News & Announcements

UMD Awarded Three Grants From NEA

June 13, 2011 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

The Driskell Center, CSPAC, and MITH receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

David Driskell Prints, Part Ii

March 27, 2011 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

David Driskell is featured at both the Yale University Art Gallery and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.

UMD's Driskell Center Executive Director Is Honored By His Alma Mater

March 03, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Executive Director of UMD's Driskell Center Robert Steele wins Presidential Award of Distinction at his alma mater. 

Exhibit Wraps Up Desegregation Events

March 01, 2011 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

UMD's David C. Driskell speaks at the 50th anniversary of desegregation at the University of Georgia.

Gallery Opens Student-Curated Show “Embodied”

February 27, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The news Exhibition "Embodied: Black identities in American Art," is part of an ongoing series of student- curated exhibitions with the help of the David C. Driskell Center.

Mr. Jock Reynolds - The Tenth Annual David C. Driskell Distinguished Lecture In The Visual Arts

January 05, 2011 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

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

Press Release: Limited Editions: Joseph Holston Prints, 1974-2010, A Retrospective

January 03, 2011 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

A retrospective look at Joseph Holston’s prints to be presented at The David C. Driskell center

Press Release: Double Exposure: African Americans Before And Behind The Camera

January 01, 2011 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Exploration of african americans experiences through photography to be presented at the David C. Driskell Center

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