Staff Stories

Learning Through Looking: The Block at the 2026 AAMG Conference

This June, The Block Museum of Art traveled to Iowa City to take part in the annual conference of the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG), where two members of our team led sessions exploring how academic museums support teaching, research, and community engagement through art. The AAMG is the leading educational and professional […]

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Staff Stories

The Block at AAMG 2025: National Conversations on Belonging and Museum Practice

Belonging, storytelling, and collaboration take center stage at national gathering of academic museums. From June 24–26, 2025, a cross-departmental team from The Block Museum of Art—including Erin Northington (Campus and Community Education), Teagan Harris (Terra Engagement Fellow), Lindsay Bosch (Communications), and Kirsten Lopez (Collections and Digital Interpretation)—attended the annual conference of the Association of Academic […]

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