IAIA Launches Groundbreaking Computer Science Program Bridging Indigenous Knowledge and Digital Innovation The launch of the new Computer Science program at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) marks a transformative and timely step in the...
Albuquerque Journal Review—“Kite and Wíhaŋble S’a Center: Dreaming with AI” “If computers that support AI are powered by crystal oscillators and rare earth minerals, what does that mean from the perspective of cultures who see crystals and minerals as...
Canvas of Renewal: How IAIA’s Indigenous Liberal Studies Programs Aim to Heal Generational Wounds Historical trauma, as associated with Indigenous Peoples is “a cumulative emotional and psychological wounding over the lifespan and across generations,...
Alum Spotlight: Santana Shorty (Navajo) ’24 Santana Shorty (Navajo) ’24 reflects that the genesis of her first novel, Waiting for Water, began as a love letter to her home in Abiquiú, New Mexico. “It was still Covid, in 2021, and we were still mostly...
Tru West Selected as the 2025 Student of the Year When Tru West (Diné) was named “Student of the Year” for 2025, her first feeling was surprise. The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Museum Studies undergraduate from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, had...
Exhibition Spotlight—Jordan Ann Craig’s “My Way ” In her latest exhibition, My Way , Jordan Ann Craig (Northern Cheyenne) A-i-R ’19 takes us on a deeply personal journey through Indigenous abstraction. As highlighted in a recent feature in the...
