David C. Driskell Center

 

Events Calendar for 09-10

 

Calendar Of Events for 2009-2010

Thursday, October 8 to Friday, December 11, 2009 – Exhibition

 

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Robin Holder, The Day Kennedy Was Assassinated,
1996

An American Consciousness:
Robin Holder’s Mid-Career Retrospective
Curated by the Center’s Deputy Director, Dorit Yaron, the exhibition features 65 prints by the New York City-based artist whose narrative and semi-autobiographical work explores political and social issues ranging from immigration and women’s power to race and education.                                    

Included on display are selected student works created as part of the education program accompanying the exhibition, carried out by the Driskell Center in partnership with local public middle and high schools.

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 8, 5-7PM

Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14, 2009 – Symposium

“African Art, Modernist Photography, and the Politics of Representation”

The symposium is organized in collaboration with the Phillips Collection and the Department of Art History and Archaeology and held in conjuction with the Phillip's Collection exhibition, Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens.  The symposium examines the representation of African art within the context of early 20th century modernism.

Reception and Key Note Address: Dr. Jack Flam, Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History, Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center.

“Modernist Primitivism: The Heart of the Matter”: Friday, November 13, 5-8PM,
David C. Driskell Center
        
Symposium: Saturday, November 14,
10AM-5PM, The Phillips Collection Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

 

 

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Man Ray, Noire et Blanche
1926

Thursday, February 4 to Friday, March 12, 2010 – Exhibition

 

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Margo Humphrey, The History of Her  Life Written Across Her Face, 1991

Her Story: Margo Humphrey, Lithographs and Works on Paper

Curated by Dr. Robert E. Steele, the Center’s Executive Director, and by the Center’s Curator-in-Residence Dr. Adrienne Childs.  In conjunction with the publication of the book on Margo Humphrey by Adrienne Childs, published through the David C. Driskell Series on African American Art by Pomegranate Communications, Inc.

The retrospective exhibition highlights about 50 prints of Margo Humphrey, one of the most unique and distinguished American printmakers of the 20th century.

Reception: Thursday, February 4, 5-7PM                                           

Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6, 2010 - Symposium

“Autobiography/Performance/Identity: A Symposium on African American and African Diasporan Women in the Visual Arts”

The symposium is organized by the Driskell Center and the Art Program of the University of Maryland University College (UMUC).  The event is co-sponosered by the Office of the Provost for Equity and Diversity; the College of Arts and Humanities; the Consortium on Gender, Race and Ethnicity; and the Departments of African American Studies, Art and Archaeology, and Women’s Studies.

Reception: Friday, March 5, 5-7 PM, David C. Driskell Center

Conference: Saturday, March 6, 8 AM-7:30 PM, UMUC

 

 

 

Margo Humphrey, Lady Luck says Come take a Chance
1985

Thursday, March 25, 2010 - Lecture

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Kori Newkirk, Modernist House, 2005

Kori Newkirk

Organized by the Department of Art  as a  part of the Claudia DeMonte Lecture Series.  Supported by the College of Arts and Humanities.

Location and Time:TBD

Thursday, April 15 to Friday June 25, 2010 - Exhibition

“The Art of William T. Williams”
Curated by Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims, Director of the Museum of Arts and Design, New York City.  Williams is a pioneering African American artist whose work is mainly in the abstract mode.

The reception is held in conjunction with the Ninth Annual David C. Driskell Distinguished Lecture in the Visual Arts.

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 15, 4:30-6PM

 

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William T. Williams, Trane
1969

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - Lecture

 

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Elizabeth Catlett, Sharecropper
1952

Elizabeth Catlett - The Ninth Annual David C. Driskell Distinguished Lecture in the Visual Arts

The event will be in a discussion format with Prof. David C. Driskell and Elizabeth Catlett.  The lecture is organized to coincide with the opening of the annual James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art sponsored by Howard University.
                       
Public Reception: Thursday, April 15, 4:30-6PM                                              
Lecture: 6PM      

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Maryland Day

Thursday, April 29, 2010 - Lecture

Dr. Kellie Jones
Associate Professor, African American, African Diasopra, and Latin American Art, The Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University.

The 2005 inaugural recipient of the David C. Driskell Award in African American Art and Art History from the High Museum of Art , Atlanta.

Organized by the African American Studies Department and the David C. Driskell Center as part of the Visual Arts in African Diaspora Lecture Series.

Location and Time:TBD

 

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