenheim Fellows. Please join us in Santa Fe for insightful lectures or a tour of the School's historic campus. You can also follow the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists on our website at www.sarweb.org.

Mission: SAR advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. The School for Advanced Research provides a dynamic environment for the advanced study and communication of knowledge about human culture, evolution, history, and creative expression. SAR draws upon its century-deep roots in the American Southwest, anthropology, and indigenous arts to present programs, publications and initiatives that impart the learning of social scientists, humanists, and artists to inform the thoughts and actions of scholars, artists, educators, and the interested public. Vision: To become the preeminent institution that fosters understanding of humankind through scholarly and artistic creativity.

“Museums are changing,” explains Jim Enote (Zuni Pueblo), who helped create the IARC’s Guidelines for Collaboration, rel...
06/06/2020
Community + Museums, Guidelines For Collaboration

“Museums are changing,” explains Jim Enote (Zuni Pueblo), who helped create the IARC’s Guidelines for Collaboration, released in 2019. The product of several years of critical discourse between over sixty Native and non-Native museum professionals, cultural leaders, artists, and scholars, the Guidelines inform institutions about the proper stewardship of Native collections based on Indigenous values, and offer guidance on creating what Enote calls “two-way learning,” which can occur when museums and Native communities forge a partnership. Enote, the CEO of the Colorado Plateau Foundation, explains that through the Guidelines, Indigenous values are married with “the science of curation."

More on the benefits of these guidelines here: https://bit.ly/3e1WcsC

Jim Enote discusses the benefits of the new Guidelines for Collaboration. ---------------------- About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR)

The 2020 Yearbook of Physical Anthropology recently published an article, “Advancing the Understanding of Treponemal Dis...
06/05/2020
Advancing the understanding of treponemal disease in the past and present

The 2020 Yearbook of Physical Anthropology recently published an article, “Advancing the Understanding of Treponemal Disease in the Past and Present,” which stemmed from the SAR Research team seminar in April 2018. You can access the article for free here: https://bit.ly/2W8hMpg

Syphilis was perceived to be a new disease in Europe in the late 15th century, igniting a debate about its origin that continues today in anthropological, historical, and medical circles. We move bey...

As institutions across the country implement the groundbreaking Guidelines for Collaboration, museums are increasingly c...
06/04/2020

As institutions across the country implement the groundbreaking Guidelines for Collaboration, museums are increasingly co-stewarding collections with Native American source communities. From the creation of a conservation plan for a Jicarilla Apache basket collection to the evolution of policies for greater tribal community collections access, museums share how the Guidelines are positively impacting collections by amplifying the Indigenous voice: https://bit.ly/2XeVbq3

At SAR Press we know how much language matters and wanted to share a post from SAPIENS on the use of "Indigenous" with a...
06/04/2020
Why Capitalize “Indigenous”?

At SAR Press we know how much language matters and wanted to share a post from SAPIENS on the use of "Indigenous" with a capital "I": "Through our style choices about the term I/indigenous, the editorial team at SAPIENS challenges and re-maps inherited ideas about human relationships. Our aim is twofold: to align ourselves with contemporary usage embraced by those the term represents and to avoid repeating the harms of the past." http://ow.ly/hWzD50zVKfe()
https://www.brusheducation.ca/books/elements-of-indigenous-style

The Associated Press Stylebook and The Chicago Manual of Style do not capitalize the term Indigenous when it is used to refer to people. But SAPIENS does. The editorial team explains why.

