News & Announcements

$1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded To Umd Arts And Humanities College

July 15, 2015 Center for Global Migration Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

UMD to help transform the future of digital scholarship and research on African American history and culture.

Professor Curlee R. Holton Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From Anyone Can Fly Foundation

April 02, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The annual award is given to an individual who has demonstrated a lifetime of impassioned dedication to enriching and making known the history of African American art and culture.

The Diamondback

State Of The Art Galleries

March 03, 2015 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Herman Maril Gallery

Though some of the campus’ art galleries may be hidden, they showcase a diverse sampling of artwork.

State Of The Art Galleries

March 03, 2015 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Herman Maril Gallery

Though some of the campus’ art galleries may be hidden, they showcase a diverse sampling of artwork.

Kara Walker Exhibition Opens At Umd

February 13, 2015 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

With Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power, visitors are treated to 60 of Walker’s works.

Press Release: Emancipating The Past: Kara Walker's Tales Of Slavery And Power

January 28, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

An exhibit of Kara Walker's work runs at the David C. Driskell Center from Feb. 5 through May 29, 2015.

Deborah Willis, Ph.D. - The Fourteenth Annual David C. Driskell Distinguished Lecture In The Visual Arts Series

January 05, 2015 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Announcing the Fourteenth Annual David C. Driskell Distinguished Lecture in the Visual Arts Series

Lyle Ashton Harris Lecture

January 03, 2015 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Announcing a lecture with Lyle Ashton

Emancipating The Past: Kara Walker's Takes Of Slavery And Power

January 01, 2015 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Kara Walker's Emanicpating the Past exhibition arrives soon to the David C. Driskell Center

Press Release: Robert Blackburn: Passages

September 10, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland is pleased to organize the first comprehensive retrospective exhibition of influential artist and master print maker Robert Hamilton Blackburn (1920-2003): Robert Blackburn: Passages.