Dr. Timothy Pauketat Appointed as New Director of SAR Press
SANTA FE, N.M. (July 8, 2025)—The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Timothy R. Pauketat as the new Director of SAR…
Tag: Indian Arts Research Center
Transforming Art Historical Practices Through Collaboration
New Program at the School for Advanced Research, funded by the Getty, invites scholars to reimagine art history through equity, reciprocity, and community engagement SANTA FE, NM (June…
Wild Poppies: Seeing the California Wildfires Through Art
Photos by Leah Mata Fragua Wild poppies need intense heat to germinate, which is o…
Tradition Meets Innovation: Highlights from a Year of SAR Native Artist Fellowships
Highlights from a Year of SAR Native Artist Fellowships …
SAR Announces 2023-2024 Native Artist Fellows
SAR Announces 2023-2024 Native Artist Fellows …
Donor Profile: The Susan L. Q. Flaherty Collection
Donor Profile: The Susan L. Q. Flaherty Collection …
‘Who Were You When You Stepped to This Pot?’ :
‘Who Were You When You Stepped to This Pot?’1: A Lesson in Community Curation from Grounded in Clay Guest post by Emily Santhanam …
Forging Her Path: Dr. Adriana María Linares-Palma, 2021-2022 Paloheimo Fellow
Written by Kat Bernhardt, Advancement Associate, SAR With her sparkling dark eyes and guarded genuine smile, there is a big-hearted opennes…
SAR Announces 2022-2023 Native Artist Fellows
SAR Announces 2022-2023 Native Artist Fellows …
Guidelines for Collaboration: Museums and Communities Seeking Equitable Change
Dolores Lewis Garcia and Claudia Mitchell during a collections review at the Indian Arts Research Center. Guest post by Emily Santha…
SAR Remembers Ronald N. Dubin
The Dubin Studio under construction in 1997 (left) and after its completion (right). …
The Clay Always Has Something to Say: 2021 Native Artist Fellow Brandon Adriano Ortiz-Concha
Guest post by Emily Santhanam, 2020–2021 SAR Anne Ray Intern Walking toward the crowd, I felt a burn of energy in the air. People w…
IARC Collections Highlight: Diné History and Adaptation
Guest post by Sháńdíín Brown, 2020–2021 Anne Ray intern The Diné are resilient people and know how to adapt to hardship. Before Euro…
Bolo Tie Highlights: An IARC Collection Reflection
Duane Maktima. Bolo tie + buckle, 1974, detail. Silver, turquoise, gold-lip mother-of-pearl, ironwood, coral, leather. SAR.1989-7-177AB. Ph…
The Long, Dark Journey of a Historic Textile Treasure
The Long, Dark Journey of a Historic Textile Treasure …
Members Matter: Russ and Diane Kyncl
Guest post by SAR members Russ and Diane Kyncl. This is our fifty-year …
Spider Woman’s Knowledge and the Survival of Diné Textile Arts
Detail of weaving by Venancio Aragon (Diné), SAR’s 2020 Rollin and Mary Ella King Native artist fellow. Guest post by Abra Wenzel. &…
SAR Learns! $50,000 Awarded to Support Indigenous Artists
SAR Learns! $50,000 Awarded to Support Indigenous Artists …
SAR Announces 2021-2022 Native Artist Fellows
SAR Announces 2021-2022 Native Artist Fellows …
The Pandemic Shift: The School for Advanced Research Annual Report
Historian C. J. Alvarez came to SAR to work on a project exploring the US-Mexico border as a bioregion and to challenge, through his writin…
Living Nations, Living Words, SAR Welcomes Joy Harjo
Living Nations, Living Words, SAR Welcomes Joy Harjo …
SAR Press Top Reads: Indigenous Identity
Lara Evans, Water Keeps Moving, from the Directions for Home series, 2008. Digital print. Courtesy of the artist. Created wi…
Looking Forward, Looking Back
Looking Forward, Looking Back …
Guidelines in Action: The University of Colorado Museum Studies Program
Guidelines in Action: The University of Colorado Museum Studies Program …