Lubeznik Center for the Arts Names Gallery after Susan Block

LCA-names-gallery-after-Susan-BlockLubeznik Center for the Arts (LCA) executive director, Erika Hanner, is pleased to announce a major gift from long-time supporter Susan Block to name an LCA gallery space. The former upper level North View Gallery has been named the Susan Block Gallery.

"We are thrilled and humbled that Susan has chosen to commemorate her long history with the LCA in this way", said Erika Hanner. "It is forward-thinking and philanthropic-minded people such as Susan that help ensure the LCA continues to thrive and grow for years to come."

Susan Block served on the LCA board of directors as a member between 2004 and 2011 and as board president at a critical time in 2004, when the center re-opened as The Jack and Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts in its newly remodeled facility at 101 West Second Street. Since her tenure on the board Block has remained actively involved with LCA. Most recently, Block has been on faculty at LCA teaching the very popular Memoir Writing class. She is a feature writer, playwright and poet, with work appearing in numerous literary journals, anthologies and the Chicago Tribune. She was named the LaPorte County Poet Laureate in 2009, was the winner of a national original love letter contest, and her one-act plays were produced at Footlight Theater in 2011 and at the LCA in 2013. In 2014 she was the host/producer of an online radio interview series "Conversations on Creativity". As well as being a writer, teacher and radio host, Block is also an interior designer.

"Susan's writing students love her class", stated Janet Bloch, LCA education director. "Many of them return for multiple sessions to get the most out of her knowledge and supportive style."

"Being a founding Board of Directors member for Lubeznik Center for the Arts and an ongoing advocate for the arts," states Susan Block, "it has been a joy to contribute to its growth as the premier cultural center in the region. This has happened because of the talent, time and effort of many people over the years. I am honored to further the ever-increasing enrichment the Center brings to our greater community through the visual and performing arts and art education."

The LCA upper level gallery is a lovely and dynamically angled space with a bank of windows featuring a north view of the lakefront. It will be hold the name "Susan Block Gallery" for a period of 5 years - through fall of 2020.

Lubeznik Center for the Arts is located at 101 W. 2nd St., at the lakefront in Michigan City, IN. Weekday hours are from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CDT). Weekend hours are from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM (CDT). Thursdays: 10 - 7* (Memorial Day - Labor Day) *Hyndman Gallery opens at 2 pm. For more information please visit lubeznikcenter.org or call 219-874-4900.

Provided with support from South Shore Arts, the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.