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The Driskell Center is delighted to receive a $225,000 grant from Getty through its Black Visual Art Archives initiative for our project Radical Legacies, Digital Futures: Preserving Black Art for Global Access.

The 18-month grant will support archival processing and digitization across five recently acquired collections in The Driskell Center Archives (collections pictured) and an improved web interface designed to expand access to all 17 collections we hold, providing open access to digitized materials, finding aids, and interpretive content. The grant period will culminate in pop-up exhibition programming that brings these five collections into dialogue with contemporary audiences.

#BlackArt #BlackArtHistory #Archives #DriskellCenter #gettyfoundation

Image Credits:
-Dindga McCannon (seated), Linda Hiwot (l.), and Miriam Francis (r.), Where We At Black Women Artists, circa 1975. The Where We At Black Women Artists Archives.
-Dewey Crumpler with one of his paintings, circa 1969. The Crumpler Collection.
-From left to right, Robert L. Hall, David C. Driskell, Winston Branch, Rutherford Adkins, Earl Hooks, and Aaron Douglas at the opening event for the Winston Branch exhibition at Fisk University, 1973. David C. Driskell Papers, MS01.11.01.P0249.
-Lewis Tanner Moore, 2020. The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection.
-“Where We At” Black Women Artists exhibition flyer with artwork by Dindga McCannon, 1975. The Where We At Black Women Artists Archives.
-Dindga McCannon, circa 1980s. The Dindga McCannon Archives.
All courtesy of The Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park.

@gettymuseum

The Driskell Center is delighted to receive a $225,000 grant from Getty through its Black Visual Art Archives initiative for our project Radical Legacies, Digital Futures: Preserving Black Art for Global Access.

The 18-month grant will support archival processing and digitization across five recently acquired collections in The Driskell Center Archives (collections pictured) and an improved web interface designed to expand access to all 17 collections we hold, providing open access to digitized materials, finding aids, and interpretive content. The grant period will culminate in pop-up exhibition programming that brings these five collections into dialogue with contemporary audiences.

#BlackArt #BlackArtHistory #Archives #DriskellCenter #gettyfoundation

Image Credits:
-Dindga McCannon (seated), Linda Hiwot (l.), and Miriam Francis (r.), Where We At Black Women Artists, circa 1975. The Where We At Black Women Artists Archives.
-Dewey Crumpler with one of his paintings, circa 1969. The Crumpler Collection.
-From left to right, Robert L. Hall, David C. Driskell, Winston Branch, Rutherford Adkins, Earl Hooks, and Aaron Douglas at the opening event for the Winston Branch exhibition at Fisk University, 1973. David C. Driskell Papers, MS01.11.01.P0249.
-Lewis Tanner Moore, 2020. The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection.
-“Where We At” Black Women Artists exhibition flyer with artwork by Dindga McCannon, 1975. The Where We At Black Women Artists Archives.
-Dindga McCannon, circa 1980s. The Dindga McCannon Archives.
All courtesy of The Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park.

@gettymuseum

The Driskell Center is delighted to receive a $225,000 grant from Getty through its Black Visual Art Archives initiative for our project Radical Legacies, Digital Futures: Preserving Black Art for Global Access.

The 18-month grant will support archival processing and digitization across five recently acquired collections in The Driskell Center Archives (collections pictured) and an improved web interface designed to expand access to all 17 collections we hold, providing open access to digitized materials, finding aids, and interpretive content. The grant period will culminate in pop-up exhibition programming that brings these five collections into dialogue with contemporary audiences.

#BlackArt #BlackArtHistory #Archives #DriskellCenter #gettyfoundation

Image Credits:
-Dindga McCannon (seated), Linda Hiwot (l.), and Miriam Francis (r.), Where We At Black Women Artists, circa 1975. The Where We At Black Women Artists Archives.
-Dewey Crumpler with one of his paintings, circa 1969. The Crumpler Collection.
-From left to right, Robert L. Hall, David C. Driskell, Winston Branch, Rutherford Adkins, Earl Hooks, and Aaron Douglas at the opening event for the Winston Branch exhibition at Fisk University, 1973. David C. Driskell Papers, MS01.11.01.P0249.
-Lewis Tanner Moore, 2020. The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection.
-“Where We At” Black Women Artists exhibition flyer with artwork by Dindga McCannon, 1975. The Where We At Black Women Artists Archives.
-Dindga McCannon, circa 1980s. The Dindga McCannon Archives.
All courtesy of The Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park.

