Spring 2023 graduating BFA in Studio Arts and BFA in Museum Studies students. Courtesy photo
IAIA News:
The 2023 Spring IAIA Graduating Senior Exhibition, Memoria: Art as Record, representing the culminating achievements of the 2023 Spring graduating BFA in Studio Arts and BFA in Museum Studies students is open through May 13 at the Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery on the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) campus (link).
Participating Artists:
- Jennifer Benally (Oneida Nation and Diné);
- Paige Busick (Chickasaw);
- Monique Holiday (Diné);
- Shannon Christy Hooper (Fallon Paiute Shoshone);
- Jontay Kahmakoatayo (Plains Cree);
- Derrell Lopez (Diné);
- Monica Silva Lovato (San Felipe and Santo Domingo Pueblo);
- Alica J. Mteuzi (Caddo, Cheyenne, and Arapaho);
- Emily Schuyler (Oneida Nation of the Thames);
- Brian Taaffe (Taos Pueblo); and
- Hannah M. Wolfe-MacPike.
The Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery is in the Academic Building on the IAIA campus just north of the Dance Circle. The reception will be open to the public. A light dinner and refreshments will be served. Free parking is available in the lot south of the Lloyd Kiva New Welcome Center, accessed from the main entrance.
About Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)
The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is the only college in the world dedicated to the study of contemporary Native American and Alaska Native arts. IAIA offers undergraduate degrees in Cinematic Arts and Technology, Creative Writing, Indigenous Liberal Studies, Museum Studies, Performing Arts, and Studio Arts; graduate degrees in Creative Writing, Studio Arts, and Cultural Administration; and certificates in Broadcast Journalism, Business and Entrepreneurship, Museum Studies, and Native American Art History. The college serves approximately 500 full-time equivalent (FTE) Native and non-Native American students from around the globe, representing nearly a hundred federally recognized tribes. Named one of the top art institutions by UNESCO and the International Association of Art, IAIA is among the leading art institutes in our nation and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).
