The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art and the David C. Driskell Center
May 15, 2023
Curlee Holton, Ph.D. and David C. Driskell Center Director will speak at PFF Collection Tribeca Showcase on Wed., May 17 from 6-7pm..
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
Date: May 15, 2023
Contact: Mrs. Ella Castleberry-Kapote
Title: Program Administrative Specialist
Phone: 301-314-2615 Email: ecastleb@umd.edu
PROFESSOR CURLEE RAVEN HOLTON, DAVID C. DRISKELL CENTER DIRECTOR WILL SPEAK AT PETRUCCI FAMILY FOUNDATION'S TRIBECA SHOWCASE CONVERSATIONS
COLLEGE PARK, MD. — The David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visuals Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland is excited to announce that Professor Curlee Raven Holton, Director of the David C. Driskell Center, Master Printer, Artist, and Founder of Raven Fine Art Editions will speak at The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art's Tribeca Showcase. Professor Holton currently has two works in the PFF Collection.
The conversation will take place on Wednesday, May 17th 2023 from 6-7 pm EDT at 371 Broadway.
ABOUT PETRUCCI FAMILY FOUNDATION (PFF) COLLECTION
The Petrucci Family Foundation (PFF) Collection was started about a decade ago for the expressed purpose of lending work by African American artists to museums and galleries in support of an effort to expand the American Art canon. Now about 500 works of art, the PFF Collection has collaborated with major institutions ranging from the likes of the Portland (OR) Art Museum and the Wadsworth Atheneum to campus-based museums, including Hampton and the University of Mary Washington. The showcase will bring over 35 works—split between 20th-century legends like Sam Gilliam and Palmer Hayden and upstart artists under 50 working mainly in the mid-Atlantic like Ify Chiejina and Tyler Ballon—to provide a glimpse into the breadth and depth of the PFF Collection.
Read the full press release.