SUMMER 2021

VIRTUAL INDIAN MARKET JUNE 14-28, 2021 P2

QUEST FOR THE WEST ® ART SHOW AND SALE OPENING WEEKEND SEPT 10-11, 2021 EVENTS WITH ACTOR WES STUDI SEPT 10-12, 2021 QUEST EXHIBITION SEPT 12-OCT 10, 2021 P4

COMPLETING PROJECT 2021 P7

REMEMBERING MEL PERELMAN P6 WIDE VARIETY OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART AND PROGRAMMING P11, P14 EITELJORG VOLUNTEERS MAKE MUSEUM MEMORIES P17 DIVERSITY STATEMENT

A commitment to diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion

n 2020 the Eiteljorg Museum updated its diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion statement, the I first step in a multi-part diversity effort. Eiteljorg Eiteljorg Museum Magazine staff member Liz Ale led the task force that developed Winner of the Award of Honor the statement, presented here: from the Public Relations Society of America — Hoosier Our Commitment Chapter in 2019 and 2020 The Eiteljorg Museum is committed to presenting the art and heritage of the American West and Volume 16, Number 2 the Native peoples of North America as a diverse story of human accomplishment, adversity and perseverance with respect and sensitivity to all cultures. In order to fulfill this commitment, the President and CEO John Vanausdall Eiteljorg must keep diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion at the forefront of everything we Vice President for Advancement do. Nataly Lowder Respect For Native Lands And Peoples Director of Marketing Our museum sits upon the land of the Miami and Lenape peoples and the wider Indiana region and Communications encompasses the homelands of the Kickapoo, Shawnee, Peoria and Potawatomi peoples. Bert Beiswanger Therefore, the Eiteljorg Museum has a distinct responsibility to educate the public about these Editor and Writer Bryan Corbin living cultures of our local area and the Great Lakes region. The Eiteljorg is dedicated to fulfilling Design this responsibility and carrying out its broader mission to present the arts, histories and cultures Honeymoon Image & Design of the Native peoples of North America through exhibitions and programs that demonstrate Contributing Writers sensitivity and respect toward Native peoples and their cultures. We are also committed to Kay Hinds inclusivity by incorporating Native peoples’ perspectives and their direct participation into our work. Nataly Lowder Elisa Phelps Representing Diverse Communities Bert Beiswanger In our presentations of the art and history of the American West, the Eiteljorg is committed to an Sophia Holt-Wilson inclusive approach that challenges past practices of museums and the Western art world that Brandi Crocker often omitted the experiences of all those who shaped the West and its art, including people Alisa Nordholt-Dean Jay Harkness who are Native American, Black, Latino, Asian, members of the LGBTQ+ community and others Kyrra Clevenger of different backgrounds and beliefs. The art we collect will include works by and about these Contributing Photographers underrepresented peoples, and the exhibitions, interpretation, programs and publications we Eiteljorg Museum staff, interns and archives create will bring to light this diversity. Hadley Fruits Photography Laughter and Resilience artwork images Creating A Welcoming Environment are courtesy of Addison Doty of the The communities we welcome and serve at the Eiteljorg include, but are not limited to, peoples of Wheelwright Museum of the American all ages, races, ethnicities, sexes, gender identities and gender presentations, sexual orientations, Indian, Santa Fe, N.M. Wes Studi images courtesy of cultures, national origins, languages, abilities, educational backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, Jen Boyer and Maura Dhu Studi physical appearances, veteran statuses, personalities, religious or spiritual beliefs and political Joy Harjo image by Shawn Miller views. We also recognize and celebrate the diversity of our downtown Indianapolis neighborhood Origin Studios and are committed to serving the needs of our local community. The Eiteljorg Museum strives Browning Day to be accessible to everyone and seeks to break down barriers that might prevent people from Jessica Strickland Photography Brittany Erwin Photography visiting. Our advertising, marketing and promotional activities must also consider our diverse Jason Garcia image courtesy of the artist audiences, and are the first, critical step in welcoming everyone to participate. Editor’s Note Diversity Of Voices In The Room Every effort is made to ensure To be a successful museum about diverse peoples, it is essential that the people who work, that exhibition images published in volunteer and provide consulting and contract services for the museum reflect the diversity of our Storyteller magazine accurately reflect mission and the communities we serve. Our human resources practices must also be inclusive the artworks on exhibit at the Eiteljorg Museum during the dates announced and equitable regarding leadership, governance, planning and policymaking. and promoted. Details of announced Fulfilling Our Commitment events and exhibitions might change too late for the Storyteller’s publication The Eiteljorg aspires to become a museum where all people feel that they are heard, represented deadlines. For comments or questions, and respected. By working to fulfill the principles outlined in this statement, the Eiteljorg Museum call 317.275.1315 or email is committed to building a more accessible, inclusive and equitable future for the diverse [email protected]. communities we serve.

On the cover: Victoria McKinney (Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama), Past Time Patterns, 2018, Pottery Supported by the Indy Arts and Culture Avis Charley (Spirit Lake Dakota/Diné), When Prayers Hit, 2019, oil on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist. Restart & Resilience Fund: An Arts Wes Studi (Cherokee), image courtesy of Jen Boyer Council of Indianapolis program made Gerald Balciar, Cactus Perch, 2021, bronze, 12 x 9 x 5 inches possible by Lilly Endowment Inc. PRESIDENT’S LETTER

