Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship: Exhibition Preview and Artist Celebration

You are cordially invited to the 2025 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship: Emerging Current Exhibition Preview and Artist Celebration happening at the museum on Friday, November 7, 2025 from 6:00—8:30 p.m. Join members, friends, and special guests from the Native American Art Studies Association to celebrate the 2025 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellows:   

• Invited artist—Jean LaMarr (Northern Paiute / Achomawi [Pit River]) 
• John Feodorov (Navajo [Diné])  
• Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich (Koyukon Dené / Iñupiaq)  
• Maria Hupfield (Wasauksing First Nation [Anishinaabe]) 
• Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara / Lakota) 

Guests will have a first look at the exhibition and opportunities to meet the 2025 Fellows who will be presented awards at 7:00 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served as DJ Kehiw Eagletail (Dene/Cree, Tsuut’ina First Nation) and members of Indigenous Enterprise present sets and performances moderated by the evening’s emcee, comedian and actor Casey Brown (Ho-Chunk). 

Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for Eiteljorg and NAASA members, and $15 for students.

Date: Friday, November 7th
Time: 6 – 9 p.m.

The 2025 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship (ECAF), Emerging Current, coincides with the Native American Art Studies Association biennial academic conference November 5-7, 2025. ECAF is made possible by Lilly Endowment Inc., and generous support has also been provided by Avis Foundation and the Efroymson Family Fund—a fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation.