The Stories We Carry

Join The Stories We Carry guest curator and IAIA Assistant Professor Brian Fleetwood (Mvskoke Creek) ’12 and MoCNA Curator of Collections Tatiana Lomahaftewa-Singer (Choctaw and Hopi) at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) as they discuss the recent history of Indigenous jewelry and use the exhibition as a jumping-off point for discussion on contemporary Indigenous jewelry.

The Stories We Carry features contemporary jewelry created by more than 100 Indigenous artists across decades stewarded by the MoCNA permanent collection. The exhibition, on view Friday, September 30, 2022–Monday, September 29, 2025, explores the extraordinarily diverse recent history of Indigenous jewelry and its enduring relationship with IAIA. Many of the works were made by IAIA students, faculty, alumni, and artists-in-residence presenting another side to IAIA’s rich story.

For more information about IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts events, please contact Wayne Gaussoin (Diné, Picuris Pueblo, and French descent), Museum Educator, at wgaussoin@iaia.edu or (505) 428-5907.