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Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Inaugural David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Award for Creative Excellence

We welcome submissions from emerging scholars and artists who will create new artistic or scholarly work that furthers the Driskell Center’s mission.

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PhD Candidate Marco Polo Juárez Cruz-curated exhibition reviewed in the Washington Post

January 30, 2022 Art History and Archaeology

Juárez Cruz mines AMA's collection to great effect in “Women in All Their Diversity” at the AMA

Department receives gift from Institute for Studies in Latin American Art for the study of Latin American Art

January 17, 2022 Art History and Archaeology, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

ISLAA supports research in and study of American Art at University of Maryland, Temple University, and the University of Pittsburgh with multi-year gift

Washington Post

Clarice Smith, Artist and D.C. Philanthropist, Dies at 88

December 17, 2021 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Art History and Archaeology, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Read Clarice Smith's obituary in the Washington Post.

Engineering New Opportunities

December 17, 2021 Art History and Archaeology

Andreas Osiander ’21 is finding creative ways to blend his majors in art history and engineering to make an impact on the arts.

A Message to Winter 2021 Graduates

December 17, 2021 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Art, Classics, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill addresses graduating students.

Maryland Today

A Portrait-Worthy Legacy

December 13, 2021 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Art History and Archaeology

Clarice Smith, major supporter of the arts at UMD, dies.

Lillian Wies Begins One-Year Fellowship in Japan

November 07, 2021 Art History and Archaeology

After a pandemic-fueled delay, Lily Wies travels to Japan for a 12-month fellowship supported by the Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Doctoral Fellowship

Professor Joshua Shannon's New Book - Humans - Is Published

November 07, 2021 Art History and Archaeology

In a volume published by the University of Chicago Press, Professor Joshua Shannon and Co-Editors Laura Bieger and Jason Weems turn an Art-Historical Eye on Humans

Broadening the Arts Umbrella

September 08, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, English, Art, Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland Art Gallery, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

New initiative expands offerings; unites arts, STEM and social justice.

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