February 4, 2021
Block Museum receives large grant to plan exhibit made by Indigenous artists
Author: Jack Austin
Chicago art museums have often failed to reflect the diverse Indigenous community still living in the city, but a new grant hopes to change that.
Northwestern’s Block Museum of Art announced it will receive a $105,000 grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art to fund an Indigenous art exhibit slated to open in Jan. 2024. The museum outlined in a grant proposal a process for robust engagement with the Chicago Native American community.
Kathleen Bickford Berzock, the associate director of c