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...
Jun 29, 2022 | Blog, Events, Great Lakes, Native American, Outdoor, Public Programs
By Sandy Schmidt, former public programs manager The reopening of the Eiteljorg’s Native American Galleries is thrilling, overdue and a cause for celebration. There are many ways to celebrate: food, gifts, cards, high-fives or social media posts. Sometimes, the best...
Jun 23, 2022 | Exhibitions, Great Lakes, Native American, Press Release, Press Releases, Project 2021 News, Project 2021 Press Release
Native art presented from the perspectives of Native peoples themselves Image of the Eiteljorg Museum’s new Native American Galleries, featuring the exhibition Expressions of Life: Native Art in North America, opening June 25, 2022. Images courtesy of the Eiteljorg...
Apr 27, 2022 | Exhibitions, Festivals & Events, Great Lakes, Indian Market and Festival, Native American, Press Releases, Project 2021 News
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...
Jan 19, 2022 | Announcements, Exhibitions, Great Lakes, Native American, Press Releases, Project 2021 News, Project 2021 Press Release
Eiteljorg Museum’s Project 2021 goals closer to reality; new galleries to open in June Project rendering of the Eiteljorg Museum’s new Native American Galleries Image courtesy of Origin Studios INDIANAPOLIS – The ambitious capstone project to reconstruct and reinstall...
Oct 19, 2021 | Blog, Exhibitions, Great Lakes, Native American
By Elisa G. Phelps, vice president and chief curatorial officer Unrecorded Artist from the Navajo Nation Necklace, 1970s Silver, turquoise Collection of the Eiteljorg Museum Gift of Helen Cox Kersting in Memory of Dr. Hans Joachim Kersting, 2008.8.648 Featured in the...