The Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts
05/13/2026
Second night of the IAIA MFA CW student readings featuring screenwriter, Charine Gonzales, with a special appearance by DARK WINDS actress, Natalie Benally, and prose writers, Vivian St. Rose, Jamie Natonabah, and Claire Wilcox! Thanks to for hosting us. One more reading to go! See you tomorrow night 🥳
05/12/2026
The IAIA MFA CW student readings kicked off tonight with Kenneth Dyer Redner, and Milton Bluehouse Jr. These writers spun words and emotions with some amazing poetry & stories! The fun continues tomorrow night
2026 AWP In Baltimore is almost a wrap! We’ve had a great time with our students, alumni, and friends and ✨🪩✨Still one more day to stop by our booth in the 900s
IAIA president and former director of the NEH, Dr. Shelly Lowe, led the way for a successful 2026 AIHEC symposium with BFA student, Breana Bravehart, and MFA CW director, Deborah Taffa college
01/22/2026
Cheers to an epic January Residency with the current U.S. Poet Laureate, elders, young superstars, and our amazing students and mentors. Find your community, make your art, and never let go. 💪🏽 Be strong together 2026. Never never back down.
08/29/2025
IAIA Fall Convocation today. 1. A Student’s MMIW Hoodie. 2. Keynote speaker: Tony Abeyta 🔥 3. Just before lunch. Have a great semester, everyone!
05/17/2025
They came. They imagined. They did it. Our new writers, sent forward by the one and only Deb Haaland! 🪶🪶🪶 2025 IAIA MFA CW graduates 🎓 🎓🎓
05/17/2025
The School for Advanced Research hosted 3 of our graduates today and they were brilliant!
05/15/2025
Our screenwriting crew brought the good times tonight! Thanks for coming out to support our creative community 💐
05/14/2025
Our second amazing MFA CW reading at the Wheelwright Museum tonight. This post is missing one reader—Larry Chavis—whose essay started off with such startling drama, I grew enthralled and forgot to take a picture!