@gettymuseum

The Driskell Center is delighted to receive a $225,000 grant from Getty through its Black Visual Art Archives initiative for our project Radical Legacies, Digital Futures: Preserving Black Art for Global Access.

The 18-month grant will support archival processing and digitization across five recently acquired collections in The Driskell Center Archives (collections pictured) and an improved web interface designed to expand access to all 17 collections we hold, providing open access to digitized materials, finding aids, and interpretive content. The grant period will culminate in pop-up exhibition programming that brings these five collections into dialogue with contemporary audiences.

#BlackArt #BlackArtHistory #Archives #DriskellCenter #gettyfoundation

Image Credits:
-Dindga McCannon (seated), Linda Hiwot (l.), and Miriam Francis (r.), Where We At Black Women Artists, circa 1975. The Where We At Black Women Artists Archives.
-Dewey Crumpler with one of his paintings, circa 1969. The Crumpler Collection.
-From left to right, Robert L. Hall, David C. Driskell, Winston Branch, Rutherford Adkins, Earl Hooks, and Aaron Douglas at the opening event for the Winston Branch exhibition at Fisk University, 1973. David C. Driskell Papers, MS01.11.01.P0249.
-Lewis Tanner Moore, 2020. The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection.
-“Where We At” Black Women Artists exhibition flyer with artwork by Dindga McCannon, 1975. The Where We At Black Women Artists Archives.
-Dindga McCannon, circa 1980s. The Dindga McCannon Archives.
All courtesy of The Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park.

@gettymuseum

The Driskell Center is delighted to receive a $225,000 grant from Getty through its Black Visual Art Archives initiative for our project Radical Legacies, Digital Futures: Preserving Black Art for Global Access.

The 18-month grant will support archival processing and digitization across five recently acquired collections in The Driskell Center Archives (collections pictured) and an improved web interface designed to expand access to all 17 collections we hold, providing open access to digitized materials, finding aids, and interpretive content. The grant period will culminate in pop-up exhibition programming that brings these five collections into dialogue with contemporary audiences.

#BlackArt #BlackArtHistory #Archives #DriskellCenter #gettyfoundation

Image Credits:
-Dindga McCannon (seated), Linda Hiwot (l.), and Miriam Francis (r.), Where We At Black Women Artists, circa 1975. The Where We At Black Women Artists Archives.
-Dewey Crumpler with one of his paintings, circa 1969. The Crumpler Collection.
-From left to right, Robert L. Hall, David C. Driskell, Winston Branch, Rutherford Adkins, Earl Hooks, and Aaron Douglas at the opening event for the Winston Branch exhibition at Fisk University, 1973. David C. Driskell Papers, MS01.11.01.P0249.
-Lewis Tanner Moore, 2020. The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection.
-“Where We At” Black Women Artists exhibition flyer with artwork by Dindga McCannon, 1975. The Where We At Black Women Artists Archives.
-Dindga McCannon, circa 1980s. The Dindga McCannon Archives.
All courtesy of The Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park.

@gettymuseum

The Driskell Center is delighted to receive a $225,000 grant from Getty through its Black Visual Art Archives initiative for our project Radical Legacies, Digital Futures: Preserving Black Art for Global Access.

The 18-month grant will support archival processing and digitization across five recently acquired collections in The Driskell Center Archives (collections pictured) and an improved web interface designed to expand access to all 17 collections we hold, providing open access to digitized materials, finding aids, and interpretive content. The grant period will culminate in pop-up exhibition programming that brings these five collections into dialogue with contemporary audiences.

