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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe has put together a new initiative to support intergenerational learning and creativity.
The institution developed SAR Learns!, which is aimed to inspire new work and assist with knowledge transmission specifically within the context of the ongoing pandemic.
Nanibaa Beck (Diné) will record interviews with her paternal relatives in Pinon, Arizona.
The program will distribute $50,000, utilizing redirected grant funds, that will enable 16 artists to launch or complete a variety of proposed projects.
“As the pandemic continued to progress over the course of the last year and opportunities to sell work continued to be limited,” said Elysia Poon, director of SAR’s Indian Arts Research Center (IARC). “It became increasingly apparent how much the artist community, especially the Native artist community, was struggling. From ou