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Action/Abstraction Redefined

Fri, July 28, 2017Sun, July 7, 2019
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) Kieve Family Gallery, 108 Cathedral Place
Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States
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Action Abstraction Redefined features paintings and works on paper from the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) permanent collection created in the 1960s and 1970s. The artists in this exhibition challenged stereotypical expectations of Indian art by experimenting with American modern art movements such as Abstract Expressionism, Color Field and Hard-edge Painting combined with art influences from their own cultural heritage.

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2018–2019 Academic Calendar

Mon, January 1, 2018Sat, August 10, 2019
Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), 83 Avan Nu Po
Santa Fe, NM 87508 United States
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IAIA Academic Calendars are updated on a regular basis. See the following files for up-to-date information and about past, current, and upcoming happenings.

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Rolande Souliere: Form and Content

Tue, January 9, 2018Sun, January 27, 2019
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) Honor Gallery and Hall, 108 Cathedral Place
Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States
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Through the use of Ojibway, Cree, and Inuit syllabics, Souliere utilizes aspects of this writing system to engage in ideas about space, color, form, symbolism, surface movement, and language. Her new mural project is an exploration into the parallels and the multifaceted ways in which simple geometric building blocks such as chevrons, circles, and rectangles have a profound affinity with Indigenous language, culture, and abstraction in Western art.

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Holly Wilson: On Turtle’s Back

Wed, August 15, 2018Sun, January 27, 2019
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) South Gallery, 108 Cathedral Place
Santa Fe, 87501 United States
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Holly Wilson: On Turtle’s Back

Holly Wilson (Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma/Cherokee) presents her new narrative works created in a variety of media including bronze, wood, and encaustic. Her figures serve as her storytellers to the world. They often resemble stick figures or animals with human characteristics.

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Expanding Horizons: Darren Vigil Gray

Wed, August 15, 2018Sat, February 16, 2019
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) North Gallery, 108 Cathedral Place
Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States
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Expanding Horizons: Darren Vigil Gray

Expanding Horizons highlights new abstract landscapes by Darren Vigil Gray (Jicarilla Apache/Kiowa Apache). The works reflect Gray’s personal approach to the subject “landscape,” and his spontaneous painting method inspired by abstract expressionism and his inner self.

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Meeting the Clouds Halfway: Terrol Dew Johnson and Aranda\Lasch

Wed, August 15, 2018Sun, December 30, 2018
Clouds Halfway: Terrol Dew Johnson and Aranda\Lasch

Meeting the Clouds Halfway is a collaboration between Tohono O’odham basket weaver Terrol Dew Johnson and architects Aranda\Lasch (Ben Aranda and Chris Lasch) from Tucson and New York. The exhibition features contemporary basketry and architecture that blend traditional craft with modern design.

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MoCNA Docent Training Program

Mon, October 15, 2018Tue, January 29, 2019
IAIA Musuem of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) Conference Room, 108 Cathedral Place
Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States
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MoCNA is seeking candidates for its docent training program. The program will feature instruction in Native American art and the workings of a major museum that will enable successful participants to provide valuable services to visitors to the museum.

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Mą’ii Narratives: Coyote

Wed, October 31, 2018Wed, January 23, 2019
IAIA Museum of Contemorary Native Arts (MoCNA) Helen Hardin Media Gallery, 108 Cathedral Place
Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States
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Animation has been a part of everyday life in mainstream America and Native American communities for decades. Contemporary Indigenous artists, animators, actors, directors, producers, and script writers, now more than ever, offer audiences a new angle on Native American culture in developing animation to voice Indigenous narratives both present and traditional.

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Tonalpohualli: Count of Days

Sat, November 10, 2018Thu, January 31, 2019
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) Museum Store, 108 Cathedral Place
Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States
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Free

Tonalpohualli: Count of Days, by IAIA Alumna and former Adjunct Professor Moira Garcia, opens on November 11, 2018 in the Lloyd Kiva New Gallery at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) Store.

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IAIA 2018 Fall Senior Graduating Exhibition

Thu, November 15, 2018Tue, December 11, 2018
Free

In November, eleven seniors from the Studio Arts and Museum Studies programs will present their senior projects in the IAIA 2018 Fall Senior Graduating Exhibition.

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The Mystical Arts of Tibet

Sat, December 8, 2018Sun, December 16, 2018
Free

The Monks of Deprung Loseling Monastery will construct a Green Tara mandala sand painting by pouring millions of grains of colored sand over a period of nine days.

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2018 Museum Store Holiday Sale

Sat, December 8, 2018Sun, December 9, 2018
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), 108 Cathedral Place
Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States
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Holiday shopping all weekend long at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) Store, which is offering discounts on the finest Native and Indigenous art. Museum members receive 20% off and non-members receive 10% off store purchases. Complimentary gift-wrapping, refreshments, and more—don’t miss this annual shopping event!

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1:30 pm

Darren Vigil Gray—Artist Talk and Performance

Sat, December 8, 2018, 1:30 pm4:00 pm
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), 108 Cathedral Place
Santa Fe, NM 87501 United States
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Free
Darren Vigil Gray

Join MoCNA exhibition artist Darren Vigil Gray (Jicarilla Apache/Kiowa Apache) for a special holiday event. Gray will discuss his art practice and perform with his band the Righteous Renegades, an experimental jam band, as they bring in the holidays with a bang—Don’t miss the fun!

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