January 2011
Puhumuyaw: Dan Lomahaftewa
Puhumuyaw: Dan Lomahaftewa (New Moon) is an exhibition, honoring the late Hopi/Choctaw artist Dan Lomahaftewa (1951–2005), representative of a personal and spiritual narrative expressed through his artistic form of expression. Thirteen selected paintings, whether figurative or abstract, draw heavily on traditional teachings and his connection with Hopi spirituality, ritual, migration and memory.
Find out more »August 2013
Grab
Grab is an intimate portrait of the little-documented Grab Day in the villages of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, whose people annually throw water and food items from the rooftop of a home to people standing below. A community-wide prayer of abundance, thanks, and renewal, Grab Day exists at the intersection of traditional Native and contemporary Western cultures.
Find out more »December 2015
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts A-i-R Open Studio—Heidi K. Brandow
Join Artist-In-Residence at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts artist Heidi K. Brandow at the MoCNA artist studio from December 17–19, 2015, from 10 am–2 pm. Heidi K. Brandow is a painter and printmaker whose work is often filled with whimsical characters and monsters that are often combined with words of poetry, stories, and personal reflections. Hailing from a long line of Native Hawaiian singers, musicians, and performers on her mother’s side as well as Diné storytellers and medicine…
Find out more »Local Artist-in-Residence Heidi K. Brandow—Open Studio and Talk
Every year, the Museum offers residencies to local artists working in any media. We are pleased to announce our current resident. Heidi K. Brandow, an artist living and working in Santa Fe, NM. Brandow is a painter and printmaker whose work is commonly filled with whimsical characters and monsters that are often combined with words of poetry, stories, and personal reflections. Hailing from a long line of Native Hawaiian singers, musicians and performers on her mother’s side and Diné storytellers…
Find out more »January 2016
Lloyd Kiva New: Art, Design, and Influence
Lloyd Kiva New: Art, Design, and Influence celebrates the work of Cherokee artist and educator Lloyd Henri “Kiva” New (1916-2002). This exhibition observes New’s 100th birthday and draws on three major themes of his legacy, each tied to his innovative concepts in Native art and culturally-based education. Lloyd Kiva New: Art, Design, and Influence includes paintings by New from his personal collection, completed between 1938-1995, many never before shown in a museum or gallery. Lloyd Kiva New: Art, Design, and…
Find out more »February 2016
Lloyd Kiva New: Art, Design, and Influence—Opening Reception
On the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Lloyd Kiva New’s Birth Lloyd Kiva New: Art, Design, and Influence celebrates the work of Cherokee artist and educator Lloyd Henri “Kiva” New (1916-2002). This exhibition observes New’s 100th birthday and draws on three major themes of his legacy, each tied to his innovative concepts in Native art and culturally-based education. Lloyd Kiva New: Art, Design, and Influence includes paintings by New from his personal collection, completed between 1938-1995, many never before…
Find out more »August 2016
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) Summer/Fall Exhibitions—Opening Reception
Opening reception for the 2016 Summer/Fall Exhibitions at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) and featuring DJ Celeste Worl (Tlingit). Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain—A Retrospective Exhibition Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain Organized by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon, the exhibition represents 40 years of work by the Native American artist. More than 120 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints will be on view in “Rick Bartow:…
Find out more »May 2017
Decolonial Gestures | A Symposium on Indigenous Performance (Day 1)
Decolonial Gestures | A Symposium on Indigenous Performance is an interdisciplinary, intergenerational, and intertribal symposium intended to both present and stimulate contemporary Indigenous expressive forms. Taking cue from the recent theoretical unfolding of decoloniality, the symposium will both enact and examine decolonial praxis, which resists the perceptual and discursive strictures of colonial matrices of power.
Find out more »August 2017
Artist Gallery Sessions
Join artists Marlowe Katoney (Navajo), Merritt Johnson (Mohawk/Blackfoot), Indigenous art collective desert ArtLAB, featuring April Bojorquez (Chicana/Rarámuri) and Matthew Garcia (Chicano), MoCNA curators Tatiana Lomahaftewa-Singer (Choctaw/Hopi) and John Joe (Navajo) in the museum galleries as they discuss their current exhibitions and practice.
