Taos Pueblo fashion designer Patricia Michaels is the 2024 Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Living Treasure.

Michaels is known for her haute couture designs. Growing up in New Mexico, she was surrounded by beauty — in culture, landscape and art, all of which influenced her design aesthetic. She became widely known through participation in the Emmy Award-winning season 11 of “Project Runway.” Based in Taos, her career as a designer has taken her to faraway places like New York and Paris. In June 2023, she dressed actress Tantoo Cardinal for the Cannes Film Festival to premiere “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Michaels will be celebrated with a solo exhibition in the spring of 2024.