Vote for MoCNA—USA TODAY’s Readers’ Choice Award for Best Museum
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) has been nominated in our 2024 USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice travel awards. An expert panel selected MoCNA as a contender for Best Art Museum. The USA Today contest gives voters four weeks to vote for the museum of their choice. Anyone can vote once daily for the entirety of the contest. Voting ends Monday, February 19, and the winners will be announced on Friday, March 1, at 2 pm (MST).
MoCNA is the only Indigenous museum nominated—please show your support of our museum at its mission, “To elevate contemporary Indigenous art through exhibitions, collections, programs, partnerships, and new research”—vote today!
“In 2023, USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice recognized the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) as the third Best Art Museum in the USA. The acknowledgment was not about competition but about recognition of dedicated and committed staff who elevate contemporary Indigenous arts in all we do.”
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4:15 pm (last admittance)
*Fri (free admission)
Sunday
11 am–4 pm
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Current and Upcoming MoCNA Exhibitions
A listing of current and upcoming exhibitions at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA).
List of Events
Jordan Ann Craig: My Way Home
My Way Home showcases Jordan Ann Craig’s bold geometric abstractions and intricate dot drawings, blending Indigenous traditions with modern techniques to explore identity and memory.
Kite and Wíhaŋble S’a Center: Dreaming with AI
Dreaming with AI showcases Dr. Suzanne Kite’s (Oglála Lakȟóta) innovative works, blending Indigenous knowledge, Lakȟóta cosmology, and artificial intelligence.
Our Stories
Our Stories is a companion to The Stories We Carry exhibition, located adjacent to the Kieve Family Gallery.
The Stories We Carry
The Stories We Carry features contemporary jewelry created by more than 100 Indigenous artists across decades stewarded by the MoCNA permanent collection.
Douglas Miles: Always & Forever
Always and Forever features Douglas Miles’ (White Mountain Apache, San Carlos Apache, and Akimel O’odham) A-i-R ’25 body of work, which draws connections between skateboarding and the Apache warrior tradition.
Maggie Thompson: Interactions
Interactions presents Maggie Thompson’s (Fond du Lac Ojibwe) innovative textile-based works, weaving Ojibwe traditions with contemporary experience to explore identity, resilience, and the transformative power of collaborative storytelling.
Breaking Ground: Art & Activism in Indigenous Taiwan
Breaking Ground: Art & Activism in Indigenous Taiwan showcases contemporary Indigenous Taiwanese artists whose works confront colonization’s impact through themes of identity, land, and resistance, echoing Indigenous struggles worldwide.