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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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The African American Experience (Impact Research Digest: Vol. 4 No. 1, Spring 2009)

August 16, 2009 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, English, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Read the Spring edition of Impact, spotlighting the research of ARHU faculty as it relates to the African American Experience.

Press Release: Arabesque: The Art of Stephanie Pogue

September 15, 2008 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Prints by Stephanie E. Pogue, the Late University of Maryland’s Professor of Art are Presented at the David C. Driskell Center

Press Release: Highlights From the David C. Driskell Center Permanent Collection

March 14, 2008 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Works of Romare Bearden, Sam Gilliam, Jacob Lawrence, and Martin Puryear are Presented at the David C. Driskell Center

Press Release: Evolution: Five Decades Of Printmaking by: David C. Driskell

September 07, 2007 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Prints by David C. Driskell Are Presented at the New Home of the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park