The question is never very far away.
Some possible answers are clear.
As a gallery in an educational institution, the DePree Gallery should seek to expose Hope students to cultural diversity, and to their cultural heritage. But, given the interests of this school in the enhancement of individual character and in the acknowledgment of religious roots, the presentation of a body of recent American art searching out spiritual values seems most appropriate. These concerns have slowly, over a period of years, gradually materialized in this undertaking. We may hope that it will be the first of a series of exam inations of the spiritual in art and in our lives. Many thanks are due.