A look back, and a look ahead: Summer 2021 at the Eiteljorg

Friends, of Native Americans and all June 20 marks one year the peoples of the West. In since the Eiteljorg Museum 2020, as the nation reckoned reopened its doors to the with racial injustice, the public after being temporarily Eiteljorg board and staff closed for three months by recognized the need to update the pandemic. We are heart- our diversity statement and to ened to see visitors return to create a broader statement of enjoy the Eiteljorg’s galleries our commitment to diversity, John Vanausdall and participate in our virtual equity, accessibility and inclu- and in-person programs. We sion. This process renewed are grateful for vaccinations and expanded our promise to that will help make it possible make everyone feel welcome Eiteljorg President and CEO John Vanausdall, left, Joan Perelman, center, and again for people to gather at the museum, to find them- Mel Perelman, right, at a June 2018 gala honoring the Perelmans for their and attend arts and cultural selves in our offerings, and to contributions to arts and culture, where Mel received the Sagamore of the events, though public health be a part of our staff, board Wabash award. Read more about the Perelmans on pages 6 and 17. measures understandably and volunteer program. Read remain in place. the statement on the facing activities. This is a wonderful Indianapolis Motor Speedway The season begins on a page. Our thanks to the task opportunity to connect with Museum. We welcome them bittersweet note. On March 26, force who created it. Indigenous artists, purchase both, and we congratulate the museum and Indianapolis Other big changes are their beautiful jewelry, pottery, several other Eiteljorg employees community suffered a great under way. The Eiteljorg’s basketry, paintings and other who recently moved up into loss when our dear friend second-floor Native American art, and learn about their new roles, including Dorene and longtime board member galleries are undergoing a cultures. Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota), Mel Perelman died. Mel and complete reconstruction and With the gradual return to associate curator of Native his wife Joan Perelman have reinstallation. When they live, on-site events, we will American art; Madison Hincks, been among the museum’s reopen in June 2022, you will host the 16th annual Quest manager of catering, rentals most generous supporters, as be amazed. During the project, for the West ® Art Show and and events; Brandi Crocker, you will read in this issue. Mel a wide range of Native works Sale at the museum Sept. 10- manager of special events chaired the capital campaign are on temporary exhibit in the 11. We will welcome the top and artist engagement; Liz that concluded with the 2005 museum’s Paul Gallery and artists in the Western genre Ale, collections information expansion of the museum, the Hurt and Harvey Galleries, and collectors who prize their specialist; Lorna Speece, Mel and Joan Perelman Wing. and also in the traveling work. Our special guest will development associate; Jay Also, Mel and Joan assembled special exhibition Laughter be Academy Award-winning Harkness, volunteer coordinator; an extraordinary collection of and Resilience: Humor in actor Wes Studi (Cherokee), Sophia Holt-Wilson, digital Native American and Western Native American Art. We will who will discuss his iconic marketing coordinator; and art that they chose to transfer also reimagine the children’s film roles and make a public Kyrra Clevenger, public to the Eiteljorg. The museum discovery area, the R.B. Annis presentation Sept. 12. programs coordinator. We expansion, collection and much Western Family Experience Making all this possible are also say goodbye to former more are a lasting legacy that in the Nina Mason Pulliam the exceptional employees corporate relations manager forever changed the museum Education Center, and we plan working at the Eiteljorg, Susan St. Angelo, who landed for the benefit of our audiences. to expand the Allen Whitehill including some new additions. corporate sponsorships and Our thoughts are with Joan Clowes Sculpture Court. Sue Springirth joins us as vice was instrumental in last year’s and the Perelman family. We are excited about the president of administration Quest and Quilts promotions. We also mourn the recent return of much-loved Eiteljorg and chief financial officer. Sue, At the Eiteljorg there is much passing of Tom Seeley, art events in formats both new who previously served at the to experience this summer, collector, member of the and familiar. First, our annual Center for the Performing and much to celebrate in the Eagle Society and Western Indian Market and Festival will Arts and Great American coming months and years. We Art Society, and longtime be all virtual this year. It kicks Songbook Foundation in hope you will join us. friend of the Eiteljorg. off June 14 with two weeks Carmel, Indiana, has extensive The loss of our friends of online shopping featuring executive experience in financial Sincerely, reminds us that the Eiteljorg works created by Native and management, and she loves Museum exists for the benefit First Nations artists from the arts. Jennifer Hiatt joins of the public. We emphasize across North America, as us as membership and donor diversity, inclusion and cultural well as virtual dance and relations manager, having John Vanausdall sensitivity in our presentation music performances, cultural served as director of philan- President and CEO of the art, history and cultures presentations and art-making thropy and membership at the Eiteljorg Museum

Summer 2021 1 Indian Market and Festival goes Faye Lone (Tonawanda Seneca) Fancy Shawl, 2019 ALL VIRTUAL Fabric re you a regular Indian Market and Festival attendee seeking in 2021 a beautiful pot to add to your collection? Do you want to support Native artists beyond the traditional market Two weeks of online art sales Aweekend? Perhaps you’re a lifelong learner itching to know more about an artist’s process. Or have you wanted to attend and performances Indian Market but just couldn’t wedge a festival into your hectic schedule? You’re in luck: This year’s Indian Market and Festival was designed with your needs in mind. JUNE 14-28 The 29th annual Indian Market and Festival is entirely virtual, and you’ll have two weeks to shop, learn, support and engage. Featuring approximately 100 Native American and FREE at Eiteljorg.org/IndianMarketandFestival First Nations artists from across the United States and Canada, this year’s event is sure to delight. Since it is virtual, you can shop and enjoy performances from the comfort of wherever you are. This year’s market is also FREE so you can enjoy with friends and family, a classroom full of students or on your own. How to attend: Bizhiki Culture and Dance Company appearance supported (in part) by a grant Visit Eiteljorg.org/IndianMarketandFestival anytime during from the Western Arts Alliance Advancing Indigenous Performance Touring Fund and the two-week-long market, June 14-28. Once on the site, shop. the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Peruse hundreds of works for sale by using filters to search by artist name, art media or price. Find a piece (or four) you love, BMO Harris Bank then follow the links to purchase your items directly from the artists. It’s that easy. Supported by the Indy Arts and Culture Restart & Resilience Fund: An Arts Council of Not only will you admire the prize-winning art, you can cast an Indianapolis program made possible by Lilly Endowment Inc. online vote for your favorite piece, learn about artists, check out

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Avis Charley (Spirit Lake Dakota/Diné), When Prayers Hit, 2019, oil on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist. the schedule to attend live performances and more. Mark your calendar and don’t miss it. The best part: Online admission is free and you will have two weeks to support the artists, shop for their wonderful art and enjoy the fantastic performers, cultural demonstrations and activities. You can easily help support 100 Native artists and their cultures by promoting the market to all your friends and connections: • Direct them to Eiteljorg.org/IndianMarketandFestival • Follow the Eiteljorg on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and follow #EJIndianMarket Innastate, Native American reggae-rock band Online art sale Jewelry, basketry, pottery, weavings, paintings and sculptures: At Eiteljorg.org/IndianMarketandFestival, you will be able to connect directly with your favorite artists’ websites to shop. The Eiteljorg Indian Market and Festival is Sarah Sockbeson a nationally recognized Native art market, (Penobscot) Glowing Sea, 2018 and artists compete for top prizes in a Acrylic paint on canvas juried art competition. Tama Roberts (Cherokee) Jennifer White (Arikara) Rise Up and Fly, 2019, gourd Brother, 2019 Virtual performances Acrylic on canvas We continue the year of Honoring Women with Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida) in a couple of live virtual performances. Also, don’t miss: • The Bizhiki Culture and Dance Company, who will virtually engage and educate the public through traditional and contemporary dance, Bizhiki Culture and song and a presentation on colonization Dance Company and its impacts on tribal communities across the country. Joanne Shenandoah Randy Kemp • Randy Kemp (Choctaw/Mvskoke- (Wolf Clan member of (Choctaw/Mvskoke- the Oneida Nation) Creek/Euchee), Creek/Euchee), an artist, storyteller storytelling performer and musician, who will virtually Image by Jane Feldman educate and entertain audiences with his performances. • Innastate, an indigenous reggae/rock band based out of Santa Fe, N.M., who will bring a unique brand of music during virtual performances.

Geography/travel is no boundary to participating Downloadable activities in this year’s Indian Market and Festival. We can Download family art activities and make an amazing piece all play a major role in supporting the livelihoods of artwork with items readily available in your own home. of Native artists, and learn more about their cultures. Get all the latest details at Eiteljorg.org/IndianMarketandFestival.

