Founded in 2020 to serve the needs of the artist community in Las Vegas, Nevada, IndigenousAF (IAF) grounds all of its programming in the Native American practices of reciprocity and respect. IndigenousAF members, interns, and volunteer Board of Directors seek to preserve traditions and create opportunities for a thriving Indigenous community. IAF celebrates Indigenous cultures through free public arts projects and event programming, which also provides opportunities for local artists. IAF fosters creativity by providing space for people to connect with their heritage, learn about others, and ensure that a rich tapestry of cultures continue to flourish into the future.
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Calpulli Tlatelolco, Danza Azteca
IAF interns + community create flor de papel at a Final Friday Art by Luis Varela-Rico “Peso Neto” exhibition
Paper mache community art project, Xochil Xitlalli + Sol Martinez
Master Weaver, Loretta Burden, teaches weaving techniques to Las Vegas Paiute community members
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“The terrific range of project proposals we receive each year speaks to the mobile and porous disciplinary boundaries of contemporary art practice, and to the rich and inventive ways writers approach art today. They are alert to the urgent need to expand the conventions of art history and criticism with ideas from other discourses, such as black studies, transnational and diaspora studies, gender and women’s studies, and LGBT studies. The work of lesser known and overlooked artists and art communities continues to be mined, with writers articulating new ways to counter the striking imbalances of race, class and gender that continue to affect the arts and the culture industry.”