#BlackArt #BlackArtHistory #Archives #DriskellCenter #gettyfoundation

Image Credits:
-Dindga McCannon (seated), Linda Hiwot (l.), and Miriam Francis (r.), Where We At Black Women Artists, circa 1975. The Where We At Black Women Artists Archives.
-Dewey Crumpler with one of his paintings, circa 1969. The Crumpler Collection.
-From left to right, Robert L. Hall, David C. Driskell, Winston Branch, Rutherford Adkins, Earl Hooks, and Aaron Douglas at the opening event for the Winston Branch exhibition at Fisk University, 1973. David C. Driskell Papers, MS01.11.01.P0249.
-Lewis Tanner Moore, 2020. The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection.
-“Where We At” Black Women Artists exhibition flyer with artwork by Dindga McCannon, 1975. The Where We At Black Women Artists Archives.
-Dindga McCannon, circa 1980s. The Dindga McCannon Archives.
All courtesy of The Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park.

@gettymuseum

🔸Tertulia Nights: Networks of Care in David Driskell’s Legacy

Join us for a panel discussion on Thursday, June 11th from 6-9 P.M moderated by Dr. Shawn Christian, associate professor and Chair of FIU’s English department, on the role of mentorship, education, and networks of care in David Driskell’s artistic legacy.

Featuring Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese, Director of the Driskell Center at the University of Maryland; Christopher M. Norwood, J.D., civic and cultural strategist and Founder of Hampton Art Lovers; and Charles Humes, Jr., a Miami-based painter, muralist, and educator.

🏛️ Museum galleries will be open from 5–9 p.m., with all exhibitions on view, including “Sites of Assembly,” a newly opened exhibition exploring the spaces where public life unfolds.

Support for this initiative is provided by the Art Bridges Access for All program, the FIU’s Department of English, and the Green Family Foundation.

🌟🔗 RSVP for free using the link in our bio.

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♿️ Should you need an ADA accommodation to participate in a university event, program, or activity or need to request materials in an accessible format, please contact FIU’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at 305-348-2785 or accommodations@fiu.edu

🖼️: David C. Driskell, “Five Blue Notes” (detail), 1980, Tempera on canvas, 22 ½ x 29 ½ in. Gift of Nene Humphrey from the Benny Andrews and Nene Humphrey Collection, 2010.06.020 ©️ David C. Driskell/David C. Driskell Center, 2017
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#frostartmuseum #fiu #tertulianights #miamiartscene #thingstodoinmiami

🔸Tertulia Nights: Networks of Care in David Driskell’s Legacy

Join us for a panel discussion on Thursday, June 11th from 6-9 P.M moderated by Dr. Shawn Christian, associate professor and Chair of FIU’s English department, on the role of mentorship, education, and networks of care in David Driskell’s artistic legacy.

Featuring Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese, Director of the Driskell Center at the University of Maryland; Christopher M. Norwood, J.D., civic and cultural strategist and Founder of Hampton Art Lovers; and Charles Humes, Jr., a Miami-based painter, muralist, and educator.

🏛️ Museum galleries will be open from 5–9 p.m., with all exhibitions on view, including “Sites of Assembly,” a newly opened exhibition exploring the spaces where public life unfolds.

Support for this initiative is provided by the Art Bridges Access for All program, the FIU’s Department of English, and the Green Family Foundation.

🌟🔗 RSVP for free using the link in our bio.

——
♿️ Should you need an ADA accommodation to participate in a university event, program, or activity or need to request materials in an accessible format, please contact FIU’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at 305-348-2785 or accommodations@fiu.edu

🖼️: David C. Driskell, “Five Blue Notes” (detail), 1980, Tempera on canvas, 22 ½ x 29 ½ in. Gift of Nene Humphrey from the Benny Andrews and Nene Humphrey Collection, 2010.06.020 ©️ David C. Driskell/David C. Driskell Center, 2017
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#frostartmuseum #fiu #tertulianights #miamiartscene #thingstodoinmiami

🔸Tertulia Nights: Networks of Care in David Driskell’s Legacy

Join us for a panel discussion on Thursday, June 11th from 6-9 P.M moderated by Dr. Shawn Christian, associate professor and Chair of FIU’s English department, on the role of mentorship, education, and networks of care in David Driskell’s artistic legacy.

