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Three New Mexico Organizations Join Together to Host the Twelfth Annual Pueblo Fiber Arts Show Memorial Day Weekend

by Kevin Watson | May 23, 2023 | Blog, Hidden (drafts), News

The New Mexico Pueblo Fiber Arts Guild, in collaboration with the Poeh Cultural Center and School for Advanced Research (SAR), is pleased to announce the Twelfth Annual Pueblo Fiber Arts Show on Saturday, May 27, 2023, from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. The show will take place at...

SAR Member Trip to Glorieta Pass and Pecos National Historical Park

by Kevin Watson | May 11, 2023 | Blog, Hidden (drafts), News

By Melinda Sue Robbins, Grants Manager, School for Advanced Research On the morning of May 3, 20-plus SAR members began a guided excursion to Glorieta Pass and Pecos National Historical Park. The day began at SAR’s Dobkin Boardroom with a presentation by historian...

SAR Welcomes Two New Board Members

by Lindsay Archuleta | May 2, 2023 | Blog, News, Press Releases

The School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is pleased to welcome two new members to its board of directors: Larry Colton and Ed Gale. President Michael F. Brown describes these additions to the board as evidence of SAR’s ongoing commitment to recruiting directors who bring the widest possible range of life experiences and professional accomplishments to the organization’s leadership team.

Reflections on the Origin of a Dangerous Concept

by Michael F. Brown | Apr 21, 2023 | Blog, News, SAR President's Lecture

On April 13 and 14, 2023, SAR hosted two events focused on the invention of the concept of race in eighteenth-century Europe and its implications. The conversation was led by noted Harvard faculty member and PBS personality Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and his colleague...

First SAR Centennial Medal Presented to N. Scott Momaday

by Alexia Lozano | Mar 30, 2023 | Blog, News

On February 25, SAR President Michael F. Brown, Ph.D., presented SAR’s first ever Centennial Medal to author N. Scott Momaday for distinguished service to SAR and the world. The award was presented during the SAR board reception at the La Fonda Hotel. Momaday...

Twelve Tips for Item Care in Your Home

by Mary G. Madigan | Jan 11, 2023 | Blog, News

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...

Accolades for the Landmark Exhibition Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery

by Mary G. Madigan | Dec 23, 2022 | Blog, News

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...

SAR Artist Alumnus Co-Curates Important Exhibition of Native American Photography

by Michael F. Brown | Dec 22, 2022 | Blog, News

Will Wilson, the Santa Fe-based Navajo photographer and 2013 Rollin and Mary Ella King Artist Fellow at SAR, has co-curated a major exhibition of contemporary Native American photography at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas. The...

Lives and Afterlives: Reflections on the 2022 Resident Scholar Colloquium Series

by Mary G. Madigan | Dec 21, 2022 | Blog, News

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...

2022 Staley Prize Awarded to J. Lorand Matory at Duke University

by Michael F. Brown | Dec 21, 2022 | Blog, News, Staley Prize

On November 3, 2022, SAR President Michael F. Brown presented the 2022 J.I. Staley Prize to J. Lorand Matory, Duke University, at an event in Durham, North Carolina, hosted by Duke’s School of Arts & Sciences. Matory is the Lawrence Richardson Distinguished...