Tag: research

Meet Alisa Swindell, Curatorial Research Assistant

Bynublockmuseum October 10, 2019 0 Comments
In Spring of 2019 The Block was pleased to welcome Alisa Swindell, as a curatorial research assistant focusing on an upcoming exhibition in Winter 2021. We were pleased to sit down with Alisa to talk about her teaching, research expertise, and work here at the museum. Can you tell us a bit about your background? How did you find your way to art history and curatorial work? I am a product of the...

Meet Block Museum Fellow, Sarah M. Estrela

Bynublockmuseum March 6, 2019 0 Comments
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,...

Block Museum Curator Janet Dees Receives Warhol Foundation Curatorial Research Fellowship

Bynublockmuseum February 6, 2019 0 Comments
The Block Museum of Art is pleased to announce that Janet Dees, The Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art has received a Curatorial Research Fellowship from the Warhol Foundation. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts will award a total of $413,500 in Fall 2018 Curatorial Research Fellowships. Fellows will receive grants to support new scholarship on...

Inside the Art and Science of Picasso’s Blues [Video]

Bynublockmuseum July 17, 2018 0 Comments
Earlier this year, The New York Times reported on a major discovery made by Northwestern scientists, in partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago. An interdisciplinary team had used tools originally developed for medicine, manufacturing and geology to discover hidden details in the Picasso’s paintings and sculptures. Audiences learned more about this fascinating story, which offers new...

Apply Now – Read with the Spine: Experiences & Experiments in Northwestern Libraries Collections

Bynublockmuseum February 7, 2018 0 Comments
Read with the Spine: Experiences & Experiments in Northwestern Libraries Collections Friday, March 2, 1-5pm, Faculty, staff, and students Saturday, March 3, 9am-1pm, Students only This Northwestern University workshop will use the site of the library to explore fundamental questions about human experiences and the nature of books and libraries themselves, such as:  What does it mean to...

First-of-its-kind mummy study reveals clues to girl’s story [Video]

Bynublockmuseum January 29, 2018 0 Comments
The intact portrait mummy now on view at the Block within the Paint the Eyes Softer: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt has traveled far and wide on her journey to the exhibition. This fall, the ancient artifact became the site of a groundbreaking new study that brought together researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering, the Feinberg School of Medicine, the Art Institute of Chicago, and...

Meet Block Museum Fellow, Beth Derderian

Bynublockmuseum October 11, 2017 0 Comments
In September 2017 the Block Museum welcomed Beth Derderian as a 2017-2018 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,...

Art + Engineering: Dario Robleto on the shared quest of art and science [Video]

Bynublockmuseum August 30, 2017 0 Comments
Dario Robleto is a transdisciplinary artist, storyteller, and “citizen-scientist” whose research-driven practice results in intricately handcrafted objects that reflect his exploration of music, popular culture, science, war, and American history. Since 1997, Robleto has exhibited his work in museums and galleries across the United States, including at the Whitney Museum of American Art,...

Meet Our Summer 2016 Interns

Bynublockmuseum July 11, 2016 0 Comments
We are thrilled to welcome four Northwestern University students as interns into the museum this summer.  As part of the Block Museum of Art internship program our students are conducting directed research on works of art in the permanent collection, preparing digital image archives, and planning for the coming seasons of public programs.  All Block Museum interns take part in a...