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    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

    Broadening the Arts Umbrella

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

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    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.
    February 07, 2019 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    Striking Poses

    New exhibition examines depictions of African American beauty.

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    Broadening the Arts Umbrella

    April 28, 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.

    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.
    Maryland Today

    Crowdsourcing Project Aims to Preserve Work of African American Art Pioneer

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

    Correspondence, other documents of groundbreaking artist, scholar and curator David C. Driskell to be widely available online.
    Maryland Today

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

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

    Film premieres tonight about late UMD professor David C. Driskell’s groundbreaking exhibition of Black artists.
    Forbes

    Review: HBO Original Documentary ‘Black Art: In The Absence Of Light’

    February 08, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    New HBO documentary, centered on David C. Driskell, is featured in Forbes.
    The New York Times

    ‘Black Art: In the Absence of Light’ Reveals a History of Neglect and Triumph

    February 08, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

    An HBO documentary explores two centuries of art by African-Americans, and the path they forged for contemporary Black artists.