Summer 2021 3 16TH ANNUAL QUEST FOR THE WEST ® ART SHOW AND SALE Back as an in-person event featuring Academy Award-winning actor Wes Studi By Bert Beiswanger, director of marketing and communications

John Fawcett Guardian Angels, 2021 Oil John Moyers, Autumn Breeze, 2021, oil, 18 x 18 inches 24 x 30 inches

hether they enjoy by many who made that ex- works by 51 top artists of stunning landscape perience possible last year, the Western American genre. paintings, realist we are elated this year to Robert Griffing, P.A. Nisbet, W portraits of people, welcome back the Western art Gladys Roldan-de-Moras, Curt compelling representations of world – artists, collectors and Mattson, Dean Mitchell, Mian nature or beautiful sculptures, media alike – to the Eiteljorg Situ and others will showcase admirers of Western art will Museum to experience Hoosier their art, inspired by the people converge on the Eiteljorg hospitality at its finest,” Eiteljorg and history of the American Museum in September for President and CEO John West. View the list of artists the 16th annual Quest for the Vanausdall said. and latest gallery of art at The Quest miniature art sale on West ® Art Show and Sale, one With a national reputation quest.eiteljorg.org. Guests Friday, Sept. 10 is a fixed-price, of the very best opportunities as one of the best and most- who have pre-registered and luck-of-the-draw sale, featuring in the nation to purchase and anticipated Western art shows, paid to participate in opening smaller paintings and sculptures by ® Quest artists. Volunteers assisted experience Western art. Quest for the West provides weekend activities will have with tabulating bids at the Quest This year marks a return to a memorable setting to bring the opportunity to meet Quest miniatures sale in 2019. the familiar in-person format together top Western artists artists. not seen since before the and the collectors who trea- Quest main sale. On events of 2020. Last year, the sure their art. Adding to that Saturday, Sept. 11, art collec- gets the first right to purchase Eiteljorg celebrated 15 years memorable experience this tors who are pre-registered a particular piece. If the bidder of Quest for the West ® with year, the museum invited can scout out works by their passes, the next person drawn a virtual version of the sale a special guest, Academy favorite artists and bid in an is offered the right to buy it. and achieved success beyond Award-winning actor Wes on-site, fixed-price, luck-of- This process continues until expectations. Studi (Cherokee). the-draw sale. Absentee bids a lucky bidder accepts and “While we are thankful for Art and artists. Quest also are accepted. A bidder becomes the happy new the contributions and support features newly created whose name is drawn first owner of the artwork.

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WES STUDI: You might not know his name, but you will recognize him from his roles By Bryan Corbin, Storyteller magazine editor

Dennis Doheny (American, born 1956), Guardian of the Lake, 2006, oil on linen 2006 Quest for the West® Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award, with funds provided by the Western Art Society. Dedicated to the memory of Robert B. Tucker, Jr. (1958-2000), Curator of Collections, Eiteljorg Museum, 1991-2000

Photo provided by Maura Dhu Studi Photo by Jen Boyer Miniature art sale. Now for the West® show from in its sixth year, the Quest Sept. 12 to Oct. 10 in the cclaimed Cherokee actor New York Times’ “25 Greatest miniature art sale is a popular special exhibition gallery. Wes Studi is the Eiteljorg’s Actors of the 21st Century.” complement to the main sale The museum also is celebrating special guest at the 2021 During Quest for the West ® and will take place Friday, 16 years of Quest and Western Quest for the West ® Art weekend at the Eiteljorg, fans Sept 10. Many Quest artists art collecting. The previous 15 AShow and Sale. of Wes Studi’s performances offer smaller examples of their years of artwork that won the Known for his resonant can see him in person: work. It’s a perfect option for annual Quest Harrison Eiteljorg voice and intense gaze, Studi • Friday Sept. 10, 6:30 p.m.: experienced collectors who Purchase Award will be has appeared in more than 80 A program featuring Studi; have no more room to add exhibited in the Western Art film and television productions Quest registration required. large works to their homes, or Galleries. These selections since 1988. He portrayed • Saturday, Sept. 11, 12:45 p.m.: for new collectors looking for reflect the generous support iconic Native American roles A discussion with the actor an affordable entry point into of the Western Art Society, a in Dances with Wolves, The and Quest artists, in light of collecting. group of dedicated museum Last of the Mohicans, Geronimo: the fact that Studi was the model Hospitality. Friday festivities supporters and art enthusiasts An American Legend and in portraits painted by artist H. Sept. 10 also will include a who have helped the museum Hostiles. He costarred in the David Wright. Registration cocktail party and an afternoon acquire important works of Al Pacino-Robert DeNiro crime required. At 5 p.m., a VIP social. During the Saturday Western art. drama Heat, was a voice actor in reception with Studi will be evening awards presentation, Don’t forget to look for a Avatar, portrayed Navajo police offered to Quest sponsors. always one of the highlights, copy of the beautifully illus- detective Lt. Joe Leaphorn in • Sunday, Sept. 12, 1 p.m.: A Quest artists will be recog- trated Quest for the West ® art the Robert Redford-produced public reception with Studi. nized in several categories, catalog, available in September TV adaptations of Tony Hiller- At 2 p.m., he will receive a including the Quest Harrison at the Frank and Katrina Basile man’s popular mystery novels, lifetime achievement award, Eiteljorg Purchase Award. Museum Store. and was in the cast of the and then will give a talk, Beautiful exhibitions. Get the latest complete series Penny Dreadful. followed by a question-and- After the sale weekend ends, information. For more about With his versatility in many answer session. The Sunday artwork will remain on view at Quest for the West ®, including roles, Studi in 2019 became event is open to the general the Eiteljorg for one month for a complete list of artists, an the first Native American public with museum admission; the public to see and enjoy early look at the art, opening actor to receive an honorary Eiteljorg members are free. before the paintings and weekend registration or Academy Award for acting. In sculptures are shipped to absentee buyer information, 2020, he was rated one of the For details, visit buyers. Experience the Quest visit: quest.eiteljorg.org. quest.eiteljorg.org.

® PRESENTED BY: QUEST FOR THE WEST EVENTS WITH QUEST EXHIBITION Western Art Society ART SHOW AND SALE ACTOR WES STUDI SEPT 12-OCT 10, 2021 SEPT 10-11, 2021 SEPT 10-12, 2021

