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Eiteljorg Insider: An Experience like No Other
By: Sara Spieth, Eiteljorg Marketing and Communications Intern Summers at the Eiteljorg are usually filled with the fun and excitement of the Indian Market and Festival, the beautiful music along the Downtown Canal during the Summer Under the Sails Concert...
Quest Insider: Quest for the West® Artist Selection
By: Elisa Phelps, Vice President & Chief Curatorial Officer This year’s virtual Quest for the West® marks the fifteenth year for the Western art show and sale. Eight of the featured artists have been with Quest since the very beginning: Gerald Balciar, John...
Untiedt, Michael
Michael Ome Untiedt, Born in Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado in 1952; lives in Denver, Colorado BORN AND RAISED in rural southeastern Colorado, Michael Ome Untiedt maintains a studio in Denver. Traveling extensively, he is known as a painter of the world who sees with...
Eiteljorg Exhibitions: Media Coverage, Summer 2020
The Eiteljorg Museum was featured in news media coverage about its exhibitions and events. Here are some examples: Native American Art magazine, June 2020 Preview article about the exhibition Powerful Women: Contemporary Art from the Eiteljorg Collection, opening...
Mitchell, Dean
Dean Mitchell Born 1957 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; lives in Tampa, Florida DEAN MITCHELL was born in Pittsburg and raised by his grandmother in Quincy, Florida. He earned his BFA and MFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design. In addition to watercolors, he is...
Lawes, Bruce
Bruce Lawes Born 1962 in Toronto, Ontario; lives in Niagra-on-the-Lake, Ontario BRUCE K. LAWES is an internationally collected artist with a passion for animal art and conservation. He is a signature member of the Artists for Conservation (AFC), The Society of Animal...
Quest Insider: Six Questions with Frank and Patte Owings, Eiteljorg Volunteers
By Sara Spieth, Eiteljorg Marketing and Communications Intern For Frank and Patte Owings, the Eiteljorg is one of their favorite art museums, and they joined the Quest volunteer team because they wanted to help with the museum’s biggest fundraiser of the year as well...
Quest Insider: Five Questions with Linda Stark, Eiteljorg Volunteer
By Sara Spieth, Eiteljorg Marketing and Communications Intern Linda Stark has been a volunteer at the Eiteljorg since the 1990s, and joined the Quest team in 2011. She has had a hand in a myriad of events at the museum, and initially became a volunteer because she...
Eiteljorg Insider: Five Questions with Matt Askren, Accounting Associate
By Caroline States, Eiteljorg Marketing and Communications Intern Matt Askren has worked in the Eiteljorg’s Finance Department since 2015, but his employment history with the Eiteljorg dates back to 2008. As a student of accounting and finance at Indiana...
News Release: Eiteljorg Museum receives NEA grant to support gallery reinstallation project
NEA funds to assist in presenting Native American artworks in state-of-the-art gallery INDIANAPOLIS –The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art gained important momentum for the 2021-22 reinstallation of the Native American gallery after the National...
News Release: New members join the Eiteljorg Museum Board of Directors and Advisory Board
Jasmin French of Cummins is now a director; L.G. Edwards appointed Chair of the Board Jasmin N. French INDIANAPOLIS – As the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art moves forward with its summer reopening, the museum Board of Directors has appointed a new...
Eiteljorg Insider: Five questions with Robert Tate, director of merchandising
By Sara Spieth, Eiteljorg Marketing and Communications Intern Robert Tate is the Director of Merchandising at the Eiteljorg. He has a long background in retail management and has been an important member of the Eiteljorg team for the past 8 years. During the temporary...