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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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Maryland Today

Mizzou Administrator, Professor of Music and Black Studies Named ARHU Dean

April 19, 2022 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, English, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Philosophy, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Stephanie Shonekan to take helm of college on July 1.

Tony Cui featured in Graduate Student Spotlight of the inaugural ARHU Matters newsletter

April 15, 2022 Art History and Archaeology

Tony Cui reflects on the current and future states of our field, and dispenses sage advice to undergraduates

Bonnie Thornton Dill, Longtime Dean of UMD’s College of Arts and Humanities, to Step Down this Spring

April 12, 2022 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, English, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, History, 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, Linguistics, Philosophy

The pioneering scholar of intersectionality helped usher in a more diverse faculty, power up collaboration and research and launch interdisciplinary, arts-tech centered programs.

Today Show

New Jean-Michel Basquiat Exhibit Showcases Over 200 New Pieces

April 08, 2022 Art History and Archaeology

Associate Professor of American Art Jordana Moore Saggese talks to the Today Show about the legendary artist.

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

March 11, 2022 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

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

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.

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