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Past Events

2023-2024

Learning in Place: Legacies of Organic Architecture at Knollcrest
Curated by Dr. Craig Hanson
September 11–November 3, 2023

Typography
Curated by Chris Fox
November 13–January 26, 2024 (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas break)

INHABITING: seeking connection
Jo-Ann Van Reeuwyk and Jen Boes
February 05–April 12, 2024

Bachelor of Arts and Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition
April 22–May 04, 2024

2022-2023

The Body of Christ
Wayne Adams
Fall 2022

Works from the permanent collection of Calvin University
Fall–Winter 2022

The Architecture of Prayer–An international survey of the contemporary church and its architecture
Curated by Amanda Iglesias
February 06–April 07, 2023

Bachelor of Arts and Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition
April–May 2023

2020-2021

Rivalry in Print: Art and Competition in 17th-Century France
Artwork of Charles Le Brun and Pierre Mignard
Fall 2020

Bachelor of Arts and Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition
Fall 2020

2019-2020

Wegner and more: selections from the private art collection of Nick and Claire Wolterstorff
September 3–October 19, 2019

Enhance What is Already There
John Van Ast
September 3–October 19, 2019

Audubon's Birds of America
Works of John James Audubon from the permanent collection
September 3–October 19, 2019

Where We Meet
David Wallace Haskin
Fall 2019–Winter 2020

Useless Exhibition
Chris Fox
Fall 2019–Winter 2020

The Undefeated
Kadir Nelson
Spring 2020

(Gallery closed to the public on March 13, 2020 for the pandemic and was put into use as a well-ventilated space for learning)

2016–2017

Gallery 1

September 6–October 15, 2016
Verti Call—An Installation by Joyce Yu-Jean Lee

October 21–December 20, 2016 (closed Thanksgiving break)
Mathias Alten: Through the Seasons

January 6–March 4, 2017
Most Highly Favored: The Life of the Virgin Mary

March 15–April 29, 2017
Aurora–Jamey Grimes

May 5–20, 2017
Bachelor of Arts Senior Art Exhibition

Gallery 2

September 6–October 15, 2016
Pathways to the Divine: Prayer Rugs of the Middle East

October 21–December 20, 2016 (closed Thanksgiving break)
Art Faculty Exhibition

January 6–March 4, 2017
Ecce Homo: Behold the Man

March 15–April 29, 2017
Revealed—Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection

May 5–20, 2017
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition

2015–2016

Gallery 1

May 6–21, 2016
Bachelor of Arts Senior Art Exhibition

March 21–April 30, 2016
An American in Venice: James McNeill Whistler and His Legacy
(Organized by the Syracuse University Art Collection)

January 22–March 5, 2016
Come to the Table (CIVA)

October 30–December 20, 2016 (closed Thanksgiving Break and Christmas Break)
The Creative Process: Drawings, Prints, Plates and Watercolors by Reynold Weidenaar

September 8–October 10, 2015
50/50—50 Alumni in 50 Years

Gallery 2

May 6–21, 2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition

March 21–April 30, 2016
Chasing Faroe—Imagining, Being, Remembering: John Donnelly
September 8–October 10, 2015

January 22–March 5, 2016
Transitional Dwellings—Sergio Gomez

October 30–December 20, 2016 (closed Thanksgiving Break and Christmas Break)
The Creative Process: Drawings, Prints, Plates and Watercolors by Reynold Weidenaar

September 8–October 10, 2015
Light: An Eternal Presence—The Donna Spaan Contemporary Collection of Art

Hallway Gallery

September 8–October 10, 2015
Calvin Emeriti

2014–2015

Gallery 1
June 11–August 7, 2015
CIVA Juried Exhibition

May 1–23, 2015
Bachelor of Arts Senior Art Exhibition

March 23–April 25, 2015
EarthWork: Collected Clay from East to West

January 9–March 7, 2015
Between the Shadow and the Light: A Traveling Exhibition Out of South Africa
(sponsored by The Nagel Institute)

October 30–December 20, 2014 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
Tracing the Past: Edward Curtis and The North American Indian
(with loans from the Muskegon Museum of Art and the Grand Rapids Public Museum and sponsored by The Mellema Program in Western American Studies)

September 2–October 18, 2014
Art Faculty Exhibition

Gallery 2
June 11–August 7, 2015
Art Faculty CIVA Exhibition

May 1–23, 2015
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition

March 23–April 25, 2015
Compromised Beauty: Jennifer Steensma Hoag

January 9–March 7, 2015
re-binding: sacred word into sacred object
Linda Ekstrom

October 30–December 20, 2014 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
Let Me Get A Good Look At You: Lisa Walcott

