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Renovation of a Warehouse Space for Art Storage to Support Preventative Conservation
art storage renovation Funding provided by National Endowment for the Humanities, Sustaining Cultural Heritage art storage renovation By Allison Evans, Director of Museum Collections and Exhibition Management From October 2023 through September 2024 the Museum...
News Release: Hispanic Heritage Month and Native American Heritage Month celebrated at Eiteljorg
Variety of immersive cultural experiences and events for guests will broaden horizons INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and Native American Heritage Month with cultural performances and activities visitors will not want to miss. On...
News Release: Native artists known for cutting-edge work chosen for Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship
Renowned Fellowship featuring contemporary Native art exhibit opens in November 2025 For Immediate Release Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024 INDIANAPOLIS – Five Native American or First Nations artists have been selected for the prestigious 2025 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art...
News Release: At 19th annual Eiteljorg Quest for the West®, more than $1M in top Western art sold
Public exhibition open through Oct. 6 Artist Brett Allen Johnson, left, and 2024 Quest for the West Art Show Chair Catherine Turner, right, with Johnson’s painting Pueblo Shapes (2024) that won the Quest Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award on Sept. 6-7 at the Eiteljorg...
Artists in Residence bring Native cultural arts to the public
By Alisa Nordholt-Dean, vice president for public programs and Beeler family director of education Ephraim Anderson (Navajo [Diné]), an Eiteljorg artist in residence in 2024 Image courtesy of the artist Shortly after the Eiteljorg Museum opened its doors in...
News Release: Eiteljorg to host acclaimed “Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight”
Immersive Tlingit glass sculptures exhibition opens Nov. 8 Preston Singletary (Tlingit, born 1963) Raven Steals the Sun (Gagaan Awutáawu Yéil), Made at the Museum in 2008 Blown, hot-sculpted, and sand-carved glass TX.2018.4.51, [VA.2009.28] Collection of Museum of...
News Release: Eiteljorg Museum mourns passing of President Emeritus John Vanausdall
In 27 years of service to the Eiteljorg, Vanausdall transformed the museum John Vanausdall, former Eiteljorg Museum President and CEO Image by Casey Cronin Photography INDIANAPOLIS – With deep sadness, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art mourns...
Meet Quest Artist of Distinction Krystii Melaine
By Johanna M. Blume, curator of Western art, history and culture Krystii Melaine Quest for the West Artist of Distinction 2023 This fall, alongside the annual Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale, the Eiteljorg will present a special exhibition of works by longtime...
News Release: Eiteljorg Museum Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale returns Sept. 6-7
Spotlight shines on Western art and Hoosier hospitality in Indianapolis at 19th annual sale Brett Allen Johnson Desert Transom, 2024 Oil, 12 x 12 inches Monday, July 22, 2024 INDIANAPOLIS — Top artists and avid collectors of Western American art will once again...