Featuring Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese, Director of the Driskell Center at the University of Maryland; Christopher M. Norwood, J.D., civic and cultural strategist and Founder of Hampton Art Lovers; and Charles Humes, Jr., a Miami-based painter, muralist, and educator.

🏛️ Museum galleries will be open from 5–9 p.m., with all exhibitions on view, including “Sites of Assembly,” a newly opened exhibition exploring the spaces where public life unfolds.

Support for this initiative is provided by the Art Bridges Access for All program, the FIU’s Department of English, and the Green Family Foundation.

🌟🔗 RSVP for free using the link in our bio.

——
♿️ Should you need an ADA accommodation to participate in a university event, program, or activity or need to request materials in an accessible format, please contact FIU’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at 305-348-2785 or accommodations@fiu.edu

🖼️: David C. Driskell, “Five Blue Notes” (detail), 1980, Tempera on canvas, 22 ½ x 29 ½ in. Gift of Nene Humphrey from the Benny Andrews and Nene Humphrey Collection, 2010.06.020 ©️ David C. Driskell/David C. Driskell Center, 2017
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#frostartmuseum #fiu #tertulianights #miamiartscene #thingstodoinmiami

🔸Tertulia Nights: Networks of Care in David Driskell’s Legacy

Join us for a panel discussion on Thursday, June 11th from 6-9 P.M moderated by Dr. Shawn Christian, associate professor and Chair of FIU’s English department, on the role of mentorship, education, and networks of care in David Driskell’s artistic legacy.

Featuring Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese, Director of the Driskell Center at the University of Maryland; Christopher M. Norwood, J.D., civic and cultural strategist and Founder of Hampton Art Lovers; and Charles Humes, Jr., a Miami-based painter, muralist, and educator.

🏛️ Museum galleries will be open from 5–9 p.m., with all exhibitions on view, including “Sites of Assembly,” a newly opened exhibition exploring the spaces where public life unfolds.

Support for this initiative is provided by the Art Bridges Access for All program, the FIU’s Department of English, and the Green Family Foundation.

🌟🔗 RSVP for free using the link in our bio.

——
♿️ Should you need an ADA accommodation to participate in a university event, program, or activity or need to request materials in an accessible format, please contact FIU’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at 305-348-2785 or accommodations@fiu.edu

🖼️: David C. Driskell, “Five Blue Notes” (detail), 1980, Tempera on canvas, 22 ½ x 29 ½ in. Gift of Nene Humphrey from the Benny Andrews and Nene Humphrey Collection, 2010.06.020 ©️ David C. Driskell/David C. Driskell Center, 2017
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#frostartmuseum #fiu #tertulianights #miamiartscene #thingstodoinmiami

🔸Tertulia Nights: Networks of Care in David Driskell’s Legacy

Join us for a panel discussion on Thursday, June 11th from 6-9 P.M moderated by Dr. Shawn Christian, associate professor and Chair of FIU’s English department, on the role of mentorship, education, and networks of care in David Driskell’s artistic legacy.

Featuring Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese, Director of the Driskell Center at the University of Maryland; Christopher M. Norwood, J.D., civic and cultural strategist and Founder of Hampton Art Lovers; and Charles Humes, Jr., a Miami-based painter, muralist, and educator.

🏛️ Museum galleries will be open from 5–9 p.m., with all exhibitions on view, including “Sites of Assembly,” a newly opened exhibition exploring the spaces where public life unfolds.

Support for this initiative is provided by the Art Bridges Access for All program, the FIU’s Department of English, and the Green Family Foundation.

🌟🔗 RSVP for free using the link in our bio.

