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Lake at sunrise

January 25-July 13, 2025

Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland

Zhegagoynak, the place now known as Chicagoland, is a vital center for Indigenous art, past and present. Through the perspectives of four collaborating artists with connections to Zhegagoynak Woven Being explores confluences that have shaped and are continue to shape Indigenous creative practices in the region and beyond.

January 25 - July 13, 2025Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland

January 25-April 13, 2025

It takes a long time to stay here: Paintings by Jordan Ann Craig

Jordan Ann Craig (b. 1992 San Jose, CA) is a Northern Cheyenne artist living and working in Pojoaque Valley, New Mexico.

January 25 - April 13, 2025It takes a long time to stay here: Paintings by Jordan Ann Craig

One Book Cover

One Book Cover

Teaching “The Night Watchman” through The Block’s Collection [PDF]

In The Night Watchman, the 2024‒25 One Book One Northwestern selection, author Louise Erdrich explores themes of identity, family, and tradition as well as poverty, oppression, and exploitation. Inspired by the book, this selection of artworks from The Block’s collection highlights experiences of kinship, rural and urban life, community action,...

Teaching “The Night Watchman” through The Block’s Collection [PDF]

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Opening Celebration – Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland

Zhegagoynak, the place now known as Chicagoland, has long been a critical hub for Indigenous art. Our opening program will celebrate the contributions of collaborating exhibition artists Andrea Carlson (Grand Portage Ojibwe/European descent), Kelly Church (Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Tribe of Pottawatomi/Ottawa), Nora Moore Lloyd (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe), and Jason Wesaw (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi) in dialogue with Jordan Poorman Cocker (Kiowa), Woven Being Terra Foundation Guest Co-Curator.

The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University is an engine that drives questioning, experimentation, and collaboration across fields of study, with visual arts at the center....

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Stories From The Block

Works by Tom Jones and Widline Cadet Acquired through The Block's 2023-2024 Collection Counci

One Book Collection Talk: Claire (Millman) Mahl Moore, “Speed Up” (1936) [Video]

Satire and Spectacle: Federico Solmi on ‘The Great Farce’ [Video]

Songs, Stories, and Struggles: Northwestern Students on Bev Grant’s Campus Visit

The Block Museum of Art Welcomes New Board Members: Tara Peters and Kim Vigue

Introducing the 2024-2025 Block Museum Student Associate Cohort

Ruslana Lichtzier and Bev Grant sit opposite each other in the Block Auditorium holding microphones

Capturing the Struggle: Bev Grant in Conversation [Video]

Crafting Films with Plants and Sunlight: Inside Block Cinema’s Phytogram Workshop