Please join the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Artist-in-Residence (A-i-R) artists Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo) ’89 and Lewis deSoto (Cahuilla) for dinner and a chance to experience their artistic process firsthand. Dinner is served from 5–6 pm, and visits with the artists in their studios are from 6–7 pm. Michaels will be in the A-i-R Studio in the Academic Building, and deSoto will be in the Allan Houser Haozous Sculpture and Foundry Building. Free and open to the public.

For more information about the IAIA A-i-R program, contact the IAIA Research Center for Contemporary Native Arts (RCCNA) Director Mary Deleary, PhD (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation) at mdeleary@iaia.edu or (505) 424-2389 or Administrative Assistant Erin Cooper at erin.cooper@iaia.edu or (505) 424-5713.

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.