The Stories We Carry
On view through September 30, 2024
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
Santa Fe, New Mexico
iaia.edu/mocna
Since its founding in 1962, the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) has fostered an environment where emerging Indigenous artists have the freedom and means to tell their own stories. Storytelling plays a significant role in jewelry design from the maker’s choice of materials to the imagery they employ. Making and wearing jewelry allow
people to carry their stories and identities. A necklace, an earring, or a belt can serve as a powerful reminder to ourselves and others of who we are.
“The Stories We Carry” features contemporary jewelry, created by more than 100 Indigenous artists across several decades, selected from MoCNA’s permanent collection. Many of the exhibited works were made by students, faculty, alums, or artists-in-residence at IAIA. The exhibition explores the extraordinary diversity of contemporary Indigenous jewelry at IAIA.
Read more here: https://iaia.edu/event/the-stories-we-carry/
[Image: Denise Wallace (Chugach Aleut), Craftsperson Belt (detail), 1992.ivory, gemstones, silver. IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts Collection: AT-58. Photograph by Jason S. Ordaz.]
