SAR Announces 2020-2021 Native American Artist Fellows
SAR Announces 2019-2020 Native American Artist Fellows: Mikayla Patton, Venancio Aragon, and Neebinnaukzhik Southall.
Staying Connected
In addition to canceling, postponing, or livestreaming our in-person public programs until April 30, we have reluctantly decided to close the SAR campus to the public until further notice.
We understand that your mailboxes are flooded with messages about responses to Covid-19 and it can seem overwhelming. But now is a good time to reflect and find new ways to engage with one another. So we can’t engage in-person? Let’s connect from home. Here are several ways you can continue to be part of the SAR community from afar.
2020 J.I. Staley Prize Awarded to a Powerful Examination of Life, Death, and Care, among Inuit Communities.
Lisa Stevenson’s Life Beside Itself examines two historical moments among the Inuit of northern Canada: a tuberculosis epidemic in the mid-twentieth century and an epidemic of suicides among Inuit youth today. Through richly textured analysis, Stevenson shows how suicide prevention programs disregard what makes life worthwhile to Inuit people. Life Beside Itself deftly weaves together ethnography, archival voice recordings, and images to raise new questions about life, death, and care.
IARC Speaker Series Explores Indigenous-Based Cultural Preservation
SAR is proud to present a series of conversation-style presentations exploring today’s world of cultural preservation. This year’s IARC speaker series takes us on a journey beyond the Pueblo communities within which we are situated, to shed light on the many remarkable ways indigenous-based cultural preservation is happening nationally.
Chaco Landscapes: Sensory and Political Engagements with Place
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is pleased to announce the next event in our third annual Creative Thought Forum Series. Archaeologist Ruth Van Dyke presents Chaco Landscapes: Sensory and Political Engagements with Place. In her talk she shares insights into past and present social, political, and sensorial relationships across the greater Chaco landscape. She explores how archaeologists can work together with Native peoples to influence the public understanding of contemporary economic/extractive projects, including those in northwest New Mexico.
Guidelines for Collaboration: IARC Leads National Trend in Collaborative Museum Work
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is pleased to announce the publication of the Guidelines for Collaboration, theoretical and practical guides to building successful collaborations between Indigenous communities, museums, and other collecting institutions. The Guidelines are the product of several years of critical discourse between over sixty Native and non-Native museum professionals, cultural leaders, artists, and scholars experienced in collaborative work in various institutions in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. Available only in limited release until now, the Guidelines are already being used by internationally recognized institutions including Chicago’s Field Museum and University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) in collaboration with the Getty Conservation Institute.
Elysia Poon named Indian Arts Research Center Director
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Elysia Poon as the new director of SAR’s Indian Arts Research Center (IARC). With over a decade of experience within the organization as the IARC curator of education and nearly twenty years of museum experience, Poon has demonstrated a commitment to collaborative programming and a dedication to community-based collections care. Under her leadership, the IARC will continue to advance national conversations around how collecting institutions and Native American communities can work together to foster cultural heritage and promote contemporary art practices.
2019-2020 Creative Thought Forum Series Addresses the Future of Work
The School for Advanced Research is pleased to announce the third annual Creative Thought Forum series. Across lectures and conversation-style salons, SAR and community partners invite our members and the public to explore our understanding of where humanity is going in a new age of technological and cultural shifts under the thematic umbrella of “The Future of Work.”
John Nieto-Phillips and Thomas R. Conner Join SAR Board of Directors
The School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is pleased to welcome two new members to its board of directors: John Nieto-Phillips, Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of History and Latino Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, and Thomas R. Conner, former trial attorney and founder of TIRR Foundation/Mission Connect, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of those living with paralysis or traumatic brain injuries.
SAR Announces 2019-2020 Resident Scholars
SAR Announces 2019-2020 Resident Scholars: C.J. Alvarez, Patricia Crown, Rashmi Sadana, Fátima Suárez, and Davina Two Bears.
Upcoming Events
Jul
6
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2020
5:00 pm President’s Circle Virtual Happy... @ Hosted online
President’s Circle Virtual Happy... @ Hosted online 
Jul 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
President’s Circle Virtual Happy Hour New Mexico in the Time of Influenza: A Conversation with Nancy Owen Lewis As members of the President’s Circle and Founders’ Society, you are cordially invited to attend a Virtual[...]
Jul
7
Tue
2020
6:00 pm SAR Artists Live on Instagram wi... @ SAR's Instagram page
SAR Artists Live on Instagram wi... @ SAR's Instagram page 
Jul 7 @ 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
2020 Dubin Fellow Mikayla Patton. Photo courtesy of the artist SAR Artists Live with multimedia artist Mikayla Patton will take place Tuesday, July 7 at 6:00 p.m. MDT. Jump behind-the-scenes and into the workspace of[...]
Jul
14
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2020
6:00 pm SAR Artists Live on Instagram wi... @ SAR's Instagram page
SAR Artists Live on Instagram wi... @ SAR's Instagram page 
Jul 14 @ 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
2010 Dobkin Fellow Marla Allison in the Dubin Studio.SAR Artists Live with Laguna Pueblo painter Marla Allison will take place Tuesday, July 14 at 6:00 p.m. MDT. Jump behind-the-scenes and into the workspace of SAR’s[...]
Jul
17
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2020
5:00 pm Beyond Borders: Hostile Terrain ... @ Hosted online
Beyond Borders: Hostile Terrain ... @ Hosted online 
Jul 17 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Beginning in the summer of 2020, the School of Advanced Research (SAR), in collaboration with SITE Santa Fe and Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe (CCA), presents Beyond Borders, a series of installations and events[...]
Jul
18
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2020
3:00 pm Beyond Borders – MacArthur Fello... @ Hosted online
Beyond Borders – MacArthur Fello... @ Hosted online
Jul 18 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Beginning in the summer of 2020, the School of Advanced Research (SAR), in collaboration with SITE Santa Fe and Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe (CCA), presents Beyond Borders, a series of installations and events[...]
Jul
21
Tue
2020
5:30 pm POSTPONED to 2021: COLLECTIONS O... @ at the home of Janis Lyon
POSTPONED to 2021: COLLECTIONS O... @ at the home of Janis Lyon 
Jul 21 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
COLLECTIONS OF DISTINCTION Image above: Painting by Fritz Scholder, courtesy of Janis Lyon. at the home of Janis Lyon, in memory of Dennis Lyon Date: Postponed to 2021 Admission: $75 per person, includes drinks and hors[...]
Jul
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2020
2:00 pm Online Salon with Frances Levine... @ Hosted online
Online Salon with Frances Levine... @ Hosted online 
Jul 28 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
“Shaping the American Frontier: Women of the Santa Fe Trail” with Dr. Frances Levine Tuesday, July 28 | 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (MDT) The School for Advanced Research, in partnership with the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, is[...]
6:00 pm SAR Artists Live on Instagram wi... @ SAR's Instagram page
SAR Artists Live on Instagram wi... @ SAR's Instagram page 
Jul 28 @ 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Lomayumtewa Ishii SAR Artists Live with multimedia artist Lomayumtewa K. Ishii will take place Monday, July 28 at 6:00 p.m. MDT. Jump behind-the-scenes and into the workspace of SAR’s 2016 Rollin and Mary Ella King[...]