The 2025 Fall Graduating Senior Exhibition, “Paradigm in Flux,” opens on November 13 at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), with a reception from 6–8 pm at the Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery. On view through December 11, 2025, this exhibition highlights the achievements of graduating BFA students in Studio Arts and Museum Studies. We asked the graduates to reflect on what made their journey through IAIA truly remarkable. “Being here at IAIA has changed me as an artist because it has

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The Diné, or “The People,” stand as one of the most legendary and resilient groups in the desert Southwest of North America. Commonly called Apache—a name rooted in the Zuni word for “enemy”—they were actually a collection of diverse tribes, including the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, and Western Apache, each speaking a unique dialect of the Athabaskan language. In the unforgiving desert, their survival skills were unrivaled, blending foraging, hunting, and carefully planned raids to

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