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Johnson, Brett Allen
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...
News Release: Community leaders join the Eiteljorg Museum Board of Directors and Board of Advisors
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...
Experience multiple exhibitions of Native American art this year
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...
A summer full of Laughter and Resilience
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...
16th Annual Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale
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...
Indian Market and Festival goes ALL VIRTUAL in 2021
Faye Lone (Tonawanda Seneca) Fancy Shawl, 2019 Fabric Two weeks of online art sales and performances JUNE 14-28 FREE at Eiteljorg.org/IndianMarketandFestival Are you a regular Indian Market and Festival attendee seeking a beautiful pot to add to your collection? Do...
Sprucing Up: Volunteers Plant Indiana Native Plants around the Whitetail Deer Fountain
This article was originally posted Thursday, May 27, 2021. By Sophia Holt-Wilson, Eiteljorg Digital Marketing Coordinator Volunteers from the Eiteljorg Museum and local gardening organizations got their hands dirty at a planting session around the Whitetail Deer...
News Release: Eiteljorg Virtual Indian Market features 100 Native artists, performances June 14-28
Purchase beautiful artworks online, see Grammy winner Joanne Shenandoah and other performers Roberta Begaye, (Diné (Navajo) untitled, 2019, Acrylic on canvas stretched over a wood frame INDIANAPOLIS –The Eiteljorg Museum’s 29th annual Indian Market and Festival this...
News Release: “Laughter and Resilience: Humor in Native American Art” opens May 22 at Eiteljorg
Traveling exhibition of Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian features works by Native artists Ricardo Caté, b. 1964 (Santo Domingo Pueblo) Untitled (Santa Fe Coyote) Acrylic on canvas 18” H x 22” W Image courtesy of Addison Doty, courtesy of the Wheelwright...