May 12, 2020 | Announcements, Collections, Press Releases
Results of assessments of artworks and audiences will guide planning INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art received some important recognition recently when it was accepted into two prestigious national programs, the Museum Assessment...
Nov 5, 2019 | Blog, Collections, Exhibitions, Great Lakes, Native American, Pohrt Collection
By Bryan Corbin, Storyteller magazine editor Potawatomi, Otoe, Ojibwe and Wyandot artists Moccasins, ca. 1800–ca. 1890 Tanned and smoked deerskin, glass seed beads, ribbon applique, silk ribbon, moose hair Museum purchase with funds provided by a grant from Lilly...
Aug 26, 2019 | Collections, Contemporary, Exhibitions, Fellowship, Fellowship Artists, Native American, Press Releases
New exhibition “Blurring the Line” featuring five Native artists is open Nov. 16-Feb. 2 at Eiteljorg Museum Rita Letendre (Abenaki) Sunburst, 1971 Oil on canvas 31 x 40 inches Museum Purchase: Eiteljorg Fellowship INDIANAPOLIS – As part of the Eiteljorg Museum’s...
Jul 1, 2019 | Announcements, Collections, Exhibitions, Great Lakes, Native American, Pohrt Collection, Press Releases
Nationally prominent institution lands major art acquisition thanks to a $2.83M Lilly Endowment grant Unrecorded Ojibwe Artist Bandolier Bag, ca. 1875 Loom woven beadwork bag; glass seed beads, glass basket beads, wool cloth, wool fox braid, wool yarn, cotton cloth...
Jun 27, 2019 | Announcements, Basketry, Collections, Contemporary, Festivals & Events, Indian Market and Festival, Native American, Press Releases, Public Programs
More than $28,000 in prize money awarded to top artists; Justin Starr Hardridge wins Best of Show Justin Starr Hardridge (Muscogee Creek Nation) Raising the Sun INDIANAPOLIS — At the 27th annual Eiteljorg Indian Market and Festival on June 22-23, Native American...
Feb 22, 2019 | Blog, Collections, Exhibitions, Western Collection
In the Eiteljorg Museum’s new exhibit in the Western art galleries, Attitudes: The West in American Art, is a beautiful mural study by Dean Cornwell, Americanization of California. The magazine Western Art Collector recently published an article about the...