David C. Driskell Center


2009-2010 Events

The Jean and Robert Steele Art Vault Ceremony - October 8, 2009

An American Consciousness: Robin Holder's Mid-Career Retrospective- October 8, 2009

 

2008-2009 Events

Event Honoring Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole- May 3, 2009

Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Prof. Emma Amos- April 16, 2009

Lecture: Prof. Henry J. Drewal- March 30, 2009

Lecture: Hank Willis Thomas- March 10, 2009

High School Arts and Education Program with Robin Holder- February 2009

Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art- February 18, 2009

Innauguration Events with Al Gore and Gen. Colin Powell- January 18-19, 2009

Lecture: Professor James Smalls, Ph.D.- November 19, 2008

Color In Freedom: Journey Along the Underground Railroad- Novenber 1, 2008

Arabesque: The Art of Stephanie E. Pogue- October 16, 2008

Lecture: Claudia DeMonte- September 24, 2008

 

 

2007-2008 Archived Events

Driskell
David C. Driskell, Spirits Watching, Hand colored offset lithograph, 1986. David C. Driskell ©1986

The David C. Driskell Center's theme for the academic year 2007-2008 explores how memory and imagination have shaped African American and African Diasporic visual arts and culture. The intersections between history and imagination allow artists and scholars to investigate the ways in which imagination has shaped or influenced African American history, literature, and culture. When “traditional” means of recording a memory are denied, alternate forms emerge and enrich our culture.

New Critical Perspectives on African American Art - March 7-8, 2008
Chakaia Booker- February 28, 2008
Lecture: Sue Williamson - November 6, 2007
Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell -October 15, 2007 Highlights from the Permanent Collection- April 17, 2008
Lecture: Dr. Richard Long- April 17, 2008