Events Series > Art Design Chicago

Colorful mural with abstract faces, geometric patterns, and text saying "sometimes they hear" and "sometimes they see." Circular motifs and stylized landscape elements are also present.

Andrea Carlson (Grand Portage Ojibwe/European descent), The Indifference of Fire, 2023 [detail]. Oil, acrylic, gouache, ink, color pencil, and graphite on paper approximately 46 x 182 inches (overall), 11.5 x 30 inches (each of 24 elements), Gochman Family Collection. ©Andrea Carlson, courtesy Bockley Gallery and JAMES FUENTES.

Exhibition

January 26, 2025 - July 13, 2025

Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland

Event Details

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University

Text overlaid on a woven textile background with geometric patterns reads: Woven Being: Indigenous Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland. Opening Celebration Saturday, February 1, 2PM. January 25 - July 13, 2025. Evanston, Illinois. Northwestern: The Block Museum of Art.

Kelly Church, Dragonflies and Turtle, 2024. Birch bark biting. Collection of Kelly Church. Image courtesy of the artist.

Opening
Talk

February 1, 2025 @ 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Opening Celebration: Woven Being Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland

Event Details

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University

Text reads: Woven Being and Art for Zhegagoynak / Chicagoland. There is a colorful circular design with gradient colors and geometric patterns. Text at the bottom says Community Room Drop-in. The background is a light beige color.

Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee, born 1972), A Time for Change, 2020. Acrylic matte primer, screen print, and acrylic gloss varnish on handmade elk hide drum. Vanderbilt University Museum of Art.

Workshop

February 5, 2025 @ 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Woven Being Community Room Drop-In

Event Details

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University

Advertisement for a gallery talk titled The Indians Won: A Woven Being Gallery Talk with Marisa Cruz Branco featuring a sculpture of a masked figure wearing traditional attire and holding a curved object. Event part of Woven Being, art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland.

Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), Tracker, 2012. Clay and slip. 22 x 15 x 9 in. Denver Art Museum: Gift from Vicki and Kent Logan to the Collection of the Denver Art Museum, 2016.117A-D ©Virgil Ortiz.

Talk
Tour

February 15, 2025 @ 12:30pm - 1:30pm

The Indians Won: Woven Being Gallery Talk with Marisa Cruz Branco

Event Details

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University

Three people stand in front of a large wall displaying numerous small, colorful artworks. They are observing and discussing the art pieces, which range from abstract designs to detailed illustrations. The setting is a gallery with a wooden floor.

Frank Big Bear (White Earth Ojibwe, born 1953), The Walker Collage, Multiverse #10, 2016 [installation view], Mixed media on invitation cards for an exhibition by the artist’s son Star Wallowing Bull, 8 1/2 x 6 inches each, of 432. Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Commissioned by Walker Art Center, 2018.30.1-432. Walker Acquisition Fund, 2018. Installation image copyright of the artist and Bockley Gallery, courtesy of Walker Art Center.

Talk
Tour

February 22, 2025 @ 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Art Talks! Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland

Event Details

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University

The image features a promotional banner for Woven Being. It includes a photo of hanging art pieces made of cans, string, and woven materials. Text reads Woven Being: Art for Zhègagoynak / Chicagoland and Woven Being Curator Tour with Jordan Poorman Cocker.

Jason Wesaw (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, born 1974), Breath of Life…The First Song, 2023; sound component, 2024 Vintage “Calumet” cans, elm bark, elk hide, and poplar and oak dowels, with harvested cherry, Osage orange, sassafras and twisted wood, copper BB’'s, pebbles, and paint. Collection of the artist.

Talk
Tour

February 26, 2025 @ 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Woven Being Curator Tour with Jordan Poorman Cocker

Event Details

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University

A woven basket in earthy tones is displayed on a gray background. Text on the left reads, Woven Being, with information about an art event for Zhegaooynak/Chicagoland, titled Community Room Drop-In.

Cherish Parrish (Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi/Ottawa, born 1989), The Last Rose, 2024. Black ash, birch bark, quills. Collection of Cherish Parrish.

Workshop

March 5, 2025 @ 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Woven Being Community Room Drop-In

Event Details

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University

Frank Big Bear (White Earth Ojibwe, born 1953), The Walker Collage, Multiverse #10, 2016 [installation view], Mixed media on invitation cards for an exhibition by the artist’s son Star Wallowing Bull, 8 1/2 x 6 inches each, of 432. Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Commissioned by Walker Art Center, 2018.30.1-432. Walker Acquisition Fund, 2018. Installation image copyright of the artist and Bockley Gallery, courtesy of Walker Art Center.