An American Consciousness: Robin Holder’s Mid-Career Retrospective features sixty five prints at the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park [UMCP]. An American Consciousness will be on view from October 8 through December 11, 2009. The public opening reception will be held on October 8, 2009 from 5:00-7:00PM at the Driskell Center’s gallery, 1207 Cole Student Activities Building, UMCP.
Curated by the Center’s Deputy Director, Dorit Yaron, the exhibition features works by New York based printmaker, Robin Holder, highlighting her unique approach to uniting aesthetics with sociopolitical ideas, connecting personal and universal experiences, and reflecting on nature and spirituality. Robin Holder’s self-reflective images are a meditation on identities, women’s empowerment, and social realities, as she draws from her identity as a woman of myriad ethnic, sociopolitical, and spiritual influences. Holder’s awareness of self and American social culture yields an engaging perspective on the struggles of life and acceptance in America.
In conjunction with the exhibition An American Consciousness, the David C. Driskell Center developed an Education Program, which aims to validate creativity and encourage artistic development within the community. The Center collaborated with several local schools in Prince George’s, Montgomery, and Anne Arundel counties in Maryland, in an exploration of Holder’s art and printmaking techniques. The program includes lectures by Deputy Director Dorit Yaron and printmaking workshops presented by Robin Holder. The program inspired the students to create new works while maintaining their own individual artistic style. Thirteen student works, selected by the Driskell Center Staff, will be exhibited with An American Consciousness: Robin Holder’s Mid-Career Retrospective.
The Education Program is supported by:
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They Damaged Us More Than Katrina, 2006, Serigraph 46/70 |
Black and White, 1997, Collaged Monoprint with photo silk screen stencils |
Reminded Me of Lynchings, 1996, Monoprint with stencils and prisma colors |
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The Day Kennedy was Assassinated, 1996, Collaged Monoprint with stencils and prisma colors |
Aspiration, 1986, Linoleum print with stencils |
Keep in Touch V, 1990, Photo silkscreen stencil monotype |
Installation Views
Opening Reception
Robin Holder and family
Dr. Steele greeting Robin Holder at the podium
Dr. David C. Driskell giving his remarks
Dr. Susan C. Aldridge, President of UMUC
High school students whose work was also on display as apart of the education program
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