Join IAIA MFA in Creative Writing (MFACW), in partnership with the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday, November 1, 5–9 pm, for “An Evening with IAIA MFA in Creative Writing—Celebrating the Voices and Movements of Indigenous Creativity” highlighting IAIA alums and contemporary Indigenous authors. The event features MFACW Director Deborah Jackson Taffa (Quechan [Yuma] Nation and Laguna Pueblo), DezBaa’ (Diné and Basque, Spanish, and Mexican descent) ’21, Brendan Shay Basham (Diné) ’18, and Migizi Pensoneau (Ponca and Ojibwe) ’16.

The event is free and open to the public and is part of the Heard Museum’s First Friday series.  For more information, visit First Friday: Celebrating the Voices and Movements of Indigenous Creativity.

About the Heard Museum

Since its founding in 1929, the Heard Museum, a private nonprofit organization, has grown in size and stature to become recognized internationally for the quality of its collections, world class exhibitions, educational programming and unmatched festivals. It consists of 12 galleries featuring American Indian art and exhibitions, an outdoor sculpture gallery, a world-class museum shop and an outdoor café.

Dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art, the Heard successfully presents the stories of American Indian people from a first-person perspective as well as exhibitions that showcase the beauty and vitality of traditional and contemporary art. The Heard Museum is supported, in part, by the generosity of Heard Museum members and donors, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and the City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture.