Event Details
Date & Time:
Thu April 17, 2025
12:30 PM-1:00 PM
Location:
***Online Program***
on Zoom, register for link (see below)
Audience:
Open to the public
Details:
Join Block Museum staff for a talk considering an artwork from the Block’s collection that reflects on the complexities of oppression, tradition, solidarity, and community, themes central to the 2024–25 One Book One Northwestern selection, The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich.
Our Spring Quarter talk by Kirsten Lopez, Curatorial Coordinator, Collections Information and Digital Interpretation, will focus on Jean Pearson, from the series Theater Girl, for Life Magazine by W. Eugene Smith. The program will be facilitated by Isabella Ko, Engagement Coordinator and Educator.
One Book One Northwestern (OBON) is a university‐wide reading program that aims to engage the campus in a common conversation centered on a carefully chosen, thought-provoking book. The Block is proud to partner annually with One Book to explore the themes of this shared text, selecting artworks from the museum collection that can broaden discussions.
Participation level – light, participants may share thoughts and questions throughout the talk via the Q&A chat box.
Registration is required to receive a Zoom link for this event.
About Program Participants
Kirsten Lopez (she/ella/they, Mexican/Guatemalan) joined The Block team in 2024 as Curatorial Coordinator, Digital Collections & Interpretation after completing her doctoral dissertation at UChicago on medieval tomb programs and contemporary installation art. Throughout her involvement in projects spanning public history at the Chicago History Museum, qualitative data analysis for the journal Modern Philology, and museum education at The Smart Museum of Art, Kirsten has developed a transhistorical, humanistic understanding of cultural production that considers art and artists within multiple, interacting contexts. At The Block, Kirsten continues efforts to make the museum’s online collection an accessible and robust resource for students, faculty, and community.
Isabella Ko aspires to create spaces where people can slow down, get curious, and reflect on the world around them—while in the company of art and others. She wonders about how to center critical pedagogical practices when facilitating art experiences and the role of cultural production within sociopolitical movements. Isabella is the Block Museum’s Engagement Coordinator & Educator and graduated from Northwestern University in 2020 with a major in art history and minors in French and Business Institutions. You might hear her before you see her (talking and laughing loudly with loved ones.)
The Block Museum of Art acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
Contact The Block Museum of Art for more information: (847) 491-4000 or email us at block-museum@northwestern.edu