Please join the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Artist-in-Residence (A-i-R) artist Neeko Garcia (Navajo) for an open studio event to learn more about her practice and current projects.

Located in the A-i-R Studio in the Academic Building from 3–5 pm, this event is free and open to the public. 

Neeko Garcia (Navajo) is a contemporary silversmith who creates intricate, hand-fabricated floral designs that reflect her identity and heritage. She transforms silver and gemstones into delicate representations of hummingbirds, butterflies, flowers, moons, stars, and more. Neeko has exhibited her work at the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market, Santa Fe Indian Market, The Autry Museum American Indian Arts Festival, Native Treasures Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Art Market, and the Native Art Market at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. In recent years, Neeko has received various first- and second-place awards for her earring designs at Santa Fe Indian Market. Her work is inspired by the world around her, and she uses her designs to express herself in ways that words cannot.

For more information about the IAIA A-i-R program, please contact Maia Filippi, A-i-R Program Manager, at maia.filippi@iaia.edu or call (505) 424-2369.

If you are an individual with a disability and in need of any auxiliary aid or service to attend events, please contact IAIA’s ADA Office at least seven calendar days before the event or as soon as possible at adaoffice@iaia.edu or (505) 424-5707.