Indian Market and Festival @EiteljorgMuseum June 25-26, 2022

ABOVE: Image courtesy Eiteljorg Museum.

By Bryan Corbin
Eiteljorg Museum

INDIANAPOLIS – One of the Midwest’s most iconic cultural weekends takes place June 25-26, 2022 in Indianapolis when the Eiteljorg Indian Market and Festival returns as an in-person event for the first time since 2019. More than 140 Native artists from across the United States and Canada will be at the Eiteljorg Museum to show and sell their jewelry, pottery, paintings, beadwork, weavings, carvings and more.

This year’s market weekend will be an especially meaningful celebration of Native arts: It is the 30^th annual Eiteljorg Indian Market and Festival and coincides with the grand reopening of the museum’s newly redesigned Native American Galleries, a defining capstone project in the museum’s history. 

At Indian Market and Festival, seasoned collectors and general market-goers alike appreciate the personal interactions with artists and learning about their artwork, process and cultures. The event forges relationships between artists and their collectors, builds support for and interest in Native art generally, and is a family-friendly cultural experience for those eager to learn more about Native peoples. Indian Market and Festival is presented by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and the Indiana Soybean Alliance.

“The Eiteljorg Indian Market and Festival has become one of our community’s most important cultural celebrations,” Eiteljorg President and CEO John Vanausdall said. “This year is sure to be memorable because it is the 30^th year of the event and the first in-person presentation of the market since 2019. Market weekend also marks the grand opening of the museum’s $6 million, completely redesigned Native American galleries.”

Since its inception in 1993, the annual Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market and Festival has grown in stature to become one of the top Native American art markets in the country, as well as a must-do event on the downtown Indianapolis summer calendar. For three decades, artists, performers and thousands of market-goers and art buyers have come together at the Eiteljorg to celebrate Native arts and cultures.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and state and local health precautions in effect at the time, the Eiteljorg could not hold an in-person market and festival in 2020 and 2021. Instead, in 2021 the Eiteljorg was able to support the artists and performers by hosting a successful all-virtual Indian Market that brought together artists and buyers online. The museum is pleased to be able to welcome back artists, collectors, performers and market-goers in person in 2022.

Artists partake in a juried selection and must be members of a federally or state-recognized tribe. Many of the artists also enter their artwork for judging as part of the weekend’s juried art competition, which includes awards and cash prizes across various categories. Artists’ booths will be inside the museum and outdoors on the Eiteljorg grounds.

Market-goers this year will also get to experience the completely reconstructed and re-envisioned Native American Galleries featuring Expressions of Life: Native Art in North America, opening Saturday, June 25. The new galleries are designed to showcase Native art in a multi-sensory space creating a contextual experience — organized around the themes of relation, continuation and innovation — that demonstrates a continuum of Native art told through the voices of Native peoples.

For Eiteljorg members, free admission to Indian Market and Festival is available for the individual named on the museum membership card with a reduced admission price of $15 for two adult guests. Non-member adult tickets to Indian Market and Festival are $20 at the gate either day. Advance discount tickets of $15 can be purchased online at https://Eiteljorg.org/IndianMarketandFestival or by calling 317.636.9378. Youth and children ages 17 and under are free. Tickets to Indian Market and Festival also include admission to the entire museum and the new Native American Galleries.

Eager art-buyers who want to get an early start on shopping can register for the Market Morning Breakfast at 8 a.m. Saturday June 25, which includes early access to the artists’ booths, and a breakfast catered by Kahn’s Catering. To register, contact Jennifer Hiatt at jhiatt@eiteljorg.com or 317.275.1360.

There will be a variety of delicious food options at Indian Market and Festival, including delectable fry bread. Visitors of all ages will enjoy a wide range of entertaining cultural performances, including music, dance and storytelling, as well as family art-making activities. Performers are scheduled on the Indian Market outdoor stage both days, June 25-26. They include:

·        Woodland Sky Native American Dance Company: Composed of Ojibwe, Lakota, Potawatomi, Menominee and Apache dancers, the group represents men’s and women’s Native American dance styles

·        Ed Kabotie and Tha ’Yoties: a reggae/rock band from Flagstaff, Arizona, notable for their lively performances

·        Randy, Rykelle and Raven Kemp: a family of storytellers, artists and musicians

·        Innastate: a reggae/rock band from Santa Fe, N.M., that honors their Indigenous heritage

·        Wade Fernandez: a multi-award-winning musical artist and educator.

Visit https://Eiteljorg.org/IndianMarketandFestival for a schedule of performances events. The design for this year’s commemorative Indian Market and Festival T-shirt is the image of a beautiful turquoise necklace titled Kewa Birds, created by artist Mary Louise Tafoya (Kewa Pueblo). Shirts, tote bags and notecards will be available at the Eiteljorg Museum Store.

In addition to presenting sponsors the Indiana Corn Marketing Council and the Indiana Soybean Alliance, the 30^th annual Indian Market and Festival receives support from the Margot L. Eccles Arts & Culture Fund (a CICF Fund), Ice Miller, the Indiana Arts Commission and the Arts Council of the City of Indianapolis.

