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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.

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.