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September 20-December 3, 2023

Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera

For her series Facing the Camera (2008–18), Favell photographed Indigenous members of arts communities in North America and Australia, producing 500 photographs.

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September 20 - December 3, 2023Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera

September 20-December 3, 2023

For One and All: Prints from The Block’s Collection

For One and All: Prints from The Block’s Collection celebrates prints and printmaking by bringing together a diverse range of artwork from the permanent collection. The exhibition will consider print production through various lenses layering complex histories of reproduction, circulation, collecting, and social activism.

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September 20 - December 3, 2023For One and All: Prints from The Block’s Collection

September 20-December 3, 2023

The Block Collects 2023

Every year The Block brings new works of art into the collection to support Northwestern University’s teaching and learning mission.

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September 20 - December 3, 2023The Block Collects 2023

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Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera – Opening Conversation with Rosalie Favell

Inspired by her Indigenous heritage, photo-based Métis artist Rosalie Favell's (b. 1958) monumental archive "Facing the Camera" speaks loudly of the broad diversity of Indigenous people engaged in the arts and cultural community. In this opening conversation, Favell will reflect on the exhibition’s contributions to expanding the visibility of contemporary Indigenous artists and arts professionals.

“A museum is not a neutral space. Every exhibition we organize, every work of art we acquire, every program we host—requires choices and each is an opportunity to present with intent. The power of this moment includes a heightened awareness of the privilege to choose and what is at stake when we do it. ”

– Lisa Corrin, The Block Museum Ellen Philips Katz Director

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The Block Receives Highest National Recognition: Awarded Re-Accreditation from the American Alliance

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Collection Spotlight: Jacob Lawrence, The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture

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Works by LaToya Ruby Frazier and An-My Lê acquired through The Block’s Collection Council

Meet Block Curatorial Fellow Madison Brown

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Artwork in Block’s collection featured in LACMA’s “Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age”

A Space of Reimagining: Discussion with “Woven Being” curatorial team

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Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera

For One and All: Prints from The Block’s Collection

The Block Collects 2023

Upcoming Programs

Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera – Opening Conversation with Rosalie Favell

Stories From The Block

The Power of Perspective: Palliative care physicians Gordon Wood and Joshua Hauser on teaching with

Rosalie Favell’s monumental portrait series celebrates individuality and identity of Indigenous arti

The Block Receives Highest National Recognition: Awarded Re-Accreditation from the American Alliance

Collection Spotlight: Jacob Lawrence, The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture

Works by LaToya Ruby Frazier and An-My Lê acquired through The Block’s Collection Council

Meet Block Curatorial Fellow Madison Brown

Artwork in Block’s collection featured in LACMA’s “Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age”

A Space of Reimagining: Discussion with “Woven Being” curatorial team