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Past Exhibitions
The following table lists all exhibitions shown in The David C. Driskell Center. Highlighted links will take you to pages with more information about that Exhibition.
Exhbitions are organized by the David C. Driskell Center unless otherwise indicated.
| Academic Year 2019 – 2020 |
[Un]Common Collections: Selections from Fifteen Collectors Thursday, September 19th - Friday, November 22nd 2019 Curated by: Professor Curlee R. Holton, Director of the David C. Driskell Center, and Dorit Yaron, Deputy Director of the David C. Driskell Center |
| Summer 2019 |
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Reckoning with "The Incident": John Wilson's Studies for a Lynching Mural Monday, June 3rd - Friday, August 2nd, 2019 The exhibition is organized by the Yale University Art Gallery and made possible by the Isabel B. Wilson Memorial Fund. |
| Academic Year 2018 - 2019 |
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Posing Beauty in African American Culture Thursday, January 31- Saturday, April 27, 2019 Curated by: Deborah Willis, PhD., University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, NYC Thursday, September 13 - Friday, November 16, 2018 Curated by: Dorit Yaron, Deputy Director of the David C. Driskell Center |
| Academic Year 2017 – 2018 |
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Thursday, February 1 – Friday, May 18, 2018 Curated by: Professor Curlee R. Holton, Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center, assisted by Dorit Yaron, Deputy Director of the David C. Driskell Center, with advising by Dr. Michael D. Harris, Associate Professor of Art History in the Department of African American Studies at Emory University, GA Thursday, September 7 – Friday, November 17, 2017 Curated by: Professor Curlee R. Holton, Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center, and Kevin McDonald, Graduate Assistant |
| Academic Year 2016 – 2017 |
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Shifting: African American Women Artists and the Power of Their Gaze Thursday, September 22 – Friday, November 18, 2017 Curated by: Professor Curlee R. Holton, Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center, and Dorit Yaron, Deputy Director of the David C. Driskell Center Thursday, September 22 – Friday, November 18, 2016 Curated by: Professor Curlee R. Holton, Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center, and Dorit Yaron, Deputy Director of the David C. Driskell Center |
| Academic Year 2015 – 2016 |
Collector's Legacy: Selections from the Lloyd and Sandra Baccus Collection Thursday, September 10 – Friday, November 20, 2015 Curated by: Professor David C. Driskell |
| Academic Year 2014 – 2015 |
Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tale of Slavery and Power Thursday, February 5 – Friday, May 29, 2015 Organized by: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, from the Portland, Oregon based collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer |
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Thursday, September 18 – Friday, December 19, 2014 Curated by Dr. Deborah Cullen, Director & Chief Curator, The Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York City, New York; with contributions by Prof. Curlee R. Holton, Executive Director, David C. Driskell Center |
| Academic Year 2013 – 2014 |
Heroes: Gone But Not Forgotten – The Art of Charles White Thursday, January 13 – Friday, May 23, 2014 Organized by: Landau Traveling Exhibitions Curatedy by: Charlotte Sherman of the Heritage Gallery in Los Angeles, California |
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Thursday, September 12 – Friday, December 13, 2013 Organized by the Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California Curated by: Meg Linton, Director of Galleries and Exhibitions, Curator of the Exhibition, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California |
| Academic Year 2012 – 2013 |
Convergence: Jazz, Films, and the Visual Arts Thursday, February 14 – Friday, May 31, 2013 Organized by: Rhe David C. Driskell Center and the American Jazz Museum, Curated by: Dr. Robert E. Steele and Dorit Yaron, the Driskell Center’s former Executive Director and Acting Director, respectively; and Sonié Joi Ruffin–Thompson, Visiting Curator at the American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, Missouri |
African American Art Since 1950: Perspectives from the David C. Driskell Center Thursday, September 20 – Friday, December 14, 2012 Curated by: Dr. Robert E. Steele and Dorit Yaron, fomer Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center and Acting Director, respectively, and Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, Independent Scholar |
| Academic Year 2011 – 2012 |
Successions: Prints by African American Artists from the Jean and Robert Steele Collection Thursday, February 2 – Friday, June 22, 2012 |
