In early November, the Block Museum Student Associates (BMSAs) visited the Shorefront Legacy Center to hear from Founder Dino Robinson Jr. on the role of a community archive. Founded in 2002, Shorefront Legacy Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, and educating visitors on Black histories from Chicago’s suburban North Shore communities. Facilitated […]
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On May 26th, 2021 The Block Museum held a special conversation, “Considering Care and Community Through Art,” with Rikki Byrd, 2020-2021 Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow and curator of the outdoor exhibition Behold, Be Held. In a year that has altered how we approach community, care and art, Byrd shared the challenges and creativity that shaped her curatorial process. […]
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On June 18, 2020, Sepehr Vakil, Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University welcomed an online audience to an unique Block Cinema program shaped by a partnership between Northwestern and Evanston Township High School. “To say that these films are deeply and acutely relevant is to state the obvious…For […]
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On April 24, 2019, a panel of six international archaeologists gathered at The Block Museum of Art to discuss their research and contributions to the field of archaeology. This unique event offered an insider’s perspective on the scholars recent findings in Mali, Morocco, and Nigeria. Titled “From the Field: International Archaeologists in Conversation” the event […]
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William Blake recognized artmaking as a powerful tool to address the pressing social issues of his time. In this spirit, the Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University invited guests to experience the exhibition “William Blake and the Age of Aquarius” and join Melissa Blount, Evanston-based artist and activist and creator of the Black Lives […]
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$1.5 million gift will support dynamic community and education programs EVANSTON – A new endowed gift from Northwestern University Trustee Stephen R. Wilson ’70, ’74 MBA and Susan K. Wilson ’70 will support the outreach efforts of the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern. The $1.5 million gift will permanently establish the Susan and […]
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Evanston artist Melissa Blount was long drawn to the work of Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers, African-American women who, dating back to the early 20th century, have been making quilt masterpieces in a small, remote black community in Alabama, where most residents are descendants of slaves. With the Gee’s Bend quilters in mind, Blount decided to join an […]
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My shoes your shoes and other people’s shoes. speaking shoes\ and shoe string budgets// With not one promise for certainty these simple choices: a meandering of mouths, spirits, souls, and well shoes that never shined so brightly. -Misty De Berry, For You, and Alison Knowles’ “Shoes of Your Choice” on the Night that was May […]
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