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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Henk Aay\, who is a senior research fellow with the Van Raa
 lte Institute at Hope College\, will present the address “Chris Stoffel 
 Overvoorde: History and Landscape Paintings of the Netherlands and America
 ” on Wednesday\, Feb. 20\, at 9:30 a.m. at the Holland Area Arts Council
 .\n\nThe public is invited.  Admission is free.\n\nThe lecture has been sc
 heduled in conjunction with the exhibition “Seeing Through Dutch Eyes: L
 andscape Images of Chris Stoffel Overvoorde” at the Holland Area Arts Co
 uncil\, and is also among the events celebrating the institute’s 25th an
 niversary.  The exhibition of scenic paintings opened on Friday\, Jan. 11\
 , and will continue through Monday\, Feb. 25.\n\nOvervoorde was born in Ca
 pelle aan de IJssel in the Netherlands to two Dutch parents and immigrated
  to the United States when he was 22.   He completed the Visual Arts progr
 am at Kendall School of Design in Grand Rapids and later attended the Univ
 ersity of Michigan and received a BSD in 1964 and MFA in 1966.  Also in 19
 66\, he became a U.S. citizen and began teaching at Calvin College\, where
  he served as an art professor for 31 years and as director of exhibitions
  for nearly 10.\n\nAs an artist\, he has been active as a graphic designer
 \, painter\, printmaker and as a worship environmentalist.  He received hi
 s first award in 1962 and has since received more than 30 awards.  He has 
 participated in more than 100 group\, juried and invitational exhibitions 
 throughout the Midwest\, and has presented more than 50 solo exhibitions i
 n the United States\, Canada and The Netherlands.\n\nIn 2003 Eerdmans Publ
 ishing produced “Passing The Colors\,” a book in which he recalls his 
 journey as an immigrant\, as a Christian and as an artist.   In 2004 the G
 rand Rapids Art Museum installed a retrospective exhibit: “Chris Stoffel
  Overvoorde\, A Life in Art.”  His works are present in many public and 
 private collections\, including the Grand Rapids Art Museum and the Muskeg
 on Museum of Art.\n\nAay has been researching Dutch language and culture f
 or more than 30 years.  From 1982 until retiring in 2012\, he taught at Ca
 lvin College\, where he was a professor of geography and environmental stu
 dies.  He was also the inaugural recipient\, from 2006 until 2012\, of the
  Frederik Meijer Chair in Dutch Language and Culture\, with his activities
  including Dutch Heritage Month activities at Calvin each April for severa
 l years.\n\nHis engagement with Dutch history and culture has also include
 d several sabbaticals conducting research at the University of Groningen a
 nd the Free University in Amsterdam\; conducting research at the Roosevelt
  Study Center in Middelburg in 2011 through a Fulbright Scholarship\; and 
 leading multiple Calvin academic programs to the Netherlands.  He has writ
 ten numerous articles about Dutch and Dutch-American culture and history.\
 n\nAay was born in the Netherlands and immigrated to Canada with his famil
 y when he was 13.  He graduated from Waterloo Lutheran University (now Wil
 frid Laurier University) in Waterloo\, Ontario\, Canada\, with a bachelor
 ’s degree in geography and planning in 1969\, and completed his doctorat
 e in geography at Clark University in Worcester\, Massachusetts in 1978.\n
 \nHe joined the Van Raalte Institute as a visiting research fellow in 2012
  and became a senior research fellow in 2013.\n\nFounded during the 1993-9
 4 academic year\, the Van Raalte Institute specializes in scholarly resear
 ch and writing on immigration and the contributions of the Dutch and their
  descendants in the United States.  The institute is also dedicated to the
  study of the history of all the people who have comprised the community o
 f Holland throughout its history.\n\nThe institute’s anniversary events 
 began with an open house at the college’s Theil Research Center on Tuesd
 ay\, Nov. 27.  In addition to the exhibition\, events have included a pres
 entation on the life and times of Mrs. Albertus (Christina) Van Raalte at 
 Hope College’s Winter Happening on Saturday\, Jan. 26\, and a revival du
 ring the same weekend of Max Bush’s well-received play\, “Vision of a 
 New Life\,” based on the writings of the Rev. A.C. Van Raalte\, founder 
 of Holland\, Michigan\, and co-founder of Hope College\; on Saturday and S
 unday.  This spring will see the formal release of Provost Emeritus Dr. Ja
 cob E. Nyenhuis’ monumental history\, “Hope College at 150.”\n\nCosp
 onsored by HASP and Hope Retirees\n\nThis event is part of the Albertus C.
  Van Raalte Institute's Twenty-Fifth Anniversary.
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SUMMARY:A Geographer Looks at Dutch Landscape Paintings
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CATEGORIES:Campus-Life
CATEGORIES:Hope Academy of Senior Professionals (HASP)
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