Blog: Voices from SAR
Climate Change, Skepticism, Scale
On June 1, 2018, the School for Advanced Research and The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico hosted New Yorker staff writer Elizabeth Kolbert at Santa Fe’s Lensic Performing Arts Center. The event drew a capacity crowd of more than 700. Kolbert presented a 30-minute talk that was followed by an on-stage Q&A by Terry Sullivan, director of The Nature Conservancy NM, and SAR president Michael Brown. This event, the title of which was “The Fate of the Earth,” was presented under the auspices of SAR’s annual President’s Lecture.
IARC Director, Brian Vallo, Appears on Mary-Charlotte Radio Café
On a recent Friday afternoon, Brian Vallo, Director of the Indian Arts Research Center, sat for an interview with Mary-Charlotte Domandi, host of Radio Café. The two embarked on a discussion about the past, present, and future work of the IARC. Across the interview...
Author Christine Mather speaks on Pueblo Revival Architecture
Continuing Santa Fe’s Colorful Legacy lecture series, local author and architectural historian Christine Mather will present on Pueblo Revival architecture on Sunday, July 1, 2018 from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm at the St. Francis Auditorium, 107 West Palace Avenue at the New...
From Urban Coyotes to New Mexico Mountains: Summer Salons at SAR
Droughts, changing habitats, and increased urban sprawl over the last several decades have impacted the lives of animals and people alike. Continuing a programmatic focus on climate change issues, the School for Advanced Research is pleased to announce its...
SAR Announces 2018-19 Native Artist Fellows
SAR is pleased to announce the 2018-2019 cycle of artists-in-residence. Each year the Indian Arts Research Center offers three fellowships to advance the work of mature and emerging Native artists. These fellowships give artists time to explore new avenues of...
Are Human Bodies Private Property or Part of a Commons?
Are Human Bodies Private Property or Part of a Commons? Michael F. Brown On Wednesday, April 17, 2018, SAR was pleased to host presentations by Nancy Scheper-Hughes (Chancellor's Professor Emerita, UC-Berkeley) and Òrla O'Donovan (School of Applied Social Studies,...
New Book Published by 2015 Summer Scholar Devaka Premawardhana
Devaka Premawardhana, 2015 Ethel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting Summer Scholar, is pleased to share the news that his book, Faith in Flux: Pentecostalism and Mobility in Rural Mozambique, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018 has just been published. Dr. Premawardhana is...
Bringing Native Art to Underserved Students
The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) is proud to participate in the 21st Century Community Center grant initiative led by Santa Fe (SFPS) and Espanola (EPS) Public Schools to bring quality extended learning opportunities to afterschool programs for underserved...
Sisters in Arts, Honoring “Trailblazers and Boundary Breakers”
Thank you to the Santa Fe New Mexican, Pasatiempo, and Jennifer Levin for writing such a fantastic article on the upcoming Speaker Series at the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), Trailblazers and Boundary Breakers: Honoring Native Women in Art.”
PBS’s “Report from Santa Fe” interviews Dr. Gabriella Coleman
Lorene Mills of “Report from Santa Fe” interviewed Dr. Gabriella Coleman on January 26 on her lecture topic, “Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous”.