Gifts of Art

Giving Works of Art

Questions?

To find out how to donate art to the museum, please contact Assistant Director of Development Elliott Deatrick.

Do you or a family member have a work of art you would like to donate to the Eskenazi Museum of Art?

We're always eager to talk with private donors and collectors about gifts of museum-quality paintings, works on paper, and objects. By giving a work of art, you ensure that it will be enjoyed by the public and receive the best care possible.

Gifts of art are largely responsible for making the Eskenazi Museum of Art's holdings one of the finest university collections in the country.

Read about the donation process in our Donations of Works of Art document.

Donor Spotlight: Edward “Ed” Bernstein, Printmaker and Professor Emeritus at Indiana University

In 2024, the Eskenazi Museum received a gift of prints from the archive of printmaker and IU Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts Ed Bernstein. This archive dates back to 1973, when Bernstein completed his MFA at Indiana University while studying with now-prolific printmakers Rudy Pozzatti and Marvin Lowe. He began his career at Indiana University as the Co-Head of Printmaking in 1991. He then founded and directed the Indiana University summer program in printmaking and artists books at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica inVenice, Italy from 2000 to 2013. In 2011, he was appointed Head of Printmaking at Indiana University and continued teaching until his retirement in 2013.

Bernstein’s donated archive consists of 76 etchings, lithographs, digital combination prints, and inkjet prints dating from 1973 to 2022.