From April 7 to 11, 2025, the IAIA Research Center for Contemporary Native Arts (RCCNA) will host RCCNApalooza, a dynamic weeklong celebration designed to promote engagement with Native art, artists, and archives. Organized by the IAIA RCCNA team and collaborators, this free event offers a variety of activities and presentations for our IAIA community. For a full listing of events, download the RCCNApalooza calendar. Free parking is available in the lot south of the Lloyd Kiva New Welcome Center, accessed from the main entrance.

Important Dates

• Monday, April 7, 10 am–12 pm: RCCNA Info Table and Scavenger Hunt (Academic Dean’s Lobby)
• Monday, April 7, 10 am–12 pm and 1–4 pm: Archives Drop-In (Barbara and Robert Ells Science and Technology Building, Archives Classroom)
• Monday, April 7, 6–8 pm: Far Out! Museum Club Pop-Up Exhibit, Poster Making, Light Show (Barbara and Robert Ells Science and Technology Building, Lobby and Digital Dome)
• Tuesday, April 8, 10 am–12 pm: RCCNA Info Table and Scavenger Hunt (Academic Dean’s Lobby)
• Tuesday, April 8, 12–1 pm: Presentation by Daniel McCoy, (Muscogee Creek and Citizen Band Potawatomi) ’16, A-i-R ’23, Underground Signals: Counterculture and IAIA Studio Arts (CLE Building Commons, 2nd Floor)
• Tuesday, April 8, 8:00–9:30 pm: Film by Tasha Hubbard (Cree), Singing Back the Buffalo (IAIA Auditorium)
• Wednesday, April 9, 10 am–12 pm and 1–5 pm: Community Art Making with Robyn Tsinnajinnie (Diné) ’20, A-i-R ’25 (Academic Building, A-i-R Studio)
• Wednesday, April 9, 12–1 pm: RCCNA Info Table and Scavenger Hunt (CLE Building Lobby)
• Wednesday, April 9, 3–5 pm: Glass Seed Pot Demo with Russell Frye (Tesuque Pueblo) ’15, A-i-R ’25 (Allan Houser Haozous Sculpture and Foundry Building)
• Thursday, April 10, 10 am–12 pm: RCCNA Info Table and Scavenger Hunt (Academic Dean’s Lobby)
• Thursday, April 10, 12:15–2:15 pm: Presentation by Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee Nation), The Future of Federal Indian Law and Challenges Faced by this Generation of Tribal Attorneys and Leaders (IAIA Auditorium)—RSVP here
• Thursday, April 10, 5–7 pm: A-i-R: Tsinnajinne and Frye Welcome and Community Dinner (Library and Technology Building Auditorium Lobby and Student Success Center)
• Friday, April 11, 10 am–12 pm: RCCNA Info Table (IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts)
• Friday, April 11, 1–4 pm: Bonfire and S’mores (Barbara and Robert Ells Science and Technology Building, Outside Fire Pit)—Weather Permitting

If you have any questions, please contact IAIA Research Center for Contemporary Native Arts Director Mary Deleary (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation), PhD, at mdeleary@iaia.edu.

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.