Spring Program: Artist Talk with Alison Saar and Annual Distinguished Lecture with Dr. Cherise Smith
Spring Program: Artist Talk with Alison Saar and Annual Distinguished Lecture with Dr. Cherise Smith
Please join us on Thursday, March 26, for an afternoon and evening of programming celebrating African American art and scholarship. The day will begin at 4 p.m. with an artist talk, "Hither and Yon," by Alison Saar, winner of the High Museum’s 2025 David C. Driskell Prize, who will discuss her practice with members of our community, followed by a tea reception from 5–6 p.m.
The evening program will begin at 6 p.m. with the presentation of the 2026 Porter/Driskell Book Award in African American Art History (winner to be announced shortly), a special documentary preview, and the Driskell Distinguished Lecture, delivered this year by Dr. Cherise Smith, Joseph D. Jamail Chair in African American Studies in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.
Free and open to the public. Please register here.
This event is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council and by the University of Maryland's Arts for All initiative.
Please join us on Thursday, March 26, for an afternoon and evening of programming celebrating African American art and scholarship. The day will begin at 4 p.m. with an artist talk, "Hither and Yon," by Alison Saar, winner of the High Museum’s 2025 David C. Driskell Prize, who will discuss her practice with members of our community, followed by a tea reception from 5–6 p.m.
The evening program will begin at 6 p.m. with the presentation of the 2026 Porter/Driskell Book Award in African American Art History (winner to be announced shortly), a special documentary preview, and the Driskell Distinguished Lecture, delivered this year by Dr. Cherise Smith, Joseph D. Jamail Chair in African American Studies in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.
Free and open to the public. Please register here.
This event is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council and by the University of Maryland's Arts for All initiative.