06/03/2020

From arts revitalization to the documentation of collections, museums and Native American communities are increasingly working collectively to share expertise, insights, values, and perspectives. This growing interaction has forged a new movement in the field of museology, and SAR’s IARC has shaped and accelerated the discourse with the creation of formal Guidelines for Collaboration in the stewardship of museums’ Native collections. In a playlist that seeks to uncover how this collaboration movement has evolved, members of Indigenous communities, collecting institutions, and archaeologists examine the movement’s origins, importance, and impact: https://bit.ly/2WJcuAL

We know that race matters in profound ways, but how did we get to our current moment? These books from SAR Press and oth...
06/03/2020

We know that race matters in profound ways, but how did we get to our current moment? These books from SAR Press and other academic and trade publishers may help us to better understand both our history and where to go from here.

https://sarweb.org/afro-atlantic-dialogues/
https://sarweb.org/anthropology-of-race/
http://www.booksforunderstanding.org/race/listcomplete.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/books/review/antiracist-reading-list-ibram-x-kendi.html
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ariannarebolini/george-floyd-amy-cooper-antiracist-books-reading-resources?ref=hpsplash&origin=spl

In light of what is happening across the nation, and to express solidarity with those who have come together to denounce...
06/01/2020

In light of what is happening across the nation, and to express solidarity with those who have come together to denounce racism and police brutality, Tuesday’s Artist Live with Ian Kuali'i has been postponed. We encourage you to take this time to get/stay involved and continue to educate yourself about the history of racial injustice in the United States. #blacklivesmatter #saytheirnames

[Image credit: “The rate at which black Americans are killed by police is more than twice as high as the rate for white Americans. This is a non-comprehensive list of deaths at the hands of police in the U.S. since Eric Garner's death in July 2014.” LA Johnson/ NPR]

The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) recently announced a partnership with the New Mexico-based Clark Hu...
06/01/2020
Indian Market Enters the Virtual Realm

The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) recently announced a partnership with the New Mexico-based Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists to create an online sales platform for artists slated to participate in the 99th annual Indian Market which was canceled due to COVID-19. More details here: https://bit.ly/2TnOwJ4

SWAIA partners with the Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists for online sales platform

“I love museums, and I love getting back behind the scenes,” photographer and longtime SAR supporter Kitty Leaken tells ...
05/31/2020

“I love museums, and I love getting back behind the scenes,” photographer and longtime SAR supporter Kitty Leaken tells Director of Public Programs and Communications Meredith Schweitzer in a recent interview about a field trip that the SAR President’s Circle took in January to see Native American collections in Los Angeles. Leaken said the trip, which included a tour of the Autry Museum of the American West’s new storage and conservation facility, as well as the UCLA/Getty Conservation Lab, undoubtedly gave SAR members both incredible insights and unique access to what can only be characterized as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. More here: https://bit.ly/2TmlGsH

Tune into this NationTalk interview with Dorothy Grant (SAR’s 2020 Katrin H. Lamon Fellow) where she shares her reflecti...
05/30/2020
Indigenous Icons and Influencers: Dorothy Grant – The world of an Indigenous entrepreneur during Covid19 - NationTalk

Tune into this NationTalk interview with Dorothy Grant (SAR’s 2020 Katrin H. Lamon Fellow) where she shares her reflections and advice as a business owner during the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen here: https://bit.ly/2SGkAYx

Internationally renowned fashion designer and traditional Haida artist Dorothy Grant shares her reflections and advice as a business owner during the 2020 COVID-19 Global Pandemic. Join NationTalk and Dorothy as she speaks for listeners as an Indigenous woman, an artist and entrepreneur.   Shop Dor...

Hello everybody! As this internship comes to a close, I wanted to thank everyone at SAR, especially those at the IARC, f...
05/29/2020

Hello everybody! As this internship comes to a close, I wanted to thank everyone at SAR, especially those at the IARC, for the amazing opportunity to become the 2019-2020 Anne Ray Intern. It has been both a culturally and academically fulfilling experience that I will never forget. I hope you all have enjoyed the posts I have created during the past nine months. Lastly, I leave you with random special moments captured throughout the internship.

