For scholar, visual artist, and philosopher Byron Davies, a collection of finely crafted anti-communist propaganda cartoons produced in Mexico by some of the country’s top animators with support from the United States government offers a window into the relationship between the United States and Latin America, insight into the economy and function of propaganda, and […]
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The Block welcomes Ruslana Lichtzier as the 2023-24 art history graduate fellow. Ruslana is a doctoral candidate in Art History at Northwestern, as well as a Mellon fellow in MENA Studies, and in Critical Theory Studies. In her work with The Block she is working with Academic Curator, Corinne Granof, to curate a Fall 2024 […]
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“We’re all searching for a piece of home, or a piece of ourselves. We look for a taste of it in the food we order and the ingredients we buy. Then we separate. We bring the haul back to our dorm rooms or our suburban kitchens, and we re-create the dish that couldn’t be made […]
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A conference held September 28 and 29, 2023, brought together a national group of artists and museum professionals for a series of plenaries and workshops on rethinking museum work, focusing on Indigenous practices and modes of working. The Block was proud to co-organize the event with The Field Museum and the Center for Native American and […]
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Considering the idea of home, land-based artist Lydia Cheshewalla (Osage, Cherokee, Dakota, Modoc, Xicanx) shared the complexity of the many places she’s connected with throughout her life. “I feel like I’m just trying to make the world be my home,” she said. “Home has so many layers.” On November 1, 2023 The Block partnered with […]
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As part of his work as The Block’s 2022-23 graduate interdisciplinary fellow, Felipe Gutiérrez, a PhD student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, helped curate The Block’s Fall 2023 exhibition Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera. Following the end of his fellowship at The Block and the opening of Favell’s exhibition, Gutiérrez shares […]
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The Block Museum is proud to be part of Northwestern Buffett’s Climate Crisis + Media Arts Global Working Group, which is co-led by Michael Metzger, The Block’s Pick-Laudati Curator of Media Arts. Earlier this fall the working group announced its support for the production of ten films depicting manifestations of climate change across the globe. […]
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The Block Museum of Art is happy to introduce the 2023-2024 cohort of The Block Museum Student Associates (BMSA). The BMSA serve as public facilitators, peer-to-peer ambassadors for the museum on campus, and in-house student advisors for all levels of museum staff and our Board of Advisors. BMSA students lead tours throughout the museum and […]
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This fall, The Block is thrilled to welcome Ben Creech to the staff as Film / Video and Audio Technician. Ben runs the projection booth in collaboration with the Block Cinema team, casting images onto the screen, managing light and sound for public events, assisting faculty with tech in the auditorium, and overseeing other technical […]
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The Block Museum is proud to continue its paid internship program by welcoming two Undergraduate Interns for the AY23-24 year, Kelsey Carroll and Audrey Bannister. As part of the Block Museum of Art internship program, our students conduct directed research on works of art in the permanent collection, assist with curatorial research, and work with our collection […]
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