Quest for the West Schedule

Friday, September 6

10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

Pick up registration materials; Quest exhibit open to registered participants

10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Quest and other museum galleries open to Quest guests

12:15 p.m.

Shuttles depart from Eiteljorg Museum and travel to Zionsville; limited street parking is available at destination

1:00-3:00 p.m.

Receptions at two Western Art Society members’ homes in Zionsville. Shuttles depart from homes at 3 p.m., arriving at museum around 3:45 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Reception honoring Quest artists and 2023 Quest Artist of Distinction Krystii Melaine; meet and mingle with artists and other collectors; participate in a “luck-of-the-draw” miniature art sale and take art home; food and beverages served

6:30-7:15 p.m.

Program featuring artist Krystii Melaine; 2023 Eiteljorg Museum Purchase Award announced

7:30 p.m.

Final chance to place ballots in boxes for “luck-of-the-draw” miniature art sale

7:35 p.m.

Drawing

7:45-9:00 p.m.

Purchase miniature art; take it home the same night

Saturday, September 7

10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

Pick up registration materials at registration table

10:00 a.m.

Quest gallery open to preregistered guests – preview art, visit with artists

11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Luncheon followed by a discussion about and tour of special exhibition, Alfred Jacob Miller: Revisiting the Rendezvous in Scotland and Today, featuring historian and author Gregory Hinton, Collier-Read director of curatoral, education and museum services at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Karen McWhorter, and Eiteljorg curator of Western art, history and culture, Johanna Blume.

2:00-5:00 p.m.

Tour the Quest or new Native American and Western galleries at your leisure

5:00-6:30 p.m.

Reception and intent to purchase art – place ballots in ballot boxes

6:30-7:20 p.m.

Luck of the draw and art sale

7:30 p.m.

Banquet and awards ceremony

Sunday, September 8

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Breakfast; Quest gallery is open. Art not sold Saturday night is available for purchase through Sunday, October 8.
Exhibit opens to the public at noon.

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Alfred Jacob Miller – Rough Draughts for Notes to Indian Sketches – A Reading by Gregory Hinton  a performance based on Millers journal entries, giving insights to a legendary journey.