Askwali,

Erin Monique Grant, 2019-2020 Anne Ray Intern

Last chance to vote for SAR in the Santa Fe Reporter's "Best of Santa Fe 2020" for Best Lecture Series! Voting ends on M...
05/29/2020
Best of Santa Fe 2020

Last chance to vote for SAR in the Santa Fe Reporter's "Best of Santa Fe 2020" for Best Lecture Series! Voting ends on May 31 so make sure you cast your ballot: https://bit.ly/3dn7hEf

Nominations are open Feb. 1 through March 15 in the Santa Fe Reporter's annual online readers poll.

New research from Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) has revealed that the COVID-19 mortality rate for ...
05/27/2020
Report: Brazil's indigenous people are dying at an alarming rate from Covid-19

New research from Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) has revealed that the COVID-19 mortality rate for Brazil's indigenous people is double that of the rest of the country's population. More on those findings here: https://cnn.it/2TFxZQU

Far from hospitals and often lacking basic infrastructure, Brazil's indigenous people are dying at an alarming rate from Covid-19 with little help in sight.

Our next SAR Artists Live will be June 2 at 6:00pm MDT on Instagram. Jump behind-the-scenes and into the workspace of mu...
05/26/2020

Our next SAR Artists Live will be June 2 at 6:00pm MDT on Instagram. Jump behind-the-scenes and into the workspace of multimedia artist Ian Kuali'i , SAR’s 2019 Ronald and Susan Dubin Native artist fellow.

Drawing inspiration from his Native Hawaiian and Apache heritage, Kuali’i addresses themes of urban decay through murals, large-scale hand-cut paper works, prints, and earthworks/land art.

We hope you will join us!

SAR Instagram: https://bit.ly/2T1D7ym

05/26/2020

Navajo photographer Will Wilson, SAR’s 2013 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native artist fellow, is widely recognized for his unusual approach to the world of photography. As a fellow, Wilson worked on a project called "Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange," depicting contemporary Native artists and art professionals via nineteenth-century photographic processes. In this video recorded at the Dubin Studio, we are able to watch Wilson, who’s received numerous awards for his work, demonstrate his wet plate photography process: https://bit.ly/2Tp7u2e

As SAR’s 2019–2020 scholar fellows prepare to conclude their residency at SAR, we take a look back at the introductory p...
05/25/2020

As SAR’s 2019–2020 scholar fellows prepare to conclude their residency at SAR, we take a look back at the introductory presentations they gave at the beginning of their term last September. These scholars, including C. J. Alvarez, Patricia Crown, Rashmi Sadana, Fátima Suárez, and Davina Two Bears, share the projects they embarked upon over the past twelve months and the questions they explored while at SAR. Many thanks to the Weatherhead Endowment, the Anne Ray Foundation, the Katrin H. Lamon Endowment, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for helping enable this important work: https://bit.ly/2Zl5iMH

The School for Advanced Research just launched SAR Impacts, a new video series that explores the work of one scholar or ...
05/24/2020

The School for Advanced Research just launched SAR Impacts, a new video series that explores the work of one scholar or artist and showcases its impact and relevance to our world today. We hope you will join us! Learn about this exciting new series here: https://bit.ly/2Tm7HTC

The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) recently debuted the online version of the Acoma Pueblo collections via their eMu...
05/23/2020

The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) recently debuted the online version of the Acoma Pueblo collections via their eMuseum platform! This online version is result of six years of work with the Pueblo of Acoma, which includes 449 works of pottery, textiles, jewelry and paintings. We invite you to explore: https://bit.ly/2X2b6Io

"I am very grateful to SAR/IARC and all the participants who gave of themselves to see this process completed. The fruits of our labor are absolutely fantastic! For anyone unable to visit Acoma or Santa Fe, this is a great way to see the many wonderful works by our Acoma people." - Claudia Mitchell, Acoma Potter

IAF.1152, Storage jar, unknown artist, Acoma Pueblo, 1880-1890, clay, paints, 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. Photo by Addison Doty.

