Experienced corporate fundraising leader joins development team of nonprofit museum INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art recently welcomed as its new corporate relations manager Susan St. Angelo, who comes to the Eiteljorg with a wealth of business, community and philanthropic experience....
Nationally prominent institution lands major art acquisition thanks to a $2.83M Lilly Endowment grant Unknown Ojibwe Artist Bandolier Bag, ca. 1875 Loom woven beadwork bag; glass seed beads, glass basket beads, wool cloth, wool fox braid, wool yarn, cotton cloth Museum purchase with funds provided by a grant from...
More than $28,000 in prize money awarded to top artists; Justin Starr Hardridge wins Best of Show Justin Starr Hardridge (Muscogee Creek Nation) Raising the Sun INDIANAPOLIS -- At the 27th annual Eiteljorg Indian Market and Festival on June 22-23, Native American artists were awarded more than $28,000...
By Bert Beiswanger, Eiteljorg Museum director of marketing and communications Dave Santillanes Fading to Gray, 2019 Oil, 22 x 46 inches Every September, the Eiteljorg Museum becomes the center of attention in the world of art of the American West. The 14th annual Quest for the West® Art Show...
Sisterz In Song As our 27th annual Indian Market and Festival fast approaches, we are excited to announce this year’s entertainers and food vendors. Our first performers will be Sisterz In Song, a female a capella trio comprised of Ashley Hall, Asjha Tveter and Haley Berstail...
By Dorene Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota), assistant curator of Native American art [caption id="attachment_4807" align="alignnone" width="237"] Caption: Gus Palmer (Kiowa, at left), side gunner, and Horace Poolaw (Kiowa), aerial photographer, in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress. MacDill Field, Tampa, Florida, ca. 1944. © Estate of...
World champion hoop dancer Tony Duncan (Apache/Arikara/Hidatsa) and his family will perform again at the Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market and Festival on June 22-23. File photo from 2017 courtesy of Hadley Fruits Photography. INDIANAPOLIS – One of the region’s best art and cultural experiences returns to...
Sharon Mills, Eiteljorg volunteer guide One of the Eiteljorg's guides and volunteers, Sharon Mills, was recently profiled in the Indianapolis Senior Life newspaper. Among the 331 Eiteljorg volunteers in 2018, Sharon was the leader in terms of hours of service donated to the museum. Read more...
By: Staci Seber, marketing and communications intern My time at the Eiteljorg Museum has officially come to an end. It’s hard to believe that these past four months have come and gone already. During my time serving as the marketing and communications intern, I have been...
Renowned contemporary Native artist Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk) died March 30. A sculpture artist and art professor at the University of Wisconsin, he was an Eiteljorg Fellow in 1999. By Jennifer Complo McNutt, curator of contemporary art I will miss my friend Truman Lowe. He added a great...
