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News Release: Popular Eiteljorg Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebration Goes All VIRTUAL
Experience local and national artists and acts free online Oct. 28-Nov.2 INDIANAPOLIS – A popular annual community cultural arts celebration will be all virtual for the first time this year. The nationally recognized Eiteljorg Museum Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead)...
Indigenous Peoples’ Day – October 12, 2020
Scott Shoemaker, left, and Jason Larrison, right, at the Oct. 12 news conference On Monday Oct. 12, the Eiteljorg Museum was the venue for a news conference where a proclamation by the Indianapolis City-County Council about Indigenous Peoples' Day was read...
Hear how Scott Shoemaker, Ph.D., celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day
On the second Monday of every October, I celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. As an Indigenous person of this place, whose ancestors have been here since time immemorial, I celebrate their resilience so that I can be here today and say “niila myaamia, mihtohseenia”, “I...
Jingle Rails pulls into the station with miniature versions of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana State Fair and more
By Sara Spieth, Eiteljorg marketing and communications intern Escape from being stuck at home and experience the wonders of the American West as well as the Indiana State Fair and Indianapolis 500 — all in miniature — by visiting the Eiteljorg Museum. The whimsical...
Día de Muertos Celebration goes virtual Oct. 28-Nov. 2
Local favorites and international acts are highlights of this year’s celebration By Alisa Nordholt-Dean, Beeler Family director of education and public programs While nothing can replace the experience of watching colorful twirling folklórico dancers, taking selfies...
Reopening to visitors, “Quilts: Uncovering Women’s Stories” shares life experiences of women of the West
The Eiteljorg exhibition Quilts: Uncovering Women’s Stories has been extended to Jan. 3, 2021. When the new exhibition Quilts: Uncovering Women’s Stories opened in early March, it made a big splash with art and history lovers, especially with fans of fiber art and...
More than $747K in art sold at Eiteljorg’s Quest for the West® Virtual Art Sale
First-ever online format for prestigious sale a success for museum, artists and collectors Mark Kelso, Bargersville, Ind. Tearin’ It Up, 2020 Oil on panel, 36 x 48 inches Winner of the 2020 Quest for the West® Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award, presented by the...
News Release: Contemporary art by women artists is focus of new exhibition at Eiteljorg
"Powerful Women" highlights the work of visionary artists Anita Fields (Osage, born 1951) Opposites Attract, 2005 Clay Gift: Courtesy of Paul and Grace Markovits INDIANAPOLIS – Continuing with its theme of Honoring Women, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and...
Quest for the West® Media Coverage
The Eiteljorg Museum's Quest for the West® Virtual Art Show and Sale has been covered in respected media outlets. Click on the links below to read them. Southwest Art magazine, September 2020 Western Art Collector_Quest Preview, September 2020...