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News Release: Eiteljorg Museum Announces Fifth Third Bank as Presenting Sponsor of Jingle Rails
New partnership and additions highlight the 10th year of holiday favorite INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum’s popular holiday model train attraction, Jingle Rails: The Western Adventure, will delight families for a 10th year this holiday season when it opens...
News Release: Washington Street closure affects Eiteljorg access, Thursday morning to Friday night
To visit museum, enter White River State Park underground garage from the west side only TRAFFIC ALERT – Due to a temporary street closure on West Washington Street from early morning Thursday, Sept. 26, until the evening of Friday, Sept. 27, vehicles will be able to...
News Release: Contemporary photographs of Southern Plains Native America on exhibit at Eiteljorg
Smithsonian traveling exhibition features poignant moments by photographer Horace Poolaw INDIANAPOLIS – An exhibition at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art features more than 75 striking photographs of Native peoples of the Southern Plains during...
Martha Hill reflects on 16 years of educating Eiteljorg visitors
By Bryan Corbin, Storyteller magazine editor Martha Hill, Ph.D., is seen here with the 1917 oil painting The Grand Canyon by Thomas Moran. Martha, who is retiring as Eiteljorg vice president for public programs and Beeler family director of education, spent her early...
Native American Art Magazine publishes article on Eiteljorg’s Great Lakes Native art acquisition
Native American Art magazine in its October/November 2019 issue published this wonderful article about the Eiteljorg Museum acquiring a collection of rare, historic Native American artworks from the Great Lakes region. Read the article at this link: Native American...
News Release: Western art in high demand at Eiteljorg’s Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale
More than $1 million in art sold; awards presented to artists; painter remembered Terri Kelly Moyers Zuni Patterns, 2019 Oil on gesso board 20 x 16 inches INDIANAPOLIS – More than $1 million of top quality Western art was sold Sept. 6-7 during the Quest for the West®...
Reliving history with Artist of Distinction David Wright
By Johanna M. Blume, interim curator of Western art, history and culture Last year, artist H. David Wright of Gallatin, Tenn., was named by The Western Art Society as the Artist of Distinction at the Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale. A new exhibition of Wright's...
Western Art Collector magazine features Quest for the West and H. David Wright exhibitions
Western Art Collector magazine in its fall issue published previews of the 14th annual Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale and the exhibition H. David Wright: Marching to a Different Drum. Read the thorough articles at this link: Western Art Collector_Quest for...
Quest for the West featured in Art of the West Magazine
One of the major Western art magazines, Art of the West, published this preview article about the 14th annual Quest for the West Art Show and Sale at the Eiteljorg Museum. Read it at this link: Art of the West magazine - Quest for the West
News Release: Nation’s top Western artists return to Indy for 14th annual Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale
Event includes one of the area’s largest art sales, miniature art sale, special exhibits George Hallmark Sagrado, 2019 Oil on linen, 36 x 40 inches INDIANAPOLIS -- Every September, the Eiteljorg Museum becomes the center of attention for art of the American West. The...
News Release: Nationally renowned Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship in the spotlight
New exhibition “Blurring the Line” featuring five Native artists is open Nov. 16-Feb. 2 at Eiteljorg Museum Rita Letendre (Abenaki) Sunburst, 1971 Oil on canvas 31 x 40 inches Museum Purchase: Eiteljorg Fellowship INDIANAPOLIS – As part of the Eiteljorg Museum’s...
Case, Russell G.
G. Russell Case Born 1966 in Cedar City, Utah; lives in Brigham City, Utah OUT OF NORTHERN UTAH, G. Russell Case makes his home in Brigham City, Utah. Although surrounded by the Rocky Mountains, Case’s passion lies south in the desert. Vast mesas and endless skies are...