During market weekend, a new special exhibition that runs April 30 to Aug. 14 will be open inside the Eiteljorg Museum: Celebrating 30 Years of Indian Market and Festival, featuring award-winning Native works from past markets that are now in the museum’s collections. Visitors to the Eiteljorg during market weekend also can experience two other exhibits. A traveling exhibition featuring Andy Warhol’s screenprint portraits of iconic Western figures, Warhol’s West continues through Aug. 7. Contemporary Native Art 101 looks at contemporary works by Native artists across several decades, and continues through July 2023. All are included with Indian Market and Festival admission June 25-26, and with regular museum admission at other times.

Five #Indianapolis and #Indiana Event Tips published April 25, 2022

By Bob Burchfield, Editor
AroundIndy.com, LLC

ABOVE: The Original Farmers Market outside the Indianapolis City Market is one of this week’s featured events in our weekly podcast published every Monday. Listen to the weekly podcast here: https://aroundindy.com/podcast.php

Here are five quick tips for the week of April 25, 2022 from the thousands of event listings currently posted on our Web site:

The Sea Chanters, the official chorus of the United States Navy Band, appears in concert at the University of Indianapolis on April 29th.

The 5th Annual Birding Festival is scheduled for May 4th to the 8th at Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center.

The Original Farmers Market opens for the season on May 4th on Market Street outside the Indianapolis City Market, and continues every Wednesday through October 26th.

The St. Benno Fest will be held on May 6th in the Biergarten at the Indianapolis Athenaeum.

And Garth Brooks appears in concert at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend on May 7th.

Please remember to always verify our event listings to be certain they will still be held as originally scheduled, especially considering how frequently public events change due to the pandemic, Indiana weather, and other unforeseen circumstances.

Currently there are over 29,000 upcoming Indianapolis and Indiana event listings on our Web site. Visit aroundindy.com to discover LOTS more things to do in Indianapolis and all across Indiana. Please be safe, take good care of yourself, and have a great day, around Indy!

Hear this text: https://aroundindy.com/podcasts/Apr-25-2022.mp3

Free Admission Day at Indiana DNR Properties, May 1, 2022 @indnrnews

ABOVE: Spring Mill State Park in Lawrence County near Mitchell, Indiana, one of the participating parks on Free Admission Day (May 1, 2022)

Indiana DNR Press Release

A free day of outdoor recreation with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is coming your way on Sunday, May 1, 2022, kicking off Visit Indiana Week, a promotion of the Indiana Destinations Development Corporation that runs May 1-7.

For starters, the Indiana state parks, state recreation areas, reservoirs (on.IN.gov/stateparks), and state forests (on.IN.gov/forestry) that charge a daily gate fee for each entering vehicle will waive that fee for all guests on May 1. Sunday is also the first Free Fishing Day of the year. Indiana residents will be able to fish on that day without a fishing license or trout/salmon stamp, with all size and bag limits applying for those who keep fish.

Free Fishing Day applies to all public waters in Indiana, and free admission provides the perfect chance to fish at one of the many DNR destinations that offer fishing. You can find a fishing destination at on.IN.gov/recfinder.

Free Fishing Day is an ideal chance for anglers to share fishing with someone who does not have a license. To help them get started, fishing tips and videos are at on.IN.gov/learn2fish. You can find public places to fish at on.IN.gov/where2fish. This year’s other Free Fishing Days are June 4-5 and Sept. 24. Learn more at on.IN.gov/fishfree.

When you visit a DNR destination on May 1, regardless of whether you fish, make sure to check in with an Indiana State Nature Passport. Doing so will launch your eligibility for winning prizes from DNR. The grand prize is a package that includes a 2022 State Parks Pass, a $50 gift card for camping, and a subscription to Outdoor Indiana magazine.

In addition, those who donate to the Indiana Natural Resources Foundation (on.IN.gov/nrfdonate) in May will earn a free check-in on their nature passport. 

To view more DNR news releases, please see dnr.IN.gov.

Visit Hendricks County Seeking Writers, Photographers, Videographers

By Josh Duke
Visit Hendricks County

DANVILLE, IN (April 26, 2022) –Visit Hendricks County is seeking area residents who love to write, take photographs, make videos or any or all the above to join its Hendricks County Insider team.

Visit Hendricks County’s blog, the Hendricks County Insider, has provided tourism-related insider information about the county since the site launched Nov. 1, 2011.

After a decade of remarkable success including more than 2,000 subscribers and growing, and readership that exceeds 250,000 page views annually, Visit Hendricks County has decided to seek additional paid contributors.

“I have been blogging for Visit Hendricks County for about 10 years, and it has been an adventure that I wouldn’t trade for the world,” said Eric Ivie, a Hendricks County Insider team member. “Meeting new people, learning about their extraordinary talents and business ideas, discovering new local events and attractions, exploring hidden gems and finding ways to bring those local businesses, events and attractions to light is a very rewarding experience.”

Applications and more information can be found at VisitHendricksCounty.com/Insider. Previous blogging or writing experience for blogger applicants or photography or videography experience for vlogger applicants is preferred but not required. 

Residents of Hendricks County or adjoining counties including westside Indy also are preferred.

The Hendricks County Insiderblog provides first-person storytelling to complement Visit Hendricks County’s mission to promote Hendricks County and all its activities and attractions. 

Residents and visitors can subscribe to the blog for free and become a Weekly Insider at VisitHendricksCounty.com/Newsletter