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David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

"Solace and Sisterhood" Kicks Off the Fall Semester

Announcing our fall semester 2025 exhibition

February 21, 2025 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The Driskell Center is pleased to announce the 2025 Annual Distinguished Lecture in the Visual Arts in Honor of David C. Driskell

Announcing 2025 Annual Distinguished Lecture

December 03, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

New Exhibition at The Driskell Center Explores the Future of Black Art

Announcing our spring semester 2025 exhibition

November 12, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Call for Application - Student Ambassador Program

The Driskell Center Student Ambassador Program

October 21, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Call for Applications

Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship at The Driskell Center

September 17, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Artist Team Selected for the David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Award for Creative Excellence 2025

The Driskell Center is pleased to announce the award winners

August 08, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The Driskell Center is pleased to announce that the Center’s Archives will be home to The Crumpler Collection

The Crumpler Collection, Gift of the Artist Dewey Crumpler

June 03, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Announcing New Exhibition, Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies

Fall exhibition opening September 6, 2024 from 5 - 7 p.m.

April 23, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

New Advisory Council Members Appointed at The Driskell Center, University of Maryland

The Driskell Center is pleased to announce the appointment of new Advisory Council members.

February 19, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The Driskell Center Archives Receives Gift from Groundbreaking Artist Robin Holder to Establish the Robin Holder Collection

The Driskell Center is proud to announce that the Center’s Archives will be home to the Robin Holder Collection, a gift of the artist.

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Harvey B. Gantt Center For African-American Arts & Culture Hosts 30Th Annual Jazzy Holiday Luncheon

November 14, 2010 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Distinguished University Professor Emeritus David C. Driskell wins 2010 Harvey B. Gantt Center Award.

Press Release: Jacob Lawrence: Prints, 1963-2000 A Comprehensive Survey

August 04, 2010 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Jacob Lawrence’s forty-year survey of prints to be presented at the David C. Driskell Center

Driskell Center Wins Prestigious Grant From Institute Of Museum And Library Services

August 02, 2010 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

For Immediate ReleaseUM NewsdeskJuly 29, 2010Contact: Dorit Yaron, 301-405-6835 or dyaron@umd.edu

Press Release: Embodied: Black Identities In American Art From The Yale University Art Gallery

August 02, 2010 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Exhbition curated by students probes the notion of African American Art

Performing Race In African American Visual Culture

August 01, 2010 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Symposium to investigate performances of race and how they're manifested in African American art

Press Release: William T. Williams: Variations on Themes

March 19, 2010 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

An Exhibition of Prints and Works on Paper by Abstract Artist, William T. Williams is Presented at the David C. Driskell Center.

Press Release: An American Consciousness: Robin Holder’s Mid-Career Retrospective

August 26, 2009 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The David C. Driskell center presents a retrospective of socio-cultural works by New York artist, Robin Holder

The African American Experience (Impact Research Digest: Vol. 4 No. 1, Spring 2009)

August 16, 2009 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, English, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Read the Spring edition of Impact, spotlighting the research of ARHU faculty as it relates to the African American Experience.