Past Exhibitions

Telling Our Story: Community Conversation with Our Artists

September 9, 2022 - December 2, 2022

Curated by:  Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell, Associate Director of Outreach and Operations at American University’s Antiracist Research and Policy Center, assisted by Tamara Schlossenberg, Collections Manager at the David C. Driskell Center and Professor Curlee R. Holton, Director of the David C. Driskell Center.

Telling Our Story: Selections from the Permanent Collection

February 7, 2022 - May 10, 2022

Curated by: Tamara Schlossenberg, Collections Manager of the David C. Driskell Center; Professor Curlee R. Holton, Director of the David C. Driskell Center 

American Landscapes

September 9, 2021 - November 19, 2021

Curated by: Dorit Yaron, Deputy Director of the David C. Driskell Center; Professor Curlee R. Holton, Director of the David C. Driskell Center
 

Trees by David C. Driskell

Virtual exhibition, opened summer 2020 

Curated by: Dorit Yaron, deputy director of the David C. Driskell Center

The David C. Driskell Papers

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - January 31, 2021

Curated by: Professor Curlee R. Holton, director of the David C. Driskell Center; Dorit Yaron, deputy director of the David C. Driskell Center; and David Conway, archivist 

David C. Driskell at the University House

Virtual exhibition, opened November 2, 2020

Curated by: Dorit Yaron, deputy director of the David C. Driskell Center

David C. Driskell's Students 

Virtual exhibition, opened February 1, 2020

Curated by: the Driskell Center team

Romare Bearden: Artist as Activist & Visionary

Thursday, January 30 - Friday, May 1, 2020

Originally curated by Diedra Harris-Kelley, C. Daniel Dawson, and Robert G. O’Meally, as “Artist as Activist” (NYC 2011) and has been revised and updated for the present tour.

[Un]Common Collections: Selections from Fifteen Collectors
Thursday, September 19–Friday, November 22, 2019

Curated by: Professor Curlee R. Holton, director of the David C. Driskell Center, and Dorit Yaron, deputy director of the David C. Driskell Center

Reckoning with "The Incident": John Wilson's Studies for a Lynching Mural
Monday, June 3–Friday, August 2, 2019

The exhibition was organized by the Yale University Art Gallery and made possible by the Isabel B. Wilson Memorial Fund.

Posing Beauty in African American Culture
Thursday, January 31–Saturday, April 27, 2019

Curated by: Deborah Willis, Ph.D., university professor and chair of the department of photography & imaging at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, NYC

Moving Visuals
Thursday, September 13–Friday, November 16, 2018 

Curated by: Dorit Yaron, deputy director of the David C. Driskell Center

Portraits of Who We Are 
Thursday, February 1–Friday, May 18, 2018 

Curated by: Professor Curlee R. Holton, director of the David C. Driskell Center; assisted by Dorit Yaron, deputy director of the David C. Driskell Center; advising by Dr. Michael D. Harris, associate professor of art history in the department of African American Studies at Emory University, Georgia. 

The Last Ten Years: In Focus
Thursday, September 7–Friday, November 17, 2017

Curated by: Professor Curlee R. Holton, director of the David C. Driskell Center, and Kevin McDonald, graduate assistant

Shifting: African American Women Artists and the Power of Their Gaze
Thursday, September 22–Friday, November 18, 2017

Curated by: Professor Curlee R. Holton, director of the David C. Driskell Center, and Dorit Yaron, deputy director of the David C. Driskell Center

Willie Cole: On Site
Thursday, September 22–Friday, November 18, 2016

Curated by: Professor Curlee R. Holton, director of the David C. Driskell Center, and Dorit Yaron, deputy director of the David C. Driskell Center

Collector's Legacy: Selections from the Lloyd and Sandra Baccus Collection
Thursday, September 10–Friday, November 20, 2015

Curated by: Professor David C. Driskell

Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tale of Slavery and Power
Thursday, February 5–Friday, May 29, 2015

Organized by: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, from the Portland, Oregon based collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer

Robert Blackburn: Passages 
Thursday, September 18–Friday, December 19, 2014

Curated by: Dr. Deborah Cullen, director & chief curator, the Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York City, New York; with contributions by Prof. Curlee R. Holton, executive director of the David C. Driskell Center

Heroes: Gone But Not Forgotten – The Art of Charles White 
Thursday, January 13–Friday, May 23, 2014

Organized by: Landau Traveling Exhibitions
Curated by: Charlotte Sherman of the Heritage Gallery in Los Angeles, California
 
