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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.

January 30, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Driskell & Friends Exhibition Celebrates the Collaborative Spirit of Visionary Artist and Scholar David C. Driskell

Driskell & Friends Exhibition

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2023 Annual Distinguished Lecture in the Visual Arts in Honor of David C. Driskell Series

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

Dr. Saggese to speak at the Driskell Center's Annual Distinguished Lecture in the Visual Arts in Honor of David C. Driskell Series

PGCTV Online

Ringgold and Saar: Meeting on the Matrix Exhibition

March 16, 2023 Art History and Archaeology, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Driskell Center exhibition, curated by Department of Art History and Archaeology graduate students, featured on PGCTV.

New print edition by Melvin Edwards to coincide with fabrication of monument

February 27, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

David C. Driskell Center is proud to announce pre-release of Monumental by Melvin Edwards.

NBC4 Washington

Black Art on Exhibit at University of Maryland

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

Driskell Center exhibition, curated by Department of Art History and Archaeology graduate students, featured on NBC4 Washington.

Driskell Center's Archives Receives Gift of Influential Artist and Art Historian Michael D. Harris' Archive, the Michael D. Harris Collection

February 03, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The Driskell Center is proud to announce that the Driskell Center's Archives will be home to the Michael D. Harris Collection, a gift from the Estate of Michael D. Harris.

Forbes

Faith Ringgold And Betye Saar Prints Together For First Time In New University Of Maryland Exhibition

January 26, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art History and Archaeology

The Driskell Center's “RINGGOLD | SAAR: Meeting on the Matrix” exhibition featured in Forbes.

Maryland Today

Printmaking as a Radical Act

January 26, 2023 Art History and Archaeology, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

New exhibit at Driskell Center highlights longtime artists who explore lives of Black Americans.

A COLLABORATION OF CREATIVITY: PRINT WORK OF DAVID C. DRISKELL

January 20, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

New Exhibition at Pyramid Atlantic Curated by Curlee Holton, Ph.D.

DAVID C. DRISKELL CENTER ACQUIRES NEW ED LOVE SCULPTURE

December 19, 2022 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The Driskell Center is proud to announce the addition of Jitterbug Waltzer by Ed Love to our permanent art collection.

Driskell Center Awards Inaugural Student Excellence Award

December 13, 2022 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

2022 Driskell Student Excellence Award