Jan 12, 2020 | AIR Artists, Events, Exhibitions, Native American, Press Releases
Touchable exhibition of artist Michael Naranjo’s work is at Eiteljorg through Feb. 7, 2021 Michael Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo, born 1944) Glory, 2005 Bronze, Edition of 10 12 x 11 x 7 inches Loan courtesy Michael and Laurie Naranjo INDIANAPOLIS – A new...
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...
Oct 30, 2019 | AIR Artists, Blog, Eiteljorg Insider, Museum Guides, Native American, Public Programs
By Martha L. Hill, Ph.D., Eiteljorg former vice president for public programs and the Beeler family director of education Eiteljorg Guide Sandy Schipp introduces students to the triptych painting October Suite, Grand Canyon, 1991, by Wilson Hurley. Image courtesy of...
Oct 11, 2019 | Blog, Eiteljorg Insider, Indigenous Peoples, Native American
By Dorene Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota), assistant curator of Native American art This past week in October has consisted of many reminders about one of my least favorite historical figures, Christopher Columbus. For instance, today, Monday October 14, 2019, is Columbus...
Oct 7, 2019 | Blog, Contemporary, Events, Exhibitions, Fellowship, Fellowship Artists, Native American
Rita Letendre (Abenaki) Sunburst, 1971 Oil on canvas 31 x 40 inches Museum Purchase: Eiteljorg Fellowship As part of the Eiteljorg Museum’s ongoing commitment to contemporary Native American art, five artists who are this year’s Eiteljorg Fellows will be celebrated...