Alison Saar: STILL... 
Thursday, September 12–Friday, December 13, 2013

Organized by: The Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California 
Curated by: Meg Linton, director of galleries and exhibitions, curator of the exhibition, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California

Convergence: Jazz, Films, and the Visual Arts
Thursday, February 14–Friday, May 31, 2013

Organized by: The David C. Driskell Center and the American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Curated by: Dr. Robert E. Steele and Dorit Yaron, the Driskell Center’s former executive director and acting director, respectively; and Sonié Joi Ruffin-Thompson, visiting curator at the American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, Missouri

African American Art Since 1950: Perspectives from the David C. Driskell Center
Thursday, September 20–Friday, December 14, 2012

Curated by: Dr. Robert E. Steele and Dorit Yaron, the Driskell Center’s former executive director and acting director, respectively, and Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, independent scholar

Successions: Prints by African American Artists from the Jean and Robert Steele Collection 
Thursday, February 2–Friday, June 22, 2012

Creative Spirit: The Art of David C. Driskell 
Thursday, September 15–Friday, December 16, 2011

Co-curated by: Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, independent scholar, and Dr. Julie L. McGee, curator of African American art, University Museums, University of Delaware, and the author of David C. Driskell: Artist and Scholar (Petaluma: Pomegranate, 2006)

Limited Editions: Joseph Holston Prints, 1974–2010, A Retrospective
Thursday, April 21–Friday, June 17, 2011

Co-curated by: Lisa Hodermarsky, the Stuphin Family associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, and Dr. Robert E. Steele, former executive director of the David C. Driskell Center

Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera
Thursday, January 20–Friday, March 11, 2011

Organized by: The Amistad Center for Art and Culture at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut

Jacob Lawrence: Prints, 1963–2000, A Comprehensive Survey
Thursday, November 11–Friday, December 17, 2010

Organized by: DC Moore Gallery, New York City, NY

Embodied: Black Identities in American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery
Thursday, September 16–Friday, October 29, 2010

Organized by: Student Curatorial Team from Yale University and the University of Maryland; Pamela Franks, deputy director for collections and education, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut; and Dr. Robert E. Steele, former executive director of the David C. Driskell Center

William T. Williams: Variations on Themes
Wednesday, March 31, 2010–Friday, May 28, 2010

Curated by: Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims, curator emerita of the Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, New York

Her Story: Margo Humphrey. Lithographs and Works on Paper
Thursday, February 4, 2010–Friday, March 12, 2010

Curated by: Dr. Robert Steele, former executive director of the David C. Driskell Center, and Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, curator in residence, David C. Driskell Center

An American Consciousness: Robin Holder’s Mid-Career Retrospective
Thursday, October 8, 2009–Friday, December 11, 2009

Curated by: Dorit Yaron, deputy director of the David C. Driskell Center
 

Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art
Wednesday, February 18, 2009–Friday, May 29, 2009

Curated by: Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, curator in residence, David C. Driskell Center

Arabesque: The Art of Stephanie E. Pogue

Thursday, October 16, 2008–Friday, December 12, 2008
Curated by: Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, independent scholar
 

Highlights: From the David C. Driskell Center Permanent Collection
Thursday, April 17, 2008–Friday, June 13, 2008

Curated by: Dorit Yaron and Dr. Robert E. Steele, deputy director and former executive director of the David C. Driskell Center, respectively

Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell
Wednesday, October 17, 2007–Friday, March 14, 2008

Curated by: Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, independent scholar

Michael B. Platt: Just Above Water
Wednesday, November 1, 2006–Saturday, December 9, 2006

Organized by: The University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park

David C. Driskell Fragments of Color
Monday, April 3, 2006–Saturday, April 29, 2006

Organized by: The University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park

Faith Ringgold: Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow
Monday, October 10, 2005–Sunday, December 18, 2005

Organized by: The University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park

Mary Lovelace O’Neal
Monday, March 29, 2004–Saturday, April 24, 2004

Organized by: Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi
Exhibited at the University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park

Selections from the David C. Driskell Collection
Wednesday, January 22, 2003–Friday, March 21, 2003

Organized by: The University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Successions: Prints by African American Artists from the Jean and Robert Steele Collection
Thursday, April 1, 2002–Monday, April 29, 2002

Curated by: Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, independent scholar
Organized by: The University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Narratives of African American Art and Identity: The David C. Driskell Collection
Thursday, October 22, 1998–Saturday, December 19, 1998

Curated by: Juanita Holland, Ph.D.
Organized by: The University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland