Event Details
Date & Time:
Thu February 23, 2023
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Location:
The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Audience:
Open to the public
Details:
Gallery talk led by exhibition catalogue contributor Elizabeth Kessler, Lecturer in American Studies, Stanford University.
Explore questions and ideas raised in The Heart’s Knowledge: Science and Empathy in the Art of Dario Robleto during gallery talks presented from perspectives across disciplines—from The Block, Northwestern University, and beyond.
Programs are open to all, on a first-come first-served basis. RSVPs not required, but appreciated.
The Block Museum of Art acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
Elizabeth A. Kessler’s scholarship focuses on 20th and 21st century American visual culture, in particular the place of aesthetics, images, and media in astronomy. She earned a Ph.D from the University of Chicago, and she has been awarded the SHOT-NASA History of Space Technology Fellowship, as well as fellowships from Stanford University and the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum. Her book, Picturing the Cosmos: Hubble Space Telescope Images and the Astronomical Sublime, on the aesthetics of deep space images, was published in 2012 by University of Minnesota Press. Currently, she is Advanced Lecturer in American Studies at Stanford University.
Contact The Block Museum of Art for more information: (847) 491-4000 or email us at block-museum@northwestern.edu