Looking for new learning activities for the child in your life? New Mexico Historic Sites recently began a new online pr...
05/22/2020
Virtual Classroom

Looking for new learning activities for the child in your life? New Mexico Historic Sites recently began a new online program, "New Mexico Historic Sites Virtual Classroom Program." This consists of lesson plans, activities and learning videos for grades K-12. They are free for everyone to use. Currently there are 20 lesson plans and an example includes "Birding at Jemez Historic Site" where students can learn why birds are important to Pueblo people.

Click through for the lesson plans: http://nmhistoricsites.org/virtual-classroom

New Mexico Historic Sites preserve and protect cultural sites throughout the Land of Enchantment.

Join SAR on May 26 for a special member conversation with Northern Chumash artist Leah Mata Fragua and hear about her ex...
05/22/2020

Join SAR on May 26 for a special member conversation with Northern Chumash artist Leah Mata Fragua and hear about her experience as the 2020 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native artist fellow. While in residence at SAR, she has drawn from a skillset that includes generations of traditional ecological knowledge, lapidary work, feather work, and fiber art techniques to create a Chumash dance dress. More on this event here: https://bit.ly/2L0oWFp

05/21/2020
Artist Talk with Leah Mata Fragua

Starting soon! Click on the link below to tune in to our Livestream Artist talk with Northern Chumash artist and current Dobkin fellow, Leah Mata Fragua. The talk begins at 5:30 (MDT) and will be followed by a live Q&A with IARC Curator of Education, Felicia Garcia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riumh8fLXFg&feature=youtu.be

Northern Chumash artist Leah Mata Fragua presents on her work as a practitioner of place-based arts and her experience as the 2020 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Na...

During the 1847 potato famine, the Choctaw Nation sent $170 to starving Irish families. Now, Irish donors are helping tw...
05/21/2020
Irish Return an Old Favor, Helping Native Americans Battling the Virus

During the 1847 potato famine, the Choctaw Nation sent $170 to starving Irish families. Now, Irish donors are helping two tribes during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Learn more about this relationship between Ireland and Native American communities here: https://nyti.ms/2LddyWM

In 1847 the Choctaw people sent $170 to help during the potato famine. Irish donors are citing that gesture as they help two tribes during the Covid-19 pandemic.

05/20/2020
He Alo A He Alo: Face to Face, Conversations with The Ancestors with Maile Andrade and Marques Hanal

Did you miss this year’s IARC Speaker Series?

Both talks are now available on the SAR YouTube page. Anton Treuer (author and Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University) gives the first presentation in the series, discussing revitalization efforts in Indigenous culture, language, and art. Within the second talk, Maile Andrade (Multi-media Artist; Professor at Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa; 2012 Dobkin Native Artist Fellow) and Marques Hanalei Marzan (Hawaiian Fiber Artist; Cultural Advisor for the Bishop Museum in Honolulu) participate in an open dialogue about their work as artists and educators.

Click on the links below to tune in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr93fCJ17fI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MetSh1JOnqE

Maile Andrade, multi-media artist, professor at Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and SAR’s 2012 Eric and Barbara ...

05/20/2020

Don't forget to sign up for our May 21 Artist Talk with Leah Mata Fragua. Learn about creating a Chumash dance dress, how climate change has impacted her artistic source materials and more! Register here: https://bit.ly/3cbDFJK

05/19/2020
Artist talk, SAR’s 2019 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native artist fellow, Zuni potter Timothy Edaakie

Zuni potter Timothy Edaakie, SAR’s 2019 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist fellow, first began making pottery in high school and has continued to refine his use of traditional Zuni techniques and materials ever since. In a 2019 artist talk, “Dehweh Hom I’Keh’Nan’Neh: Pottery My Heart,” Edaakie discusses his process and objectives as a Native artist, which include reviving traditional pottery methods, forms, and designs not currently used in Zuni Pueblo: https://bit.ly/3dtgoTE

Zuni potter Timothy Edaakie, SAR’s 2019 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native artist fellow, presents on his work and process. With a goal of reviving traditional...

