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Generosity of Gund family continues
By Johanna M. Blume, curator of Western art, history and culture George Gund III The Eiteljorg Museum recently received a generous gift of art from the estate of George Gund III (1937-2013). The gift included 136 pieces, primarily works on paper such as lithographs...
Eiteljorg Insider: 5 Questions with Dr. Laura J. Arata
By: Brooke Sullivan, marketing and communications intern Dr. Laura J. Arata, author of Race and the Wild West: Sarah Bickford, the Montana Vigilantes, and the Tourism of Decline, 1870-1930, will discuss her book at the Eiteljorg during the Gund Western Lecture Series...
Get acquainted with fascinating artworks in Contemporary Native Art 101
By Dorene Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota), associate curator of Native American art Acee Blue Eagle (Creek / Pawnee, 1907-1959) Untitled, 1935-1955 Tempera and pencil on paper Bequest of Raymond Lee, Jr. 1999.14.3 The Native art represented in the Eiteljorg Museum’s...
United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo shares her poetry during a reading at Eiteljorg March 5
By Brandi Crocker, manager of special events and artist engagement Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo (Mvskoke / Creek Nation) Image by Shawn Miller This spring, the Indianapolis community will have a rare opportunity to experience a poetry reading from the...
News Release: Traveling exhibition “Warhol’s West” on view at Eiteljorg Museum, March 12-Aug. 7
Experience Pop artist Andy Warhol’s screenprints of Native and Western subjects INDIANAPOLIS – An intriguing exhibit on the work and life of Pop Art Icon Andy Warhol will be on view at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, March 12 through Aug. 7....
5 Questions with Zaron Burnett III, creator and host of Black Cowboys podcast
Telling the underrepresented stories of Black Cowboys By Brooke Sullivan, Eiteljorg marketing and communications intern Zaron Burnett III, creator, and host of the Black Cowboys podcast on iHeartRadio, will speak about his life and work at the Eiteljorg’s annual Leon...
News Release: Native American Galleries on track with $500K grant from Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
Eiteljorg Museum’s Project 2021 goals closer to reality; new galleries to open in June Project rendering of the Eiteljorg Museum’s new Native American Galleries Image courtesy of Origin Studios INDIANAPOLIS – The ambitious capstone project to reconstruct and reinstall...
Eiteljorg Insider: Finding Community through Community Engagement
By: Sophia Jaegly, Eiteljorg Fall 2021 Marketing and Communications Intern Entering the third year of my studies at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, I felt immense pressure to know. I wanted to discover how the world worked, how my community defined...
Eiteljorg Museum recognized as one of Indy’s Top 10 Most Architecturally Wondrous
Eiteljorg Museum front exterior Image courtesy of Jessica Strickland Photography, 2013 The Eiteljorg Museum was recognized as one of "Top 10 Most Architecturally Wondrous" buildings in Indianapolis, according to a Dec. 3, 2021 article in the Indianapolis...