Sallie R. Wagner Indigenous American Artist/Scholar Fellowship

The Sallie R. Wagner Indigenous American Artist/Scholar Fellowship was established to foster innovative and exploratory ideas in art or scholarly inquiry. The goal of the Wagner Fellowship was to support individuals exploring advanced ideas in cultural studies and contemporary indigenous issues or creativity in the visual, literary, filmmaking, performance, and musical arts. Its purpose was to broaden the recognition, status, and understanding of indigenous cultures on a national and global level. The fellowship, which was awarded three times between 2004 and 2006, was offered to a national or international indigenous artist or scholar who demonstrated a dedicated and sincere interest in excelling in the arts or scholarship.

The program supported innovative individuals in a new spirit of expression and discovery. It was open internationally to Native American scholars and artists interested in initiating and completing a significant project on SAR’s campus. In challenging each artist’s creativity and intellect, the fellowship successfully fostered new genres of art and scholarly inquiry. You can learn about the previous fellows by following the appropriate link to the left.

The Sallie R. Wagner Indigenous American Artists/Scholar program, which will end in 2007 with the current fellow, Navajo weaver Geneva Shabi, continued the Indian Arts Research Center’s leadership position of supporting Native American artists by broadening its scope from a Southwest arena to a national and international area.

We are no longer taking applications for the Sallie R. Wagner Indigenous American Artists/Scholar program. You can learn more about the current Wagner Fellow, Geneva Shabi, by following the “Present Fellow” link to the left.