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Community Day: Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum & Block Museum

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Left - Andrea Carlson (Grand Portage Ojibwe/European descent), The Indifference of Fire; Right - Christal Ratt (Algonquin Anishnabe), Shemaginish
Family Programs
April
26
12:00 PM-5:00 PM

Event Details

Date & Time:

Sat April 26, 2025
12:00 PM-5:00 PM

Location:

Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum & The Block Museum
Evanston, IL (more information below)

Audience:

Open to the public

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Save the date for a festive day exploring the Block Museum of Art and the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum in celebration of exhibitions Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak / Chicagoland and Living Stories: Contemporary Woodland Native American Art. Shuttles will run between each museum from 12-5pm, so that attendees can easily attend events at both museums. Enjoy open galleries, storytelling and scavenger hunt activities, and more. A gallery talk with artist Nora Moore Lloyd (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe) will take place in Woven Being.  

Co-presented with the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum.  

 

Full schedule of activities:

At the Gichigamiin:

10:30 am-11:30 am: Storybook reading by author Maria DesJarlait (Arikara)

1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Artist talk by muralist Sergio Ceron (Otomi-Pame)

At the Block:

12:00 pm-1:00 pm: Storybook reading in our Woven Being Community Room with Terra Fellows, Teagan Harris (Cherokee) and Marisa Cruz Branco (Isleta Pueblo/Portuguese)

3:00-4:00 pm: Artist talk by Nora Moore Lloyd (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe) on how she develops and shares Indigenous history through her artistic practice

A scavenger hunt featuring both museums and coloring sheets will be available at both sites for children. 

At both museums, the shuttle leaves for the other museum on the half hour all afternoon: 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30, 4, 4:30, 5 pm.

 

The Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum is located at 3001 Central Street in north Evanston.  It will be open from 10 am-5 pm.

 "Living Stories" and "Woven Being" are both part of Art Design Chicago, a citywide collaboration initiated by the Terra Foundation for American Art that highlights the city’s artistic heritage and creative communities. "Living Stories" is funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art. 

Lead support for "Woven Being" is generously provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Major support is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts , The Joyce Foundation, and by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council. 

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Contact The Block Museum of Art for more information: (847) 491-4000 or email us at block-museum@northwestern.edu

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