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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Ashley Cope and JooHee Kim receive awards from the Graduate School for outstanding service
February 21, 2025We know Ashley and JooHee are outstanding, and now it's confirmed!
Department alumna Grace Yasumura co-curates current SAAM exhibition "The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture"
February 21, 2025A feature article in Maryland Today highlights Grace's essential contribution to this important show
Maryland Today
Tracing the Contours of Race in Sculpture
February 21, 2025UMD alumna curates landmark Smithsonian exhibition.
Zoe Copeman awarded best paper at British Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies conference "Bodies and Embodiment"
February 19, 2025The Society's President's Prize is awarded to the best paper delivered by a postgraduate
Christine Quach awarded Kress Foundation History of Art Institutional Fellowship
January 26, 2025The Department's third(!) awardee in two years will study in Leiden
Smithsonian Magazine
See the Groundbreaking Work of 20th-Century Printmakers Who Formed an Innovative Arts Society in Japan
December 19, 2024Professor of Japanese Art Alicia Volk is quoted in Smithsonian Magazine.
Washington Post
The Hirshhorn is 50 Years Old. It Needed All of Them.
October 29, 2024Professor of Contemporary Art History & Theory Joshua Shannon speaks to The Washington Post about the D.C. museum's history.
Maryland Today
At Home With a Continent’s Cultural Heritage
October 28, 2024Alum’s book weaves together African design principles and contemporary decor.
The Hirshhorn is 50 years old. It needed all of them.
Washington Post
Guest column by Kriston Capps
Washington Post
Guest column by Kriston Capps
The Hirshhorn is 50 years old. It needed all of them.
October 25, 2024Professor Joshua Shannon contributes reflections on the Hirshhorn on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its opening
Sandler Awardee Lily Hemmeter travels to Italy
October 17, 2024Sandler Awardee Lily Hemmeter travels to Italy