SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
For over a hundred years, SAR has facilitated intellectual inquiry and human understanding. Today the organization accomplishes this through residencies and seminars for scholars, and fellowship programs for Native artists. The organization is also home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management.
SAR offers a range of public programs and welcomes visitors to the historic campus which sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Since 1908, SAR Press, has been promoting the work of important researchers through publications.
Who We Are
Mission
SAR advances understanding of humanity through a unique alchemy of creative practice and scholarly research in Native American arts, anthropology, and related disciplines.
Vision
To be a nexus of scholars and artists, creative thinkers and curious learners, where we exchange ideas, bring life to history, explore the present, and broaden perspectives in pursuit of a more informed and equitable society.
What We Do
Research
We support leading-edge research in anthropology and related disciplines through our resident scholar program, academic seminars, and SAR Press.
Native American Arts
We offer resident fellowships to Native American artists and, working collaboratively with descendant communities, steward one of the nation’s finest collections of Native American art from the Southwest at the Indian Arts Research Center.
Public Education
We provide our members and the public with access to informed discussions on topics of broad social concern through lectures, salons, classes, artist studio talks, scholar colloquia, and field trips.
Where We Are
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is located on traditional lands of the Tewa people, O’gah’poh geh Owingeh (White Shell Water Place), or Santa Fe, New Mexico. Surrounding our campus are the landscapes of Pueblo, Apache and Navajo communities, whose people continue to maintain vital connections to this place.
As an institution privileged to steward Indigenous cultural material and committed to uplifting Indigenous voices, we strive to maintain respectful and mutually beneficial relationships with these communities. We not only honor the ancestral stewards of this land but celebrate their past, present, and future.
We urge you to take the time to learn more about these communities and their histories through our public programs, online exhibits, and Guidelines for Collaboration.
