Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
| File:Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in 2007.jpg The museum in 2007. | |
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| Established | 1989 |
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| Location | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Type | Art Museum |
| Visitors | 161,703 (2014)[1] |
| Website | www |
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art is located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana and 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.[2][3][4]
Museum
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 Henry Sharp, William Victor Higgins, Ernest L. Blumenschein ("Penitentes"), John French Sloan, and Georgia O'Keeffe (“Taos Pueblo”).
Expansion
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
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:
- Rick Bartow (1946–2016) Yurok-Wiyot painter and mixed media artist (2001)[5]
- Julie Buffalohead, Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, painter (2013)[6]
- Corky Clairmont, Salish-Kootenai printmaker and installation artist (2003)[7]
- Gerald Clarke, Cahuilla sculptor (2007)[8]
- Dana Claxton, Lakota performance and installation artist (2007)[8]
- Lorenzo Clayton, Navajo printmaker (1999)[9]
- Jim Denomie, Ojibwe painter (2009)[10]
- Bonnie Devine, Ojibwe–Serpent River First Nation installation artist, performance artist, sculptor (2011)[11]
- Joe Feddersen, Colville Confederated Tribes printmaker, glass artist, basket weaver (2001)[5]
- Harry Fonseca, Maidu–Nisenan painter (2005)[12]
- Skawennati Fragnito, Mohawk-descent New Media artist (2011)[11]
- Nicholas Galanin, Tlingit-Aleut installation artist (2013)[6]
- Jeffrey Gibson, Mississippi Band Choctaw-Cherokee painter and installation artist (2009)[10]
- Shan Goshorn, Eastern Band Cherokee, basketweaver, mixed media, photographer (2013)[6]
- Faye Heavyshield, Kainai installation artist (2009)[10]
- Luzene Hill, Eastern Band Cherokee installation artist (2015)[13]
- John Hoover, Aleut sculptor (2005)[12]
- Robert Houle, Saulteaux painter (2003)[7]
- Allan Houser, Chiricahua Apache sculptor (2001)[5]
- Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Iñupiaq–Athabascan painter and sculptor (2007)[8]
- James Lavadour, Walla Walla painter (2005)
- Truman Lowe, Ho-Chunk conceptual artist and curator (1999)[9]
- James Luna, Luiseño performance artist (2007)[8]
- Brenda Mallory, Cherokee Nation sculptor (2015)[13]
- Teresa Marshall, Mi'kmaq conceptual artist (2001)[5]
- Mario Martinez, Pascua Yaqui painter[13]
- Meryl McMaster, Plains Cree-Blackfoot photographer (2013)[6]
- Larry McNeil, Tlingit–Nisga'a photographer (2007)[8]
- Da-ka-xeen Mehner, Tlingit–Nisga'a sculptor, installation artist, photographer[13]
- Alan Michelson, Mohawk (2011)[11]
- George Morrison, Ojibwe abstract expressionist painter and sculptor (1999)[9]
- Nadia Myre, Algonquin multidisciplinary artist (2003)[7]
- Nora Naranjo Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo ceramicist (2003)[7]
- Marianne Nicolson, Kwakwaka’wakw photographer and painter (1999)[9]
- Shelley Niro, Mohawk photographer, beader, filmmaker, installation artist (2001)[5]
- Edward Poitras, Gordon First Nation painter (2009)[10]
- Wendy Red Star, Crow Nation installation artist (2009)[10]
- Rick Rivet, Sahtu–Métis mixed media painter (1999)[9]
- Tanis Marie S'eiltin, Tlingit sculptor and installation artist (2005)[12]
- Susie Silook, Siberian Yupik–Iñupiaq carver and sculptor (2001)[5]
- Duane Slick, Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa painter (2011)[11]
- Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Flathead printmaker, collage, mixed media artist (1999)[9]
- C. Maxx Stevens, Seminole sculptor and installation artist (2005)[12]
- Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Navajo–Seminole–Muscogee photographer (2003)[7]
- Anna Tsouhlarakis, Navajo–Muscogee Creek sculptor, video artist, photographer (2011)[11]
- Kay WalkingStick, Cherokee Nation painter (2003)
- Marie Watt, Seneca Nation installation artist and printmaker (2005)[12]
- Holly Wilson, Delaware Nation-Cherokee sculptor (2015)[13]
- Will Wilson, Navajo photographer (2007)[8]
- Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (Coast Salish-Okanagan, painter (2013)[6]
References
- ^ "2016 Book of Lists". Indianapolis Business Journal. p. 176. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ Boggs, Johnny D. (31 March 2011). "Eiteljorg Museum – Art of the West". HistoryNet. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Roach, Keith (9 November 2015). "The Eiteljorg Museum Adds to Its Contemporary Collection". Indianapolis Monthly. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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 "Eiteljorg to Award $25,000 and an Exhibit to Five Contemporary Native Artists." NBC4i. 30 Oct 2013. Retrieved 1 Nov 2013.
- ^ 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." Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine 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)
- ^ 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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