| Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art | |
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| Established | 1989 |
| Location | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Type | Art Museum |
| Website | Official website |
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art is located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and houses an extensive collection of Native American art, as well as Western American paintings and sculptures collected by businessman and philanthropist Harrison Eiteljorg (1903–1997). The museum houses one of the finest collections of Native contemporary art in the World.
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Museum [edit]
The museum is currently part of Indianapolis's White River State Park which also houses the neighboring Indiana State Museum, the Indianapolis Zoo, the White River Gardens, NCAA Hall of Champions, Victory Field and Military Park. The museum offers free parking to its visitors in the White River State Park Garage.
The Gund Gallery has an appreciable collection of paintings and bronzes by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. It also has paintings by: George Winter, Thomas Hill, Albert Bierstadt, Charles King, and Olaf Seltzer. In another room, there is a large collection of paintings by New Mexico-associated painters, such as: Joseph Sharp, Victor Higgins, Ernest Blumenschein (“Penitentes”), John Sloan, and Georgia O’Keeffe (“Taos Pueblo”).
Expansion [edit]
In June 2005, the museum opened an extensive expansion that doubled the public space of the museum by adding three new galleries, the Sky City Café, an education center, outdoor gardens, and event space.
The new galleries include two galleries dedicated to the museum’s extensive contemporary art collection. The collection includes works by T.C. Cannon, Kay WalkingStick, Andy Warhol, and many more. The other gallery added in the expansion is the Gund Gallery of Western Art. This gallery is dedicated to the 57-piece collection of traditional Western art donated to the museum by the George Gund Family.
The Sky City Café offers Southwestern-style food.
Fellowship [edit]
The museum offers the prestigious Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art biannually to recognize the some of the most innovative and influential contemporary Native artists active today. Eiteljorg fellows include:
- Rick Bartow, Yurok painter and mixed media artist (2001)[1]
- Corky Clairmont, Salish-Kootenai printmaker and installation artist (2003)[2]
- Gerald Clarke, Cahuilla sculptor (2007)[3]
- Dana Claxton, Lakota performance and installation artist (2007)[3]
- Lorenzo Clayton, Navajo printmaker (1999)[4]
- Jim Denomie, Ojibwe painter (2009)[5]
- Bonnie Devine, Ojibwe–Serpent River First Nation installation artist, performance artist, sculptor (2011)[6]
- Joe Feddersen, Colville Confederated Tribes printmaker (2001)[1]
- Harry Fonseca, Maidu–Nisenan painter (2005)[7]
- Skawennati Fragnito, Mohawk New Media artist (2011)[6]
- Jeffrey Gibson, Mississippi Band Choctaw–Cherokee painter and installation artist (2009)[5]
- Faye Heavyshield, Kainai installation artist (2009)[5]
- John Hoover, Aleut sculptor (2005)[7]
- Robert Houle, Saulteaux painter (2003)[2]
- Allan Houser, Chiricahua Apache sculptor (2001)[1]
- Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Iñupiaq–Athabascan painter and sculptor (2007)[3]
- James Lavadour, Walla Walla painter
- Truman Lowe, Ho-Chunk conceptual artist and curator (1999)[4]
- James Luna, Luiseño performance artist (2007)[3]
- Teresa Marshall, Mi'kmaq conceptual artist (2001)[1]
- Larry McNeil, Tlingit–Nisgaa photographer (2007)[3]
- Alan Michelson, Mohawk (2011)[6]
- George Morrison, Ojibwe abstract expressionist painter and sculptor (1999)[4]
- Nadia Myre, Algonquin multidisciplinary artist (2003)[2]
- Nora Naranjo-Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo ceramicist (2003)[2]
- Marianne Nicolson, Kwakwaka’wakw photographer and painter (1999)[4]
- Shelley Niro, Mohawk photographer, beader, filmmaker, installation artist (2001)[1]
- Edward Poitras, Gordon First Nation painter (2009)[5]
- Wendy Red Star, Crow Nation installation artist (2009)[5]
- Rick Rivet, Sahtu–Métis mixed media painter (1999)[4]
- Tanis Marie S'eiltin, Tlingit sculptor and installation artist (2005)[7]
- Susie Silook, Siberian Yupik–Iñupiaq carver and sculptor (2001)[1]
- Duane Slick, Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa painter (2011)[6]
- Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Flathead printmaker, collage, mixed media artist (1999)[4]
- C. Maxx Stevens, Seminole sculptor and installation artist (2005)[7]
- Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Navajo–Seminole–Muscogee photographer (2003)[2]
- Anna Tsouhlarakis, Navajo–Muscogee Creek sculptor, video artist, photographer (2011)[6]
- Kay WalkingStick, Cherokee Nation painter
- Marie Watt, Seneca Nation installation artist and printmaker (2005)[7]
- Will Wilson, Navajo photographer (2007)[3]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "The Fellows: 2001." Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. (retrieved 9 March 2010)
- ^ a b c d e "The Fellows: 2003." Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. (retrieved 9 March 2010)
- ^ a b c d e f "The Fellows: 2007." Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. (retrieved 9 March 2010)
- ^ a b c d e f "The Fellows: 1999." Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. (retrieved 9 March 2010)
- ^ a b c d e "The Fellows: 2009." Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. (retrieved 9 March 2010)
- ^ a b c d e "Five artists named 2011 Eiteljorg Fellows." Eiteljorg Museum. 2010 (retrieved 11 August 2010)
- ^ a b c d e "The Fellows: 2005." Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. (retrieved 9 March 2010)
External links [edit]
- The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art website
- 360-degree full-screen image of Eiteljorg Museum
Coordinates: 39°46′06″N 86°10′4″W / 39.76833°N 86.16778°W
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