In Spring 2026, Northwestern senior Maggie Munday Odom (Theatre, English Creative Writing, Environmental Policy and Culture, and Religious Studies) traveled with Erin Northington, The Block Museum’s Susan and Stephen Wilson Associate Director of Campus and Community Education and Engagement, to attend The Art of Encounter: Exploring Spiritual Engagement with Art Objects, a symposium hosted by […]
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The Block Museum of Art is delighted to introduce the 2025–2026 cohort of Block Museum Student Associates (BMSAs). The BMSAs serve as public facilitators, peer-to-peer ambassadors for the museum on campus, and in-house student advisors for museum staff and leadership. They lead tours, support programs, and welcome visitors into dynamic conversations about art and ideas […]
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Artist: Karl Wirsum (American, 1939 – 2021)Title: Dune Not For SakiDate: 1991Medium: Color lithographCredit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 1996.75 Chicago artist Karl Wirsum’s humorous imagination comes to life in the colorful lithograph Dune Not For Saki, exemplifying Wirsum’s individualization of characters that appear in his artwork. It features a green and turquoise female in a […]
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Artist: Lee Godie (American, 1908‒1994)Title: Figures [Staying Alive]Date: 1993/94Medium: Mixed media on canvasDimensions: 23 x 29 inCredit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Paul & Pamela Boneham, 2024.26 Figures [Staying Alive], a drawing on canvas by Chicago artist Lee Godie, features two figures: one portrait bust of a woman, and a full standing figure. On […]
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On November 13th, The Block Museum of Art was thrilled to welcome artist Cara Romero to Northwestern’s campus. Romero’s visit was a joyful chapter in a months-long collaboration with The Block that began in April, when two of her photographs, TV Indians (2017) and Amber Morningstar (2018), were acquired for The Block’s permanent collection through […]
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The Block Museum of Art is happy to introduce the 2024-2025 cohort of Block Museum Student Associates (BMSAs). The BMSAs serve as public facilitators, peer-to-peer ambassadors for the museum on campus, and in-house student advisors for all levels of museum staff and our Board of Advisors. They lead tours throughout the museum and engage our […]
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As a freshman, Northwestern student Rowan McCloskey attended as many Block Cinema screenings as he could. As a sophomore, he became a Block Museum Student Associate (BMSA) after learning about the program through a posting in The Daily Northwestern’s e-newsletter. “Both of those things really cemented my relationship with The Block,” he said. “And because […]
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When he played his class excerpts from the Golden Record, a phonographic record launched on the Voyager spacecraft in 1977 and compiled to represent the richness of Earth’s lives and cultures, Michael Metzger used a turntable and a reproduction of the record. In keeping with the subject matter of his class, it was important to […]
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The Block is excited to congratulate the Middle Eastern North African (MENA) Student Association on their Winter 2023 Wildcat Impact Award. The Wildcat Impact Awards are given quarterly by the Office of Student Affairs to honor and recognize students and student organizations who have contributed to bettering student life, campus engagement and inclusivity at Northwestern. […]
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Through our desire to connect and pride in celebrating who we are, we also develop the skills to face the world, We are better humans when we celebrate one another’s specificities… – Leonard Suryajaya, Block Museum of Art (October 2021) Throughout the Fall of 2022, a special artwork hung in The Block’s collection gallery. The […]
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