Arts & creative archive

Studio & scholarly works

A curatorial wall for student and faculty work in the arts—studio, music, digital media, and design—alongside the university’s historical record.

Works shown here are representative portfolio entries for interview demonstration. In production, this gallery would ingest submissions from departments, juried shows, and Digital Collections with rights metadata.

2024 · Student · Art & Design

Prairie Nocturne

M. Van Beek

Oil on linen

Horizon line and farm light read as liturgy—northwest Iowa sky as the dominant formal element.

2019 · Faculty · Art & Design

Covenant Forms (study)

Prof. J. De Groot

Charcoal, 22 × 30 in.

Figure studies from a sabbatical series on embodiment and Reformed anthropology in studio practice.

2025 · Student · Digital Media

Defenders / Motion Suite

Digital Media Capstone

Short film stills

Documentary fragments from athletics and campus life—edited for rhythm rather than highlight reel.

2022 · Faculty · Music

Four Hymn Settings

Dordt Music Faculty

Recorded performance

Choral and organ arrangements of Genevan psalm tunes, recorded in the B.J. Haan Auditorium.

2023 · Student · Engineering

Southview Sketchbook

Architecture Studio III

Ink and wash

Measured drawings of the south-campus housing corridor before The Squares construction.

2021 · Faculty · Library / Art

Dutch Memorial Folio

Hulst Library Collaboration

Letterpress portfolio

Typographic response to materials in the Dutch Memorial Collection—student plates paired with archivist notes.

University history

Official timelines, campus expansion, and presidential eras live in the historical wing of this archive.

Enter historical collections