Staff Stories

Meet Block Curatorial Fellow Ruslana Lichtzier

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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Partnerships

The Block co-presents convening on Indigenous practices in museums

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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Student Associates

Introducing the 2023-24 Block Museum Student Associate Cohort

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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Staff Stories

Meet Ben Creech, Film / Video and Audio Technician

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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Northwestern Learning

Meet 2023-2024 Intern: Audrey Bannister

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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