Have you missed being able to browse the exhibit hall during your spring conferences? Check out collections and discount...
05/19/2020

Have you missed being able to browse the exhibit hall during your spring conferences? Check out collections and discounts for many of the groups who were scheduled to meet this semester in the virtual exhibit hall of the University of New Mexico Press and find your favorite SAR Press titles there too!
https://unmpress.com/virtual-exhibits

Don't forget to join us on May 19 for our new Instagram series, SAR Artists Live, to get a behind-the-scenes look into t...
05/18/2020

Don't forget to join us on May 19 for our new Instagram series, SAR Artists Live, to get a behind-the-scenes look into the lives of our artists, both past and present. Catch up with Northern Chumash artist Leah Mata Fragua tomorrow at 6pm MDT: https://bit.ly/2T1D7ym

Happy #InternationalMuseumDay! The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) has a growing collection of approximately 12,000 i...
05/18/2020
Collections – Indian Arts Research Center

Happy #InternationalMuseumDay! The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) has a growing collection of approximately 12,000 items, considered by many to be one of the most remarkable assemblages of Southwestern Native American art in the world.

We are pleased to announce that we just debuted the online version of the Acoma Pueblo collections via our eMuseum platform! The online version is result of six years of work with the Pueblo of Acoma, which includes 449 works of pottery, textiles, jewelry and paintings.

View the IARC collections here: https://bit.ly/2yZ1mqw

Welcome to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) eMuseum. Originally founded as the Pueblo Pottery Fund in 1922, the IARC’s growing collection now comprises approximately 12,000 items, considered by many to be one of the most remarkable assemblages of Southwestern Native American art in the world...

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Don't forget to sign up for our May 21 Artist Talk with Leah Mata Fragua. Learn about creating a Chumash dance dress, how climate change has impacted her artistic source materials and more! Register here: https://bit.ly/3cbDFJK

On April 28, SAR will host a member dialogue with Patricia Crown, 2019-2020 Weatherhead Fellow and current Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. Join this guided discussion to learn about her career and current project on drinking practices and politics in Chaco Canyon through an exploration of the known cylinder jars from the region. Register here: https://bit.ly/34RtE1H

SAR Impacts - Meet Dr. Patricia Crown
SAR Impacts - Meet Dr. Patricia Crown

Chocolate and Chaco? Meet SAR Weatherhead fellow, Dr. Patricia Crown. Learn more about her project exploring the use of chocolate across the Chaco Canyon region nearly 1000 years ago. Stay tuned for our full profile with Dr. Crown that we'll be sharing next week and mark your calendars to join us for an SAR member webinar with her on Tuesday, April 21. Her project asks what the use of cylinder jars and their connection to chocolate a millennium ago in Chaco can tell us about the ritual, economic, and political life of the inhabitants of Pueblo Bonito. While at SAR, Dr. Crown has been developing her book that answers this question by exploring the interconnections among drinking practices, crafts production, and status hierarchies.

Installation of From Within: A Collaborative Show Between the School for Advanced Research and Youth Artists at Santa Fe’s YDP Program
Installation of From Within: A Collaborative Show Between the School for Advanced Research and Youth Artists at Santa Fe’s YDP Program

“From Within: A Collaborative Show Between the School for Advanced Research and Youth Artists at Santa Fe’s YDP Program” opened last Friday at the Ray Drew Gallery in Las Vegas, NM. The exhibit celebrates one of SAR's educational community programs. Diego Medina (IARC education assistant) and Felicia Garcia (IARC special projects coordinator) have been working with residents at the Santa Fe Youth Development Program (YDP) to create pieces for the exhibit. As the exhibit description notes: "The works in the exhibition are a collaboration between incarcerated youth and Native artists from New Mexico. The Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research has been working with the residents at the Santa Fe YDP program, a branch of the Santa Fe detention center, to create all of the artwork for the show. YDP houses youth from Santa Fe and surrounding areas, many of which come from Native communities. As stewards of important cultural items, SAR serves as a liaison for bringing in working Native artists to facilitate art activities with these youth. Every artist from YDP in this show will remain unnamed, and what you will see are some of the artistic expressions that came out of the collaboration." Be sure to stop by the closing reception on Friday, February 7th from 4-6pm. Photography and video by Felicia Garcia

