Jan 26, 2024 | Announcements, Collections, Native American, Press Release, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, Jan. 26, 2024 INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum issued the following statement regarding a new 2024 federal regulation involving the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990: “As a relatively young museum that...
Feb 13, 2023 | Blog, Collections, Native American
By Camryn Daniels, marketing and communications intern Today, the term moccasin is commonly understood, but how much do people really know about the footwear? Often associated with specific Native American cultures, moccasins usually consist of one piece of fabric, a...
Sep 27, 2022 | Basketry, Blog, Collections, Contemporary, Native American
By Elisa Phelps, Eiteljorg vice president and chief curatorial officer Dr. Raymond J. DeMallie Image courtesy of Indiana University Works by Native artists enter the Eiteljorg collection in a variety of ways. Occasionally, they come as a surprise. The Eiteljorg Museum...
Aug 1, 2022 | Blog, Collections, Contemporary, Exhibitions, Fellowship Artists, Native American
By Elias Garza Garcia, curatorial assistant The traveling exhibition Warhol’s West, continuing through Aug. 7, features Andy Warhol’s mid-1980s screenprints of famous historical figures associated with the American West, including Annie Oakley, actor John Wayne and...
May 3, 2022 | Blog, Collections, Eiteljorg Insider, Great Lakes, Native American, Pohrt Collection, Project 2021 News
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...
Sep 2, 2020 | Collections, Contemporary, Exhibitions, Fellowship Artists, Latino and Hispanic cultures, Native American, Press Releases
“Powerful Women” highlights the work of visionary artists Anita Fields (Osage, born 1951) Opposites Attract, 2005 Clay Gift: Courtesy of Paul and Grace Markovits INDIANAPOLIS – Continuing with its theme of Honoring Women, the Eiteljorg Museum of American...