The Block Museum has undertaken an ambitious expansion project which will nearly triple its present size. Demolition began in June 1999 and construction is expected to be completed in July 2000. Upon completion, the Block Museum will have increased exhibition spaces so patrons can view multiple exhibitions. Block Museum programs will resume in February 2000. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
Admission is free.
The Dittmar Memorial Gallery opened in 1972 to enhance the mission of Northwestern University by utilizing visual art as a vehicle for transmitting culture and knowledge. The gallery currently places emphasis on ethnic cultural art, art by emerging artists, art by or about women, artwork by Northwestern undergraduate and graduate art students and traveling art shows. Philip Padawer creates collage and graphic arts out of the magic of the computer and color printer. He digitally transforms his imagination through scenes out of dreams, memories and family photos, into evocations of things that cannot be expressed other than through song and poetry. Trained as an architect, Padawer produces a wide variety of studies and compositions reflecting his attachments to art, architecture, garden design and stained glass.