SAR 2019-2020 Introductory Presentations
SAR 2019-2020 Introductory Presentations

An overview of the projects that the 2019-2020 resident scholars, Anne Ray interns, and the 2019 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native artist fellow will be working on while in residence at SAR.

Artist Talk with Ian Kuali'i
Artist Talk with Ian Kuali'i

Multimedia artist Ian Kuali’i, SAR’s 2019 Ronald and Susan Dubin Native artist fellow, speaks about his work and time at SAR.

Summer Salon with Bryan Steiff
Summer Salon with Bryan Steiff

Where Wind Works: Documenting US and European Wind Turbines and Correlating Changes to the Landscape Since 2011, photographer Bryan Steiff has tracked developments and uses of energy-generating wind turbines. From small applications and individual residential use to massive commercial wind farms, visualizing the current state of wind-use invites a dialogue around practicality, community impacts, environmental concerns, and political implications of this particular energy source. Steiff says, “these dramatic symbols of renewable resources and green technology vividly evidence the hand of man on the landscape in a way not seen since the massive World War II infrastructure development in American and rebuilding of post-war Europe.”

Summer Salon with Frank Graziano
Summer Salon with Frank Graziano

Author Frank Graziano shares research on the world of New Mexico’s historic stone and adobe churches and the role these structures play in communities today. Based on interpretive ethnographic fieldwork, his work demonstrates how a few committed mayordomos (church caretakers) or entire communities rallying around restoration efforts can influence the future of culturally relevant historic locations.

Speaker Salon with author Nicholas Carr
Speaker Salon with author Nicholas Carr

What is the Internet doing to our minds and how is it shaping the ways we work, think, and live. Michael F. Brown, SAR president, leads a live discussion with Nicholas Carr.

2018 2019 Anne Ray Intern Presentations
2018 2019 Anne Ray Intern Presentations

Felicia Garcia and Samantha Tracy share their experiences as this year’s Anne Ray interns at the School for Advanced Research

Speaker Salon with Elizabeth Hoover
Speaker Salon with Elizabeth Hoover

Anthropologist Dr. Elizabeth Hoover and SAR members explore Native American food heritage, seed sovereignty, climate change and more.

You'll be able to spot La Fonda Hotel's Jennifer Kimball from afar in these amazing coats made from painted fabric done by SAR's 2018 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native artist fellow, Jordan Craig. Learn more about the artist's time at SAR on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JQPQP_BWx0&t=47s

What is unique about SAR? An interview with Senior Scholar Steven Feld
What is unique about SAR? An interview with Senior Scholar Steven Feld

https://sarweb.org/give-to-sar/why-give-to-sar-appeal/ The world needs places where communities can engage in intellectual inquiry and challenging conversations rooted in diverse cultural traditions and histories. Hear from Steven Feld – filmmaker, sound artist/performer, cultural and linguist anthropologist, and SAR Senior Scholar – on what makes SAR so unique! As you review your end-of-year giving, we encourage you to consider contributing to SAR. Your support, no matter the amount, helps to sustain SAR’s indispensable role as an institution that encourages innovative social science research and promote Native American artistic creativity.

