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News Release: Eiteljorg Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale returns in person with Wes Studi
Top Western art sale weekend features special events with Academy Award recipient Mian Situ Morning Hours, 2021 Oil, 28 x 20 inches INDIANAPOLIS – Admirers of art inspired by the American West will converge on the Eiteljorg Museum in September for the 16th annual...
News Release: Eiteljorg Museum celebrates the contemporary art of “Powerful Women”
Diverse group of visionary artists highlighted in second rotation of exhibition Anita Rodriguez (American, born 1941) Boda Bacalar, 1997 Acrylic on wood Gift and Gerald and Dorit Paul 2018.16.1 INDIANAPOLIS – An ongoing exhibition at the Eiteljorg Museum of American...
Harty, Dwayne
Dwayne Harty Born 1957 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Canada, lives in Victor, Idaho DWAYNE HARTY is a classically trained wildlife artist and natural history diorama artist who began his studies at the Art Students League, NYC. This was followed by independent studies...
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...