Summer 2021 5 REMEMBRANCE

IN MEMORIAM: Mel Perelman, Ph.D., 1930-2021

he Eiteljorg Museum lost Bringing Friends Together: one of its most generous Contemporary Hopi Carvings friends when Mel Perelman, from the Eagle, Perelman and T Ph.D., died March 26. Rader Collections in 2019. A philanthropist, civic leader, Other paintings and artworks corporate executive at Eli the Perelmans gifted are on Lilly & Co., scientist and art view in the museum. collector, Dr. Perelman left a Mel’s warm personality and profound impact on arts and wry sense of humor were well culture in Indianapolis. known in the Indianapolis Mel and Joan Perelman gifted many artworks to the Eiteljorg. Please see one Mel and his wife Joan philanthropic community. of the paintings they donated on page 17. Perelman made extraordinary During his long business gifts to the museum, financially career at Eli Lilly and Co., he and in other ways. Their lead- served in multiple corporate of Medicine. Eiteljorg. They sponsored the ership gift made possible leadership roles, including Melvin Perelman grew up Quest for the West ® Art Show the 2005 expansion of the board member and executive during the Great Depression and Sale, Indian Market and Eiteljorg building — the Mel vice president. He said the of the 1930s in Omaha, Festival and various exhibitions, and Joan Perelman Wing — company encouraged him to Nebraska, where his parents and they gave generously to that doubled the size of the volunteer his time and knowl- — immigrants who had fled the Eagle Society and capital museum. Mel, who served edge to charitable causes in antisemitism in Russia — and annual fund campaigns. for 20 years on the Eiteljorg his adopted city, Indianapolis, operated a grocery. He learned At an Eiteljorg gala in their Board of Directors, chaired and to recruit others from his generosity at an early age by honor in 2018, Mel was the capital campaign for the network of Lilly colleagues observing how unemployed named a Sagamore of the building expansion. to assist. While on the Indi- homeless men seeking a Wabash. Avid collectors of Native anapolis Zoological Society meal would go to the back The Perelmans have been American and Western art, the board, Dr. Perelman was door of the family’s grocery, among the museum’s most Perelmans made regular trips instrumental in moving the knowing they could receive important benefactors, and to the Southwest to purchase Indianapolis Zoo to its current a free sandwich and a cup of their generosity will benefit the paintings, pottery, carvings location in White River State coffee, he recalled in a 2018 museum’s visitors for decades and baskets from artists. Park. He also chaired a interview. to come. The Eiteljorg Museum Native art originally was Joan’s capital campaign to expand Mel and Joan were high Board, management and passion, and once she inspired the Indiana University School school sweethearts in Omaha. staff send their condolences Mel to collect, they pursued it Their lives took them in different to Joan Perelman and to together with gusto, seeking directions after graduation: Mel’s children, grandchildren, out the best pieces from Joan became a university great-grandchild, other family artists at Native art markets. instructor, and Mel received a members and many friends. He was a founding member of Bachelor of Science degree in A full obituary is at this link: the Western Art Society, and chemistry from Northwestern https://bit.ly/3wxoxkB Mel’s friendly collecting rivalry University in 1952 and a with fellow art collectors Mike doctorate in organic chemistry Eagle and Terry Rader was from Rice University in 1956, legendary. followed by postdoctoral In later years, Mel and Joan, research at the Federal Insti- in a decision of tremendous tute of Technology in Zurich, generosity, began gifting Switzerland. He joined Lilly in their nationally respected 1957. Having been previously Native and Western art married and finding them- collection to the Eiteljorg, for selves alone, Joan and Mel future generations of visitors (From left to right) Feather and yarn met again at their 45th high to enjoy. The artworks have Tubatulabal basket, ca. 1905; Apache school reunion, and their been celebrated in two Eitel- olla, 1918; feather basket by Rose friendship rekindled. Within a Mel Perelman, right, enjoyed a friendly jorg exhibitions, Interwoven: Anderson, Pomo; two quilled birch bark year, they were married. rivalry with Mike Eagle, left, and Native American Basketry from containers by Bernard Parley, Burt Lake After Dr. Perelman’s retire- with Terry Rader (not pictured), in Band of Ottawa and Chippewa, 1995; their collecting of the best artworks the Mel and Joan Perelman beaded Pomo basket, ca. 1870. ment from Lilly in 1993, he from Native American artists in the Collection in 2018, and Gift of Mel and Joan Perelman and Joan were active at the Southwest.

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COMPLETING PROJECT 2021 WITH YOUR HELP A look at progress on the Eiteljorg Museum’s renovation and construction projects

EXCITING CHANGES AHEAD If you visited the Eiteljorg recently, you might have noticed portions of the museum are temporarily closed to visitors due to reconstruction and renovation. The closures in these areas allow the museum to transform the spaces to dramatically improve the Eiteljorg experience when you visit again in coming months. In the meantime, much of the museum remains open to visitors during construction, including some compelling new special exhibits. Thank you for your patience as we strive to provide a new engaging experience.

AMBITIOUS GOALS WHAT HAS HAPPENED WHAT REMAINS TO DO The Eiteljorg Museum Thanks to generous donors Next, the museum is moving of American Indians and and strong participation forward with construction on Western Art is not static; it is from the Board, some of the three capital projects: always seeking to improve Eiteljorg’s goals have been • Renovating the Nina experiences for guests and achieved. The endowment Mason Pulliam Education promote cultural diversity. In (capital and otherwise) has Center, with a focus on 2016, the Eiteljorg Board of grown from approximately two sections: the R.B. Annis Directors and staff launched $20 million in 2016 to $37 Western Family Experience an ambitious effort, Project million by the end of 2020 and the Stephen and Sharon 2021. It included key goals: with $20 million more in Zimmerman Resource Allen Whitehill Clowes Sculpture • Completely reimagine the estate promised gifts. The Center. Court, exterior view after construction museum’s major galleries museum’s Western Art Galleries • Reconstructing down to the Project rendering by Browning Day • Increase focus on the — including the Art of the bare perimeter walls the Indigenous peoples of the West Gallery and the Gund museum’s original Native Great Lakes region in the Family Gallery — were fully American Galleries and Native American galleries renovated and reinstalled in reinstalling the art, to include • Expand and renovate two of 2018, and now house the a new focus on Great Lakes the most popular and most exhibition Attitudes: The West cultures along with Indige- used parts of the building, in American Art. Through a nous peoples from across the Nina Mason Pulliam grant from Lilly Endowment North America. Education Center and the Inc., the museum acquired • Expanding the Allen Allen Whitehall Clowes approximately 400 artworks Whitehill Clowes Sculpture Project rendering of Nina Mason Pulliam Education Center: the Sculpture Court and cultural objects of Native Court by enclosing the One Wisdom’s Cafe backdrop in the R.B. • Triple the size of the cultures of the Great Lakes America Terrace, to double Annis Western Family Experience museum’s endowment, to an from the Richard Pohrt, Jr. the size and broaden the ultimate projected amount Collection. The initiative to use of the multipurpose through pledges and bequests complete the remaining goals space. of $60 million. now is in the final stretch.

Ojibwe Artist Bandolier Bag, ca. 1875 Loom woven beadwork bag; glass seed beads, glass basket beads, wool cloth, wool fox braid, wool yarn, cotton cloth Museum purchase with funds provided by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.

The new Native American galleries Project rendering by Origin Studios Continued on next page

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Continued from previous page

