Northwestern Learning, Staff Stories

Meet Muyang Chen , 2025-2026 Curatorial Intern

Meet Muyang Chen, a fourth-year Northwestern University student majoring in Anthropology and Art History. With academic interests rooted in modern and contemporary art — especially queer art and its political, affective, and material strategies — Muyang brings a critically engaged approach to understanding how artworks operate within (and push against) institutional contexts. As a curatorial […]

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Northwestern Learning, Staff Stories

Meet Aja Frazier, 2025-2026 Curatorial Intern

Meet Aja Frazier, a Northwestern University student double majoring in History and Asian Languages and Cultures. With a focus on Japanese women’s history and performance studies from the Edo through Showa periods, Aja brings a deep curiosity about the ways art and scholarship intersect — and she’s exploring those connections firsthand through her work as […]

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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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Northwestern Learning

Meet 2023-2024 Intern: Kelsey Carroll

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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Collection Spotlight, Northwestern Learning

Collection Spotlight: Hendrik Goudt, The Mocking of Ceres, 1610

Artist: Hendrik Goudt (Dutch, ca. 1585 – 1648) after Adam Elsheimer (German, 1578 – 1610)Title: The Mocking of Ceres (also called Ceres Seeking Her Daughter)Date: 1610Medium: Engraving on paperCredit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 2009.16 Hendrik Goudt’s The Mocking of Ceres (also called) from 1610 takes place in a dark and dense forest with tree […]

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Collection Spotlight, Northwestern Learning

Depictions of Intimacy and Repose: Vitoria Monteiro de Carvalho Faria on Block internship installation

As part of her 2023 Block Curatorial Internship Vitoria Monteiro de Carvalho Faria conducted original research within the museum collection. Her investigation into the visual and thematic connections between two prints resulted in an installation in the Block’s conference space. Faria shares the intriguing alignment she curated at the museum. Although separated by 150 years, […]

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Northwestern Learning, Staff Stories

Meet 2022-2023 Intern: Elizabeth Vazquez

The Block Museum is proud to continue its paid internship program by welcoming two Undergraduate Interns for the FY22-23 year Elizabeth Vazquez and Vitoria Monteiro de Carvalho Faria. As part of the Block Museum of Art internship program, our students are conducting directed research on works of art in the permanent collection, assisting with curatorial research, and working […]

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Staff Stories

Meet our 2021-2022 Intern: Madie Giaconia

The Block Museum is proud to continue its paid internship program by welcoming Madie Giaconia for the FY21-22 year. As part of the Block Museum of Art internship program, our students are conducting directed research on works of art in the permanent collection, assisting with curatorial research, and working with our collection database. All Block interns take part in […]

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