MIAC | June 2025

Image: Engaging the Future exhibition at MIAC

This spring and summer, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) is bringing fresh energy to their campus. They recently welcomed a vibrant new cohort of artists in Engaging the Future: The Goodman Fellowship Artists exhibition in the JoAnn and Bob Balzer Native Market and Contemporary Art Gallery. Their voices—emerging and powerful—remind us why investment in the next generation is vital. The recent celebration honoring 2025 Goodman Fellow Auri Poseyesva (Hopi) was filled with hope, joy and community pride.

In June, the museum looks forward to the opening of Makowa: The Worlds Above Us, an expansive exhibition exploring Indigenous relationships to the sky and celestial realms. This exhibition invites visitors to see the heavens through the lens of story, science, and ceremony. MNMF members and exhibitions donors are invited to a special preview of the exhibition on Friday, May 30th.

Meanwhile, MIAC’s 2025 Native Dance Series kicked off on May 18 with the Spring Gourd Dance on Milner Plaza. This series of performances—spanning from Ohkay Owingeh to the White Mountain Apache—celebrate movement, music and cultural continuity in the open air of Santa Fe’s summer evenings. Bring a chair, bring your spirit—these are events not to be missed.