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About the Driskell Center
Our Mission | Staff
and Fellows |National Advisory Board Members
| Friends of the David C. Driskell
Center | Sponsors | To Make
a Gift | Contact | Employment Opportunities
Our Mission
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 celebrates the legacy of David C. Driskell -Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Art, Artist, Art Historian, Collector, and Curator - by preserving the rich heritage of African American visual art and culture. Established in 2001, the Center provides an intellectual home for artists, museum professionals, art administrators, and scholars of color, broadening the field of African diasporic studies. The Driskell Center is committed to collecting, documenting, and presenting African American art as well as replenishing and expanding the field.
Staff and Fellows
Dr. Robert E. Steele,
Executive Director
Associate Professor, College of Behavioral & Social Sciences |
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Dorit Yaron, Deputy Director |
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Dawn C. Colbert, Office Manager |
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Dr. Heather Nathans,
Associate Director
Associate Professor, Department of Theatre |
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2007-2008 Affiliates |
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| Dr. Faedra Carpenter,
Theatre Department Visiting Professor
Dr. Adrienne Childs, Curator in Residence
Tosha Grantham, David C. Driskell Research Assistant, Joint position with the Walters Museum of Art; Baltimore, MD |
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Past Graduate Fellows |
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Graduate Assistants |
| Regina Pisasale, Department of Theatre |
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| Melissa Stevens, Department of Anthropology |
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Christine Virion , Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences |
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Matthew Wead, Department of Art |
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Undergraduate Assistants |
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Daniel Hong |
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National Advisory Board Members
Prof. Ira Berlin, Historian, University of Maryland,
MD
Dr. Floyd Coleman,Professor of Art and Coordinator, The James A. Porter Colloquium
on African American Art, Howard University, Washington, DC
Ms. Erika R. Cosby, Artist, NY
Ms. Daphne Driskell-Coles, Ex Officio, MD
Prof. David C. Driskell, Ex Officio, MD
Ms. Ruth Fine, Curator, National Gallery of Art, Washington,
DC
Mr. Greg Head, Art Collector, GA
Mrs. Yolanda Head, Art Collector, GA
Prof. Curlee Raven Holton, Printmaker and Chair of the
Department of Art, Lafayette College, PA
Prof. Keith Morrison, Dean of Tyler School of Art, Temple
University, PA
Mrs. Ruby Burrows McZier, Attorney, Washington, DC
Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims, Chief curator, Museum of Arts and Design, NYC
Mrs. Sharon Smith Holston, Co-Owner, Holston Originals, MD
Mrs. C.T. Woods-Powell, Educator, NC
Friends of the David C. Driskell
Center
Mrs. Sandra Anderson Baccus
Dr. Ira Berlin
Mr. Melvin and Mrs. Juanita Boyd-Hardy
Mr. Darnell W. Burfoot
Prof. David C. Driskell
Mrs. Colleen and Mr. Marc Freiman
Dr. Columbus and Mrs. Sharon Giles
Mrs. Quintina Hall
Dr. James F. Harris
Mrs. Marilyn Hart
Mr. Greg and Mrs. Yolanda Head
Mr. Tommy Heggans and Ms. Yvonne Baudin
Mr. Joseph and Sharon Holston
Mr. Jerry Langley
Mr. Steven E. and Mrs. Andrea Levy
Mr. Ed Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Marc B. Lockhart
Dr. Michael L. Lomax
Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Ruby McZier
Mr. Jim and Ms. Marlene Moss
Dr. William and Mrs. Dietra Pogue
Mr. Vernon A. Reid
Drs. Marvin and Marcia Scott
Mr. Adam Solomon and Mrs. Vicki Rosen-Solomon
Dr. Robert and Mrs. Jean Steele
Mr. Larry and Mrs. Brenda Thompson
Mr. Leland Ware
Ms. Ellen Washington
Dr. Robert E. Waters, Jr
Dr. Ronald and Mrs.Patricia E. Waters
Ms. Dianne A. Whitfield-Locke
Dr. Ron Whittington
Sponsors
The David C. Driskell Center and the University of Maryland gratefully
acknowledge the following corporations for their support of the Driskell
Center Gala celebration, held September 29, 2002, at the Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center:
Sun Trust | First Union
| Long & Foster Real Estate
Turner Construction | Universal Builders Supply Company
To Make a Gift
If you are interested in making a gift to the Driskell Center, please
contact:
Laura Brown
Director of Development
College of Arts and Humanities
1102 Francis Scott Key Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-6339
Contact Information
The David C. Driskell Center
for the Study Of The Visual Arts and
Culture of African Americans and The African Diaspora
1214 Cole Student Activities Building
University of Maryland
College Park , MD 20742
TEL: (301) 314-2615
FAX: (301) 314-0679
driskellcenter@umd.edu
Gallery Hours are Mon.-Fri.:11am-4pm and Wed.: 11am-6 pm
Our Office Hours are Mon.-Fri.: 8:30 am-4:30pm
The Driskell Center is a unit of the College
of Arts and Humanities.
It assumes several programs formerly administered by the Committee
on Africa and the Americas.
Website design, database architecture,
and hosting courtesy of the
Maryland Institute for Technology in
the Humanities.
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