Aug
14
Tue 10:00 AM

The Immortal Art Project

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When: Tuesday, August 14, 2012
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM  
Where: Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, Katz Gallery 40 Arts Circle Drive  
Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: - Faculty/Staff - Student - Public
Contact: Block Museum of Art   847.491.4000  
Group: Block Museum Exhibitions
Category: Fine Arts
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Northwestern students, faculty, and staff contributed their thumbprints on paper in response to the story of Henrietta Lacks, a poor African-American woman whose cells, taken without her knowledge, were used in groundbreaking medical research. This exhibition displays the scroll of the colorful thumbprints, along with other objects from the One Book One Northwestern project, which engaged members of the Northwestern community in reading and discussing Rebecaa Skloot's book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

Visit www.northwestern.edu/onebook for more information about the One Book One Northwestern program.