May 14, 2023 | Announcements, Blog, Eiteljorg Insider, Latino and Hispanic cultures, Native American
By Johanna M. Blume, curator of Western art history and culture, and 2023 co-chair of the Eiteljorg DEAI Council In the midst of pandemic illness and worldwide systemic inequity and discrimination which came to a head in 2020, Black, Indigenous and People of Color...
May 11, 2023 | Blog, Fellowship, Fellowship Artists, Native American
Rick Rivet (Sahtu / Métis, born 1949) Beothuck Mound No. 11, 1997 acrylic with collaged pieces of canvas and string on canvas 54 3/8 × 55 in. (138.1 × 139.7 cm) Museum purchase from the Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art with funds provided by E. Andrew...
May 5, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
Katrina Mitten (Miami of Oklahoma, b. 1962), MMIW, 2017, beaded leather, probably cardboard, metal, size 13 seed beads, thread, probably satin fabric and ribbon, probably cotton, glass mirror, Museum purchase, 2020.3.1 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls...
May 4, 2023 | Blog, Eiteljorg Insider, Great Lakes, Native American, Public Programs
Dee Ketchum (Delaware Tribe of Indians) in performance in Anderson, Ind., in 2014 Photo by Don Knight, Anderson Herald Bulletin Dee Ketchum and his wife Annette Ketchum have had a long connection and friendship with the Eiteljorg. During the museum’s early years, they...
Apr 22, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
By: Brooke Sullivan, digital marketing specialist Every year Visit Indy, the city’s tourism and destination management organization, bestows the ROSE Awards (Recognition Of Service Excellence) to non-management front-line hospitality service workers and volunteers who...
Apr 5, 2023 | Blog, Contemporary, Eiteljorg Insider, Fellowship, Fellowship Artists, Latino and Hispanic cultures, Native American
Margaret Archuleta (Tewa / Hispanic), left, and former curator of contemporary art Jennifer Complo McNutt, right, at the exhibit preview party for Harry Fonseca: The Art of Living on May 18, 2018 The Eiteljorg Museum and the contemporary Native art world has lost a...