By Laura Elliff Cruz, Collections Manager, Indian Arts Research Center, School for Advanced Research After teaching an SAR member class in early December, Caring for Your Personal Collections at Home: An Introduction to Collections Care, I realized how busy everyday...
On July 31 this year Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery opened in Santa Fe at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture. The exhibition, curated by the Pueblo Pottery Collective and organized by the School for Advanced Research and the Vilcek Foundation, has...
Written by Paul Ryer, Scholar Programs Director With the end of Robert Weiner’s compelling presentation about the roads of Chaco Canyon on December 14, we successfully concluded SAR’s 2022 Resident Scholar colloquium series. Using the format we have evolved over the...
Written by Paloma López, Educator, Indian Arts Research Center Sunday, November 6 was Film Day at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (MIAC). The School for Advanced Research (SAR) and MIAC teamed up for a day of screenings, panels, and demonstrations in...
View the video recording here The Creative Thought Forum Linda S. Cordell Lecture was conducted online this year resulting in live event viewership from 360 computer, tablet, and smartphone screens. Add to that the over 700 views of the recorded video on SAR’s...
Introducing 2022-2023 Anne Ray Intern Penske McCormack Hello all! I am Penske McCormack (they/them), and I am one of the two Anne Ray Interns at SAR’s Indian Arts Research Center for 2022-2023. I am very excited to introduce myself to the SAR community! Raised...
Introducing 2022-2023 Anne Ray Intern Wayne Nez Gaussoin Hi! I am Wayne Nez Gaussoin (Picuris/Diné/French descent), and I’m one of the 2022-2023 Anne Ray Interns at the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC). I have a background as a professional artist with over...
Guest post by Emily Santhanam, 2020-2021 Anne Ray Intern I arrived mid-morning at the Reception Center, the summer sun already high and bright. It had been a few months since I’d last visited campus, and over a year since I’d lived there as an Anne Ray intern....
‘Who Were You When You Stepped to This Pot?’1: A Lesson in Community Curation from Grounded in Clay Guest post by Emily Santhanam Consider when and where you’ve seen Pueblo pottery in a museum. How was it displayed? Who wrote the label? What did it tell you about the...
Written by Kat Bernhardt, Advancement Associate, SAR With her sparkling dark eyes and guarded genuine smile, there is a big-hearted openness about Dr. Adriana María Linares-Palma, 2021-2022 Paloheimo Fellow in residence at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) in...
President’s Circle Virtual Happy Hour “Shared Histories: Exploring Connections between Collections at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture and SAR” with SAR Senior Scholar Bruce Bernstein Image above: IAF 121. Jar, c.1916. Crescencio and[...]
Grounded in Clay Programming Event! The Prose of Pueblo PotterySunday, February 5, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm MSTMuseum of Indian Arts & Culture Join artists and Pueblo Pottery Collective members Max Early (Laguna), Rose B.[...]
MELLON LECTURE The War on Both Sides: Drug Addiction as Lived in New Mexico’s Española Valley and in Mexico City Angela Garcia 6:00 p.m. Doors open, light reception in lobby 7:00 p.m. Presentation begins in[...]
From Me to You: A Conversation with Pottery With Tara Gatewood (Isleta, Diné) Journalist, storyteller, and photographer, Tara Gatewood (Isleta, Diné), examines the ways in which we communicate with the world around us and the[...]
Earth, Wind, Fire, Water: Pueblo Pottery and the Environment With Dr. Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owingeh), Jason Garcia (Santa Clara), and Dr. Christina M. Castro (Jemez) Dr. Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owingeh) sits down with Jason Garcia (Santa[...]
TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE LENSIC BOX OFFICE (ONLY) STARTING FEBRUARY 10 Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Andrew S. Curran discuss the invention of race and its worldwide effects, including impacts in the American[...]
Conversation and Pottery Making: An Afternoon with Clarence Cruz and Samuel Villarreal Catanach With Clarence Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh), and Samuel Villarreal Catanach (Pojoaque) Join UNM professor Clarence Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh) and Pojoaque’s Tewa Language Department[...]
Untold Pueblo Stories: Hidden Histories and the Pueblo Diaspora Diego Medina (Tiwa-Piro-Manso), Albert Alvidrez (Ysleta del Sur), and Jerry Dunbar (Ysleta del Sur) Diego Medina (Tiwa-Piro-Manso), Albert Alvidrez (Ysleta del Sur), and Jerry Dunbar (Ysleta[...]