Mar 29, 2022 | Blog, Contemporary, Exhibitions, Native American
By Dorene Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota), associate curator of Native American art Acee Blue Eagle (Creek / Pawnee, 1907-1959) Untitled, 1935-1955 Tempera and pencil on paper Bequest of Raymond Lee, Jr. 1999.14.3 The Native art represented in the Eiteljorg Museum’s...
Feb 27, 2022 | Blog, Events, Native American
By Brandi Crocker, manager of special events and artist engagement Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo (Mvskoke / Creek Nation) Image by Shawn Miller This spring, the Indianapolis community will have a rare opportunity to experience a poetry reading from the...
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 21, 2021 | Contemporary, Events, Exhibitions, Fellowship, Fellowship Artists, Festivals & Events, IUPUI Museum Studies, Native American, Press Releases
Riveting works on view by five Native artists selected for prestigious Fellowship Anita Fields (Osage / Muscogee) Starr Man, 2015 Clay, slip, gold luster glaze. Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman; The James T....
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...
Feb 27, 2020 | AIR Artists, Blog, Events, Exhibitions, Native American
By Bryan Corbin, Storyteller magazine editor Artworks on exhibit in museums often are accompanied by signs that say, “Please do not touch.” But in the exhibition Please Touch! The Sculptures of Michael Naranjo, Eiteljorg visitors can experience remarkable bronze...
