The Block is delighted to welcome Eduardo Ramírez Bello as the museum’s 2025–2026 graduate interdisciplinary fellow. Eduardo is a PhD candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Northwestern University. He holds a B.A. in Hispanic Literature from the University of Guadalajara and an M.A. in Peninsular and Spanish American Literature from the University […]
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The Block is thrilled to host Stephanie S. E. Lee as the museum’s 2024-2025 graduate curatorial fellow. Stephanie is a PhD candidate in the Department of Art History at Northwestern. We took a moment to ask Stephanie about her background, research, and work at The Block this year. Can you tell us a bit about your […]
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In preparation for its Winter 2025 exhibition Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland, The Block recently welcomed two new Terra Foundation Fellows: Marisa Cruz Branco (Isleta Pueblo) and Teagan Harris (Cherokee Nation), who will support the preparation and presentation of the exhibition. Teagan brings a background in decolonial scholarship and public programming to her role as […]
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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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In September 2022 the Block Museum welcomed Ashleigh Deosaran as a 2022-2023 graduate fellow. Block Museum Graduate Fellowships are offered to two graduate students annually, one from Art History and one from any department within the Graduate School. Fellows are integral members of the museum staff supporting projects through exhibition and collection research, curating, writing, […]
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In September 2021 the Block Museum welcomed Sarah Dwider as a 2021-2022 graduate fellow. Block Museum Graduate Fellowships are offered to two graduate students annually, one from Art History and one from any department within the Graduate School. Fellows are integral members of the museum staff supporting projects through exhibition and collection research, curating, writing, […]
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Murry DePillars was a Chicago artist prominent in the city’s Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and the artist organization AfriCobra. Enrique Chagoya is a California-based artist raised in Mexico City who addresses in both artwork and activism the cultural and political clash between the U.S. and Latin America and U.S. foreign policy. Though to […]
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In September 2020 the Block Museum welcomed Rikki Byrd as a 2020-2021 graduate fellow. Block Museum Graduate Fellowships are offered to two graduate students annually, one from Art History and one from any department within the Graduate School. Graduate Fellows are integral members of the museum staff and support projects through exhibition and collection research, curating, writing […]
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In September 2019 the Block Museum welcomed Simran Bhalla as a 2019-2020 graduate fellow. Block Museum Graduate Fellowships are offered to two graduate students annually, one from Art History and one from any department within the Graduate School. Graduate Fellows are integral members of the museum staff and support projects through exhibition and collection research, curating, writing […]
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In September 2018 the Block Museum welcomed Sarah Estrela as a 2018-2019 graduate fellow. Block Museum Graduate Fellowships are offered to two graduate students annually, one from Art History and one from any department within the Graduate School. Graduate Fellows are integral members of the museum staff and support projects through exhibition and collection research, curating, writing […]
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