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1. Arts Tour

   Check out where our artists take center stage.

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   1. Arts Facilities Video

      The arts come alive at Hope College inside our fantastic facilities. This video highlights the Kruizenga Art Music, De Pree Art Center and Gallery, The DeWitt Theatre, Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts and the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland. 

   2. Kruizenga Art Museum

      The Kruizenga Art Museum, completed in fall 2015, provides exhibition space for the college’s extensive permanent collection and visiting exhibitions, with additional support for curation of the collections.
      
      The museum complements the De Pree Art Center, which will continue to host exhibitions, as well as provide space and resources to view and study works from around the world. 

      
      

      The facility is named in recognition of a leadership gift from Richard ’52 and the late Margaret Feldmann ’52 Kruizenga.
      

       

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   3. De Pree Art Center and Gallery

      The De Pree Art Center and Gallery, dedicated in 1982, is a former furniture factory that is now home to the Art Department. It contains studios for painting, drawing, print-making, silkscreen/lithography, photography, ceramics and sculpture. The center is named for Hugh De Pree, chairman of the Board of Trustees, 1966-1978.

       

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      Front Entrance has ground-level accessibility with a ramp on the left-hand side. 

   4. DeWitt Student and Cultural Center

      "DeWitt" is connected to the Bultman Student Center is home to our Administrative offices, the Hope Bookstore, The Hope College Alumni Association, Mail and Print Services, the Theatre Department including the DeWitt Theatre venue, and the Boerigter Center for Calling and Career. 
      
      Accessibility

      • Columbia Avenue (East) Entrance has steps, a ramp, and a door opener. 
      • West Main Entrance has steps and a ramp. 
      • West Single Door Entrance has steps, a ramp, and a door opener. 
      • North Back Entrance has all-inclusive accessibility with a door opener.

      
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   5. Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts

      The 64,000-square-foot Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts includes two performance venues, classrooms, practice rooms, faculty studios and office space for the department of music.
      
      

      The building is named in honor of Jack H. Miller ’54 for his lifetime of generosity to the college.

       

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   6. Knickerbocker Theatre

      The Knickerbocker, as it was named and carved upon its face to this day was built by local businessmen Tierman Slagh and Arend Smith. The three-story building, made of brick and stone, replaced one that had burned years before at an unknown location. On its scheduled opening night, March 1, 1911, tragedy struck the Holland community. Before the opening date, co-owner Tierman Slagh was killed while hanging the electric sign of the newly completed theatre. The theatre remained dark, and unopened, until September of that same year. The theatre was finally opened in November of that year, under new management.

      
      

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   7. Dow Center

      The Dow Health and Physical Education Center is a health and fitness facility that includes a swimming pool, instructional dance studios, a fully equipped conditioning room, and a gymnasium with an upper jogging track.

      
      "The Dow" is home to the dance department and is where some kinesiology classes are held. It is also the location for the annual Dance Marathon fundraiser. 
      
      Accessibility

      • Front West Entrance has all-inclusive accessibility with a door opener.
      • Front East Entrance has all-inclusive accessibility with a door opener. 

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