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Felipe J. Estudillo Col\u00f3n, Laguna Pueblo, is the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) \u2013 Endowed Peterson Chair for Native American Art History and a faculty member in the IAIA Art History, Museum Studies, and MFA-Cultural Administration Departments.<\/p>\n

Felipe was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Green Mountain College in 2006 and a Master of Arts in Anthropology at the University of New Mexico in 2010. In 2022, he completed a Graduate Certificate in Tribal Governance and Nation Building at Northern Arizona University. His academic pursuits have also included extensive graduate coursework in Anthropology, Archaeology, Museology, Cultural Resource Management, Linguistics, Repatriation, Arts Education, and Art History.<\/p>\n

After moving to New Mexico in 2006, Felipe served six years at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he was Curator of Education, Community Outreach Manager, and a Curatorial Research Specialist. In 2012, he joined IAIA as Campus Gallery Director and Assistant Professor of Museum Studies. He later served three years as the Museum Studies Department Chair, 3 years as Academic Dean\/Chief Academic Officer\/Interim IAIA Research Center Director, before becoming IAIA\u2019s Founding Provost in 2023. In Fall 2025, he was selected as Endowed Peterson Chair for the ground-breaking IAIA Native American Art History program.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n