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Native Arts Speaker Series

The Native Arts Speaker Series, formerly the Indian Arts Research Center Speaker Series, features topics surrounding the history and evolution of Native American art and the associated issues facing contemporary cultures of Indigenous people throughout the world. From advocacy and policy to preservation of language and traditional knowledge systems, the signature series offers scholars, artists, SAR members, and the local community an opportunity to learn and engage with notable experts.

2023 Native Arts Speaker Series

2023 Native Artists Speaker Series
YouTube Video UExfMktMdFh0YUNtRThxbDlHX0lyNUdRcVQ2VGdNM0FiLS4yODlGNEE0NkRGMEEzMEQy 2023 NATIVE ARTS SPEAKER SERIES | Earth, Wind, Fire, Water: Pueblo Pottery and the Environment With Dr. Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owingeh), Jason Garcia (Santa Clara), and Dr. Christina M. Castro (Taos, Jemez, Chicana) Dr. Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owingeh) sits down with Jason Garcia (Santa Clara) and Dr. Christina M. Castro (Taos, Jemez, Chicana) to discuss deeply seated connections between Pueblo people, pottery, and the land. Martinez, Garcia, and Castro examine the ways in which Pueblo values and beliefs pertaining to the environment are reflected in Pueblo pottery and practices. ___ This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s 2023 Native Arts Speaker Series, Grounded in Clay Conversations. The series celebrates the Grounded in Clay project (which includes a traveling exhibition, catalog, and documentary), by headlining stories that surfaced during the planning phase of the project and by opening conversations about lesser-known narratives intersecting Pueblo people and pottery. Support SAR: https://sarweb.org/donate/ Join SAR today: https://sarweb.org/membership/join/ ___ About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences, and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs, and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org​, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch.org, and on Twitter: @schadvresearch.
Earth, Wind, Fire, Water: Pueblo Pottery and the Environment
June 22, 2023 12:18 pm
2023 NATIVE ARTS SPEAKER SERIES | Earth, Wind, Fire, Water: Pueblo Pottery and the Environment With Dr. Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owingeh), Jason Garcia (Santa Clara), and Dr. Christina M. Castro (Taos, Jemez, Chicana) Dr. Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owingeh) sits down with Jason Garcia (Santa Clara) and Dr. Christina M. Castro (Taos, Jemez, Chicana) to discuss deeply seated connections between Pueblo people, pottery, and the land. Martinez, Garcia, and Castro examine the ways in which Pueblo values and beliefs pertaining to the environment are reflected in Pueblo pottery and practices. ___ This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s 2023 Native Arts Speaker Series, Grounded in Clay Conversations. The series celebrates the Grounded in Clay project (which includes a traveling exhibition, catalog, and documentary), by headlining stories that surfaced during the planning phase of the project and by opening conversations about lesser-known narratives intersecting Pueblo people and pottery. Support SAR: https://sarweb.org/donate/ Join SAR today: https://sarweb.org/membership/join/ ___ About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences, and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs, and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org​, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch.org, and on Twitter: @schadvresearch. 1:5:26
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2023 NATIVE ARTS SPEAKER SERIES | 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 Director Samuel Villarreal Catanach (Pojoaque) for a pottery making demonstration and conversation about Pueblo pottery, language, and land, and the ways in which they intersect. ___ This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s 2023 Native Arts Speaker Series, Grounded in Clay Conversations. The series celebrates the Grounded in Clay project (which includes a traveling exhibition, catalog, and documentary), by headlining stories that surfaced during the planning phase of the project and by opening conversations about lesser-known narratives intersecting Pueblo people and pottery. Support SAR: https://sarweb.org/donate/ Join SAR today: https://sarweb.org/membership/join/ ___ About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences, and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs, and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org​, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch.org, and on Twitter: @schadvresearch. 1:34:07
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2023 NATIVE ARTS SPEAKER SERIES | Untold Pueblo Stories: Hidden Histories and the Pueblo Diaspora With Diego Medina (Tina-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 del Sur) highlight underrepresented Pueblo stories in an exploration of the Ysleta del Sur and Tiwa-Piro-Manso histories. The panel discusses the effects of displacement on Pueblo communities and the larger Pueblo diaspora. ___ This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s 2023 Native Arts Speaker Series, Grounded in Clay Conversations. The series celebrates the Grounded in Clay project (which includes a traveling exhibition, catalog, and documentary), by headlining stories that surfaced during the planning phase of the project and by opening conversations about lesser-known narratives intersecting Pueblo people and pottery. Support SAR: https://sarweb.org/donate/ Join SAR today: https://sarweb.org/membership/join/ ___ About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences, and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs, and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org​, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch.org, and on Twitter: @schadvresearch. 1:24:54
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2022 IARC Speaker Series

