The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA)

and

The Institute of American Indian Arts Campus (IAIA)

Jesus Barraza is an activist printmaker based in San Leandro, California. Using bold colors and high contrast images, his prints reflect both his local and global community and their resistance in a struggle to create a new world. Printmaking has allowed Barraza to produce relevant images that can be put back into the hands of his community and spread throughout the world.

Jesus Barraza will conduct a hands-on screen-printing workshop with an introduction to the basics of screen-printing. Jesus will create a poster design for the workshop that will focus on local issues. The workshop will also include a slide presentation of prints and posters that Jesus created by himself and art that he has printed with other artists, including his partner Melanie Cervantes.

Lecture: November 12, 2011 from 2-3 pm  

MoCNA Boardroom

Free and Open to the Public   

Workshop: November 14, 2011 from 2-5pm

IAIA Campus Printmaking Studio / Administration Building 

The workshop is currently full                     

For more information Contact:  Hayes A. Locklear, Museum Education Program Coordinator 505-428-5907 or e-mail: hlocklear@iaia.edu 

Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) will host poet and Dean of the Institute of American Indian Arts, Dr. Ann Filemyr, for a special celebration of her new Fine Press book. Growing Paradise is a unique artistic collaboration based on nineteen poems utilizing fruit as metaphor. The book is a limited edition of 36 handmade books, signed and numbered, richly illustrated by Piero Fenci and Elizabeth Akamatsu. It is published by master printmaker Charles Jones of LaNana Creek Press in Nacogdoches, Texas. The event is free and open to the public on November 6, 2011 from 2-4 pm at the Museum of Contemporary Native Art. 

In November the Dean's office hosts weekly lunch lectures. On November 16, Kim Parko, poet, artist and teacher of English will present research, artwork and sabbatical experiences. On November 9, Math faculty Belin Tsinnajinnie will present on the findings of his doctoral research in math education for Native American and Hispanic youth. On November 30, a panel of three IAIA scholars: Michelle McGeough, Museum Studies Chair, Ryan Rice, Chief Curator at MoCNA, and James Stevens, poet and Creative Writing faculty, will present on Native/Aboriginal queer identity. The lunch lecture series is free and open to everyone.

The annual "Grad School Day" will be on the morning of Wednesday, November 5 for all IAIA students interested in attending graduate or professional schools following the completion of their Baccalaureate degrees.

The CLE Director and staff continue to support Pueblo tribal educators and leadership through facilitated meetings to strengthen community capacity and self-advocacy to address issues related to federal/state law & application, funding, inequity in services and state educational policy.  

Several educational improvement meetings are being held:

• Organizational Strengthening Session-Five Sandoval Pueblos Program directors:  November 2
• Indian Policies & Procedures training with Five Sandoval Pueblo tribal educators: November 2
• Five Sandoval Pueblos tribal Governor's meeting on state/federal educational policies: November 15

The CLE has been involved with Zuni Pueblo over the past year and a half to strengthen community capacity to address community wide wellness issues and needs.  Zuni Community Empowerment meetings are in November.

• Facilitation of retreat for Zuni Youth Empowerment Program Advisory Council.  November 12 & 13
• Presentation at Zuni Board of Education on suicide prevention and curriculum.  November 14

We have also been working with several international entities, including:

• Centro de Desarrollo Humano Hacia la Comunidad (CEDEHC) and an Indigenous healers and youth leadership conference, held in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. October 27 through November 3
• Human Rights and Advocacy presentation for 16 Middle Eastern visitors in collaboration with Santa Fe Council on International Relations on November 8th - call Nona Naranjo for more information:  505.424.2387

Calling all alumni!  Let's start the IAIA Alumni Association

- created by alumni for alumni! Alumni play a vital role within IAIA - get involved to establish your Alumni Association! There are a few committed volunteers, but we need more. Won't you be a part of this exciting time? All Alumni interested please contact Marita Hinds at 505-424-5704 or

mhinds@iaia.edu

 
CALL FOR ARTISTS

2011 IAIA 5th ANNUAL HOLIDAY ART MARKET

Saturday, December 3, 2011

9:00 am to 4:00 pm

IAIA Alumni, faculty, staff, students, student clubs and other Native American artists are welcome!  Held on the IAIA campus in the Library and Technology Center, the market will offer one-of-a-kind, handmade gifts, food and other exciting items for sale!   

For application and information contact:

Marita Hinds: 505.424.5704

or email mhinds@iaia.edu

Senior Thesis Exhibition

Nov 3rd - Nov 23rd

• Gesture of Steel by Adam Maria
• Connections in Ceramic by Janet Travis
• "I" is for Indian by Benjamin J. Garza 
• Honoring Our Elders by Conjotee Chuleewah
• Opening Reception Nov 3rd 5-7pm

Upcoming Exhibits

Student Winter Exhibit: Money and Wealth

Dec 7th - Jan 20th, 2012

Opening Reception Dec 7th 5-7pm

Submissions are open to all current IAIA students. Deadline to submit is Nov 10th.

Workshops

Writing workshop with Russel Stolins

Learn to write effective artist statements and bios

Thursday December 3rd 12-1 pm

Distance learning Lab, CLE

Contact: primitiveedge@iaia.edu / 505.428.5813

Instructor J. Craig Tompkins took a group of IAIA students to NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida as part of their summer internship program. These students spent two and a half months in Florida working at NASA and exploring the area surrounding Cape Canaveral. Students are continuing work on several projects in a group independent study during the fall semester. One project is a 3D animation debuting in Orlando, Florida during a simulation conference hosted by SISO (Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization).

The students are also part of a NASA internship working with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) on their e-Humanity Portal. This internship was a first for both IAIA and NASA. The paid internship runs from early June to mid August. If you have any interest in this opportunity please feel free to contact Craig (jtompkins@iaia.edu) or see Internship positions on NASA's SOLAR site:https://intern.nasa.gov/solar/web/public/main/ 

We have had tremendous success with the Ethical Metalsmith's Organization's Radical Jewelry Makeover. This is a traveling community mining and recycling project that uses donated jewelry to create an alternative to mining and manufactured jewelry. IAIA students, local jewelers and Alumni have taken donated jewelry and created new jewelry pieces!

IAIA had 20 Students and Alumni participate and the finished "Madeover" jewelry will be exhibited and auctioned at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian October 28-November 27, 2011. There will be an opening reception October 28.

Visit the Wheelwright Museum to see the exhibit! 

Images of Indians From Reel to Reel

Presentation by Victoria Mudd

Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 2:30 - 5:00pm, LTC Auditorium and Lobby 

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For detailed information about how your gift makes a difference, please contact Kirsten Jasna at 505.424.2309 or kjasna@iaia.edu.