Find out more »November 2017
Indigenous Comic Con Master Workshops at MoCNA
The Indigenous Comic Con is the first-ever pop culture convention dedicated to exploring and showcasing Indigenous peoples in the worlds of mass media and popular culture. The workshops will cover aspects of inspiration, process, and publication.
Find out more »December 2017
2017 MoCNA Holiday Sale and Performance Weekend
Holiday shopping all weekend long at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) Store, which is offering discounts on the finest American Indian artwork. Museum members receive 20% or more off store purchases.
Find out more »February 2018
2018 Spring Exhibitions—Opening Reception
Opening receptions for Without Boundaries: Visual Conversations, Art & Activism: Selections from The Harjo Family Collection, IAIA 2018 BFA Exhibition—Breaking Ground, Rolande Souliere: Form and Content, and The Abundant North: Alaska Native Films of Influence.
Find out more »July 2018
IAIA A-i-R: Janet Rogers—Book Launch and Reading
MoCNA will host a book launch and public reading of the spring edition of Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art and Thought. IAIA Artist-in-Residence (A-i-R) artist Janet Rogers (Mohawk/Tuscarora) is the guest editor of the Yellow Medicine Review and she will do a public reading.
Find out more »August 2018
Indian Market at MoCNA (All Happenings)
During the 2018 SWAIA Indian Market please visit IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) for its own special events. Here’s a listing of events from Thursday, August 16–Sunday, August 19, 2018. All events are free and open to the public.
Find out more »2018 Summer Exhibitions—Opening Reception
Located in the Allan Houser Art Park. Three new exhibitions will open on the first floor including Meeting the Clouds Halfway: Terrol Dew Johnson and Aranda\Lasch, Expanding Horizons: Darren Vigil Gray, and Holly Wilson: On Turtle’s Back. Featuring DJ Celeste Worl (Tlingit) during the opening reception.
Find out more »Indian Market at the Museum Store
During the 2018 SWAIA Indian Market, please visit the Museum Store for its own special events. Here’s a listing of events from Thursday, August 16–Sunday, August 19, 2018. All events are free and open to the public.
Find out more »Gallery Sessions with Artists Terrol Dew Johnson, Holly Wilson, Darren Vigil Gray, and Ian Kuali’i
Located in the Anne and Loren Kieve Gallery and Allan Houser Art Park. Artists Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O’odham), Holly Wilson (Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma/Cherokee), Darren Vigil Gray (Jicarilla Apache/Kiowa Apache) and Ian Kuali’i (Native Hawaiian/Mescalero Apache) will discuss current exhibitions and participate in a panel discussion on their respective art practices with introductions by MoCNA Chief Curator Manuela Well-Off-Man.
Find out more »December 2018
2018 Museum Store Holiday Sale
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!
Find out more »Darren Vigil Gray—Artist Talk and Performance
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!
Find out more »August 2019
2019 Indian Market at MoCNA (All Happenings)
During the 2019 SWAIA Indian Market weekend, please visit IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) for its own special events Thursday, August 15–Sunday, August 18.
Find out more »2019 IAIA Student and Recent Graduate Art Market
Visitors will be able to purchase artwork by current Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) students and recent graduates at this exclusive two-day art happening at MoCNA.
Find out more »January 2020
Free First Fridays at MoCNA
Join us on Friday, January 3, 2020, from 5–7 pm at the MoCNA for “Free First Fridays”—free admission to the Museum and hot cocoa.
Find out more »Mix and Mingle at MoCNA—Learn about Volunteering
Join us Wednesday, January 15, 2020, from 5–6:30 pm at the MoCNA to learn all about the Volunteer and Docent Training Opportunities for Spring 2020.
Find out more »February 2020
Indigenous Futurisms, Tom Jones, Tamara Ann Burgh and Luanne Redeye, and Experimental exPRESSion—Virtual Exhibition
Virtual exhibitions for Indigenous Futurisms, Tom Jones, Tamara Ann Burgh and Luanne Redeye, and Experimental exPRESSion.
