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Press Releases
News Release: Eiteljorg’s new Native American Galleries open June 25
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...
News Release: Juneteenth and Jazz Community Celebration returns to Eiteljorg June 18
Celebrate freedom with live music, performances, activities and more; admission is free At the Eiteljorg Museum’s Juneteenth and Jazz Community Celebration on June 18, the Freetown Village Singers are scheduled to give a performance. Admission is free. INDIANAPOLIS --...
News Release: 30th annual Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival returns to museum June 25-26
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 cultural weekends takes...
News Release: Bestselling author David Grann to speak at NETWORK lunch event May 20 at Eiteljorg
“Killers of the Flower Moon” writer will address historic and current issues of racial injustice INDIANAPOLIS -- David Grann, writer at the New Yorker magazine and bestselling author of The Lost City of Z and Killers of the Flower Moon will speak in person at a...
News Release: Traveling exhibition “Warhol’s West” on view at Eiteljorg Museum, March 12-Aug. 7
Experience Pop artist Andy Warhol’s screenprints of Native and Western subjects INDIANAPOLIS – An intriguing exhibit on the work and life of Pop Art Icon Andy Warhol will be on view at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, March 12 through Aug. 7....
News Release: Eiteljorg Museum closed Friday Feb. 4 due to winter weather conditions
Update: The Eiteljorg Museum will remain closed Friday Feb. 4, due to hazardous winter travel conditions. The Eiteljorg currently plans to reopen on Saturday, Feb. 5. Check Eiteljorg.org and the museum’s social media for the latest details on reopening. ...
News Release: Native American Galleries on track with $500K grant from Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
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...
News Release: Eiteljorg’s Fifth Third Bank Jingle Rails returns and family discovery area reopens Nov. 20
During holidays, attractions include model trains and child-led learning experiences The model railroad in the Fifth Third Bank Jingle Rails: The Great Western Adventure passes a miniature of Monument Circle. INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and...
News Release: Eiteljorg Día de Muertos Community Celebration returns Oct. 30; admission is free
Experience music, cultural presentations and community altar exhibit at Day of the Dead festival INDIANAPOLIS — The annual Día de Muertos Community Celebration returns to the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art on Saturday, Oct. 30, bringing cultural...
News Release: Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship exhibition “Shifting Boundaries” opens Nov. 13
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....
News Release: Eiteljorg in final stretch of Project 2021 capital/endowment campaign with goal in sight
Public’s support sought to fund remaining amount to bring museum’s vision to reality Project rendering of the new Native American Galleries at the Eiteljorg Museum Images courtesy of Origin Studios INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western...
News Release: Sales of art at Eiteljorg’s Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale exceed $1.2 million
Exhibit of top Western art on public view through Oct. 10 At the Eiteljorg Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale, artist John Fawcett, center, received the Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award from Quest chair Catherine Turner, left, and Eiteljorg Museum President and...