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PROJECTS NINA MASON PULLIAM EDUCATION CENTER: RENOVATION BECAUSE OF YOU, WE CAN CROSS THE Opened in 2010, the canal level of the museum contains the children’s discovery area, FINISH LINE known as the R.B. Annis Western Family Experience, as well as the Watanabe Family Library, TCU and Dr. Ann H. Hunt studios and education area, and the Stephen and Sharon Zimmerman Making progress toward a Resource Center. $54 million capital/endowment campaign goal, the Eiteljorg R.B. Annis Western Family Experience seeks to raise $7 million toward the endowment and What it has accomplished: $7 million to complete After they visit the upstairs art galleries, children and their construction of the capital grown-ups can head down to the R.B. Annis Western Family projects. Philanthropists, Experience. In this area, play is encouraged and visitors of all foundations, corporate sponsors ages can explore items inside realistic educational backdrops. and the museum’s most loyal Since 2010, young visitors have learned about sod houses of donors already have gener- the Great Plains, built and raised a model totem pole, played the ously supported the effort. role of shopkeeper in the Wing Tsue Emporium, and learned Since the projects are not yet about the lives of artists TahNibaa Naataanii (Navajo) and David fully funded, the Eiteljorg now Boxley (Tsimshian) through recreations of the artists’ homes BEFORE seeks the help of its broad and workshops. Children could try on chaps, slickers and cowboy base of supporters, including boots and saddle up for photos. Parents and grandparents climbed inside the Concord museum members and stagecoach and watched the smiles of delight on the children’s faces, as exuberant learning Storyteller magazine readers. happened around them. Gifts of all sizes truly make By 2021, after more than 10 years of frequent use, the much-loved R.B. Annis Western Family a difference. Your donation of Experience needed a refresh, and a complete renovation and redesign are in the works. The any amount can be accepted space is temporarily closed for reconstruction. in the form of cash, pledges, What’s next: stock, or estate planned gifts. Scheduled for completion in November 2021, the Naming opportunities are still reconstruction will transform the space to focus on five available. To discuss how you diverse families of the contemporary West. It will include can help the Eiteljorg Museum sections about: complete these vital projects, • the Yeltatzie and Wallace families (Haida) and their contact Nataly Lowder, vice relationship to the Indianapolis Totem Pole. New features president for advancement, at include a family-friendly video, a refurbished build-and- [email protected] or raise-a-totem-pole activity, and a fully tactile 3-D printed 317.275.1311. reproduction of the totem pole. • the Wisdom family (Latino), who operate a multigenerational Mexican restaurant, Wisdom’s Café, in Tumacacori, Arizona. Features include recreations of a raised bed garden, a restaurant kitchen and dining area. • the Morrison family (African American) who raise livestock on a ranch in Floresville, Texas. New features include a horse barn with a plush horse for grooming, an egg collecting and sorting activity, and ranch clothes to try on. • the Shew family (Chinese American), reflecting their commitment to the fields of medicine and education. This interactive space will feature both in the form of an elementary school classroom. Young visitors can examine natural materials through a microscope projected onto a big screen and create artwork based on their discoveries. • the Hansen family (Euro-American), who operate the Hansen Wheel & Wagon Shop that built the Eiteljorg’s popular stagecoach, which remains a focal point of the exhibit. A kid-friendly wagon-wheel activity is featured. Activities, art and technology will highlight the diversity of people in the American West.

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Nina Mason Pulliam Education Center

8 Eiteljorg Museum Storyteller Magazine FUTURE PROJECTS AND YOU

THE OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS Stephen and Sharon Zimmerman Resource Center NATIVE AMERICAN Already home to the museum’s Watanabe Family Library, GALLERIES: the Stephen and Sharon Zimmerman Resource Center will be REINSTALLATION AND # remodeled, with a new entrance gateway that opens out into RECONSTRUCTION the R.B. Annis Western Family Experience. The nearby TCU and The Eiteljorg’s second-floor BEFORE Dr. Ann H. Hunt studios that host workshops and classes will Native American galleries continue to meet those needs. Inside the library, visitors still can showcased artworks on largely consult by appointment with the museum’s librarian, and look the same floorplan since the up and utilize library materials. The museum’s library collection museum opened in 1989. As continues to be searchable online via the Indianapolis Public part of Project 2021: Native AFTER Browning Day Library thanks to a long-term partnership. New features inside Voices NOW, the Eiteljorg is 3 the resource center will include: completely reconstructing the ALLEN WHITEHILL • An enclosed nursing room for the privacy of guests visiting galleries and reinstalling Native CLOWES SCULPTURE with small children that will include comfortable seating and a artworks to present them COURT: EXPANSION changing table. in a state-of-the-art space, The Eiteljorg’s multipurpose • An enclosed quiet room where guests who need a break to create a more contextual rental and event space, the from their museum experience can go for privacy. The space experience. The Eiteljorg has Allen Whitehill Clowes Sculpture will have low lighting, toys and special furnishings to soothe engaged Origin Studios and Court, hosts wedding receptions, and calm. Kubik Maltbie to design and corporate conferences and As part of its commitment to inclusivity, the Eiteljorg hopes to build the reconceptualized other celebrations. It also is emphasize that all visitors are welcome in the museum. galleries. Native artworks will the site of the Eiteljorg’s Jingle be organized around the themes Rails model train display from of Relation, Continuation and mid-November to mid-January Innovation. The galleries will each year, and has hosted Indian have an expanded focus on the Market and Festival artists’ Indigenous peoples of the Great booths in late June, the annual Lakes region, incorporating Día de Muertos Community customary artworks from the Celebration in October, as well Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection, as museum concerts, a diversity an acquisition facilitated lecture series and presentations through a $2.83 million grant throughout the year. Plans call from the Lilly Endowment for expanding the facility by Inc. Portions of the galleries moving the current east wall recently closed and are to enclose the entire outdoor scheduled to reopen in June One America Terrace facing 2022, and the museum still is West Street. Expanding over seeking partners in supporting the terrace would approximately this capstone project. In the double the Clowes indoor space, meantime, some of the beau- increasing the seating capacity tiful Native American artworks to 375 at events, and making and cultural objects have been room for additional Indian temporarily relocated to a new Market artist booths and more special exhibit in the museum’s Jingle Rails model train scenes. Paul Gallery for visitors to The Eiteljorg is seeking partners enjoy and appreciate. for the 2022 expansion.

BEFORE AFTER

Most of the Eiteljorg’s Native American Art galleries had not been extensively renovated since the museum’s opening in 1989, apart from the addition of the Mitohseenionki: The People’s Place section in 2002. The Eiteljorg is reconstructing the second-floor galleries and will reinstall the Native art, to present the works more contextually and in a visually striking way, with a special emphasis on Indigenous cultures of the Great Lakes. Project rendering by Origin Studios Summer 2021 9 Continued on next page FUTURE PROJECTS AND YOU

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STORYTELLER READERS CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE Others have been gener- ous, but your help is needed now to ensure that all three projects can be fully built and completed on time. To help the Eiteljorg finish the last mile of Project 2021, contact Nataly Lowder, vice president for advancement. Reach Nataly at [email protected] or 317.275.1311. Answering your questions about supporting the Eiteljorg Museum’s next steps

s vaccines are adminis- gift will go towards these qualify towards these capital tered, there are signs of three capital investments. projects. Please make sure hope. As hope emerges, the transaction specifies Q: “I would also like to new COVID variants Project 2021. If you are support the endowment Amaterialize, reminding us we uncertain, don’t hesitate to effort. Can I use my DAF are still on this roller coaster contact me for clarification for that endeavor?” Reimagined Native American galleries ride of uncertainty. on the designation of your A: Project rendering by Origin Studios Thanks to you, we at the Yes. If you use the stock transfer. Eiteljorg Museum are choosing cash in your DAF, the most As you have read in the to look ahead with three big immediate impact would be previous pages, we at the capital projects underway, toward the capital projects Eiteljorg need $7 million all while building our endow- under way. However, if you more to complete these ment towards sustainability. wish to help the Eiteljorg’s capital investments. It may Many conversations have long-term sustainability seem like a lot of money, but given us the momentum to efforts to support the we can do it with your par- move forward with confidence. current capital projects ticipation. Multiple gifts, from With your help, we will and beyond, your DAF many households, combine to succeed, ringing in a new includes a designated make a tremendous impact. era of hope, inspiration and beneficiary. Contact your We are coming down to the DAF administrator and ask Mohawk Artist optimism. final stretch on these projects. Questions concerning Donor to update your beneficiary The pandemic may have Cradleboard, ca. 1875 designation to the Eiteljorg Carved and bent wood; wood, paint, Advised Funds and gifts of slowed us down for a few rawhide, metal stock have come up during Museum. Any money left in months, but with your help, Museum purchase with funds provided by a your DAF account upon your grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. these conversations. You we are still able to hit a home may have questions similar death will go to the Eiteljorg run in 2022! to these we have been asked Museum’s endowment. Contact me today. All my recently: Q: “Can I use gifts of best to you and your family. Q: “I have established a stock towards the capital Donor Advised Fund (DAF). projects?” Can I use that to support A: Yes. As we know, the these capital projects?” values of stocks can go up A: Yes. Using your DAF is a and down. However, many Nataly Lowder perfect way to help. Contact stocks have done well in the Vice President for Advancement your DAF administrator and past several months. This is 317.275.1311 Project rendering of the stagecoach a great way to support the in the new Hansen Wheel & Wagon request your next grant des- [email protected] capital projects. Just as gifts family scene in the renovated Nina ignation for Project 2021 at Eiteljorg Museum Mason Pulliam Education Center the Eiteljorg Museum. Your of stock are accepted for the 500 W. Washington St. museum’s annual operating Indianapolis, IN 46204 support, gifts of stock also www.eiteljorg.org

