Press Releases
News Release: Native artists known for cutting-edge work chosen for Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship
Renowned Fellowship featuring contemporary Native art exhibit opens in November 2025 For Immediate Release Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024 INDIANAPOLIS – Five Native American or First Nations artists have been selected for the prestigious 2025 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art...
News Release: At 33rd annual Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival, Native arts and cultures celebrated
High demand for art at weekend event; art prizes awarded to artists Tuesday, July 8, 2025 INDIANAPOLIS — The 33rd annual Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market & Festival was celebrated June 28-29, with guests shopping for exceptional art from American Indian, First...
News Release: Eiteljorg Indian Market & Festival returns June 28-29 with exciting changes
33rd annual market features Native artists with innovative art, plus music, dance and food Thursday, June 12, 2025 INDIANAPOLIS – One of the biggest cultural events of the summer in downtown Indianapolis returns June 28-29: the 33rd annual Eiteljorg Indian Market...
News Release: Juneteenth and Jazz Community Celebration returns June 21 to Eiteljorg
Free admission to annual celebration features music and cultural presentations Wednesday, June 4, 2025 INDIANAPOLIS – One of the Eiteljorg Museum’s top cultural events returns June 21, when the museum hosts its 11th annual Juneteenth and Jazz Community...
News Release: Eiteljorg Museum showcases contemporary Native art at EXPO CHICAGO
Event will promote the 2025 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship, other museum initiatives INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art is proud to announce its participation in EXPO CHICAGO Contemporary Art Fair taking place April...
News Release: Eiteljorg to host Native art round of ArtPrize Pitch Night April 17
Five artists to present work for judging at Eiteljorg, winner advances to national exhibition Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, and GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan – ArtPrize, in partnership with the Eiteljorg Museum and other leading arts organizations...
News Release: Radical Stitch exhibition of Native bead art opens April 12 at Eiteljorg
Stunning examples of contemporary bead art on view; meet artists and curators at events Feb. 5, 2025 INDIANAPOLIS – The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art will host one of the largest exhibitions of contemporary Native bead art ever presented in...
News Release: Religion focus of new Eiteljorg efforts funded by $2.5M Lilly Endowment Inc. grant
Museum to examine impacts of religion and spirituality in Native cultures and the West Monday, Dec. 30, 2024 INDIANAPOLIS – Expressions of religion and spirituality among Native peoples and within the American West will be the focus of major projects at the Eiteljorg...
News Release: Laura F. Fry joins Eiteljorg Museum as new VP for Curatorial Affairs and Collections
Curator brings long experience in museums presenting Indigenous and Western American art Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 INDIANAPOLIS – Laura Fry has been named the new Vice President for Curatorial Affairs at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. In this...
News Release: Eiteljorg’s Jingle Rails holiday model trains return with exciting addition, special events
15th annual holiday tradition features open-late hours, weekend art markets, Walker miniature Families enjoy the model trains at the Fifth Third Bank Jingle Rails: The Great Western Adventure, which runs Nov. 16-Jan. 20 at the Eiteljorg. Image by Alec Gray...