Find out more »Free First Fridays at MoCNA
Join us on Friday, February 7, 2020, from 5–7 pm at the MoCNA for “Free First Fridays”—free admission to the Museum and hot cocoa.
Find out more »June 2020
Jeffrey Veregge: Virtual Artist Talk
Join us for the first of five artist talks in our “Indigenous Futurisms Virtual Series” with artist Jeffrey Veregge.
Find out more »September 2020
MoCNA Instagram Takeover: Terran Last Gun
Visual artist and printmaker, Terran Last Gun (Piikani (Blackfeet)), will be taking over MoCNA’s Instagram.
Find out more »MoCNA #AskACurator
#AskACurator with Chief Curator Manuela Well-Off-Man and Curator of Collections Tatiana Lomahaftewa-Singer.
Find out more »Tamara Burgh, MoCNA, and form & concept
Video premiere on Facebook of fiber artist Tamara Burgh (Inupiat-Kawerak/Swede).
Find out more »Blood Memory: Virtual Screening and Presentation
Live virtual presentation with Sandy White Hawk (Sicangu Lakota) and filmmaker Drew Nicholas.
Find out more »October 2020
Luzene Hill: Virtual Artist Talk
Join MoCNA’s Social Engagement Art resident Luzene Hill (Eastern Band Cherokee) for a presentation on her artistic practice.
Find out more »Luzene Hill: Instagram Takeover
MoCNA’s Social Engagement Art resident Luzene Hill (Eastern Band Cherokee) will be taking over MoCNA’s Instagram for one day.
Find out more »MoCNA Virtual Museum
The MoCNA Virtual Museum is now live. This VR space is a virtual replica of our physical museum located in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Find out more »Mercedes Dorame: Virtual Artist Talk
MoCNA’s Social Engagement Art resident Luzene Hill (Eastern Band Cherokee) will be taking over MoCNA’s Instagram for one day.
Find out more »Mercedes Dorame: Instagram Takeover
MoCNA’s Social Engagement Art resident Mercedes Dorame (Tongva) will be taking over MoCNA’s Instagram for one day.
Find out more »Luzene Hill: “Juxtaposed” Virtual Workshop
Join MoCNA’s Social Engagement Art resident Luzene Hill (Eastern Band Cherokee) for a virtual workshop.
Find out more »Mercedes Dorame: “Taking Our Ancestors Forward” Virtual Workshop
MoCNA’s Social Engagement Art resident Mercedes Dorame (Tongva) will be facilitating a workshop on memory-making.
Find out more »November 2020
Warrior Women: Virtual Screening
Virtual screening of film Warrior Women, directed by Christina D. King and Elizabeth A. Castle, produced by Anna Marie Pitman.
Find out more »Robyn Tsinnajinnie: Instagram Takeover
Artist and IAIA Alum Robyn Tsinnajinnie (Diné) will be taking over MoCNA’s Instagram.
Find out more »January 2021
Sisters Rising
Sisters Rising is the story of six Native American women fighting to restore personal and tribal sovereignty in the face of ongoing sexual violence against Indigenous women in the United States.
Find out more »Sisters Rising: Discussion with Filmmaker Willow O’Feral
After the virtual screening of the film Sisters Rising, attend a discussion with filmmaker Willow O’Feral.
Find out more »March 2021
Linda Lomahaftewa: Artist Talk
Discussion with artist Linda Lomahaftewa (Hopi/Choctaw) and Curator Dr. Lara M. Evans (Cherokee).
Find out more »April 2021
Michael Namingha: Artist Talk and Virtual Tour
Please join us for an artist talk and virtual tour with Michael Namingha (Tewa/Hopi) for a discussion about his exhibition Altered Landscapes.
Find out more »May 2021
Panel: Kinship and Solidarity Across Borders
This panel brings together Indigenous curators and artists based in “so-called” Canada and the United States who will discuss their Indigenous curatorial practices and issues and movements.
Find out more »Darby Raymond-Overstreet: Instagram Takeover
Artist Darby Raymond-Overstreet (Diné) will be taking over MoCNA’s Instagram platform for one day to share some of her work and artistic background with us.
