So, I just got back to Vegas after spending a few days in Santa Fe. I was there to visit the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) along with some folks from my own institution and about 5 other tribal colleges. IAIA is a 4-year tribal college, and they have an awful lot going for them. The trip also included a visit to Taos Pueblo, several excursions into downtown, and a trip out to some interesting rock formations. For the present, I thought I would just put up a gallery of the lovely IAIA campus.
Students were gone for the summer, and a number of displays had been pulled down, but the campus still has an amazing variety of art projects. They also have a digital dome, the worlds only fully articulating dome. It hangs from four chains which can be raised or lowered to change the angle of the display. …and yes, students get to use it.
Seriously, there are few institutions in this world about which I can’t think of anything critical to say. In fact, right now I think the list may have one entry.
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The Institute for American Indian Arts
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Dance Circle, They hold various outdoor functions here (including a Powwow in May)
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The IAIA Dance Circle from above.
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IAIA Sculpture 1, Bison
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IAIA Sculpture 2.
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IAIA Windchimes
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IAIA, Sculpture 4
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IAIA, Sculpture 5
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IAIA, Sculpture 6
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I don’t know the story behind this one. Something tells me it’s a good one.
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IAIA, Exterior Mural 1
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IAIA, Exterior Mural 2
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IAIA. The couches in the student Learning center beckon students to places where the can get help. …it’s a devious kindness that lies in wait here.
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IAIA, Interior Mural 1
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IAIA, Sundry art 1
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IAIA, Sundry Art 2
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IAIA, Sundry Art 3
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IAIA, Interior Sculpture 1
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IAIA, Display 1
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IAIA, Interior Sculpture 2
(This appears to be a play on an old cliche, the image of a dying Indian)
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IAIA, Decoration in an Office Window
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IAIA, Interior Mural 2
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IAIA, Interior Sculpture 2
(It’s a Headdress)
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IAIA, Interior Mural 3
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IAIA, Ethnobotany Display
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IAIA, Museum Collections 1
(Storage)
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IAIA, Museum Collections 2
(Storage)
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IAIA, Museum Collections 3
(Storage)
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IAIA, Museum Collections 4
(Storage)
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IAIA, Museum Collections 5
(Storage)
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IAIA, Museum Collections 6
(Storage)
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IAIA, Museum Display 1
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IAIA, Museum Display 2
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IAIA, Digital Dome
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IAIA, We all have our battles
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IAIA, Metalsmithing Teacher’s Office
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IAIA, Sundry Art 4
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IAIA, Sundry Art 5
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IAIA Display 2
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Corner Murals
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IAIA, Interior Mural 4
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IAIA, Exterior Sculpture 8
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IAIA, Sidewalk Art
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IAIA, Sidewalk Art 2
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IAIA, Landscaping
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IAIA, Just Cool!
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IAIA, Conference Room and Student Art 1
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IAIA, Conference Room and Student Art 2
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IAIA, Conference Room and Student Art 3
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Conference Room and Student Art 4
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Lobby
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IAIA, The Garden.
They use some of this in the cafeteria, which is by the way the most awesome food I have had in a college cafeteria.
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