——
♿️ Should you need an ADA accommodation to participate in a university event, program, or activity or need to request materials in an accessible format, please contact FIU’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at 305-348-2785 or accommodations@fiu.edu

🖼️: David C. Driskell, “Five Blue Notes” (detail), 1980, Tempera on canvas, 22 ½ x 29 ½ in. Gift of Nene Humphrey from the Benny Andrews and Nene Humphrey Collection, 2010.06.020 ©️ David C. Driskell/David C. Driskell Center, 2017
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#frostartmuseum #fiu #tertulianights #miamiartscene #thingstodoinmiami

We are deeply saddened by the passing of artist Mary Lovelace O’Neal—a painter, printmaker, educator, and storyteller whose work transformed generations of artists and audiences alike.
At The Driskell Center, we want to honor O’Neal’s memory as her work will remain profoundly influential, and we honor her extraordinary life and lasting legacy. 🖤 Mary Lovelace O’Neal (1942–2026)

1/ 🖼️ Mary Lovelace O’Neal, "Running Freed More Slaves Than Lincoln Ever Did," 1997. Serigraph and ink on paper, 23.5 × 16.5 in. Ed. 7/20. Gift of the Jean and Robert E. Steele Collection. 2022.04.001.
2/ Quote: Manuscript “Mary O’Neal, Painting on the Edges of a Black and White World”, David C. Driskell Papers, 1800-2014, Series 5, Box 31, Folder 7. David C. Driskell Center Archives. University of Maryland at College Park.
3/ 📸 David C. Driskell and Mary Lovelace O’Neal at the Bomani Gallery for the opening of the exhibition “David Driskell: Two Worlds: One of Sight, One of Vision,” David C. Driskell Papers, 1800-2014, Series 11, Subseries 1. David C. Driskell Center Archives. University of Maryland at College Park.

We are deeply saddened by the passing of artist Mary Lovelace O’Neal—a painter, printmaker, educator, and storyteller whose work transformed generations of artists and audiences alike.
At The Driskell Center, we want to honor O’Neal’s memory as her work will remain profoundly influential, and we honor her extraordinary life and lasting legacy. 🖤 Mary Lovelace O’Neal (1942–2026)

1/ 🖼️ Mary Lovelace O’Neal, "Running Freed More Slaves Than Lincoln Ever Did," 1997. Serigraph and ink on paper, 23.5 × 16.5 in. Ed. 7/20. Gift of the Jean and Robert E. Steele Collection. 2022.04.001.
2/ Quote: Manuscript “Mary O’Neal, Painting on the Edges of a Black and White World”, David C. Driskell Papers, 1800-2014, Series 5, Box 31, Folder 7. David C. Driskell Center Archives. University of Maryland at College Park.
3/ 📸 David C. Driskell and Mary Lovelace O’Neal at the Bomani Gallery for the opening of the exhibition “David Driskell: Two Worlds: One of Sight, One of Vision,” David C. Driskell Papers, 1800-2014, Series 11, Subseries 1. David C. Driskell Center Archives. University of Maryland at College Park.

We are deeply saddened by the passing of artist Mary Lovelace O’Neal—a painter, printmaker, educator, and storyteller whose work transformed generations of artists and audiences alike.
At The Driskell Center, we want to honor O’Neal’s memory as her work will remain profoundly influential, and we honor her extraordinary life and lasting legacy. 🖤 Mary Lovelace O’Neal (1942–2026)

1/ 🖼️ Mary Lovelace O’Neal, "Running Freed More Slaves Than Lincoln Ever Did," 1997. Serigraph and ink on paper, 23.5 × 16.5 in. Ed. 7/20. Gift of the Jean and Robert E. Steele Collection. 2022.04.001.
2/ Quote: Manuscript “Mary O’Neal, Painting on the Edges of a Black and White World”, David C. Driskell Papers, 1800-2014, Series 5, Box 31, Folder 7. David C. Driskell Center Archives. University of Maryland at College Park.
3/ 📸 David C. Driskell and Mary Lovelace O’Neal at the Bomani Gallery for the opening of the exhibition “David Driskell: Two Worlds: One of Sight, One of Vision,” David C. Driskell Papers, 1800-2014, Series 11, Subseries 1. David C. Driskell Center Archives. University of Maryland at College Park.

🖤A BIG THANK YOU to our amazing gallery monitors, student ambassadors, and student curriculum developers at The Driskell Center 🖤
Your energy, dedication, curiosity, and care helped shape this year’s exhibitions, tours, and public programs in so many meaningful ways. Thank you for welcoming visitors, leading conversations, and contributing to our vibrant community.

