Join us for the David C. Driskell Distinguished Lecture in the Visual Arts featuring Dr. Kellie Jones as she presents “Suzanne Jackson: Ecologies of Abstraction.” The evening begins with a tea reception at 5 p.m. followed, at 6 p.m., by the announcement of the Porter & Driskell Book Award in African American Art History and then the Distinguished Lecture.
The Driskell Center's April 3 program marks the kickoff of the 35th Annual James A. Porter Colloquium, organized by Howard University.
The Porter Colloquium is sponsored by the Department of Art in Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts in partnership with The Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Association of Critical Race Art History, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Howard University Gallery of Art.
The Driskell Center's programming is supported by the Maryland State Arts Council (msac.org), the University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative, the Meyerhoff Program & Center for Jewish Studies, and the Department of African American & Africana Studies. Additional support provided by the Department of Art History & Archaeology, the School of Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies, and the Thompson Award for Artistic Excellence in the Visual Arts.
