Friday, September 21, Dr. Neal Sobana, a graduate of Hope College, class of 1968, taught a lecture entitled “Giving Art, Seeking Salvation: Encounters with Artists and Donors in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.” The lecture was intended to supplement the new exposition in the Kruizenga Art Center, open now until December 15. Dr. Sobana provided some…
On Thursday morning, students in the music department were invited to hear a presentation by Dr. Margot Fassler, the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Music History and Liturgy at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Dr. Fassler talked to students and faculty about her research on famous medieval composer Hildegard von Bingen, whom she…
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre (HSRT) finished its 47th season this summer with an incredible company of actors, technicians and leadership. HSRT, a company of nearly 90 people, produced three musicals and two plays: “The Wiz,” “Godspell,” “Dragon Pack Snack Attack,” “An Iliad,” and “The Odd Couple.” Each of these productions included a diverse ensemble that…
The first week of classes brought about lots of homework, syllabus read-throughs, and, for the music department, a big scare concerning the future of one of their most beloved departments. Around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 4, members of the folk department received an email informing students that unless they were able to find eight…
The start of the Fall 2018 semester brought about many changes around campus with one of the most significant changes taking place in the music department. Between the Spring 2018 semester and the Fall 2018 semester, there were seven new additions to the music department faculty here at Hope with professors teaching various subjects including…
The Depree Art Gallery is currently filled with pieces created by Caleb Kortokrax from August 22nd to September 21st, 2018. Kortokrax is an American painter working in Baltimore, Maryland as well as a Borgeson Artist-In-Residence who has opened the school year with an exhibit titled “Gang Chant.” In this exhibit, Kortokrax uses images that are…
The Art Institute of Chicago has received a cash gift of approximately $70 million combined from the Duchossois and Levy families. Member of the museum’s board of trustees, Janet Duchossois, and her husband donated $50 million. The chair of the museum, Robert Levy, and his wife donated an additional $20 million, making for a…
For the last few weeks of the semester, the De Pree Art Center is featuring a collection of senior pieces in the exhibit “Out of Touch”. Art majors Saem Cho, Carolyn Ellis, Julia Hines, Hannah Jacobs and Brianne Munch have all contributed to the exhibition, centering their pieces around the same theme. To quote…
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what about a thousand servings? Until April 22, the New York Drawing Center is hosting the works of Argentinian artist Eduardo Navarro, who believes that the everyday person should have more involvement in the world of art. In his exhibit “Into Ourselves”, visitors will…
While Hope College was designing the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts with its advanced recording studio, Drew Elliot was searching for a job at a Michigan studio. It only made sense that the two events would eventually collide. Since then, Elliot’s influence on the Hope community has been invaluable. Elliot was a…