Connecting Community at the School for Advanced Research, Indian Arts Research Center Division
Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
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Join the American Philosophical Society for its NASI (Native American Scholarship Initiative) Internship Symposium Public Lecture, "Connecting Community at the School for Advanced Research, Indian Arts Research Center Division," on November 4, 2026, at 12 p.m. ET in Benjamin Franklin Hall (427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106), and online.
The lecture will feature NASI Intern alumni Alexis Lucero (2022) and Dynette Chavez (2020), moderated by Dr. Tiffanie Hardbarger. You can find an abstract for the public lecture, as well as speaker bios, below.
This is a hybrid event, with both in-person and virtual (Zoom) registration available. Please register here. We ask that in-person attendees register by Monday, November 2, in order to best estimate catering. A buffet lunch will be provided to those attending in-person.
Live Spanish interpretation is being offered for this program via Zoom. For access to the translation, please join the Zoom Stream.
La conferencia será interpretada en espanol para aquellos que se conecten via zoom.
Increasingly, museums and collecting institutions are being held accountable to the Native and Indigenous nations represented in their collections. This presentation highlights community-informed collections care and educational outreach initiatives at the School for Advanced Research, Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) division in Santa Fe, NM. These initiatives include meaningful relationship building; connecting tribal community members and the public to items in the collection; policy work; and educational outreach. The methods we utilize at the IARC are but some of the many ways we connect with our surrounding tribal communities in New Mexico.
Alexis Lucero is Pueblo of Isleta and the Assistant Collections Manager at the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) at the School for Advanced Research (SAR). In her role, she helps caretake over 12,000 items belonging to tribal communities throughout the Southwest. She was a Native American Studies Initiative Intern in 2022.
Dynette Chavez is from the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Santo Domingo Pueblo. She is an Education Assistant at the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) at the School for Advanced Research (SAR). She leads public tours, conducts community outreach, and facilitates engaging educational activities in schools. In 2020, she was a Native American Studies Intern.