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News Release: Juneteenth and Jazz Community Celebration returns to Eiteljorg June 18
Celebrate freedom with live music, performances, activities and more; admission is free At the Eiteljorg Museum’s Juneteenth and Jazz Community Celebration on June 18, the Freetown Village Singers are scheduled to give a performance. Admission is free. INDIANAPOLIS --...
Collections Manager Rebekah Ryan interviewed in article about new Native Galleries
The Eiteljorg Museum's collections manager, Rebekah Ryan, was recently interviewed about the museum's new Native American Galleries by Proclaim, a publication of Northminster Presbyterian Church. Read the delightful feature article at this link: Rebekah Ryan...
News Release: 30th annual Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival returns to museum June 25-26
Celebration of Native cultures features 140 Native artists, coinciding with Native Galleries’ grand opening Roberta Begaye (Dine'/Navajo), My Fave, 2021, acrylic and aerosol on canvas, 12" x 12" INDIANAPOLIS – One of the Midwest’s most iconic cultural weekends takes...
News Release: Bestselling author David Grann to speak at NETWORK lunch event May 20 at Eiteljorg
“Killers of the Flower Moon” writer will address historic and current issues of racial injustice INDIANAPOLIS -- David Grann, writer at the New Yorker magazine and bestselling author of The Lost City of Z and Killers of the Flower Moon will speak in person at a...
Generosity of Gund family continues
By Johanna M. Blume, curator of Western art, history and culture George Gund III The Eiteljorg Museum recently received a generous gift of art from the estate of George Gund III (1937-2013). The gift included 136 pieces, primarily works on paper such as lithographs...
Eiteljorg Insider: 5 Questions with Dr. Laura J. Arata
By: Brooke Sullivan, marketing and communications intern Dr. Laura J. Arata, author of Race and the Wild West: Sarah Bickford, the Montana Vigilantes, and the Tourism of Decline, 1870-1930, will discuss her book at the Eiteljorg during the Gund Western Lecture Series...
Get acquainted with fascinating artworks in Contemporary Native Art 101
By Dorene Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota), associate curator of Native American art Acee Blue Eagle (Creek / Pawnee, 1907-1959) Untitled, 1935-1955 Tempera and pencil on paper Bequest of Raymond Lee, Jr. 1999.14.3 The Native art represented in the Eiteljorg Museum’s...
News Release: Wearing face masks optional for Eiteljorg Museum visitors starting March 7
Museum to relax mask policy per latest guidance Front exterior view of the Eiteljorg Museum Image courtesy of Jessica Strickland Photography, 2013 INDIANAPOLIS – The encouraging drop in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the community has prompted the...
United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo shares her poetry during a reading at Eiteljorg March 5
By Brandi Crocker, manager of special events and artist engagement Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo (Mvskoke / Creek Nation) Image by Shawn Miller This spring, the Indianapolis community will have a rare opportunity to experience a poetry reading from the...