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Press Release: [Un]Common Collections: Selections from Fifteen Collectors

June 02, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

David C. Driskell Center to Present a Selection from Fifteen Collectors

Press Release: Romare Bearden: Artist as Activist & Visionary

June 02, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

David C. Driskell Center to Present Romare Bearden

Press Release: Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art

June 01, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

David C. Driskell Center Presents Works by Romare Bearden, Sam Gilliam, Norman Lewis, Henry O. Tanner, William T. Williams and Hale A. Woodruff from the Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art

The Driskell Center Announces Next Year's Tentative Schedule

May 30, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

A year of Events and Exhibitions Honoring the Life and Legacy of Professor David C. Driskell

Reflection on the life of David C. Driskell by Curlee R. Holton, the Driskell Center's Director

May 30, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Legacy of a Giant: Reflecting on the Passing of David C. Driskell

Recording: Mary Schmidt Campbell on The Life and Work of Romare Bearden

May 27, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The author and educator discusses her book “An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden”

A Requiem For Academics

April 15, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

The death toll from COVID-19 continues to grow among professors. How will universities cope?

David C. Driskell Center COVID-19 Operations

April 10, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

An update for our community

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In Memoriam, Artists, Curators, and Scholars Share Memories of David C. Driskell: He ‘Was an Agitator for African American Art’ and ‘Lit the Way in Our Lives and Careers’

April 08, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Driskell helped build the field of African American art history and was a nexus for three generations of artists, curators, and scholars who have studied and are fortifying the discipline.

New York Times

David Driskell, 88, Pivotal Champion Of African-American Art, Dies

April 07, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, College of Arts and Humanities

An artist himself, Professor Driskell recognized the role of black artists in the broader story of American art. He died of the coronavirus.