'Loren Aragon is SAR\'s 2017 Ronald and Susan Dubin artist-in-residence fellow. Aragon comes from Acoma Pueblo and is the founder of ACONAV, a fashion brand specializing in women’s couture evening wear. He was awarded first place at the Santa Fe Indian Market Designer Challenge in the Adult Contemporary category in 2016. Video by John Sadd About the School for Advanced Research (SAR): Founded in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) is one of North America’s preeminent independent institutes for the study of anthropology, related social sciences and humanities. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center, one of the nation’s most important Southwest Native American art research collections. Through prestigious scholar residency and artist fellowship programs, public programs and SAR Press, SAR advances intellectual inquiry in order to better understand humankind in an increasingly global and interconnected world. Additional information on the work of our resident scholars, seminars, Native American artist fellowships, and other programs is available on the SAR website, https://sarweb.org/; on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/schoolforadv... and on Twitter, @schadvresearch.'
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