This discussion explores how shared processes have been central to the planning of The Block Museum’s Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland and how such approaches can be institutionally transformative.
The exhibition planning emphasizes Indigenous methodologies that prioritize collaboration, reciprocity, and sustained dialogue. The curatorial team includes Jordan Poorman Cocker (Gáuigú [Kiowa], Terra Foundation Guest Co-Curator), Lois Taylor Biggs (Cherokee Nation and White Earth Ojibwe, Terra Foundation Curatorial Research Fellow), Kathleen Bickford Berzock (Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs), and Janet Dees (Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art).
Woven Being: Indigenous Art in Chicagoland highlights Indigenous methodologies such as collaboration, reciprocity, and sustained dialogue. The curatorial team explores how shared processes can drive institutional transformation.
