News & Announcements

Fall 2023 Leadership Appointments

June 30, 2023 English, Maryland Language Science Center, Communication, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities

Dean Stephanie Shonekan announces new ARHU leadership appointments.

The Michael D. Harris Collection Virtual Exhibition: Imaging Self

June 30, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Dive into the recently donated archive, the Michael D. Harris Collection, through our virtual exhibition “Imaging Self”.

The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art and the David C. Driskell Center

May 15, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Curlee Holton, Ph.D. and David C. Driskell Center Director will speak at PFF Collection Tribeca Showcase on Wed., May 17 from 6-7pm..

NEW DIGITAL CATALOG CELEBRATES THE PRINTS AND LEGACIES OF FAITH RINGGOLD AND BETYE SAAR

May 09, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Digital catalog created for RINGGOLD | SAAR: Meeting on the Matrix exhibition.

Jordana Moore Saggese Appointed Director of UMD’s David C. Driskell Center

April 14, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art History and Archaeology

Professor of American Art hopes to raise the Driskell Center’s profile and find new ways for the public and campus community to engage with its resources.

The Washington Informer

Driskell Center Host Print Works By Faith Ringgold and Betye Saar

April 07, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art History and Archaeology

The Washington Informer covers “RINGGOLD | SAAR: Meeting on the Matrix.”

Call for Submissions: David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Award for Creative Excellence

April 05, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

We welcome submissions from emerging scholars and artists who will create new artistic or scholarly work that furthers the mission of the Driskell Center.

The Driskell Center welcomes inaugural recipient of the David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Award for Creative Excellence

March 31, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Driskell Center is proud to announce that Lucy Quezada Yáñez, a PhD candidate in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, is the inaugural recipient of the David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Award for Creative Excellence.

Ringgold | Saar: Meeting on the Matrix Lecture Event

March 29, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

An Artist panel event featuring Director Curlee Raven Holton in conversation with artist LaToya Hobbs.

Remembering Lou Stovall, Sam Gilliam and David C. Driskell

March 24, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Professor Curlee R. Holton, Director of the Driskell Center, reflects on significant losses over the past few years for the art world.