September 2–October 18, 2014
Shaping the Grain: Turned and Carved Wood by Dewey Heetderks

Hallway Gallery
December 5, 2014–February 13, 2015
Linda Witte Henke

2013–2014

Gallery 1
May 2–24, 2014
Bachelor of Arts Senior Art Exhibition

March 7–April 26, 2014 (closed Spring Break)
Getting Different in Naked Woods—Mike Andrews

January 7–February 22, 2014
Beauty Given by Grace: The Biblical Art of Sadao Watanabe
(CIVA sponsored exhibition)

November 1 –December 17, 2013 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
Exquisite History 3: Visionary Workbook

September 3–October 19, 2013
EX X AXIS—Alumni Sculpture

Gallery 2
May 2–24, 2014
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Art Exhibition

March 7–April 26, 2014 (closed Spring Break)
For His Highest: Ivan Fortushniak

January 7–February 22, 2014
Striking Impressions: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Permanent Collection

November 1 –December 17, 2013 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
A Prodigal Story for the Marketplace: The Remondini and Eighteenth-Century Print Culture

September 3–October 19, 2013
Dissected Geometry: The Interaction of Forms in the work of Cyril Lixenberg

Hallway Gallery
February 28–April 19, 2014
Visual Essence—Michele Wood

2012–2013

Gallery 1
May 3–18, 2013
Bachelor of Arts Exhibition

March 1–April 27, 2013 (closed Spring Break)
Windows to Heaven
Treasures from the Museum of Russian Icons
Organized by the Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA
Smith Kramer Fine Art Services

January 4–February 16, 2013
Seeing Christ in the Darkness
Georges Rouault as Graphic Artist

October 26 –December 15, 2012 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
Voces—Mandy Cano Villalobos

September 4–October 20, 2012
Art Faculty Exhibition

Gallery 2
May 3–18, 2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition

March 1–April 27, 2013 (closed Spring Break)
The Lotto Icons–Earl B. Lewis
Sponsored in part by the Calvin University Youth Writing Festival

January 4–February 16, 2013
Look to the Heavens: The Art of He Qi

October 26 –December 15, 2012 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
120 Years of Photography
Images from the Collection of Dr. Robert Pool

September 4–October 20, 2012
90 Years of Collecting: Looking Back & Looking Forward

2011–2012

Gallery 1
May 4–19, 2012
Bachelor of Arts Exhibition

March 2–April 28, 2012 (closed Spring Break)
Work: Curse or Calling?

January 6–February 18, 2012
Alumni Painting Exhibition

November 11–December 17, 2011 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
Light Work—Rebecca Cummins

September 6–November 5, 2011
Associated American Artists—Art by Subscription

Gallery 2
May 4–19, 2012
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition

March 2–April 28, 2012 (closed Spring Break)
Bible Doodles—Graphic Novel Illustrations by Craig Thompson

January 6–February 18, 2012
In My Own Back Yard—Mary Abma

November 11–December 17, 2011 (closed Thanksgiving Break)
A Nickel and a Kopek—Photographs by Bill Franson

September 6–November 5, 2011
Associated American Artists—Art by Subscription

2010–2011

Gallery 1
Bachelor of Arts Exhibition
May 6–21

Light on New Netherland
March 28–April 30, 2011

Art Faculty Exhibition
February 11–March 18, 2011

Presence/Absence—New Work by Bruce Herman
January 5–February 5, 2011

The Humor and Wit of Pieter Bruegel the Elder
October 21–December 11, 2010

Gallery 2
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
Meredith Donnely & Sean VandenBrink
May 6–21

The Marginalia Archive: Molly Springfield
April 1–30

Transformation Tools: Alutiiq Masks of Kodiak Island
Perry Eaton
February 11–March 18, 2011

Florence Portfolio/Sacrifice
October 21, 2010–February 5, 2011

2009–2010

BA Exhibition
May 13–22, 2010

BFA Exhibition
April 30–May 8, 2010

The Unguarded Moment: Photography by Steve McCurry
March 29–April 24, 2010

Alumni Ceramics Competition
February 12–March 20, 2010

Sanctuary: Hallowed Space, Holy Place
New Work by Jo-Ann Van Reeuwyk
January 6–February 6, 2010

M22
Paintings Along the Way by Frank Speyers
November 20–December 19, 2009

Picturing the Reformer: Images of John Calvin
October 16–November 14, 2009

Charis: Neighbors Strangers Family Friends
Boundary Crossings
September 4–October 10, 2009

2008–2009

BA Exhibition
May 14–23, 2009

BFA Exhibition
May 1–9, 2009

Index: paintings by Jered Sprecher
March 20–April 25, 2009

Art Faculty Exhibition
February 13–March 14, 2009

The Father and His Two Sons
images of the Prodigal Son from the Larry & Mary Gerbens Collection
January 7–February 7, 2009

