The Native American Arts Center produces and hosts the annual Native American Arts Festival Week, designed to enhance and add depth to the Summer Program workshop experience. The week-long festival provides a provocative learning experience by bringing together distinguished artists, scholars, and cultural specialists to present performances, demonstrations, films, exhibitions, showcases, and the popular Michael Kabotie Lecture Series. All events are free and open to the public!

Schedule of Events:

7:00pm - Renegades of Art: Native American Arts Festival Week Invitational Exhibition

The Native American Arts Festival Week presents its annual Invitational Exhibition! This year’s exhibition is "Renegades of Art," curated by Pamela Peters (Diné).

The four artists featured in this exhibition showcase their cultural narratives through a wide variety of mediums including murals, mixed media, and tribal presence to celebrate, inform, and inspire the world about the cultural resilience of tribal nations. These artists wield their paintbrushes and more as instruments of strength and perseverance.

The artist/curator led panel discussion takes place at 7:00pm. A reception with Native Foods Taste Testing to follow at 7:45pm.

Artists include:

Carrie "CC" Curley
River Garza
Natasha "Rezmo" Martinez (Diné/Mexicá)
Tiffany Adams

Free

Location: IAF Campus: Parks Exhibition Center