10 Eiteljorg Museum Storyteller Magazine ART UP CLOSE

Experience multiple exhibitions of Native American art this year By Elisa G. Phelps, vice president and chief curatorial officer

If you have the opportunity Humor in Native American to visit the museum in Art. The exhibit introduces person this summer, you’ll the idea of humor as a com- I notice a big change. Portions ponent of Native art and an of the Eiteljorg’s second-floor important aspect of resilience. Native American galleries have Organized by the Wheelwright closed until June 2022 to Museum of the American give us time to deinstall all the Indian in Santa Fe, New art and casework, renovate Mexico, the exhibit includes a the gallery space, and install number of contemporary and a brand new exhibit — for the customary art works from the Image by Christa Barleben first time since the museum Eiteljorg collection. opened, and 20 years since Upstairs, the Hurt and Harvey POWERFUL WOMEN II: Mitohseenionki: The People’s galleries feature Powerful CONTEMPORARY ART Place opened. Women II, an exhibit featuring FROM THE EITELJORG That does not mean the contemporary art by diverse COLLECTION Native American art collection women including Native artists will no longer be accessible. In Wendy Red Star (Crow), Sonya Continuing through Jan. 18, 2022 fact, we have quite a variety of Kelliher-Combs (Iñupiaq/ in the Hurt and Harvey Galleries exhibits in place and upcoming Athabascan) and Jaune Quick- #EJPowerfulWomen Anita Rodriguez that showcase the depth to-See Smith (Confederated (American, born 1941) and breadth of the Eitelorg’s Salish and Kootenai Tribes). In Boda Bacalar, 1997 Native art collection. In our the Paul Gallery, we now have Acrylic on wood HONORING WOMEN IS SPONSORED BY: first-floor special exhibits Native American Customary Art Gift of Gerald and Dorit Paul gallery through Aug. 8, we 101, a new exhibit highlighting 2018.16.1 have Laughter and Resilience: a selection of customary art including basketry, Hopi carvings, Navajo silver and turquoise jewelry, and Great Powerful Women II is also sponsored by AARP Indiana Lakes beadwork. The exhibit will be on display through May 2022. If you need a refresher on the history of Native peoples in Indiana, the timeline from Mitohseenionki will continue to be displayed in a new location in the Myrta Pulliam Gallery of Photography. Looking ahead, in coming months the Eiteljorg Contem- porary Art Fellowship exhibit Laughter and Resilience: Humor in Native American Art Shifting Boundaries will open in Image by Christa Barleben the first floor special exhibits Ho-Chunk Artist Bandolier Bag, ca. 1890, woven gallery. In early 2022, we will beadwork bag; glass seed beads, present Native American LAUGHTER AND RESILIENCE: wool cloth, wool fox braid, wool yarn Contemporary Art 101 which HUMOR IN NATIVE AMERICAN ART Museum purchase with funds provided by a will explore the evolution of Continuing through Aug. 8, 2021 in the Special Exhibition Gallery grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. Native fine art painting and Organized by the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian of the fine-arts program estab­ Santa Fe, New Mexico, and featuring additional artworks from the lished by Dorothy Dunn at the collections of the Eiteljorg Museum. NATIVE AMERICAN Santa Fe Indian School in the #EJNativeHumor CUSTOMARY ART 101 1930s. We hope you’ll find Continuing through May 2022 a new favorite or see an old in the Paul Gallery friend in a new light! Details #EJNativeArtGalleries are at eiteljorg.org. Please see page 14 for details of Laughter and Resilience public programs. Summer 2021 11 We’re adding new programs and events all the time. Visit www.eiteljorg.org and sign up for our e-newsletter to stay up to date on Eiteljorg Museum happenings. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Calendar The Museum Cafe is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, with a limited menu.

NOTE TO VISITORS: The events and dates listed here were in effect at the time of publication. At different times, individual JUN 14–28 exhibits or a specific gallery may be temporarily closed for Join us for a virtual version of the Eiteljorg’s reinstallation or renovation, even as the museum remains open. annual Indian Market and Festival. Shop Please check www.eiteljorg.org before your visit for the most for incredible art online from approximately up-to-date information on exhibits and activities at the museum 100 Native American artists and enjoy on the day of your visit, and to register for virtual programs. virtual dance and musical performances, cultural presentations and art-making demonstrations. See story on page 2, and Friday visit eiteljorg.org/indianmarketandfestival JUN 4 for more details. Noon VIRTUAL Curator’s Choice: Laughter and Resilience Join Dorene Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota), associate curator of Native American art, for a behind the scenes look at the museum’s newest exhibition, Laughter and Resilience: Humor in Native American Art. Visit eiteljorg.org/events to register for this free program.

CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH: FREEDOM DAY Jennifer White (Arikara) Saturday Ready, 2019 Bizhiki Culture Acrylic on and Dance JUN 5 canvas Company Juneteenth at the Eiteljorg Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States when federal troops entered Galveston, Texas, at the end of the Civil War in LAUGHTER AND RESILIENCE: 1865. In honor of Juneteenth, enjoy free museum HUMOR IN NATIVE AMERICAN ART admission and live outdoor musical performances by the Rob Dixon Quartet and Freetown Village Singers. THROUGH AUG 8 Visit eiteljorg.org/events for more details. Experience the humor in Indigenous art. Native artists past and present employ humor in a wide variety of ways, using a range Friday of artistic media, in this traveling exhibition of the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. A variety of Laughter and JUN 11 Resilience Noon public programs are scheduled: VIRTUAL Panel Wednesday Coming in Join us for a live panel discussion about the history of Juneteenth, current celebrations, and what the JUL 7 JULY future may hold for this important holiday. Visit Noon VIRTUAL Laughter Yoga eiteljorg.org/events. VIRTUAL Artist Talk with with Christine Eartheart Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla) of Joy Potential Saturday Join us for a conversation with Delight in a variety of laughter JUN 19 artist Gerald Clarke. See page exercises and meditation. VIRTUAL Celebration 14 for details. Registration fee required. See page 14 for details. Celebrating Juneteenth: Freedom and Liberation. Saturday Join us for more Juneteenth activities virtually, Coming in including musical performances, art-making activities, JUL 10 community resources and more. 1 p.m. JULY VIRTUAL Comic Book VIRTUAL Comedy show with Workshop with Jason Tatanka Means (Oglala Garcia (Santa Clara Lakota/Omaha/Diné) JUN/JUL Pueblo/Tewa) Enjoy a comedy show with actor VIRTUAL Public Tours Learn to tell a story through and activist Tatanka Means. Join us on select Wednesdays at noon at eiteljorg.org/events comic art. See page 14 for Visit eiteljorg.org/events for for free virtual tours with Eiteljorg volunteers without leaving the details. date and details. Registration comfort of your couch. fee required.

