2025 Juried Student Exhibition

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2025 Juried Student Exhibition

November 14鈥揇ecember 4, 2025
with guest juror jennifer wcisel

Our annual Juried Student Show showcases the creativity of our students here at Hope College. There are 33 artworks on display in the gallery, selected from over 150 submissions by more than 60 students across Hope鈥檚 campus. Each year, an esteemed artist or curator is invited to choose the artwork for the show from that pool of entries. Our guest juror this year is Jennifer Wcisel, the curator of collections and exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

The artwork in this exhibition encompasses many mediums, including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, ceramics and installation. We are proud to present the Juried Student Show each year to celebrate the incredible talent of our students here at Hope. The juror also selected first, second, and third place winners: Carlee Schafer, To Reflect鈥擮f Distortion; Alexus Ortiz, Rooted in Motion; and Nico Kazlauskas, Confessional.

Juror Bio

Jennifer Wcisel is a curator and art historian currently with the Grand Rapids Art Museum, where she has served on the curatorial team since 2015. She leads the museum鈥檚 diverse program of rotating exhibitions, including traveling and independently organized exhibitions. She is responsible for the stewardship of the GRAM鈥檚 permanent collection of nearly 7,000 objects, which she activates through original exhibitions, installations, research, community programs and publications. She has facilitated several important acquisitions for the collection during her tenure, including works by Kelly Church, Guy Carleton Wiggins, Jenny Holzer, Hwa-Jeen Na, Christopher Myers and Mario Moore. Her recent curatorial projects include Christopher Myers on Myth and Migration, Jess T. Dugan: Look at me like you love me, Mario Moor: Revolutionary Times and a forthcoming solo-exhibition with Seattle-based artist Parisa Ghaderi.

Prior to her time at the GRAM, Wcisel helped develop audience-centered gallery activities and experiences at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Wcisel holds a master鈥檚 degree in arts administration from Indiana University Bloomington, and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in English literature and art history from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids.

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