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    The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, English, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art, School of Music

    Ten Can’t-Miss Features at NextNOW Fest 2021

    Annual UMD arts extravaganza returns with immersive projections, art-making workshops and outdoor music pop-ups.

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    September 09, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    An Ever-Changing ‘Landscape’

    Exhibition highlights overlooked Black artists in American artistic tradition.
    April 01, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, College of Arts and Humanities

    Remembering David C. Driskell

    Professor Curlee R. Holton, director of the Driskell Center, reflects on Driskell's life and legacy.
    February 09, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art

    HBO Documentary Explores Impact of ‘a Trailblazer for All of Us’

    Film premieres tonight about late UMD professor David C. Driskell’s groundbreaking exhibition of Black artists.
    September 17, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    Online Interactive Tributes to David C. Driskell

    Join the National Gallery of Art, the David C. Driskell Center, and Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in events honoring David C. Driskell's life and works.

    May 27, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    Recording: Mary Schmidt Campbell on The Life and Work of Romare Bearden

    The author and educator discusses her book “An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden”
    April 03, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    David C. Driskell, African American Art Pioneer, Dies at 88

    Distinguished University Professor revolutionized the field of African American art through his scholarship, innovation and humanity.
    January 30, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    An Activist’s Art

    New exhibit highlights Romare Bearden’s work seeking social change.
    September 19, 2019 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, College of Arts and Humanities

    Collecting Call

    Driskell Center exhibit highlights breadth of African American art.
    February 20, 2019 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    Exhibition Shows Range of Black Beauty

    "Posing Beauty in African American Culture," the latest exhibition at the David Driskell Center, confirms that Black people are lovely.

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    Arts for All Launches With Expanded NextNOW Fest

    September 14, 2021 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Art, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

    Campus initiative to integrate the arts, science and technology.
    Maryland Today

    Ten Can’t-Miss Features at NextNOW Fest 2021

    September 13, 2021 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, English, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art, School of Music

    Annual UMD arts extravaganza returns with immersive projections, art-making workshops and outdoor music pop-ups.
    Maryland Today

    An Ever-Changing ‘Landscape’

    September 09, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    Exhibition highlights overlooked Black artists in American artistic tradition.

    Broadening the Arts Umbrella

    September 08, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, English, Art, Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland Art Gallery, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    New initiative expands offerings; unites arts, STEM and social justice.

    $790K Mellon Grant to Fund Sculpture Commemorating Late Professor and Artist David Driskell, Expand Center’s Archive

    July 12, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    Stainless steel abstract artwork to stand outside Cole; Dr. Tritobia Hayes-Benjamin Archive will add up to 25,000 items to UMD collection.

    New ‘Promise’ to Commemorate Pines’ Inauguration

    April 21, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    Artwork by Driskell Center director celebrates UMD creativity, athletics, activism.

    Remembering David C. Driskell

    April 01, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, College of Arts and Humanities

    Professor Curlee R. Holton, director of the Driskell Center, reflects on Driskell's life and legacy.

    20th Annual Distinguished Lecture in the Visual Arts in Honor of David C. Driskell SeriesProfessor Curlee R. Holton

    March 22, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    Professor Curlee R. Holton to speak at the Driskell Center's Annual Distinguished Lecture in the Visual Arts in Honor of David C. Driskell Series
    Maryland Today

    Mural of a Lifetime

    March 10, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art

    Collage-style painting in Cole Field House honors towering figure in African American art.