12 Eiteljorg Museum Storyteller Magazine Visit www.eiteljorg.org for details or call 317.636.9378 to register or purchase event tickets. All events are included with general admission unless otherwise noted. General admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors 65 and over, and $8 for youth ages 5 to17 and college students with student ID. Children ages 4 and under are free. Museum members enjoy free admission, unless otherwise noted. Parking is free, when spaces are available, in the White River State Park underground garage for visitors to the museum, cafe or museum store.

Friday SEP 7–25 ® AUG 6 QUEST FOR THE WEST Artist in Residence Noon Friday-Saturday Katrina Mitten (Miami VIRTUAL Curator’s Choice: Nation of Oklahoma) A Zuni Artist’s look at SEP 10-11 Born and raised Quest for the West ® anthropologist Frank in Indiana, Katrina Art Show and Sale Mitten pursues Hamilton Cushing Opening Weekend Donna Howell-Sickles Elisa Phelps will share the The Yellow Gate, 2021 the art of Preregister and join us for Acrylic on canvas, 52 x 64 inches embroidery style story behind the cartoons, one of the nation’s top Western a humorous take on 19th Native beadwork. art shows, meet the artists The imagery she century anthropologists and purchase their art. The Friday evening miniature art behaving badly. creates is inspired by the sale features smaller works by Quest artists. See story on world around her. Meet Katrina page 4, and visit quest.eiteljorg.org for more details. and learn about her art. Western Book Club Details: eiteljorg.org/events. The Western Book Club meets Sunday to discuss an array of titles. Calendar of Events compiled by Sophia Holt-Wilson Meetings will be via Zoom until SEP 12 Friday further notice. To attend, contact 1 p.m. [email protected]. OCT 1 Wes Studi at Quest for Noon JUL 14 the West ® The Revenant by Michael Renowned actor Wes Studi (Cherokee) Curator’s Choice Talk: Punke is a special guest at this year’s Quest Quest for the Best at ® for the West ®. Get the chance to Quest for the West SEP 8 Join Johanna M. Blume, Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo meet Wes and hear about his life and career during a reception and public Photo by Jen Boyer curator of Western art, history, discussion. See page 5, and visit and culture, for an inside look quest.eiteljorg.org for more details. at highlights from this year’s Quest for the West exhibition. Wednesday JUL 21 SEP 12–OCT 10 Monday Noon Quest for the West ® Art Exhibition See this year’s beautiful Quest artworks on view in the OCT 11 VIRTUAL Artist Series special exhibition gallery. Also, see a related exhibition Indigenous Peoples’ Day with Kathleen Wall of 15 years of Quest Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award We’re excited to celebrate and (Jemez Pueblo) winners, in the Western Art Galleries. honor Native or Indigenous Award-winning ceramic artist. Peoples of North, Central See page 14 for details. and South America. Details Tuesday coming soon. JUL 27 6:30 p.m. VIRTUAL Members-only Saturday The installation Fancy Shawl Artist Talk with 2021 Project (2000) by Wendy Red OCT 16 Eiteljorg Fellow Steven Star (Crow), a 2009 Eiteljorg 1 p.m. Yazzie (Diné) Fellow, is on view in the exhibition Powerful Women II: Joy Harjo Poetry Members-only. Visit Contemporary Art from the Reading eiteljorg.org/events to register. Eiteljorg Collection. See page 14 for details. Joy Harjo (Mvskoke/ Creek Nation) is the Saturday THROUGH JAN 18, 2022 23rd United States Poet Laureate and AUG 7 Powerful Women II: Contemporary Art from the first Native American to hold the 6 p.m. the Eiteljorg Collection title. She is an internationally known Supaman Performance The museum’s exhibition Powerful Women award-winning poet, writer, performer Native American dancer highlights and celebrates diverse women artists and jazz saxophonist. Join us for a in contemporary art. Its second rotation features and hip-hop artist Christian poetry reading and talk about Harjo’s Image by Shawn Miller “Supaman” Parrish Takes the works by African American, Latina, Asian American, personal experiences. Gun (Apsáalooke). Additional Native American and European American women fee. See page 14 for details. contemporary artists.

Summer 2021 13 CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROGRAMMING

A summer full of Laughter and Resilience By Kyrra Clevenger, Eiteljorg public programs coordinator

he Eiteljorg is ready to hear visitors laugh again, and in Laughter and Resilience: T Humor in Native American Art, a travelling exhibition from the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico, visitors will experience art that is both amusing and thought-provok- ing. On exhibit through Aug. 8, Laughter and Resilience high- lights the essential role humor plays in Native American art. Visitors not only will laugh but will also see how Native artists use humor to combat stereotypes, comment on Jason Garcia (Tewa) Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo) tribal politics and critique the national scene through a wide Comic Art with Jason Virtual Artist Talks range of artistic media. Expect collaborative artist whose Garcia (Santa Clara tricksters, satire and parody, Meet several artists featured work explores issues of Pueblo/Tewa) Laughter and Resilience. cartoons and whimsy, along in land as a source of identity, with a full lineup of programs. Jason Garcia is a Tewa artist • July 7: Gerald Clarke conflict and resource within Some event highlights include: from Santa Clara Pueblo, New (Cahuilla), a sculptor and the southwest; his talk is a Mexico who often combines installation artist who often members-only event. Laughter Yoga traditional Pueblo art forms speaks about Native art, Check eiteljorg.org/events Laughter Yoga involves a with pop culture and comic culture and social issues. to join the virtual talks. little stretching and lots of book art. Join Jason on July • July 21: Kathleen Wall Live Performance laughing. Delight in a variety 10 for a virtual workshop and (Jemez Pueblo), renowned of laughter exercises, playful learn how to tell your own potter who creates whimsi- As a member of the breathing exercise and compelling story through comic cal clay sculptures. Apsáalooke Nation, Supaman laughter meditation, designed art. No previous experience • July 27: 2021 Eiteljorg makes his home on the to release stress and tension, necessary. Fellow Steven Yazzie (Diné), Crow reservation in Montana. calm your mind and joyfully a painter, multimedia and “Supaman” is the stage name infuse your day with peace of Christian Parrish Takes the and positive energy. Christine Gun, a Native American dancer Eartheart of Joy Potential and innovative hip-hop artist in Bloomington, Ind., will who has dedicated his life to lead the virtual laughter yoga empowering and spreading a session in July; check message of hope, pride and eiteljorg.org/events for resilience through his original date and details. art form. His presentation combines Native culture, comedy and urban hip-hop culture that dazzles audiences Ricardo Caté, b. 1964 and captivates listeners. (Santo Domingo Pueblo) Untitled (Santa Fe Coyote) Don’t miss the chance to see Acrylic on canvas, 18” H x 22” W Supaman perform live under Image credit: Addison Doty of the The Sails at the Eiteljorg Wheelwright Museum of the American on Aug. 7. Register at Indian, Santa Fe, N.M. eiteljorg.org/events.

Learn more about Laughter and Resilience: Humor in Native American Art on pages 11 and 12.

