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The 2026 Spring Graduating Senior Exhibition, “Rebirth: The Stories From Within,” opens on Thursday, April 16, at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), with a reception from 5:30–7:30 pm at the Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery. On view through May 15, 2026, the exhibition highlights the culminating achievements of graduating BFA students in Studio Arts, Museum Studies, and Indigenous Liberal Studies, featuring both conceptually and traditionally informed bodies of work and research developed during the students’ final semester of study and throughout their academic experiences at IAIA.The opening reception will be held on Thursday, April 16, from 5:30–7:30 pm at the Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery. The exhibition will be on view April 16–May 15, 2026.
Rebirth: The Stories From Within will feature both conceptually and traditionally informed bodies of work and research developed during the students’ final semester of study and throughout their academic experiences at IAIA.
Important Date
Thursday, April 16, 5:30–7:30 pm: Opening Reception (Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery)
Participating Artists
Juniper Rose Anderson (Navajo and Ho-Chunk)
Marley Boswell
Kashelle D. Brandon (Navajo Nation)
Alice Crazy Bull (Rosebud Sioux Tribe)
Tonesha Jaye Coriz (Santa Domingo Pueblo)
Not-Afraid Dal’Suhu (Hopi, Navajo, Lakota, Crow, Zuni, and Laguna Pueblo)
Sheridan Fowler (Diné)
Maya A. Gollihugh
Haiden Renae Gould (Diné)
Ixel Lindstorm (White Earth Ojibwe Descendant and Maya)
Marlon Melero (Northern Paiute and Tlingit)
Lina Montoya (Jicarilla Apache)
Lozin Nylund-Carleton (Santa Domingo Pueblo)
Michael Patton (Oglala Lakota and Isleta Pueblo)
Nia Valdepeña (Yavapai-Apache Nation)
Mayah Vicenti (Jicarilla Apache)
Brianna Waukau
Tru West (Diné)
Patrick Willinik (Diné)
Silver Wolf (Seminole Tribe of Florida)
Tawny Townsend (Navajo)
The Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery is located in the Robert Martin Academic Center on the IAIA campus, just north of the Dance Circle. The reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Free parking is available in the lot south of the Lloyd Kiva New Welcome Center, accessed from the main entrance.
https://iaia.edu/event/2026-spring-iaia-graduating-senior-exhibition-reception/
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