Indigenous Tag

The style runway in Santa Fe is about to get even larger. Following this weekend’s Southwestern Association for American Indian Arts, or SWAIA, fashion shows at Santa Fe Indian Market, the annual event will transition into Santa Fe Indigenous Fashion Week May 2 to five, 2024. After 10 years of manufacturing and curating successful contemporary Indigenous fashion shows and exhibitions for SWAIA and multiple international institutions, curator and art historian Amber-Dawn Bear Robe (Siksika Nation) said it’s time to step up the event. “SWAIA’s Indigenous Fashion Show began in 2014 with no budget, a U-Haul to move models to the skin runway location and a DJ with a microphone. To have the support of each SWAIA and the City of Santa Fe is immense. We plan to create...