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Artist Profile: Gloria Baker Feinstein
February 24, 2025
Since the young age of two years old, Portland, Oregon-based Jewish photographer Gloria Baker Feinstein had a camera in her hand. Her reflections, stories, and connections in her images ask viewers to find beauty in tragedy.
Artist Profile: Robert Russell
February 24, 2025
In 2022, Russell began to paint the porcelain figurines that were created during the Nazi regime. At first glance, the paintings may appear to be just portraits of deer, dogs, and rabbits, but his images reveal a horrific backstory.
Beauty and Abundance: Mother Nature
February 1, 2025
The depiction of Mother Nature in art dates to ancient civilizations, and many cultures have legends that include goddesses and personifications of nature.
An Adoring Gaze: Lovers Eye Jewelry
February 1, 2025
The GVSU Art Museum is lucky to have recently obtained a lover�s eye brooch for its permanent collection. But it is steeped in mystery- whose eye was this, and who was its lucky recipient?
Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 1, 2025
The GVSU Art Collection holds works by artists who share their experiences of living through or fleeing from the Nazi regime. Their images are dedicated to the mandate of never forgetting the atrocities of the Holocaust.
Food for Thought
December 17, 2024
Food for Thought was a student-created project in coordination with the "Climate Matters: Our Changing and Resilient Planet"
Artist Profile: Leonard Baskin
December 12, 2024
Leonard Baskin was a sculptor, wood engraver, book illustrator, graphic artist, writer, and teacher who also served in the Navy during WWII. His artwork was influenced by mythology, literature, history and his Jewish religion.
Artist Profile: Henk Krijger
December 10, 2024
Henk Krijger lived through World War II in Amsterdam, experienced Nazi occupation, and participated in the Resistance. Much of his artwork depicts his experiences as his relationship to Christianity.
White Rose Resistance
December 10, 2024
White Rose was a Nazi resistance group based in Munich, Germany that practiced nonviolent protest through graffiti and leaflets.
Artist Profile: Marc Chagall
December 10, 2024
Marc Chagall was a Jewish artist born in Russia who forged a unique career in many artist mediums. He became known for his unique style of dream-like imagery full of Jewish imagery and symbolism.