INDIANAPOLIS — A fascinating look at humor, comedy and satire in Native American cultures is now showing at the Eiteljorg Museum, “Laughter and Resilience: Humor in Native American Art.”
Featuring paintings, cartoons, pottery, jewelry, textiles, cultural objects and mixed media, Laughter and Resilience is a traveling exhibition, organized by the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Some artworks from the collections of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art also will appear in Laughter and Resilience, on view through Aug. 8. Public programs related to the exhibition are scheduled throughout the summer and include virtual talks with some of the exhibition’s artists as well as comedy performances.
Among the artists whose works are included in the exhibition are Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo), Frank Buffalo Hyde (Onondaga/Nez Perce), Ricardo Caté (Santo Domingo Pueblo), 2005 Eiteljorg Fellow Harry Fonseca (Nisenan/Maidu/Portuguese/Hawaiian), 2021 Eiteljorg Fellow Steven Yazzie (Diné), and many others.
Check Eiteljorg.org/events for a full lineup of virtual and in-person Laughter and Resilience public programming events, some of which have registration fees.
