Santa Fe Curator talks about the Fashion Industry
As part of the AGP Speaker Series we are thrilled to have fashion curator Amber-Dawn Bear Robe join us in the Aboriginal Gathering Place on Monday, November 4th.
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Amber-Dawn Bear Robe (Siksika Nation) is the Fashion Curator for the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA), Santa Fe, NM. Recently, she was Assistant Faculty of Native Art History in the Museum Studies department at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). Bear Robe’s projects center on the intersection of Indigenous art practices with fashion and design. She holds a Master of Arts in American Indian Studies and a second Master of Arts in Art History, both earned from the University of Arizona.
Bear Robe has been recognized with Regional Emmy Awards in 2020 and 2021 for her role as a producer in two documentary short films highlighting Indigenous fashion designers. In October 2023, Bear Robe was honored with the Canadian Arts & Fashion Changemaker Award. Acting as a Board of Trustee member for the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF). Her recent fashion programming includes Future Imaginaries: Indigenous Art, Fashion, Technology, at The Autry Museum of the American West, September 7, 2024 – June 21, 2026, PST Art X The Autry: Fashioning Indigenous Futurism Runway Show At The Getty, September, 30, 2024 and a forthcoming exhibition at The Textiles Museum of Canada, 2025.