A Field Guide to Sprawl: text by Dolores Hayden, photographs by Jim Wark
November 14–December 20, 2008

Yazzie Art Auction
Friday, October 24, 2008, Spoelhof Center Atrium
A silent art auction of a series of paintings by Elmer Yazzie ’76

Chicago Sculpture International—2008 Juried Exhibition
October 2–November 8, 2008

Some Semblance of Order: new work by Nichole Maury
September 2–27, 2008

2007–2008

BA Exhibition
May 9–17, 2008

Sticks and Stones—BFA Exhibition
April 25–May 3, 2008

Beauty of the Spirit: Paintings and Illustrations by Kadir Nelson
March 17–April 19, 2008

Alumni Photography Competition
February 8–March 8, 2008

Highly Favored: Contemporary Images of the Virgin Mary 
January 3–February 2, 2008

in hand: Helen Bonzelaar, Anna Greidanus, Jo-Ann VanReeuwyk 
November 26–December 15, 2007

Between Nature and Nationality:
The Hague School in the Nineteenth Century 
October 5–November 17, 2007

Southside: Repackaging The American City
Photography by Jon Lowenstein 
September 4–29, 2007

2006–2007

BA Exhibition
May 4–19, 2007

Visual Stories, The Artwork of James Ransome
March 26–April 28, 2007

About That Time—BFA Exhibition
March 9–17, 2007

Art Faculty Exhibition
January 26–March 3, 2007

Robert Rauschenberg, Artist-Citizen: Posters for a Better World
was produced by the Art Gallery at California State University, Haywood, and organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
November 10, 2006–January 20, 2007

The Nature of Invasion: work by Jennifer Steensma Hoag 
October 12–November 4, 2006

Northern Lights: The Arctic Through Art 
August 28–October 7, 2006

2005–2006

In the Grand Scheme: California Fibers at Convergence
June 5–July 1, 2006

2006 BA Exhibition
May 12–20, 2006

LAUNCH—BFA Exhibition
April 28–May 6, 2006

Alumni Print Competition
March 27–April 22, 2006

Picturing Faith: Religious America in Government Photography, 1935–43 
February 3–March 18, 2006

Searching for Patterns: work by Virginia Maksymowicz
January 4–28, 2006

BA—Art Education Exhibition
December 2–17, 2005

Impressions: a selection from the Grand Valley State University 
Print and Drawing Cabinet
October 21–November 22, 2005

Ordained to Create: The Self-Taught Art of Southern Preachers, Prophets and Visionaries
September 6–October 15, 2005

2004–2005

BA Show
May 12–21, 2005

BFA Show
April 28–May 7, 2005

Writing Symbols/Drawing Conclusions: A Collaborative Installation With Albert Pedulla
April 8–23, 2005

Art Faculty Exhibition
Feburary 4–March 12, 2005

Space and Spirit: Artistic Interpretations of Sacred Place
January 5–29, 2005

Hands of a Displaced Sudan: A Cry for Compassion 
Photography by Ryan Spencer Reed
December 1–18, 2004

Graphics by 20th Century Masters from the Cochran Collection
October 2–November 20, 2004

Hammer and Hand: Contemporary American Metal
August 23–September 25, 2004

2003–2004

Senior Art Exhibition
May 1–22, 2004

Bus Stop (Sculpture Class Campus Project)
April 28–May 22, 2004

Interception
April 2–24, 2004

2004 Alumni Design Competition
February 6–March 27, 2004

Talmud: in the art of Ben-Zion and Marc Chagall
January 5–31, 2004

Free Radical Gallery (Off Campus)
December 5–6, 2003

Sellout
November 21–December 20, 2003

re/construct: new work in the Terra Incognita Series
October 17–November 15, 2003

Collector's Items: Biblical Art and Private Devotion
August 27–October 11, 2003

2002–2003

Questions: Three Generations of Jewish Artists

Art Faculty Exhibition

House of God: Religious Observations within American Protestant Homes

The Good City: Burton Heights in Image and Word

Senior Art Exhibition

2001–2002

Sheesley/Witkin: Fortitude and Forebearance

The Calvin Master Plan: Through the Eyes of Frank L.W.

Printmakers of Haarlem: Rediscovering a Gift from the Rijksmuseum

Ignite (CIVA)

Demystifying Architecture

BFA Exhibition I

BFA Exhibition II

BA Exhibition

2000–2001

Windows into Eternity

Herman Miller Picnic Posters

Art Faculty Exhibition

Venerable Scripts

Disclosures

BFA Exhibiton I

BFA Exhibition II

BA Exhibition