Staff Stories
The Block is dedicated to advancing the museum field. Learn more about the people, positions, and departments that contribute to The Block.
Staff Professional Activities:
2024:
- Corinne Granof, Academic Curator
• Guest Speaker, NU’s School of Professional Studies - Museum Certificate: "The Journey of a Museum Exhibition: From Vision to Reality" - Teagan Harris, Terra Engagement Fellow
• Essay for Choose Chicago Magazine " Where to see Indigenous art in Zhegagoynak this winter"
• Affiliate appointment with the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research - Erin Northington, Wilson Associate Director, Campus & Community Education and Engagement
• Guest Speaker, Photography Network Symposium, Tucson, AZ, October 2024
• Participant (with Kathleen Berzock), "Honoring our Partners" - Northwestern Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion (OIDI) - Elisa Quinlin, Director of Development
• Northwestern Alumni Relation and Development Diversity Council
• Board of Directors for Makom Solel Lakeside Congregation (Highland Park, IL) - Kate Hadley Toftness, Assistant Director of Advancement and Strategic Initiatives
• Published Chicago Archives + Artists Project: Case Studies in Collaboration edited by Kate Hadley Toftness, Tempestt Hazel, and Christina Nafziger (Sixty Inches From Center and For the Birds Trapped in Airports) named Top Five Chicago Art Books for 2024 by Chicago Reader.