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The Block Museum held a virtual talk Thursday on Roland L. Freeman’s photograph “Combing Hair, Amoke Alayoe and Her Children, Silver Spring, Maryland, June 1978,” which explores love, family, identity and grief. These themes parallel those presented in this year’s One Book One Northwestern selection, “Crying in H Mart” by Japanese Breakfast lead singer Michelle...

Through her decade-long collection of more than 500 black-and-white portraits, Métis photographer Rosalie Favell showcases fellow Indigenous artists, detailing a diverse community of painters, dancers, musicians and educators. This fall, about 130 of those portraits have come to the Block Museum of Art.  “It’s very social, when you’re the person who goes into the gallery...

Though Northwestern received the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year — Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy in March, environmental sciences Prof. Patricia Beddows said the University still has a long way to go. She said NU’s energy consumption costs would be a fraction of what they...

Before the last academic year, the Block Museum Student Associates, then known as student docents, had few responsibilities and roles at the museum.  Now, the associates lead tours, facilitate public conversations, act as student advisors to museum staff and participate in a year-long acquisition project.  Erin Northington, the Susan and Stephen Wilson associate director of...