14 Eiteljorg Museum Storyteller Magazine MEMBERSHIPS AND DONATIONS

Membership information: Debbie Hyndman Donors Contact Jennifer Hiatt, [email protected] or 317.275.1360. Jeanine Isham All memorial and honorarium gifts are Stephen and Anne Jay listed. Gifts in other categories are for Jeanette Kassebaum $100 or more. Thank you to the following Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Schulstad Scott and Caran Keller Annual Fund and other donors for memberships and Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Thomasson Jack and Sylvia King designated gifts gifts received from December John W. Timothy, Jr., M.D. David H. Kleiman Robert M. and Sally G. Anderson 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021. Lorna Speece and Joshua White Richard and Gwen Knipstein Pat and Robert Anker Due to space limitations, only Jamison Woodley Norman and Ginny Mazurowski Anonymous (2) contributions of $100 or more are Richard and Cheryl McDonald Advocate Members Shirley and Charles Barker listed with the exception of gifts Paul and Diane Oefinger $1,000–$1,499 Sarah C. Barney in honor or in memory. 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One of the many artworks gifted to the Eiteljorg by Mel and Joan Perelman:

Explore your museum by becoming an Eiteljorg volunteer By Jay Harkness, volunteer services coordinator

n February, I was given the opportunity to fill the shoes of the Eiteljorg Museum’s longtime volunteer services manager, Deborah Kish, who retired in October 2020. I I am grateful to Deborah for bringing me on board as a volunteer Guide in 2019, and all of us at the museum miss her presence. Nonprofit cultural institutions such as the Eiteljorg rely on volunteers not only to support operations through their generous contributions of time, but also by serving as pas- sionate advocates for the institution. Volunteers’ time and efforts feed a virtuous circle that helps ensure the success of the museum now and into the future. Francois Koch (American, born in South Africa, born 1944) In each of the 10 years prior to 2020, volunteers collec- After the Storm, 2011 tively contributed an average total of more than 15,000 Oil on linen hours to the Eiteljorg. Without their help, major annual Museum purchase with funds provided by Mel and Joan Perelman 2011.24.1 events such as the Indian Market and Festival and Jingle Rails: The Great Western Adventure could not occur. Tour Fred and Angie Green Henry Farny Award for Best Painting groups could not be educated and entertained without Cindy and Robert Hoye Stephen and Jane Marmon knowledgeable Guides. The beauty of the Eiteljorg’s Lilly Endowment, Inc. Victor Higgins Work of Distinction building and grounds would not have such appeal for those Steve and Jane Marmon Catherine Turner Kelly and Stephan Masoncup booking wedding receptions, celebrations, meetings or Cyrus Dallin Award for Best Sculpture Susie and Howard Maxwell events without volunteers. And the visitor experience would Carla and Michael Leppert Virginia Merkel not keep us listed consistently among the top attractions in Patrons’ Choice Award National Endowment for the Arts Indianapolis. Joan SerVaas and Larry Roan Phyllis Cockerill Chad Slaughter 29th annual VIRTUAL Indian We are grateful to all the Cathy Turner Market & Festival volunteers who make this Don and Angela Woodley Sponsored by: possible, and would like to Project 2021 endowment gifts Arts Midwest recognize some of those who Lilly Endowment, Inc. BMO Harris Bank went above and beyond in John F. McGinty Care Institute Group, Inc. The museum’s Mrs. Robert S. Eccles Fund meeting the challenges of 2020. Laughter and Resilience: Margot L. Eccles Arts & Culture Humor in Native American Art Jingle Rails could not be a success Fund, a Central Indiana Community Organized by the Wheelwright Museum without the tireless efforts of the Foundation Fund of the American Indian “train guys,” Tom Bromstrup, Phil Friends of Indian Market & Festival Sponsored by Anonymous Dant, Mike Davis and Bill Poor, Capital Group Elizabeth Ann Beck Faegre Drinker who keep the model trains running L.G. and Alyce Edwards every year while engaging with 2021 Quest for the West Helen Cox Kersting visitors young and old. By always Presented by Steve and Jane Marmon The Western Art Society Virginia Merkel being first in line to conduct tours, Tom* and Evelyn Seeley Wes Studi Presenting Sponsor work in the museum store and Ann M. Stack Jay Harkness Stan and Sandy Hurt support the museum in any way, Trailbosses Jingle Rails: The Great Western seven individuals accounted Angela and Dick Darlington Adventure for more than 20 percent of our other volunteer hours in L. G. and Alyce Edwards Butler Family Foundation Stephen and Jane Marmon Fifth Third Bank 2020: Paul Brandenburg, Carolyn Burkley, Carol Dutt, Kelly Catherine Turner Katz, Sapper & Miller Masoncup, Sharon Mills, Jetta Tarr and Patti Wright. Bill and Roberta Witchger The Kortepeter Family In the coming year we will be working to interest more Drovers Joy Harjo project of our community in supporting the Eiteljorg through Patty and Tom Gibbs Anonymous Mel* and Joan Perelman volunteerism. With vaccines now available, we hope that Ann W. King Fund, a fund of The many Eiteljorg supporters, especially retirees, who Mavericks Indianapolis Foundation Carla and David Anderson previously have considered volunteering will now take Tom* and Evelyn Seeley Public programs honoring Native the plunge and do so. If you’d like to participate, please Steve and Sharon Zimmerman American women Ann M. Stack find the Volunteer Application on our website at Eiteljorg Keepsake sponsors Stephen and Jane Marmon Drs. Susan and Robert Stephens https://eiteljorg.org/give/volunteer/, e-mail Catherine Turner Artist in Residence Fund [email protected] or call 317.275.1325. Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award Dr. Robert Stephens The Western Art Society Summer 2021 17 White River State Park • 500 W. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN 46204 www.eiteljorg.org

COMING IN THE OCTOBER ISSUE

DÍA DE MUERTOS THE EITELJORG JINGLE RAILS: THE GREAT COMMUNITY CELEBRATION CONTEMPORARY ART WESTERN ADVENTURE OCTOBER FELLOWSHIP NOV 20, 2021–JAN 17, 2022 Each year the Eiteljorg partners with the COMING SOON Don’t miss this holiday family tradition. Latino-American heritage group Nopal Compelling paintings, installations, Model trains ramble through miniature Cultural to celebrate Día de Muertos sculptures and textiles by five Native landscapes of the American West and (Day of the Dead), a holiday celebrated American and First Nations contemporary landmarks of downtown Indianapolis. in Mexico and around the world to artists will be highlighted in Shifting See the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, remember loved ones who have passed. Boundaries, the 11th round of the Yellowstone and more, recreated with This year’s hybrid format will feature Eiteljorg Fellowship. The opening will all-natural materials. beautiful and exciting Day of the Dead include special events. performances and more. Visit the Fellowship website, Check www.eiteljorg.org for details. contemporaryartfellowship.eiteljorg.org.

Sponsorships for Eiteljorg exhibitions and programs are available. Contact Nataly Lowder, vice president for advancement, at [email protected] or 317.275.1311.

Stay connected with the Eiteljorg on social media and at eiteljorg.org. You can also sign up for our weekly e-newsletter at eiteljorg.org. For general information about the Eiteljorg Museum, call 317.636.9378.

Supported by the Indy Arts and Culture Restart & Resilience Fund: An Arts Council of Indianapolis program made possible by Lilly Endowment Inc.