NDIANAPOLIS — Visitors will experience cutting-edge works of contemporary Native art in the new exhibition UNSETTLE/Converge, open at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art to Feb. 25. Five groundbreaking Native artists from the U.S. and Canada were chosen for the prestigious 2023 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship. As part of the Fellowship initiative, UNSETTLE/Converge features examples of the Fellows’ art, including innovative beadwork, assemblage, works on paper, photography and sculpture.
The well-established career of invited artist Ruth Cuthand (Plains Cree) of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, includes works in printmaking, painting, drawing, photography and beadwork. Natalie Ball (Klamath Tribes [Klamath / Modoc]) of Chiloquin, Oregon, is an elected official: a member of the Klamath Tribal Council, creates mixed media assemblages. Sean Chandler (Aaniiih [Gros Ventre]) of Harlem, Montana, creates personal narrative mixed-media works on unstretched canvas about the subjects of U.S. settler colonialism and his experiences of growing up in eastern Montana. Mercedes Dorame (Gabrielino Tongva) of Altadena, California, uses installation and photography to examine and revitalize her family’s connection to their ancestral land, Los Angeles. Raven Halfmoon (Caddo Nation / Choctaw / Delaware) of Norman, Oklahoma, continues her tribe’s rich history with ceramics by creating large-scale stoneware sculptures that focus on Caddo culture and history, as well as her experience as a 21st century Native woman.
The Eiteljorg is open Monday – Saturday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday: Noon – 5 p.m. The museum is located at 500 West Washington St. Call 317-636-9378 or visit eiteljorg.org for admission prices and special events.
