Jul 5, 2021 | Basketry, Blog, Contemporary, Exhibitions, Great Lakes, Native American, Pohrt Collection
By Elisa G. Phelps, vice president and chief curatorial officer Powerful Women II: Contemporary Art from the Eiteljorg Collection Image by Christa Barleben If you have the opportunity to visit the museum in person this summer, you’ll notice a big change. Portions of...
Jul 14, 2020 | Announcements, Exhibitions, Great Lakes, Pohrt Collection, Press Releases
NEA funds to assist in presenting Native American artworks in state-of-the-art gallery INDIANAPOLIS –The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art gained important momentum for the 2021-22 reinstallation of the Native American gallery after the National...
Nov 11, 2019 | Blog, Exhibitions, Fellowship, Fellowship Artists, Great Lakes, Native American, Pohrt Collection
The December/January issue of Native American Art magazine included two articles about the Eiteljorg Museum. One article focuses on the exhibition Blurring the Line: The Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2019. The other notes the museum’s recent acquisition...
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...
Sep 16, 2019 | Blog, Exhibitions, Great Lakes, Native American
Native American Art magazine in its October/November 2019 issue published this wonderful article about the Eiteljorg Museum acquiring a collection of rare, historic Native American artworks from the Great Lakes region. Read the article at this link: Native American...
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...