Gerry Quotskuyva in the Dubin Studio
Gerry Quotskuyva in the Dubin Studio

This #GivingTuesday, show SAR some love. Your support helps continue a legacy of hosting Native American artists through fellowships and gives time and space to artists so they can harness their cultural heritage and explore new avenues of creativity. https://sarweb.org/donate/ "The land at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) will forever be Holy grounds to me. I arrived experiencing a creative block and within a few weeks, my inner voice reawakened –speaking to me through a variety of circumstances. This formed the direction of where I started work every day. As a result, the Gnarly Root is not only a matriarchal concept, but a timeline of my residency. Each and every artist should be able to walk away from SAR with a clear vision of their creative spirit and goals for the future. It was better than most residencies in that it was a spiritual retreat well worth the journey." - Gerry Quotskuyva, SAR's 2018 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellow

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the world premiere of Voices of the Rainforest. It was particularly special to hear from the creators: Steven Feld, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, sound editor Dennis Leonard, and filmmaker Jeremiah Richards. The documentary is screening nightly at 6:30 pm at the Violet Crown Santa Fe until next Tuesday. Catch it with a friend and enjoy this truly unique experience. Or head to Albuquerque on Thursday and see it at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science as part of the The Society for Ethnomusicology #SARsf #SARsfalum #SEM_2018 #documentary #immersivedocumentary #Mickeyhart #rainforest

Visit SAR Press at the AAA in San Jose! We'll be at booth #315 with UNM Press.

For our US followers: Did you vote today in the midterm elections (or maybe voted early)? SAR staff are proud to be part of the voting crowds today. #SARsf #GoVote #votetoday #electionday #electionnight #wevoted #Ivoted #midterm2018

Leah Buechley Speaker Salon
Leah Buechley Speaker Salon

We’re live with computer scientist, Leah Buechley. We’re talking makerspaces, gender equity, craft, technology, and STEM. (Conversation will start at 10:10) Share your questions in the comments field and we’ll ask the speaker as the program progresses.

This week we've been welcoming our new resident scholars, interns, and our 2018 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native Artist Fellow. Hear about each of their projects on Wednesday September 19th in the introductory presentations here at SAR: https://sarweb.org/event/2018-2019-introductory-presentations/

Watching now: Brian Vallo -A History of Giving: Stewardship of Private Collections at the IARC. Comment below to let us know you are watching! #nativeartweek #IARCsf #facebooklive

Staff help prepare for "Beadwork Adorns the World"
Staff help prepare for "Beadwork Adorns the World"

This afternoon the IARC staff worked with Marsha Bol to review pieces she will be highlighting in her upcoming SAR In-Depth class, "Beadwork Adorns the World" (September 5 - 25). Learn more and register for the class today: https://sarweb.org/education/classes/ Photos include: Baby carrier panel, mid-20th c. Kenyah peoples, Orang Ulu group, Borneo Island, Indonesia / Malaysia Museum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, Gift of Diane and Sandy Besser, FA.2002.49.5 IARC staff Lisa Hsu Barrera (collections manager) and Lilyan Jones (collections assistant) reviewing IARC collection objects with Dr. Marsha Bol.

Get your ticket today and join us for our Indian Arts Research Center 40th Anniversary event on Friday, June 22.The live auction includes amazing works by former artist fellows and a series of unique experiences. Learn more: https://sarweb.org/iarc/iarc40/celebration/ Tickets: $150 Honoring 40 Years of Creativity in Native American Arts The School for Advanced Research celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Indian Arts Research Center Friday, June 22, 2018, 6:00-10:00 pm Poeh Cultural Center 78 Cities of Gold Road Pojoaque Pueblo #IARCsf40 #IARCsf #nativeamericanart #support #santafe #nonprofit #liveauction

Join the School for Advanced Research on Friday June 22 for a celebration honoring the 40th anniversary of the Indian Arts Research Center. Tickets available now for the evening of live music, pueblo-inspired cuisine, and an auction of works created and donated by former Native American artist fellows. Friday, June 22, 2018, 6:00-10:00 pm Tickets - $150 each ($75 is tax deductible); $1,250 for a table ($500 is tax deductible) https://sarweb.org/registration/register-iarc-40th/ Poeh Cultural Center 78 Cities of Gold Road Pojoaque Pueblo Presentation of a lifetime achievement award to Nora Naranjo Morse, 1988 Lamon Artist Fellow & 2000 Dubin Artist Fellow.

