Institute of American Indian Arts

The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), a public tribal land-grant college located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is the sole national center dedicated to research, training, and scholarship for Native Americans. It focuses exclusively on American Indian and Alaskan Native arts and culture. Established in 1962 and congressionally chartered as a nonprofit organization in 1986, IAIA emphasizes Native American art and oversees the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), which houses a collection of over 7,000 contemporary Native American art pieces.

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Institute of American Indian Art student & Meskwaki Nation artist Kayla Wanatee at the anvil, Denise Kang photograph Craft in America
Institute of American Indian Art student & Meskwaki Nation artist Kayla Wanatee at the anvil. Denise Kang photograph
Institute of American Indian Arts student & artist Pat Pruitt in the clay studio. Denise Kang photograph