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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...
New community art space coming in the former Ruth Lilly Theater
Exciting improvements to the Eiteljorg are under way. The museum is renovating its smaller indoor auditorium, the Ruth Lilly Theater, into a community art space. The theater hosts a few annual programs — such as several artists’ booths during Indian Market and...
Voices from the Arctic: Contemporary Inuit Art
Inuit artists on the northernmost edge of the continent create distinctive, striking artworks reflecting their lives and experiences. You can see more than 80 Inuit artworks in a new exhibition at the Eiteljorg, Voices from the Arctic: Contemporary Inuit Art....
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...
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