Touchable exhibition of artist Michael Naranjo’s work is at Eiteljorg Jan. 18-July 26 Michael Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo, born 1944) Glory, 2005 Bronze, Edition of 10 12 x 11 x 7 inches Loan courtesy Michael and Laurie Naranjo INDIANAPOLIS – A new exhibition opening Jan. 18 at the Eiteljorg Museum...
Exhibition of historic and contemporary textile art of the West is part of Honoring Women theme INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum will launch a yearlong exploration of the profound artistic and cultural contributions of women in the American West and Native America with a new exhibition...
Some recent news coverage of the Eiteljorg Museum exhibition Blurring the Line: The Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2019 is found at these links. Click on the link to read the article: Destination Indy, Oct. 8 2019 Daily Journal of Johnson County, Nov. 14, 2019 Ridgewood Times, Queens, N.Y.,...
By Blaire Trusty, Eiteljorg Marketing and Communications fall intern The past few months interning in the marketing department at the Eiteljorg Museum have been better than I could have imagined. Going into my senior year at Butler University, I was scared thinking about how “real life”...
The new Spanish Colonial Missions of the Southwest scene in Jingle Rails An excellent thorough article about Jingle Rails: The Great Western Adventure appears in TheStatehouseFile.com. Read about the latest additions to the Eiteljorg Museum's holiday model train exhibition at this link: The Statehouse File_Jingle Rails story ...
Captivating model railroad adventure opens Nov. 23, recreates IMS; open late hours Photo courtesy of Zach Dobson INDIANAPOLIS – Visiting the holiday-season model railroad display at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art has become an annual tradition for many families. Back for its 10th...
The December/January issue of Native American Art magazine included two articles about the Eiteljorg Museum. One article focuses on the exhibition Blurring the Line: The Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2019. The other notes the museum's recent acquisition of the Pohrt collection of Great Lakes Native...
One of the most renowned publications about Western American art, Art of the West magazine, recently published two articles about the Eiteljorg Museum. Read the article about the Eiteljorg's 30th anniversary at this link: Art of the West -- 30th Anniversary Story. Read the article recapping the 14th...
By Bryan Corbin, Storyteller magazine editor Potawatomi, Otoe, Ojibwe and Wyandot artists Moccasins, ca. 1800–ca. 1890 Tanned and smoked deerskin, glass seed beads, ribbon applique, silk ribbon, moose hair Museum purchase with funds provided by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The Eiteljorg Museum recently acquired another major, nationally prominent...
By Martha L. Hill, Ph.D., Eiteljorg former vice president for public programs and the Beeler family director of education Eiteljorg Guide Sandy Schipp introduces students to the triptych painting October Suite, Grand Canyon, 1991, by Wilson Hurley. Image courtesy of 12 Stars Media In 2018 the...
