Partnerships
Every year The Block is proud to partner with institutions and organizations on the local, national, and international levels. To date, The Block has built partnerships with over sixty university departments and program units, and across nearly all of its schools. The museum also reaches out to scholars internationally, creating opportunities for connections to Northwestern.
Partnerships with local organizations lead to programs designed specifically for their constituencies, with Block staff members serving as resources and facilitating access to other University partners. This approach empowers community groups and schools to develop art experiences to meet their own missions.
Propose a Partnership
Interested in partnering with The Block Museum? The Block Museum defines event partnerships as those that are aligned with its mission, and those that museum staff helps conceptualize, organize, or actively promote. The events we partner on are free to all and presented to the public as part of the museum’s seasonal calendar. Please contact blockengagement@northwestern.edu for more details.
Recent Community Partners
CHICAGO |
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| The Art Institute of Chicago | Columbia College | Japanese American Service Committee |
| The Arts Club of Chicago | DePaul University | Museum of Contemporary Art |
| Chicago Architectural Biennial | Hyde Park Art Center | One State Together in the Arts |
| Chicago Artists Coalition | Iceberg Projects |
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa (ISAC), University of Chicago |
| Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs | Intuit Art Center | Poetry Foundation |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | INTIME Performance Festival | Terra Foundation for American Art |
| Smart Museum of Art | University of Chicago - UChicago Arts | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL |
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Americans for the Arts |
Museum Computer Network | Society for Cinema & Media Studies |
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American Alliance of Museums |
National Arts Marketing Project | University of Notre Dame |
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Association of Art Museum Curators |
North American Reciprocal Museum Association | Yale University Art Gallery |
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Association of Art Museum Directors |
Open Engagement | |
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College Art Association |
Princeton University Press | |
EVANSTON & REGIONAL |
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| Associated Colleges of the Midwest | Evanston Literary Festival | Nichols Middle School |
| Art Encounters | Evanston Made | North Shore Convention and Visitors’ Bureau |
| Beacon Academy | Evanston Public Library | Northshore Country Day School |
| City of Evanston | Evanston Township High School | Northwestern Emeritus Organization |
| City of Evanston Cultural Arts | Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary | OLLI |
| City Ventures Tours | Hanover Township Senior Center | Old Orchard Junior High |
| Curt’s Cafe Alliance | Highland Park High School | Optima Horizons |
| Deerfield Park District | James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy | Wheeling High School |
| District 65 Foundation | Maine East High School | Wilmette Park District |
| Downtown Evanston | Mather Senior Living | Women Make Movies |
| EdUSA | Merion Senior Center | Youth Opportunity United (Y.O.U.) |
| Evanston Art Center | Mudlark Arts Camp | YWCA Zeta Tau Alpha |
| Evanston Chamber of Commerce | Network North | |
| Evanston Community Foundation | New Trier High School |
Recent Northwestern Partnerships
Northwestern Affiliates |
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| Alumni Relations and Development | Human Resources | Northwestern University Libraries |
| Black Arts Consortium | Institute for New Music | Office of the Provost |
| Block Student Associates | Kaplan Institute for the Humanities | Office of International Student and Scholar Services |
| Buffett Institute for Global Affairs | Lipstick Theater | One Book One Northwestern |
| Bursar’s Takeover Anniversary Committee | Martin Luther King Day Committee |
Religious & Spiritual Life |
| Campus Inclusion and Community | Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies | Residential Colleges |
| Center for Civic Engagement | Multicultural Film Collective | Residential Services |
| Center for Science in Society | Multicultural Student Affairs | Student Enrichment Services |
| Center for Student Involvement | Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance | Student Transition Experiences |
| Center for Talent Development | Neighborhood and Community Relations | Wirtz Center for Performing Arts |
| Change Makers | Northwestern Art Review |
Women's Center |
| Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora | Northwestern Alumni Association | WNUR |
| Community and Neighborhood Relations | Northwestern Image and Video Processing Lab | |
| Global Marketing and Communications | Northwestern University Press |
Departments and Academic Units |
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| American Studies | French and Italian | Philosophy |
| Anthropology | Gender & Sexuality Studies | Pritzker School of Law |
| Art History | Global Health Studies | Program of African Studies |
| Art Theory and Practice | Graduate School | Programs of Poetry and Poetics |
| Asian Languages and Cultures | History | Psychology |
| Bienen School of Music | International Studies | Religious Studies |
| Black Studies | Keyman Modern Turkish Studies | Radio/Television/Film |
| Creative Writing | Kellogg School of Management | School of Communication |
| Center for Native American and Indigenous Research | Learning Sciences | School of Education and Social Policy |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Materials Science & Engineering | Slavic Languages and Literatures |
| Classics | McCormick School of Engineering | Sociology |
| Comparative Literature | Medill School of Journalism | Sound Design / Sound Arts and Industries |
| Dance | Middle East and North African Studies | Spanish and Portuguese |
| Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences | Music Education | Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences |
| English | NU-ACCESS | |
| Feinberg School of Medicine | Performance Studies |