Nov. 8, 2025–Feb. 22, 2026
Since 1999, the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship is a biennial program that celebrates the work of five contemporary Native American or First Nations Artists whose concentration and practice exemplify the spans of multimedia art forms. Artwork from each artist is purchased by the Eiteljorg Museum and added to its permanent collection. An independent jury selects four artists as Fellows, and a fifth artist is chosen to be the Invited Fellow. The Invited Fellow is an artist recognized for their established exhibition history, extensive body of work, and distinguished contribution to the contemporary art field. The 2025 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship exhibition Emerging Current will open to the public on Saturday, November 8, 2025.
![Jean LaMarr (Northern Paiute / Achomawi [Pit River]) Seven from Hell (Columbus, the Priest, the Harlot, the Pimp, the Murderer, the Thief and Satan) #6, 1991 hand-colored etching on three large pieces of paper, found shoes, paint, and board Museum Purchase from the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship](https://contemporaryartfellowship.eiteljorg.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/COL_LaMarr_Seven-from-Hell-Crocker_2025-1024x682.webp "COL_LaMarr_Seven from Hell Crocker_2025")
Opening Events
Thursday, November 11
5:00 To 8:30 P.M.: Fellowship Awards And Celebration
Celebrate the Fellowship Exhibition’s official opening. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, a buffet dinner and a cash bar.
Friday, November 12
2:30 To 4:00 P.M.: Virtual Fellowship Discussion Panel
Join us for a discussion panel with the 2021 Fellows led by students and alumni from IUPUI.
Saturday, November 13
9:00 To 10:00 A.M.: Members-Only Coffee And Conversation.
Join Eiteljorg Museum staff for a morning of coffee and conversation with our Fellowship Artists.
Saturday, November 13
10:00 A.M. To 12:30 P.M.: Shifting Boundaries Gallery Tour
Hear about the art in Shifting Boundaries from the artists themselves on this Public Tour and Q&A.
Meet The
Artists (Fellows)
The Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship pushes beyond the expectations for Native art. The event celebrates, supports, and magnifies the voices of groundbreaking contemporary Native artists and serves as a platform for examining and challenging our contemporary world through art and conversations.
Introducing Our
Invited Artist
![Jean LaMarr (Northern Paiute / Achomawi [Pit River]) Some Kind of Buckaroo, 1996 serigraph on paper 26 ¼ x 38 inches Gift of Joe Feddersen 2017.20.5](https://contemporaryartfellowship.eiteljorg.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/COL_LaMarr_Some-Kind-of-Buckaroo_2025-1-1024x698.webp "COL_LaMarr_Some Kind of Buckaroo_2025 (1)")
Meet The
Artists (Fellows)
Since 1999, the biennial Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship has been integral internationally to helping bring contemporary Native art to the forefront, celebrating, supporting and amplifying the voices of groundbreaking Native contemporary artists.
![John Feodorov (Navajo [Diné], born 1960): My Life as a Suburban Ind’n, 2023 acrylic, collage, and plastic grass on unstretched canvas 67 x 65 in. Museum Purchase from the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship Image courtesy of the artist](https://contemporaryartfellowship.eiteljorg.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/COL_My-Life-as-a-Suburban-Indn-main_Feodorov-_20241220-1024x1024.webp "COL_My Life as a Suburban Ind'n main_Feodorov _20241220")
![Jean LaMarr (Northern Paiute / Achomawi [Pit River]) Just Wanna Dance, 1983 mixed media 40 x 30 inches Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Orchard House Foundation](https://contemporaryartfellowship.eiteljorg.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/COL_LaMarr_Just-Wanna-Dance_2025-1-1007x1024.webp "COL_LaMarr_Just Wanna Dance_2025 (1)")
John Feodorov
Navajo [Diné]
Seattle, Washington
Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich
Koyukon Denaa / Iñupiaq
Anchorage/Cohoe, Alaska
Maria Hupfield
Wasauksing First Nation [Anishinaabe]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cannupa Hanska Luger
Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara / Lakota
Glorieta, New Mexico
Introducing Our
Invited Artist
Though humour softens the blow of a critical message, I have found that making work which confronts the most difficult truths about Canadian society and the impacts of colonization on Aboriginal people are made remarkably palatable when delivered in a strikingly seductive package.
Ruth Cuthand, Plains Cree, (Invited Artist)
Experience Native Art
Through Indigenous and Modern Expressions
Cannupa Hanska Luger, Youth Summit
Erin Gingrich, Shedding Tigiganniaq from Utqiagvik
![John Feodorov (Navajo [Diné]) Domi-Nature, 2013-15 Mixed media installation with single-channel video loop Dimensions variable Museum Purchase from the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship](https://contemporaryartfellowship.eiteljorg.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/COL_-Fedorov_Domi-Nature_2025-1024x621.webp "COL_ Fedorov_Domi-Nature_2025")
John Feodorov, Domi-Nature
![Jean LaMarr (Northern Paiute / Achomawi [Pit River]) Untitled (Cover Girl), 1988 Offset lithograph on paper 21 ¼ x 30 inches Gift of Joe Feddersen 2017.20.4](https://contemporaryartfellowship.eiteljorg.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/COL_LaMarr_Untitled-Cover-Girl_2025--1024x728.webp "COL_LaMarr_Untitled Cover Girl_2025")
Jean LaMarr, Untitled (Cover Girl)
Maria Hupfield, Gaazhagens
Pave The Way For
Future Fellowships
Help us secure a future in which Native American voices are heard through contemporary artwork. You can help by giving to the Eiteljorg, or by helping us in our search for artists for the next Fellowship.