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We support leading-edge research and study in anthropology and related disciplines in order to foster a better understanding of humankind and the critical problems we face.
Our Collection
We steward one of the most important collections of Southwest Native American art and guide museums around the world on best practices in collaborating with source communities.
Our Community
We offer symposia, salons, classes and field trips that give you a unique opportunity to meet and learn from our scholars and artists. Find out how you can get involved with our diverse, dynamic community.
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SAR Welcomes New Board Directors
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is pleased to welcome four new members and two returning members to its board of directors, as well as one new Advisory Board member. These members bring a vast array of experience in many areas, including anthropology, sociology, leadership, and development.
The SAR Humanities Festival Returns
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) presents the 2024 SAR Humanities Festival: Food for Thought: lectures, discussions, film, and field trips investigating ancient and modern food systems, sustainability, eating and food ethics, and the lives of farmers, ranchers,...
Visit SAR Artist Fellows at the 2024 Santa Fe Indian Market
Billed the world’s largest and most prestigious Native arts show, the Santa Fe Indian Market returns this weekend in its 102nd year. Over twenty former School for Advanced Research (SAR) Artist Fellows will have booths on or around the Santa Fe Plaza at the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA)’s 2024 Santa Fe Indian Market on August 17 and 18, 2024.
A Conversation with Kevin Aspaas: The Story of a Modern Diné Weaver
Born and raised in Santa Fe for the first nine years of his life, Kevin’s arrival was a homecoming of sorts. Before he was born, his mother moved here with some of his siblings so one of his sisters could attend the School for the Deaf. She raised her children and wove during the school year, while his father stayed behind in Shiprock to work for the power plant – an arrangement that echoed so many Diné (Navajo) households of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They returned home to Shiprock and Jeddito, where Kevin’s mother is from, for the summers.
Grounded in Clay Leaves New York, Headed for Houston
After a year of stellar reviews and visitors from all over the world, IARC staff recently traveled to New York to deinstall the second venues of Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Vilcek Foundation.
SAR Scholar Alberto Wilson Interweaves the Industrial Political Economy and the Fighting Spirit of the Working Class in Ciudad Juárez/El Paso
Smack in the middle of the Chihuahuan Desert an urban landscape emerges. The Rio Grande, or Río Bravo to those in Mexico, trickles through, designating their two countries: to the north El Paso, Texas, and to the south, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. They have separate names; however, it is impossible to consider one without the other.
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