Block Museum Spring 2015 Opening Day Program
When:
Saturday, May 9, 2015
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Where: Fisk Hall, Room 217, 1845 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free
Contact:
Block Museum of Art
(847) 491-4000
Group: Block Museum of Art
Category: Academic
Description:
The Block Museum welcomes Julie Green, who will present The Last Supper: 600 Plates Illustrating Final Meals of U.S. Death Row Inmates. She will discuss her process and how the project relates to her larger artistic concerns. Following this talk, Green, Professor of Art at Oregon State University, will be joined in conversation by Rob Owen, Clinical Professor of Law at Northwestern, and Elliot Reichert, Curator of Special Projects at the Block, to discuss issues of representation, the criminal justice system, and social justice.
The program begins at 2pm at Fisk Hall, with a reception to follow at the Block Museum. The museum is open from 10am-5pm and parking is free.