INDIANAPOLIS — One of the most prestigious Western American art shows in the nation returns to the Eiteljorg Museum on Sept. 5-6: the 20th annual Quest for the West Art Show and Sale.
Newly created artworks by 48 top artists can be purchased during two fixed-price, luck-of-the-draw sales during an opening weekend for pre-registered guests. Art collectors mix and mingle with artists in a festive atmosphere with fine dining. Special events include a talk by Dr. Mindy Besaw, director of the Eskenazi Museum of Art at IU-Bloomington and a leading scholar of American art.
Once the two-day sale concludes, the Quest artworks – including stunning landscape, portrait and still-life paintings and remarkable sculptures – will remain on view at the Eiteljorg through Oct. 5 for museum visitors to admire in the Quest for the West exhibition, before purchased works are shipped to their buyers.
For complete information about Quest for the West, including participating artists, an early look at the art, opening weekend registration and absentee buyer information, visit quest.eiteljorg.org or contact Kay Hinds, development coordinator, at khinds@eiteljorg.com or 317-275-1341.
Most of the 48 artists whose works are exhibited at Quest will be present at the Eiteljorg to meet buyers and discuss their art. This year, the Eiteljorg welcomes six established artists to their first Quest: Starr Hardridge (Muscogee Creek), David Jonason, Z.S. Liang, Bonnie Maris, Preston Singletary (Tlingit) and Jill Soukup. Eiteljorg visitors will remember Singletary’s acclaimed glass sculpture exhibition at the museum last fall, Raven and the Box of Daylight.
Between Sept. 7 and Oct. 5, Eiteljorg visitors with regular admission can see all the Quest main sale artworks in the special exhibitions gallery; museum members have free admission. Any Quest artworks not sold during opening weekend are available for purchase through Oct. 5.