Creative Spirit: The Art of David C. Driskell Thursday, September 15 – Friday, December 16, 2011 Curated by: Co-curated by Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, Independent Scholar, and Dr. Julie L. McGee, Curator of African American Art, University Museums, University of Delaware, and the author of David C. Driskell: Artist and Scholar (Petaluma: Pomegranate, 2006) |
| Academic Year 2010 – 2011 |
Limited Editions: Joseph Holston Prints, 1974–2010, A Retrospective Thursday, April 21 – Friday, June 17, 2011 Curated by: Co–curated by Lisa Hodermarsky, the Stuphin Family Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut and Dr. Robert E. Steele, former Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center |
Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera Thursday, January 20 – Friday, March 11, 2011 Organized by: The Amistad Center for Art and Culture at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut |
Jacob Lawrence: Prints, 1963 – 2000, A Comprehensive Survey Thursday, November 11 – Friday, December 17, 2010 Organized by: DC Moore Gallery, New York City, NY |
Embodied: Black Identities in American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery Thursday, September 16 – Friday, October 29, 2010 Organized by: Student Curatorial Team from Yale University and University of Maryland; Pamela Franks, Deputy Director for Collections and Education, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut; and Dr. Robert E. Steele, former Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center |
| Academic Year 2009 – 2010 |
William T. Williams: Variations on Themes Wednesday, March 31, 2010 – Friday, May 28, 2010 Curated by: Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims, Curator Emerita of the Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, New York |
Her Story: Margo Humphrey. Lithographs and Works on Paper Thursday, Feburary 4, 2010 – Friday, March 12, 2010 Curated by: Dr. Robert Steele, former Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center, and Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, Curator in Residence, David C. Driskell Center |
An American Consciousness: Robin Holder’s Mid–Career Retrospective Thursday, October 8, 2009 – Friday, December 11, 2009 Curated by: Dorit Yaron, Deputy Director of the David C. Driskell Center |
| Academic Year 2008 – 2009 |
Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art Wednesday, Feburary 18, 2009 – Friday, May 29, 2009 Curated by: Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, Curator in Residence, David C. Driskell Center |
Arabesque: The Art of Stephanie E. Pogue Thursday, October 16, 2008 – Friday, December 12, 2008 Curated by: Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, Independent Scholar |
| Academic Year 2007 – 2008 |
Highlights: From the David C. Driskell Center Permanent Collection Thursday, April 17, 2008 – Friday, June 13, 2008 Curated by: Dorit Yaron and Dr. Robert E. Steele, Deputy Director and former Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center, respectively |
Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell Wednesday, October 17, 2007 – Friday, March 14, 2008 Curated by: Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, Independent Scholar |
| Academic Year 2006 – 2007 |
Michael B. Platt: Just Above Water Wednesday, November 1, 2006 – Saturday, December 9, 2006 Organized by: The University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
| Academic Year 2005 – 2006 |
David C. Driskell Fragments of Color Monday, April 3, 2006 – Saturday, April 29, 2006 Organized by: The University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
Faith Ringgold: Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow Monday, October 10, 2005 – Sunday, December 18, 2005 Organized by: The University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
| Academic Year 2003 – 2004 |
Mary Lovelace O’Neal Monday, March 29, 2004 – Saturday, April 24, 2004 Organized by: Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
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| Academic Year 2002 – 2003 |
Selections from the David C. Driskell Collection Wednesday, January 22, 2003 – Friday, March 21, 2003 Organized by: The University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
| Academic Year 2001 – 2002 |
Successions: Prints by African American Artists from the Jean and Robert Steele Collection Thursday, April 1, 2002 – Monday, April 29, 2002 Curated by: Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, Independent Scholar Organized by: The University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
| Academic Year 1998 – 1999 | Narratives of African American Art and Identity: The David C. Driskell Collection Thursday, October 22, 1998 – Saturday, December 19, 1998 Curated by: Juanita Holland, PhD Organized by: The University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
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