Thank you to the Newcomers' Club of Santa Fe for adding SAR to your social calendar. This week SAR hosted their group for a tour and introduced their members to our Indian Arts Research Center collection and historic campus. Are you part of a social group looking for an engaging outing around Santa Fe? Call today and schedule a special tour with us. This season is perfect for our campus tour with all of our blooming gardens. See more information on our website: https://sarweb.org/about/tours/

#GivingTuesday
#GivingTuesday

On this #GivingTuesday, you can help refurbish the heart of SAR! Your gift today will support much-needed repairs on the Schwartz Seminar House —a nurturing environment for scholars to study, research, write, and interact in profound ways. #GivingTuesdayNM #SARsf

SAR, A Place Where Ideas Can Flourish
SAR, A Place Where Ideas Can Flourish

This Thanksgiving, we thank you for helping us make new discoveries about our past, present, and future. It is because of you that SAR can be a place for big-picture thinking—on deep history, human evolution, revitalization of cultural traditions, and more. Your involvement inspires work that is clear, engaging, and meaningful.

Bad Births, Bad Bodies
Bad Births, Bad Bodies

Preview Ali Heller's colloquium and join us at noon on November 9 in the Dobkin Boardroom. Free and open to the public. #SARsf

Preview of Mexican Nazis and Global Pachucos. This week's colloquium with David Romo at SAR. More info here: http://sarweb.org/?2016_coll_elpaso

Luis Urrieta will be presenting our weekly colloquium on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at noon. It's free and open to the public. #SARsf Videographer: John Sadd, SAR volunteer

Linda Aguilar talks about "Going Vegas" at SAR. May 26, 2011.
Linda Aguilar talks about "Going Vegas" at SAR. May 26, 2011.

Linda Aguilar's talk and open studio went wonderfully last Thursday. Thanks to everyone who came. Earlier in the day, we chatted as she prepped one of her installations, "Going Vegas." You can watch it here. (Sorry about my shaky camera work.) -Elysia

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The School for Advanced Research has supported innovative social science and Native American artistic creativity for more than a century. Since we began offering fellowships in 1972, we have funded the work of more than 345 SAR scholars and artists, among whose ranks are seven MacArthur Fellows and eighteen Guggenheim Fellows. Please join us in Santa Fe for insightful lectures or a tour of the School's historic campus. You can also follow the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists on our website at www.sarweb.org.

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sorry for the late notice, but i won't be able to attend, please give my seat to someone, thanks.
Is monogamy fundamental to our nature as human beings? What about polygamy? How is marriage defined across cultures? Join us for a fascinating conversation with Oxford and Santa Fe Institute anthropologist Laura Fortunato as she explores the vastly different ways that family systems are organized. LISTEN NOW: http://radiocafe.media/newmexican-fortunato/
I have some images with information I have put together of the Mesa Prieta pictographs . Just my opinion but this may have been how they viewed the orion constolation and surrounding stars. The hour glass shape is part of orion, the tip of the spear is the top of orion. The disk shape to the left is Aldebaran. And where the 7 sisters constolation looks like it has been damaged. The serpent shaoe at the top is the milky way and the large circle at the very top is procyan. I will leave other photos in the comments that may make this clearer
Thank you for an invitation it’s an honor, Good morning
Thank you for the invitation! I am honored and humbled to be here. I look forward to seeing the posts. =)
I look forward to learning more about and from SAR.
Arroyo Hondo Pueblo location
Blackwater Draw Black & White exhibit includes more than 50 historical photos from throughout 85 years of archaeological excavation at the Blackwater Draw site.