Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    EXHIBITIONSAMONG THE EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS PRESENTED DURING 2020 ONSITE AND VIRTUALLY WAS PLEASE TOUCH: THE ART OF MICHAEL NARANJO. AN ARMY VETERAN WHO LOST HIS SIGHT WHILE SERVING IN VIET NAM, NARANJO BECAME A SCULPTOR AFTER LOSING HIS SIGHT. AN EITELJORG ARTIST IN RESIDENCE IN FEBRUARY, NAVAJO SHARED INSIGHTS INTO HIS WORK AND METHODS AND MET WITH STUDENTS AT THE INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED WHILE IN INDIANAPOLIS. THE MUSEUM HAD A SOLID SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS HONORING WOMEN AND THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF (MOST) WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES SECURING THE RIGHT TO VOTE. EXHIBITIONS INCLUDED QUILTS: UNCOVERING WOMEN'S STORIES; POWERFUL WOMEN I AND II: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE EITELJORG COLLECTION; GENE KLOSS: PRINTMAKER; AND HARD TWIST: WESTERN RANCH WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHS BY BARBARA VAN CLEVE. A SECOND COLLECTION OF WORK BY VISIONARY WOMEN ARTISTS WAS OFFERED. THE FIRST EXHIBIT FEATURED WORK BY CONTEMPORARY NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS WHO HAVE SHAPED AND CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART. PHASE TWO INCORPORATED ARTWORK BY LATINO, ASIAN, NATIVE AMERICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY WOMEN ARTISTS. GENE KLOSS: PRINTMAKER (TWO PRINT EXHIBITS FEATURING ETCHINGS OF THE SOUTHWEST BY A MASTER SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST) HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED WITH THE SERIES NOW CLOSING ON JUNE 6, 2021. A HOOSIER HOLIDAY FAVORITE, JINGLE RAILS: THE GREAT WESTERN ADVENTURE, OPENED IN NOVEMBER WITH TICKETED ADMISSION TIMES TO ENSURE COVID-19 SAFETY GUIDELINES WERE FOLLOWED AND THAT SAFE DISTANCES WERE MAINTAINED BY GUESTS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $6M

  • Program 2 [2020]

    PUBLIC PROGRAMSA VARIETY OF PROGRAMS WERE OFFERED IN 2020, DESPITE A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. PROGRAMMING THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN PERSON QUICKLY TRANSITIONED TO AN ONLINE OR VIRTUAL FORMAT IN EARLY 2020. FROM APRIL TO DECEMBER 2020, THE MUSEUM HOSTED 43 INDIVIDUAL LIVE VIRTUAL PROGRAMS AND ONE LARGE MULTI-DAY VIRTUAL FAMILY CELEBRATION. PROGRAMMING INCLUDED ARTIST TALKS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, GUEST EXPERT LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS, FILM SCREENINGS, GALLERY TOURS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, ART-MAKING AND OTHER WORKSHOPS, STORYTELLING, BOOK CLUB MEETINGS AND MORE. THOUGH WE WERE UNABLE TO HOST PROGRAMMING AT THE MUSEUM FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO REACH A BROADER GEOGRAPHIC AUDIENCE THROUGH THESE VIRTUAL OFFERINGS. ONE HIGHLIGHT INCLUDED A VIRTUAL DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS IN HONOR OF THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY, WHICH DREW AN AUDIENCE OF NEARLY 300 PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.INNOVATIVE, CHALLENGING, UNPRECEDENTED: EITELJORG STAFF BROUGHT MUSEUM PROGRAMMING AND IDEAS DIRECTLY TO HOMES, PROVIDING SPECIAL TOURS, LECTURES AND ACTIVITIES TO HOME-BOUND FAMILIES IN AN "EITELJORG-AT-HOME" E-NEWSLETTER FORMAT. THE MUSEUM RECEIVED ENTHUSIASTIC COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. SOME MEMBERS SAID THE CONCEPT WAS PACKED WITH INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES THAT SURPASSED THAT OF OTHER WELL-KNOWN NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $179.4K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    FESTIVALS AND EVENTSINDIAN MARKET AND FESTIVAL WAS CANCELLED SO NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS AND THEIR CREATIONS WERE FEATURED IN E-NEWSLETTERS. THE QUEST FOR THE WEST ART SALE AND FUNDRAISER BECAME A VIRTUAL EVENT, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE WORKSHOPS AND DISCUSSIONS, OTHER LECTURES, JUNETEENTH, DAY OF THE DEAD AND AN EXPANDED OFFERING OF ACTIVITIES DREW NEW AUDIENCES AND OFFERED EXPANDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING - VIRTUALLY.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $67K