On May 28, 2025, the Block Museum of Art hosted an evening devoted to the power of poetry, story, and language as part of the exhibition Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak / Chicagoland. In a program introduced by Erin Northington, Associate Director of Campus and Community Education and Engagement, and moderated by Northwestern English professor […]
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What stories shape Chicago’s Native art scene? Who holds them, and where do we look to learn more? The Block is proud to share Art for Zhegagoynak: A Resource Guide to a Local History by Jacqueline Lopez, 2024-2025 Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow— chronicling seventy years of Indigenous-led artmaking, mentorship, and community building in the region now […]
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The Block Museum of Art is pleased to announce several acquisitions over the course of 2023, 2024 and 2025 related to the exhibition Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland. The acquired works include pieces from the four Woven Being collaborating artists —Andrea Carlson (Grand Portage Ojibwe/European descent), Kelly Church (Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi/Ottawa), Nora Moore Lloyd […]
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This April, the Block Museum of Art and the Center for Native Futures were honored to host two powerful evenings of artmaking and storytelling led by artist and culture keeper Kelly Church (Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi/Ottawa). As a collaborating artist in Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland, Church brought to life two traditional Anishinaabe art forms—birchbark […]
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Since opening in January 2025, Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland at The Block Museum of Art has inspired tours, talks, classes, workshops, and performances. Now, through the work of Teagan Harris (Cherokee Nation), 2024-25 Terra Foundation Engagement Fellow, Woven Being includes a new kind of interpretive experience: a curated Spotify playlist that serves as a […]
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The Block Museum of Art is honored to be included in Community Engagement Case Studies: 2024, a new publication from Art Design Chicago and the Terra Foundation for American Art. The report highlights five cultural organizations across Chicago that are reimagining community collaboration and engagement in the arts. The Block’s case study focuses on the […]
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On February 1, 2025, The Block Museum of Art welcomed a full house of visitors to a sunlit Galvin Recital Hall to celebrate the opening of Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak. Three of the exhibition’s collaborating anchor artists—Nora Moore Lloyd (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe), Jason Wesaw (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi), and […]
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Zhegagoynak, the place now known as Chicagoland, has long been a vital center for Indigenous art. This winter, The Block will celebrate the region’s Indigenous creativity with a major exhibition, Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland (January 25-July 13, 2025).
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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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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. Marisa brings a passion for Indigenous art history, Surrealism, representations of women in art, […]
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