The Block was honored to welcome photographer Bev Grant to campus in October 2024 to celebrate the exhibition Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and Feminist Activism, 1968–72. Two members of the Block Museum Student Associates, Tori Montinola and Ann Gaither, share their reflections on their time with the artist-activist. Tori Montinola (English and History ’27) on […]
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Despite the current exhibition of her photography at the Block, Bev Grant remains conflicted about being described as an artist. “The artistic eye which informed what I shot and how I framed it belongs to me,” she acknowledges, but “in fact, I took these photos mostly as part of my activism.” On October 9th, to […]
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The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University announces “Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and Feminist Activism, 1968–72“, an original exhibition drawn from the collection of The Block Museum and Northwestern University Libraries. The exhibition, on view from September 18 to December 1, 2024, showcases the documentary photography of Bev Grant, an American artist whose work […]
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