Exhibit of top Western art on public view through Oct. 10 At the Eiteljorg Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale, artist John Fawcett, center, received the Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award from Quest chair Catherine Turner, left, and Eiteljorg Museum President and CEO John Vanausdall,...
Top Western art sale weekend features special events with Academy Award recipient Mian Situ Morning Hours, 2021 Oil, 28 x 20 inches INDIANAPOLIS – Admirers of art inspired by the American West will converge on the Eiteljorg Museum in September for the 16th annual Quest for the West® Art...
Diverse group of visionary artists highlighted in second rotation of exhibition Anita Rodriguez (American, born 1941) Boda Bacalar, 1997 Acrylic on wood Gift and Gerald and Dorit Paul 2018.16.1 INDIANAPOLIS – An ongoing exhibition at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art explores the fascinating work of visionary women...
Dwayne Harty Born 1957 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Canada, lives in Victor, Idaho DWAYNE HARTY is a classically trained wildlife artist and natural history diorama artist who began his studies at the Art Students League, NYC. This was followed by independent studies with Bob Kuhn, Robert Lougheed and...
Brett Allen Johnson Born 1984 in Provo, Utah, lives in Lehi, Utah RAISED AT THE FOOT of Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch Range—in a small town called American Fork, Utah—Johnson remembers having an interest in art throughout his life, but didn’t immediately see the potential as a...
Autumn Borts-Medlock Born 1967 in Pomona, California, raised in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, lives in Tijeras, New Mexico POTTERY HAS ALWAYS been a part of my life. I have vivid memories of visiting relatives and seeing pottery in all their homes, just like in ours. My...
Seven new advisors, four new directors will provide valued perspectives INDIANAPOLIS – As the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art moves forward with its summer exhibitions and programs, seven civic leaders have joined the museum’s community Board of Advisors, while four past advisors...
By Elisa G. Phelps, vice president and chief curatorial officer Powerful Women II: Contemporary Art from the Eiteljorg Collection Image by Christa Barleben If you have the opportunity to visit the museum in person this summer, you’ll notice a big change. Portions of the Eiteljorg’s second-floor Native...
By Kyrra Clevenger, Eiteljorg public programs coordinator Ricardo Caté, b. 1964 (Santo Domingo Pueblo) Untitled (Santa Fe Coyote) Acrylic on canvas, 18” H x 22” W Image credit: Addison Doty of the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian The Eiteljorg is ready to hear visitors laugh again, and in Laughter...
Back as an in-person event featuring Academy Award-winning actor Wes Studi By Bert Beiswanger, director of marketing and communications Wes Studi (Cherokee) Photo by Jen Boyer Whether they enjoy stunning landscape paintings, realist portraits of people, compelling representations of nature or beautiful sculptures, admirers of Western art will converge...
