Aug 18, 2020 | Blog, Events, Quest, Quest for the West, Western Collection
By Bryan Corbin, Storyteller magazine editor Joseph McGurl, Procession, 2020 Oil on linen panel, 12 x 24 inches Whether they enjoy dramatic landscape paintings, realist portraits of people and nature or compelling sculptures, admirers of Western American art look to...
Feb 21, 2020 | Blog, Contemporary, Events, Exhibitions, Fellowship Artists, Latino and Hispanic cultures, Native American, Western Collection
By Elisa Phelps, Eiteljorg vice president and chief curatorial officer Marie K. Watt (Seneca, born 1967) Braid, 2005, reclaimed wool blankets, satin binding Museum purchase from the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship As our nation celebrates the 100th...
Feb 21, 2020 | Events, Exhibitions, Native American, Press Releases, Western Collection
Exhibition of historic and contemporary textile art is part of Honoring Women theme INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum has launched a yearlong exploration of the profound artistic and cultural contributions of women in the American West and Native America with a new...
Nov 7, 2019 | Blog, Eiteljorg Insider, Events, Exhibitions, Quest, Quest for the West, Western Collection
One of the most renowned publications about Western American art, Art of the West magazine, recently published two articles about the Eiteljorg Museum. Read the article about the Eiteljorg’s 30th anniversary at this link: Art of the West — 30th Anniversary...
Sep 12, 2019 | Exhibitions, Press Releases, Quest, Quest for the West, Western Collection
More than $1 million in art sold; awards presented to artists; painter remembered Terri Kelly Moyers Zuni Patterns, 2019 Oil on gesso board 20 x 16 inches INDIANAPOLIS – More than $1 million of top quality Western art was sold Sept. 6-7 during the Quest for the West®...
Sep 11, 2019 | Blog, Exhibitions, Quest for the West, Western Collection
By Johanna M. Blume, interim curator of Western art, history and culture Last year, artist H. David Wright of Gallatin, Tenn., was named by The Western Art Society as the Artist of Distinction at the Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale. A new exhibition of...