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News Release: All Aboard: Hoosier Holiday tradition Fifth Third Bank Jingle Rails returns to Eiteljorg Museum
New extended hours and online discount tickets available for iconic model railroad attraction For Immediate Release: Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS – One of Indianapolis’ favorite Hoosier holiday traditions returns this season when the Eiteljorg Museum of American...
News Release: Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship exhibition redefines contemporary Native art
Works of five Native artists who are Fellows featured in “UNSETTLE/Converge,” Nov. 11-Feb. 25 Composite image of the five Eiteljorg Fellows. Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS — Visitors will experience cutting-edge works of contemporary Native art in the new...
News Release: Eiteljorg Museum hires award-winning artist Monica Raphael for important curator role
Raphael serves as Hoback curator of Great Lakes Native cultures and community engagement Monica Raphael (Anishinaabe / Sičáŋğu Lakota), the new Thomas G. and Susan C. Hoback curator of Great Lakes Native cultures and community engagement. Image courtesy of the...
News Release: Free Día de Muertos Community Celebration returns to Eiteljorg Oct. 21
Focus broadened with Fernando Lozano and Community Art & Altar exhibits FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art will host a variety of activities and events in coming weeks in connection...
News Release: Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebrated with two days of cultural events at Eiteljorg
Weekend at museum includes performances, artwork, storytelling and tours Leonard Harmon (Nanticoke Lenape) INDIANAPOLIS –The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art will offer a robust variety of events honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day: a community...
Eiteljorg Insider: Five Questions with Dave Wilson, Corporate Partnerships
By Camryn Daniels, former marketing and communications intern Dave Wilson, who works in corporate partnerships, joined the Eiteljorg Museum more than two years ago. His responsibilities include working with companies and organizations of all sizes to create mutually...
News Release: Museum Quest for the West® reaches more than $1M in Western art sales
Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award Donna Howell-Sickles of St. Joe, Texas Waiting for the Other Boot to Drop, 2023 Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches Sponsored by the Western Art Society Public exhibition open through Oct. 8; works still...
News Release: Eiteljorg Museum announces Sunny Reed promoted to VP of Administration and CFO
Financial leader of museum brings extensive business and nonprofit experience Sunny Reed Image courtesy of Brittany Erwin Photography INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art has hired a new vice president of administration and chief...
New learning opportunities: Museum offers open house and education hub
By Alisa Nordholt-Dean, vice president for public programs and Beeler Family director of education Eiteljorg Guides regularly lead students from school field trips on tours of the new Native American Galleries exhibition, “Expressions of Life: Native Art in North...