2022 Native Arts Speaker Series
2022 SPEAKER SERIES |Community Collaboration in Practice: Collections Reviews at the Indian Arts Research Center With Mark Mitchell (Tesuque Pueblo), Octavius Seowtewa (Zuni Pueblo), Stephanie Riley (Acoma Pueblo), and Jennifer Day. Since 2008, the IARC has worked in collaboration with representatives from Pueblo communities in an effort to review every piece in the IARC collection. These collection reviews recognize community knowledge as a primary source of information and ensure that collection items are represented as accurately as possible and in an appropriate manner. Join previous participants and facilitators as they discuss the collection review process and the benefits of true collaboration. ___ This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s Indian Arts Research Center's 2022 Speaker Series. 2022 marks the centennial of the IARC’s collection of Native Southwest art and history. This year’s Speaker Series, One Hundred Years Later: The Indian Arts Research Center and the Role of Collections in the Twenty-First Century, seeks to explore the role of collections, then and now, and the responsibility and accountability of collecting institutions to the communities they serve. Speakers from across the country will discuss museum practices, community collaboration, and the future of collections in the twenty-first century. Support SAR: https://sarweb.org/donate/ Join SAR today: https://sarweb.org/membership/join/ ___ About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org/​, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schoolforadv..., and on Twitter: @schadvresearch. 1:16:57
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2022 SPEAKER SERIES | Engaging Community through Museum Collections With Dr. Khalid el-Hakim, Jessica Rubenacker, Lynda Romero (Pojoaque Pueblo) and Jennifer Himmelreich (Diné). As we reflect on the history and purpose of museums with a critical eye, it is also important to reexamine the various roles and uses of cultural collections. How are museum collections being used? By whom? And to what end? Join panelists from across the country as they discuss the ways in which they use collections to engage with the communities they serve. ___ This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s Indian Arts Research Center's 2022 Speaker Series. 2022 marks the centennial of the IARC’s collection of Native Southwest art and history. This year’s Speaker Series, One Hundred Years Later: The Indian Arts Research Center and the Role of Collections in the Twenty-First Century, seeks to explore the role of collections, then and now, and the responsibility and accountability of collecting institutions to the communities they serve. Speakers from across the country will discuss museum practices, community collaboration, and the future of collections in the twenty-first century. Support SAR: https://sarweb.org/donate/ Join SAR today: https://sarweb.org/membership/join/ ___ About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org/​, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schoolforadv..., and on Twitter: @schadvresearch. 1:29:45
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2022 SPEAKER SERIES | Considerations for Indigenous Collections Care With Laura Bryant, Sylvanus Paul (Diné), Marla Taylor, and Laura Elliff Cruz Indigenous collections care is a respectful and collaborative practice that prioritizes Indigenous knowledge and intentions as they pertain to objects of cultural heritage. Join our esteemed panelists for a presentation and discussion of the guidelines in progress that outline the importance of a mindful practice; considerations for Indigenous collections care; and next steps for collecting institutions around the country. ___ This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s Indian Arts Research Center's 2022 Speaker Series. 2022 marks the centennial of the IARC’s collection of Native Southwest art and history. This year’s Speaker Series, One Hundred Years Later: The Indian Arts Research Center and the Role of Collections in the Twenty-First Century, seeks to explore the role of collections, then and now, and the responsibility and accountability of collecting institutions to the communities they serve. Speakers from across the country will discuss museum practices, community collaboration, and the future of collections in the twenty-first century. Support SAR: https://sarweb.org/donate/ Join SAR today: https://sarweb.org/membership/join/ ___ About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org/​, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schoolforadv..., and on Twitter: @schadvresearch. 1:25:05
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2022 SPEAKER SERIES | The Indian Arts Research Center: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow With keynote speakers Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo), Brian Vallo (Acoma Pueblo), and Elysia Poon. The roles of collecting institutions continue to evolve in response to the needs of the communities they serve. Museums are increasingly looking back on past practices through a critical lens in order to move forward with a more considered approach to cultural stewardship. This keynote roundtable brings together two former IARC directors, Cynthia Chavez Lamar and Brian Vallo, and current director Elysia Poon for a deep dive into the past, present, and future of the Indian Arts Research Center. ___ This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s Indian Arts Research Center's 2022 Speaker Series. 2022 marks the centennial of the IARC’s collection of Native Southwest art and history. This year’s Speaker Series, One Hundred Years Later: The Indian Arts Research Center and the Role of Collections in the Twenty-First Century, seeks to explore the role of collections, then and now, and the responsibility and accountability of collecting institutions to the communities they serve. Speakers from across the country will discuss museum practices, community collaboration, and the future of collections in the twenty-first century. Support SAR: https://sarweb.org/donate/ Join SAR today: https://sarweb.org/membership/join/ ___ About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org/​, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schoolforadv..., and on Twitter: @schadvresearch. 1:30:27
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2021 IARC Speaker Series
Making Medicine: Apsáalooke Conversations on Land, Water, Culture and Art With Nina Sanders (Apsáalooke), Ben Pease (Apsáalooke), and Joree La France (Apsáalooke) Three Apsáalooke intellectuals present a conversation about the land, water, culture, and art. As a new generation of Indigenous thinkers, scholars, leaders, and artists enter a novel era of worldviews and creation they are faced with the increasing pressure to protect the culture, the community, and most importantly the land. Listen as each speaker shares about their work and what it means to give-back, protect, make medicine, and how these values translate to their work with museums and other cultural institutions. This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s Indian Arts Research Center's 2021 speaker series: Museums Pivot: Shifting Paradigms for Collaboration. The School for Advanced Research’s Indian Arts Research Center presents a series of conversations exploring efforts to foster collaboration between museums and communities. Over the years, documents like SAR’s Guidelines for Collaboration have focused on person-to-person collaboration after realizing the critical importance of community input and partnerships within the museum field. This series highlights the history that led to this moment and current innovative partnerships, but also explores the potential of virtual and remote collaboration in the midst or wake of a global pandemic. This series celebrates the successes the field has witnessed as museum professionals, community members, and artists have had to pivot and adapt. In this series, we will hear from presenters who can speak to their experiences of the past year to share what they have learned as well as how they envision future community collaboration and participation in an increasingly digitized field. Support SAR: https://sarweb.org/donate/ Join SAR today: https://sarweb.org/membership/join/ ------ About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org/​, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch, and on Twitter: @schadvresearch.
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Making Medicine: Apsáalooke Conversations on Land, Water, Culture and Art

