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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

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

The Michael D. Harris Collection Virtual Exhibition: Imaging Self

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Remembering Lou Stovall, Sam Gilliam and David C. Driskell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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Press Release: Creative Spirit: The Art of David C. Driskell

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

Sculptures, drawings, paintings and mixed media by David C. Driskell

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute To Feature Prints From Major African American Artist David C. Driskell

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

UMD's David C. Driskell's work will be featured at BCRI for their upcoming anniversary.

David C. Driskell: Artist As Scholar - Lecture

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

Announcing the David C. Driskell: Artist as Scholar Lecture

Creative Spirit: The Art Of David C. Driskell

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

Upcoming exhibit highlights David C. Driskell's holistic approach to art-making

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