The School for American Research (SAR) started the Santa Fe Indian Market one hundred years ago this September. SAR’s first director, Edgar Lee Hewett, spearheaded the effort and printed a statement in the Santa Fe New Mexican on June 27, 1922. He wrote, “The objects of the exhibition are the encouragement of Native arts; to revive old arts, and to keep the arts of each tribe and pueblo as distinct as possible; the establishment and locating of markets for all Indian products; the securing of reasonable prices; authenticity of all handicraft offered for sale.” The first of its kind, the Southwest Indian Fair featured artists across seven states, and included Julian and Maria Martinez, the celebrated potters of San Ildefonso Pueblo, who won a substantial monetary prize for their work.
Growing up in the middle of Alaska, there was a window to another world on the wall of my living room. It was like no place I’d ever seen. There was a church that seemed to be made of clay pinched together by someone’s fingers. And there was a woman with a flared skirt, shawl, and scarf over her head. No one dressed like that in Alaska. I enjoyed stepping back to where it appeared to be a photograph or passage to another land and then move slowly forward to find just that point when the optical illusion fell away and I could see the leaves, the moss, the bark.
Drought is now a way of life. As a result, argue Patty Limerick and C. J. Alvarez in their recent Washington Post article, people throughout the United States need to start listening to desert dwellers, “the Indigenous people and others who settled in deserts for generations and who view aridity, not moisture, as ‘normal.’”
SAR Press has started a new blog series comprised of interviews with diverse scholars who have recently published or are in the midst of publishing their first book and who can offer guidance and encouragement to colleagues who are just starting to think about publishing. We hope that these interviews make a small contribution to supporting junior scholars as they begin the publishing process.
We invite you to take a virtual tour of El Delirio. Learn about the origins of the buildings and the historical significance of the sprawling estate that is now SAR’s campus. Join your guide, SAR scholar-in-residence Nancy Owen Lewis, for a delightful online tour complete with archival and contemporary visuals from SAR’s collections.
SAR Press is starting a new blog series comprised of interviews with diverse scholars who have recently published or are in the midst of publishing their first book and who can offer guidance and encouragement to colleagues who are just starting to think about publishing. We hope that these interviews make a small contribution to supporting junior scholars as they begin the publishing process.
JOIN INSTAGRAM HERE Tune into SAR Artists Live on Thursday, December 1 at 6:00 p.m. MDT! We chat with Joseph Aguilar (San Ildefonso), a member of the Pueblo Pottery Collective. This Native-based collective is comprised[...]
Map of El Delirio (1927), now SAR’s campus Explore the fascinating history, stunning architecture, and beautiful outdoor gardens—including the famous pet cemetery—of the 1920s home of Amelia Elizabeth White and Martha Root White. The secluded[...]
Grounded in Clay Programming Event! Nampeyo to Namingha: An Artistic LegacySunday , December 4, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm MSTMuseum of Indian Arts & Culture Join Grounded in Clay community curators, Dan, Arlo, and Michael[...]
Caring for Your Personal Collections at Home: An Introduction to Collections Care REGISTER HERE Instructor: Laura Elliff Cruz, Collections Manager, Indian Arts Research Center With sixteen years of collections care experience, Laura Elliff Cruz was[...]
FIRESIDE CHAT WITH PRESIDENT MICHAEL F. BROWN at our Annual President’s Circle Winter Party Wednesday, December 7, 2022 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. School for Advanced Research 660 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico RSVP by[...]
Caring for Your Personal Collections at Home: An Introduction to Collections Care REGISTER HERE Instructor: Laura Elliff Cruz, Collections Manager, Indian Arts Research Center With sixteen years of collections care experience, Laura Elliff Cruz was[...]
Map of El Delirio (1927), now SAR’s campus Explore the fascinating history, stunning architecture, and beautiful outdoor gardens—including the famous pet cemetery—of the 1920s home of Amelia Elizabeth White and Martha Root White. The secluded[...]
Caring for Your Personal Collections at Home: An Introduction to Collections Care REGISTER HERE Instructor: Laura Elliff Cruz, Collections Manager, Indian Arts Research Center With sixteen years of collections care experience, Laura Elliff Cruz was[...]
