News
New Director Takes the Helm |
 Lisa Graziose Corrin has officially begun her duties as the Ellen Philips Katz Director of the Block Museum.
Most recently a Clark Fellow at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and visiting scholar in museum studies at New York University, Lisa served from 2005 to June 2011 as Class of 1956 Director of the Williams College Museum of Art. Look for Lisa at upcoming programs and in the Block's galleries over the upcoming months. There will also be more formal opportunities to meet her in the future. Photo by Elizabeth Leitzell. |
Block Brings Exhibition to Schools |
 Northwestern News, December 1, 2011
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Block Museum educators were busy this fall bringing the lessons of our upcoming exhibition Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe to Evanston school children. This project is supported by First Bank & Trust, Evanston. |
Advisory Board Members Endow Film Curator Position |
 Northwestern University alumnus James B. Pick and his wife Rosalyn M. Laudati have made a gift to Northwestern to endow the film curator position at the Block Museum.Block Cinema director Mimi Brody was named the first Pick-Laudati Curator of Film during a ceremony held at the Block Museum during Homecoming 2011 weekend and attended by Drs. Pick and Laudati, Northwestern President Morton O. Schapiro, and museum supporters and staff. “With the recruitment of Mimi Brody a few years ago, we perceive that the film side of the Block has been moving to an even more important level of scholarship and expertise and extending more to the Chicago community,” Dr. Pick said. “Rosalyn and I are pleased to support the curatorship of film at the Block Museum, which will continue to broaden the museum’s reach, scope, and audience. We wish Mimi and Block Cinema continuing success and even more opportunities in the future.” Dr. Pick earned his undergraduate degree from Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He is a professor at the University of Redlands School of Business in Redlands, California. Both Dr. Pick and Dr. Laudati, a psychologist in private practice, are members of the Block Museum’s Board of Advisors. Brody has been directing the Block Cinema program since arriving at Northwestern from the Film and Television Archive at the University of California, Los Angeles, in fall 2009. PHOTO: James Pick, Rosalyn Laudati, and Northwestern President Morton Schapiro at a reception announcing the establishment of the Pick-Laudati Curator of Film position at the Block Museum. Photo by Jim Ziv. |
