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The new scholarship, created through a gift from Rose B. Simpson, is intended to support undergraduate students at IAIA from the 19 New Mexico Pueblos, the Hopi Nation, and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo.
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Trump Administration Again Targets IAIA Funding in New Budget Proposal
If enacted, the president’s proposal would reduce IAIA’s annual federal appropriation from $13.482 million to zero, beginning with its next appropriation.
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Achieving the Dream Honors IAIA as a Leader College
Leader Colleges are recognized for meaningful progress in expanding access, improving early momentum metrics, advancing relevant student success strategies, and growing institutional capacity.
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Congress Approves IAIA Funding After Proposed Elimination
The funding bill for the Institute of American Indian Arts passed the U.S. House of Representatives by an overwhelming bipartisan margin of 397–28 and was subsequently approved by the U.S. Senate.
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Institute of American Indian Arts’ Research Center Receives Support from DAR
The historian general for the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution presented the IAIA Research Center for Contemporary Arts a check for $20,000 toward IAIA’s digitizing the center’s Suzan Shown Harjo archive.
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Institute of American Indian Arts Auction Raises $1.2 Million for Scholarships
Celebrities and supporters of the Institute of American Indian Arts gathered recently in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the Scholarships Shape Futures—2025 IAIA Benefit and Auction.
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Institute of American Indian Arts Gifted New Campus
The Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts will transfer its physical campus building in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to IAIA.
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IAIA Announces Dr. Shelly C. Lowe as Next President
Lowe served as chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, spearheading initiatives that significantly advanced Indigenous education and representation at the national level.
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Trump’s FY 2026 Budget Proposal Eliminates Funding for IAIA
If enacted, this would mark the first time in nearly 40 years that the Institute of American Indian Arts would not receive federal support under its longstanding enabling legislation.
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IAIA Launches Groundbreaking Computer Science Program
By blending technical knowledge with artistic exploration, students develop creative works across multiple disciplines.
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Leading Edge: Robert Martin of the Institute of American Indian Arts
Recipient of the National Humanities Medal, Dr. Robert Martin wraps up a distinguished career and a life of service to the Tribal College Movement.
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Longtime TCU Leader Robert Martin to Retire
Dr. Martin oversaw unprecedented growth at the Institute of American Indian Arts. This past year, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal for his 40 years of service in Native education.
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IAIA President Dr. Robert Martin Awarded National Humanities Medal
President Joseph R. Biden recently presented the 2022 and 2023 National Humanities Medal in a private ceremony at the White House.
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Ethan Nopah Selected as IAIA’s Student of the Year
From Gallup, Mexico, Nopah is a Diné filmmaker and the recipient of the George R.R. Martin Literary Foundation Scholarship and the the Proven Storyteller Scholarship.
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Resilience and Renewal
Students at the Institute of American Indian Arts discuss hardships and healing in the wake of the pandemic. Watch Video
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IAIA Announces New MFA in Cultural Administration
The new low-residency program offers two unique and distinct tracks, one with an emphasis on tribal museum and cultural center administration, and the other focused on arts administration.
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IAIA Arts Research Center Launches Digital Component
A new research portal at the Institute of American Indian Arts greatly extends the study, preservation, and dissemination of traditional and contemporary Native American arts, cultures, literature, and history.
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IAIA Announces First In-Person Senior Exhibition Since 2019
IAIA’s fall 2021 graduating seniors weathered the COVID-19 pandemic with admirable persistence, constantly creating and patiently waiting for the IAIA campus to reopen.