To our graduating students — we wish you all the best on your next adventures and cannot wait to see all that you accomplish. And to those returning next year, we’re already looking forward to welcoming you back!
✨Thank you for being such an important part of our community ✨

Photo Credit: Kevin Cartwright, @dogoodatumd
Artworks by:
Mark Thomas Gibson, Flag 1 (The Big One) (2024), Ink on canvas, 60 x 118 in. Mark Thomas Gibson Studio.Lex Marie, Just A Baby (2023), Hospital receiving blankets, fabric, flagpole,48 x 50 in. Courtesy of the Artist.
June Edmonds, For Carney and The 54th (A Memorial) I - IV (2019), Acrylic and spray paint on unstretched canvas, 88 x 55 in. © June Edmonds. Rodney M. Miller Collection, courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.

🖤A BIG THANK YOU to our amazing gallery monitors, student ambassadors, and student curriculum developers at The Driskell Center 🖤
Your energy, dedication, curiosity, and care helped shape this year’s exhibitions, tours, and public programs in so many meaningful ways. Thank you for welcoming visitors, leading conversations, and contributing to our vibrant community.

To our graduating students — we wish you all the best on your next adventures and cannot wait to see all that you accomplish. And to those returning next year, we’re already looking forward to welcoming you back!
✨Thank you for being such an important part of our community ✨

Photo Credit: Kevin Cartwright, @dogoodatumd
Artworks by:
Mark Thomas Gibson, Flag 1 (The Big One) (2024), Ink on canvas, 60 x 118 in. Mark Thomas Gibson Studio.Lex Marie, Just A Baby (2023), Hospital receiving blankets, fabric, flagpole,48 x 50 in. Courtesy of the Artist.
June Edmonds, For Carney and The 54th (A Memorial) I - IV (2019), Acrylic and spray paint on unstretched canvas, 88 x 55 in. © June Edmonds. Rodney M. Miller Collection, courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.

🖤A BIG THANK YOU to our amazing gallery monitors, student ambassadors, and student curriculum developers at The Driskell Center 🖤
Your energy, dedication, curiosity, and care helped shape this year’s exhibitions, tours, and public programs in so many meaningful ways. Thank you for welcoming visitors, leading conversations, and contributing to our vibrant community.

To our graduating students — we wish you all the best on your next adventures and cannot wait to see all that you accomplish. And to those returning next year, we’re already looking forward to welcoming you back!
✨Thank you for being such an important part of our community ✨

Photo Credit: Kevin Cartwright, @dogoodatumd
Artworks by:
Mark Thomas Gibson, Flag 1 (The Big One) (2024), Ink on canvas, 60 x 118 in. Mark Thomas Gibson Studio.Lex Marie, Just A Baby (2023), Hospital receiving blankets, fabric, flagpole,48 x 50 in. Courtesy of the Artist.
June Edmonds, For Carney and The 54th (A Memorial) I - IV (2019), Acrylic and spray paint on unstretched canvas, 88 x 55 in. © June Edmonds. Rodney M. Miller Collection, courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.

🖤A BIG THANK YOU to our amazing gallery monitors, student ambassadors, and student curriculum developers at The Driskell Center 🖤
Your energy, dedication, curiosity, and care helped shape this year’s exhibitions, tours, and public programs in so many meaningful ways. Thank you for welcoming visitors, leading conversations, and contributing to our vibrant community.

To our graduating students — we wish you all the best on your next adventures and cannot wait to see all that you accomplish. And to those returning next year, we’re already looking forward to welcoming you back!
✨Thank you for being such an important part of our community ✨

Photo Credit: Kevin Cartwright, @dogoodatumd
Artworks by:
Mark Thomas Gibson, Flag 1 (The Big One) (2024), Ink on canvas, 60 x 118 in. Mark Thomas Gibson Studio.Lex Marie, Just A Baby (2023), Hospital receiving blankets, fabric, flagpole,48 x 50 in. Courtesy of the Artist.
June Edmonds, For Carney and The 54th (A Memorial) I - IV (2019), Acrylic and spray paint on unstretched canvas, 88 x 55 in. © June Edmonds. Rodney M. Miller Collection, courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.