Find out more »July 2021
The Moving Land and Altered Landscapes—Virtual Exhibition
The second MoCNA Virtual Museum is now live. This VR space is a virtual replica of our physical museum located in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Find out more »The Moving Land: 60+ Years of Art by Linda Lomahaftewa—Closing Reception
Please join us for the closing reception of The Moving Land: 60 + Years of Art by Linda Lomahaftewa on Friday, July 16, 5–7 pm.
Find out more »August 2021
Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology—Opening Reception
Visit the Museum in-person as we celebrate the opening of Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology on Friday, August 20, 5–7pm
Find out more »2021 IAIA Recent Graduate Art Market
MoCNA is pleased to announce that the annual IAIA Recent Graduate Art Market will be happening this year August 21–22, 2021.
Find out more »Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology—Panel Discussion with Artists
A panel discussion with Exposure artists Mariquita Lynn Davis (Chamoru, Guam), Kohei Fujito (Ainu, Japan), Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Samoa), and Will Wilson (Diné, United States).
Find out more »Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology—Gallery Session and Tour with Artists
A panel discussion with Exposure artists Mariquita Lynn Davis (Chamoru, Guam), Kohei Fujito (Ainu, Japan), Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Samoa), and Will Wilson (Diné, United States).
Find out more »Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology—Panel Discussion with the Co-Curators
Join us for a panel discussion of Exposure. Facilitated by MoCNA Chief Curator Manuela Well-Off-Man and joined by Co-Curators Dr. Kóan Jeff Baysa and Tania Willard (Secwepemc Nation).
Find out more »September 2021
Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology and Manifesting Our Destinies—Virtual Exhibition
The third MoCNA Virtual Museum is now live. This VR space is a virtual replica of our physical museum located in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Find out more »Mallery Quetawki: Instagram Takeover
Zuni artist, Mallery Quetawki, will be taking over MoCNA’s Instagram platform for two days to share some of her work and artistic background.
Find out more »October 2021
Indigenous Peoples’ Day at MoCNA
Join us for Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA).
Find out more »CURATE: A Discussion with “Exposure” Co-Curator Erin Vink
Please join us for an online discussion with the co-curator of MoCNA’s current exhibition, Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology, Erin Vink (Ngiyampaa).
Find out more »December 2021
MoCNA Literary Session with “Exposure” Artists
Please join MoCNA for a poetry reading featuring current Exposure artists Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Samoan) and No’u Revilla (Kanaka Maoli) as Mā'ohi author and activist Chantal Spitz.
Find out more »May 2022
Action/Abstraction Redefined—Virtual Exhibition
MoCNA is pleased to announce Action/Abstraction Redefined is traveling nationwide from March 2022 through May 2024.
Find out more »August 2022
2022 IAIA Student and Recent Graduate Art Market
MoCNA is pleased to announce that the annual IAIA Student and Recent Graduate Art Market will be happening this year August 20–21, 2022.
Find out more »September 2022
The Stories We Carry—Virtual Exhibition
The Stories We Carry features contemporary jewelry created by more than 100 Indigenous artists across decades stewarded by the MoCNA permanent collection.
Find out more »May 2023
A Conversation with MoCNA’s Chief Curator Dr. Manuela Well-Off-Man and Rick Rivet
Please join us for an online conversation with MoCNA’s Chief Curator Manuela Well-Off-Man and Rick Rivet (Sahtu-Métis).
Find out more »August 2023
2023 IAIA Student and Recent Graduate Art Market
Join the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) for the annual IAIA Student and Recent Graduate Art Market on August 19–20.
Find out more »November 2023
Screen-Printing Demonstration with Jamison Chās Banks
Jamison Chās Banks (Seneca Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma) ’12 will lead a free, open-to-the-public demonstration at MoCNA
Find out more »January 2024
2024 MFACW January Evening Reading Series: Kim Blaeser and Deborah Taffa
Reading and Q&A with Kim Blaeser and Deborah Taffa as part of the 2024 MFACW January Evening Reading Series.
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