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How Do You Like Your Critiques?
Getting What We Need Out of A Shared Experience
By: Layli Long Soldier
SANTA FE—It’s like this: We take our assignments home, mull over techniques from the classroom, and combine new skills with fresh creative impulse. |
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IAIA Builds Bridge With New Mexico School For The Deaf
By: Tanya Keene
SANTA FE—The Institute of American Indian Arts and the New Mexico School for the Deaf are making history. They are building a bridge between the two schools. |
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Erick Nakai Utilizes New Media Arts For Tradition
By: Natasha Terry
SANTA FE—Erick Nakai is among the first students to graduate this spring from the new media arts program. Nakai is one of the original 15 students who started in Fall 2003 in the visual communications program, as it was then called.
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IAIA Moving on Alcohol Issue
By: Natasha Terry
SANTA FE— Two community gatherings held this year addressed the current two strikes alcohol policy and resulted in action by the Associated Student Government and the IAIA Review Panel.
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Racial Purity “Ditched” In Student Play
By: Elena Higgins
SANTA FE—The Aryan Nation’s belief of “racial purity” sparked creative writing student Vicki Morigeau’s play, “Ditched,” which addresses racism and discrimination. Performed by IAIA community-based theater troupe, "Cool Side of Hell," the play premiered May 5 at the LTC Auditorium.
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Culture No Barrier to Non-Native BFA
By: Layli Long Soldier
SANTA FE—Britta Andersson, one of the few students of non-Native American heritage to attend IAIA, will receive her bachelor of fine arts degree in creative writing this May. She came to the school with eyes open—aware of her own cultural background, yet purposefully unaware of culture as a barrier to cultivate the mind and friendships. This was the key to her unexpected and rewarding journey to write. |
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Herbert Clayton Napie’s Photographs Make For A Memorable Exhibition
By: Velencia Tso-Yazzie
SANTA FE—In hopes of preventing more suicides in his family and other families, IAIA senior Herbert Clayton Napie exhibited his serene photographs at the Primitive Edge Gallery at the Institute of American Indian Arts on April 16th. |
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John Trudell to Share Insights with IAIA
Class of 2007
By: Dulbert Yazzie
SANTA FE—On May 18, the graduating class of 2007 will welcome John Trudell who will deliver a speech at the graduation ceremony. For Trudell, speaking something worthwhile to a class of graduates, should be nothing short of mesmerizing insights.
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Married BFA Graduates Step Closer To Their Goal
By: Elena Higgins
SANTA FE—“When you get educated you lose your common sense,” are the words Velencia Tso-Yazzie’s father spoke to her and her siblings at a young age. “What he meant was for us to always remember home,” she said. |
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The Class of 2007 Is 39 Strong
By: Tanya Keene
SANTA FE—At the Institute of American Indian Arts right before finals week, it’s not unusual for students to see one another with tired, bloodshot eyes, wearing the same clothes, and drinking coffee like water. |
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New IAIA Student Housing Opens Spring 2008
By: Layli Long Soldier
SANTA FE—In Spring 2008, IAIA students will take residence in brand new dorm rooms in a two-story facility currently under construction on the IAIA campus. As students walk by the fenced-off construction area and watch the building take shape brick-by-brick, some can look forward to the possibility of living in its quarters next year. |
