- Institute of American Indian Arts
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Institute of American Indian Arts 
Address 83 Avan Nu Po Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87508
United StatesCoordinates 35°35′13″N 106°00′36″W / 35.587°N 106.010°WCoordinates: 35°35′13″N 106°00′36″W / 35.587°N 106.010°W Information School type 4-year tribal college Established 1962 School number 350 President Dr. Robert Martin Grades Freshman-Senior Enrollment 250 Language English language, Navajo language Color(s) Silver & Turquoise Team name Thunderbirds (basketball) Affiliation AIHEC Website http://www.iaia.edu The Institute of American Indian Arts is a college focused on Native American art. It is situated in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is congressionally chartered, and was created by an executive order of former American President John F. Kennedy in 1962. It offers two- and four-year undergraduate degrees in museum studies, creative writing, visual communications, indigenous liberal studies, studio art, and new media art.[1] The college offered its first bachelor's degrees in 2001, and in 2006 graduated 43 students.
IAIA also operates the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, which is housed in the historic Santa Fe Federal Building (the old Post Office), a landmark Pueblo Revival building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] The museum features the Allan Houser Sculpture Garden.
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Notable faculty
- Louis W. Ballard, Quapaw-Cherokee composer
- Gregory Cajete, Santa Clara Pueblo ethnobiologist and author
- Allan Houser, Chiricahua sculptor
- Charles Loloma, Hopi jeweler
- Linda Lomahaftewa, Hopi-Choctaw printmaker
- Fritz Scholder, Luiseño painter
- Arthur Sze, Chinese-American poet
- Charlene Teters, Spokane painter and installation artist
- Elizabeth Woody, Navajo-Warm Springs-Wasco-Yakama artist and author
- Melanie Yazzie, Navajo printmaker
Notable alumni
- Marcus Amerman, Choctaw bead artist
- Earl Biss, Crow painter
- Sherwin Bitsui, Navajo poet
- T.C. Cannon, Kiowa-Caddo-Choctaw painter
- Eddie Chuculate, Muscogee (Creek)-Cherokee author and journalist
- Kelly Church, Odawa-Ojibwe basketweaver
- Benjamin Harjo, Jr., Shawnee-Seminole painter and printmaker
- Joy Harjo, Muscogee Creek-Cherokee poet and jazz musician
- Allison Hedge Coke, Huron-Muscogee-Cherokee author
- Kevin Locke, Lakota-Anishinabe hoop dancer
- Gerald McMaster, Plains Cree-Siksika First Nation author, artist, and curator
- America Meredith, Swedish-Cherokee painter, printmaker, and curator
- Dan Namingha, Tewa-Hopi painter and sculptor
- Jody Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo potter
- Kevin Red Star, Crow painter
- James Thomas Stevens, Akwesasne Mohawk poet
- Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo ceramicist and sculptor
- Charlene Teters, Spokane painter and installation artist
- Randy'L He-dow Teton, Shoshone-Bannock model for Sacajawea Gold Dollar coin
- Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Seminole-Muscogee-Diné photographer, writer, curator, and educator
- Marie Watt, Seneca printmaker and conceptual artist
Notable staff
- Joseph Sanchez, curator and artist, one of the Indian Group of Seven
References
- ^ IAIA School Website (retrieved 19 Jan 09)
- ^ NHRP listings in Santa Fe County
External links
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- Pueblo Revival Style architecture
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