Stunning artifacts part of celebration

 

For three decades, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art has brought to the region art exhibitions and special events and their latest, “A Sense of Beauty: Showcasing Power and Beauty in Native Art,” features installations of contemporary and customary Native American artworks collected over the past 30 years.

“Over the past 30 years, the Eiteljorg has evolved into a nationally renowned institution and pillar of Indianapolis’ cultural community,” said President and Chief Executive Officer John Vanausdall of the museum. “As we have developed new and lasting relationships with community leaders and supporters, we have grown in countless ways. Our founder’s love for Western and Native American art was at the heart of a new museum that opened its doors to the public in 1989. We wonder if Harrison Eiteljorg could have imagined how much the collection and the museum itself would grow in the subsequent years.”

 

 

On Saturday, March 29, “Bringing Friends Together: Contemporary Hopi Carvings from the Eagle, Perelman and Rader Collections,” also opens during this birthday celebration time and remains on view through July 28, 2019.

To learn more, https://eiteljorg.org is located in White River State Park at 500 West Washington Street in Indianapolis.

About

Indianapolis businessman and philanthropist Harrison Eiteljorg and other civic leaders founded the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. From the museum’s opening in 1989, its mission has been to inspire an appreciation and understanding of the art, history, and cultures of the American West and the Indigenous peoples of North America. The Eiteljorg collects, conserves and exhibits outstanding Western art and Native American art and cultural objects. The collection includes artists such as T.C. Cannon, N. C. Wyeth, Andy Warhol, Georgia O’Keeffe, Allan Houser, Frederic Remington, Charles Russell and Kay WalkingStick. The institution’s contemporary Native American art collection has been ranked among the best in the world. The Eiteljorg is the only museum of its kind in the Midwest, and one of only two museums east of the Mississippi that explore both Native America and the American West. Renowned programs such as the Indian Market and Festival, Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship and the Quest for the West® Art Show and Sale have helped the museum cultivate a national reputation as a premiere cultural institution.