Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
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Established1989; 35 years ago (1989)
LocationWhite River State Park, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Coordinates39°46′5.9″N 86°10′4.1″W / 39.768306°N 86.167806°W / 39.768306; -86.167806
TypeArt museum
Visitors114,488 (2019)[1]
DirectorKathryn Haigh[2]
CuratorElisa Phelps
Public transit accessLocal Transit IndyGo 8
Websitewww.eiteljorg.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art is an art museum in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The Eiteljorg houses an extensive collection of visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas 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.[3][4][5]

Museum

The museum is located in Indianapolis's White River State Park, which is also home to the neighboring Indiana State Museum and Military Park, among other attractions. The museum offers free parking to its visitors in the park's underground parking 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 Henry Sharp, William Victor Higgins, Ernest L. Blumenschein ("Penitentes"), John French Sloan, and Georgia O'Keeffe (“Taos Pueblo”).

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.

In 2021, a six-person panel of American Institute of Architects (AIA) Indianapolis members identified the museum among the ten most "architecturally significant" buildings completed in the city since World War II.[6]

Fellowship

The museum offers the prestigious Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship (formerly called the Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art) biennially to recognize some of the most innovative and influential contemporary Native artists active today. Eiteljorg fellows include:

References

  1. ^ "Most Popular Indianapolis-Area Attractions". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Lindquist, Dave (March 16, 2023). "New IndyFringe leader wants to add to energy on Mass Ave". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  3. ^ Boggs, Johnny D. (31 March 2011). "Eiteljorg Museum – Art of the West". HistoryNet. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. ^ Roach, Keith (9 November 2015). "The Eiteljorg Museum Adds to Its Contemporary Collection". Indianapolis Monthly. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art Is Recipient of $15 Million Gund Collection of Western Art" (Press release). Indianapolis: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. PRNewswire. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. ^ Shuey, Mickey (December 3, 2021). "Indy's Top 10 architecturally wondrous buildings". Indianapolis Business Journal. IBJ Media. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Artists chosen for Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship". Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d e "2023 Artists chosen for Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship". Eiteljorg Museum. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "The Fellows: 2001." Archived 2018-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. (retrieved 9 March 2010)
  10. ^ a b c d e "Eiteljorg to Award $25,000 and an Exhibit to Five Contemporary Native Artists." Archived 2013-11-06 at the Wayback Machine NBC4i. 30 Oct 2013. Retrieved 1 Nov 2013.
  11. ^ a b c d e "The Fellows: 2003." Archived 2018-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. (retrieved 9 March 2010)
  12. ^ a b c d e f "The Fellows: 2007." Archived 2018-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. (retrieved 9 March 2010)
  13. ^ a b c d e "Eiteljorg Fellowship 1999–Present". Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "The Fellows: 1999." Archived 2018-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. (retrieved 9 March 2010)
  15. ^ a b c d e "The Fellows: 2009." Archived 2018-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. (retrieved 9 March 2010)
  16. ^ a b c d e "Five artists named 2011 Eiteljorg Fellows." Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine Eiteljorg Museum. 2010 (retrieved 11 August 2010)
  17. ^ a b c d e "The Fellows: 2005." Archived 2018-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. (retrieved 9 March 2010)
  18. ^ a b c d e Perry-Smitherman, DeShong (9 Jan 2015). "Meet the Eiteljorg's 2015 Contemporary Art Fellows". Eiteljorg Museum. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

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