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UPDATE: The GVSU Art Gallery in the Thomas J. and Marcia J. Haas Center for Performing Arts and the George and Barbara Gordon Galleries in the Richard M. Devos Center are temporarily closed due to the University's response to the COVID-19 virus. Please see GVSU's Coronavirus Information Page for more details.
Museum From Home
The GVSU Art Gallery is committed to continuing to deliver content digitally to our community during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to help tell our collective stories through visual literacy to help bring critical thinking and build empathy in our lives, whether in the classroom or within your home virtually.
“Creativity takes courage” - Henri Matisse
We work to encourage appreciation and understanding of art and its role in society through direct engagement with original works of art.
Discover Alten
Mathias J. Alten: Online Digital Library
The German-born American Impressionist Mathias Joseph Alten, often referred to as the Dean of Michigan painters, is regarded as one of the most celebrated regionalist artists to have worked in the United States.
