The 2025 De Pree Gallery juried student show will take place on Friday, Nov. 14, at the De Pree Art and Art History Center. The annual show is open to the community and all Hope College students.
Hope College art students get the opportunity to have their work reviewed by a professional artist and/or curator, who then determines the selected artworks that are exhibited in the annual show. This year鈥檚 juror is Jennifer Wcisel, the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
The juror鈥檚 talk starts at 4:30p.m. on Nov. 14, with the show鈥檚 opening reception taking place 5:30-6:30 p.m. The selected student art will be on view from November 14鈥揇ecember 4 at the De Pree Art and Art History Center.
ABOUT THE JUROR
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. Wcisel is responsible for the stewardship of 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.
Prior to her time at GRAM, Wcisel helped develop audience-centered gallery activities and experiences at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Wcisel holds a master's degree in arts administration from Indiana University Bloomington and a bachelor's degree in English literature and art history from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids.