Staff Directory
Art Museum Team, 2024
Staff Directory
As Collections Manager for the Art Gallery, Nicole:
- Manages the over 15,000 works of art part of the GVSU Collection that is on display in every GVSU building and stored within art gallery storage.
- Maintains the online database of collection records.
- Assists with installation of the permanent collection throughout campus and exhibits.
Nicole is a Grand Valley State University Alumna, graduating in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in both art history and anthropology. She then completed her master's degree in Historical Administration at Eastern Illinois State University in Charleston, Illinois. Nicole then made a cross-country trip to work as the Curator of Collections at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula in Missoula, Montana where she managed the exhibits and a permanent collection of over 40,000 artifacts. After enjoying the mountains for over 7 years- she and her family packed up and came back home to the beautiful Great Lakes of Michigan to re-join the GVSU Art Gallery staff as Collections Manager in 2018.
BackThe Art Museum is an academic and student support service of the Division of Academic and Student Affairs whose appointing officer is the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ed Aboufadel.
Art Museum Student Employees
Student Collections Assistant SE+
Clara Snyder
Preparator and Exhibitions Assistant SE+
Megan Daniels
Social Media and Learning Assistant
Genna Sinclair
Student Gallery Assistants
Edmund Butler-Loring
Raven Wirts
Elise Moore
Elise Kahle
Faculty Fellows
No current faculty fellows. If interested, please contact Nathan Kemler, Director of Galleries and Collections.