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A New Era for Indigenous Art in Museums with Ian Kuali’i (Kanaka Maoli and Mescalero Apache), Marie Watt (Seneca Nation), and Erin Joyce. In September 2020, Larger than Memory, a groundbreaking exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art opened at the Heard Museum in the midst of the global pandemic. Join curator, Erin Joyce in conversation with featured artists Ian Kuali’i (2019 Dubin fellow) and Marie Watt, as they explore the potential roles of artists in exhibition development and how this type of collaboration can challenge the way that museums function. Speakers will also be asked to consider the impact of the pandemic on the exhibition, and whether their practices will shift to be more virtual moving forward. This event was presented as part of the School for Advanced Research’s Indian Arts Research Center's 2021 speaker series: Museums Pivot: Shifting Paradigms for Collaboration. The School for Advanced Research’s Indian Arts Research Center presents a series of conversations exploring efforts to foster collaboration between museums and communities. Over the years, documents like SAR’s Guidelines for Collaboration have focused on person-to-person collaboration after realizing the critical importance of community input and partnerships within the museum field. This series highlights the history that led to this moment and current innovative partnerships, but also explores the potential of virtual and remote collaboration in the midst or wake of a global pandemic. This series celebrates the successes the field has witnessed as museum professionals, community members, and artists have had to pivot and adapt. In this series, we will hear from presenters who can speak to their experiences of the past year to share what they have learned as well as how they envision future community collaboration and participation in an increasingly digitized field. Support SAR: https://sarweb.org/donate/​ Join SAR today: https://sarweb.org/membership/join/​ ------ About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org/​​, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch​, and on Twitter: @schadvresearch.
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A New Era for Indigenous Art in Museums

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Community Collaborations: Alaska Native Artistic Revitalization with Sven Haakanson (Sugpiaq) and Alfred Naumoff (Sugpiaq) Support SAR: https://sarweb.org/donate/ Sven Haakanson, Curator of Native American Anthropology at Seattle’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and Alfred Naumoff, traditional Kayak builder from Kodiak, reflect on ongoing collaborations between museums and Indigenous communities in Alaska. As the jumping off point, they will explore an effort to bring back traditional kayak construction to their community. Many of the culturally relevant fabrication techniques had been lost to Native communities from which they originated. Collaborating with Alfred Naumoff, who is one of the few living traditional kayak makers alive, they will explore how they are collaborating with their community in teaching the next generation about the gathering, curing, processing and making full sized kayaks in their community once again. They started teaching by using model kayaks found in museums across the world. As Haakanson notes, “I have called this repatriating knowledge that was once forgotten and is now being reawakened once again through pieces from the past.”
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Community Collaborations Alaska Native Artistic Revitalization

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Affirming Indigenous Representation: The Future of Native Art and Collections at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with keynote speaker Dr. Patricia Norby (Purépecha) Support SAR: https://sarweb.org/donate/ In recent years, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) has committed to expanding its vision for Native American art. That commitment was further affirmed in September 2020 when The Met hired Dr. Patricia Norby as the museum’s first Indigenous curator and first full-time curator of Native American Art in its 150-year history. Dr. Norby previously served as Senior Executive and Assistant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian-New York, and as Director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at The Newberry, in Chicago. Join keynote speaker, Dr. Norby, as she speaks about Indigenous representation at The Met and shares her vision for the future of the museum’s Native art and collections. About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars and Native American artists is available on the SAR website: https://sarweb.org/​​​​, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schoolforadvancedresearch​, and on Twitter: @schadvresearch.
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Affirming Indigenous Representation, Native Art & Collections at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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