2025 Conference | November 5 – 7 | Indianapolis, IN
Hosted by the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
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Download the conference program.
Took place at the JW Marriott, Eiteljorg Museum of Americans Indians and Western Art, and the Herron School of Art + Design. NAASA Membership ($35–135): join/renew here
NAASA Officers
Elections took place at the 2025 conference, and the new NAASA board is:
Officers (2023–2025)
- President: Miranda Belarde-Lewis, PhD, Zuni/Tlingit
- Vice President: Anya Montiel, PhD, Mestiza/Tohono O’odham descent
- Secretary: Sháńdíín Brown, Diné (non-voting)
- Treasurer: Maryann Guoladdle-Parker, Kiowa/Comanche (non-voting)
- Past President: heather ahtone, PhD, Choctaw/Chickasaw
Board Members
- Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, PhD, 2025–2029
- Jordan Poorman Cocker-Côté (Kiowa), 2023–2027
- Mique’l Dangeli, PhD (Ts’msyen), 2023–2027
- Kadusné, Ursala Hudson (Tlingit), 2025–2029
- Alexandra Kahsenni:io Nahwegahbow, PhD (Whitefish River Anishinaabe/Kanien’kehá:ka), 2023–2027
- Jami C. Powell, PhD (Osage), 2025–2029
Additional event: Friday, November 7, 6:00–8:30 pm, 2025 Eiteljorg Contemporary Fellowship Exhibition Preview and Artist Celebration honoring Jean LaMarr (Northern Paiute/Achomawi[Pit River]), John Feodorov (Diné), Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich (Koyukon Dené/Iñupiaq), Maria Hupfield (Wasauksing Anishinaabe), and Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara/Lakota).
About NAASA
The Native American Art Studies Association (NAASA) is a nonprofit organization that works to encourage the presentation of Native American art and to promote study and the exchange of ideas.
Sponsors
Sponsored in part by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hood Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Terra Foundation for American Art, Walker Youngbird Foundation, and First American Art Magazine.
