Family Day noon to 3 p.m. June 2 at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. Courtesy/IAIA

IAIA News:

The community is invited to attend Family Day from noon to 3 p.m. June 2 at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA).

The day will include a panel discussion with curators and the filmmaker of the exhibition, Womb of the Earth: Cosmovisions of the Rainforest. Curators Anita Ekman and Cristine Takuá (Maxakali), Indigenous leader and filmmaker Carlos Papa (Guarani Mbya), and moderator Manuela Well-Off-Man will discuss the importance of Brazil’s tropical rainforests, such as the Atlantic Forest, for the cultural and physical survival of Indigenous communities.

There will also be live music and various stations for children to participate in fun family activities.

For more information, contact Museum Educator Wayne Gaussoin (Diné and Picuris Pueblo) at wgaussoin@iaia.edu.

IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA)

The mission of the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) is “To elevate contemporary Indigenous art through exhibitions, collections, programs, partnerships, and new research.”

MoCNA is the country’s only museum for exhibiting, collecting, and interpreting the most progressive work of contemporary Native artists. MoCNA is dedicated solely to advancing the scholarship, discourse, and interpretation of contemporary Native art for regional, national, and international audiences—as such, it stewards over 9,500 Contemporary Indigenous artworks (created 1962 to present). MoCNA is at the forefront of contemporary Native art presentation and strives to be flexible, foresighted, and risk-taking in its exhibitions and programs. MoCNA is in the heart of downtown Santa Fe.

The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) is at 108 Cathedral Place in Santa Fe.