🖤A BIG THANK YOU to our amazing gallery monitors, student ambassadors, and student curriculum developers at The Driskell Center 🖤
Your energy, dedication, curiosity, and care helped shape this year’s exhibitions, tours, and public programs in so many meaningful ways. Thank you for welcoming visitors, leading conversations, and contributing to our vibrant community.

To our graduating students — we wish you all the best on your next adventures and cannot wait to see all that you accomplish. And to those returning next year, we’re already looking forward to welcoming you back!
✨Thank you for being such an important part of our community ✨

Photo Credit: Kevin Cartwright, @dogoodatumd
Artworks by:
Mark Thomas Gibson, Flag 1 (The Big One) (2024), Ink on canvas, 60 x 118 in. Mark Thomas Gibson Studio.Lex Marie, Just A Baby (2023), Hospital receiving blankets, fabric, flagpole,48 x 50 in. Courtesy of the Artist.
June Edmonds, For Carney and The 54th (A Memorial) I - IV (2019), Acrylic and spray paint on unstretched canvas, 88 x 55 in. © June Edmonds. Rodney M. Miller Collection, courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.

FREE CATALOGS - Last week of “America Will Be!” 💫

As we wrap up the exhibition, we’re happy to share that we still have a limited number of catalogs available for pickup. Stop by and grab one while they last!
At The Driskell Center, we are committed to accessible content and scholarship—making this publication freely available is part of fulfilling that mission. Come by, spend some time with the work, and take a catalog home with you before the exhibition closes on Friday.
Catalog contributions by Dr. Nicole Archer, Dr. Jordana M. Saggese @jmsaggese, Dr. Antoine Banks @antoinebanksumd @umdgvpt.

#blackart #artshow #driskellcenter

Image: “America Will Be!” catalogs. Artwork by June Edmonds, “Four Years in the White House Flag,” 2019–2021. Acrylic on linen, 90 x 60 in. Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. ©️June Edmonds, image courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.

Photo repost by Lex Marie @thelexmarie

Last chance to experience "America Will Be!" ✨
📍 The Driskell Center
🗓 On view through May 8
As we enter the final week of the exhibition at The Driskell Center, we invite you to visit before "America Will Be!" closes on Friday. Don't miss the opportunity to engage with artworks that reimagine what the symbol of the American flag has been—and what it might become.
@juneeecee @darthgibson

Lead support provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art @terraamericanart, with additional support from the Maryland State Arts Council @mdartscouncil, Arts For All @umdartsforall, and The Driskell Center's generous patrons.

Artist/Lender Credits:
© Nari Ward Studio, Courtesy of Vilcek Foundation
© June Edmonds, Images courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.
© Sanford Biggers, Nesbitt-Blanchard Collection
© 2025 David Hammons / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Glenstone Museum
© Mark Thomas Gibson Studio

Photo Credits:
1) Pete Duvall -- Anything Photographic @peted301
2) Kevin Cartwright @dogoodatumd
3–5) Taneen Momeni @umd_arhu

#driskellcenter #Blackart #contemporaryart

Last chance to experience "America Will Be!" ✨
📍 The Driskell Center
🗓 On view through May 8
As we enter the final week of the exhibition at The Driskell Center, we invite you to visit before "America Will Be!" closes on Friday. Don't miss the opportunity to engage with artworks that reimagine what the symbol of the American flag has been—and what it might become.
@juneeecee @darthgibson

Lead support provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art @terraamericanart, with additional support from the Maryland State Arts Council @mdartscouncil, Arts For All @umdartsforall, and The Driskell Center's generous patrons.

Artist/Lender Credits:
© Nari Ward Studio, Courtesy of Vilcek Foundation
© June Edmonds, Images courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.
© Sanford Biggers, Nesbitt-Blanchard Collection
© 2025 David Hammons / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Glenstone Museum
© Mark Thomas Gibson Studio

Photo Credits:
1) Pete Duvall -- Anything Photographic @peted301
2) Kevin Cartwright @dogoodatumd
3–5) Taneen Momeni @umd_arhu

#driskellcenter #Blackart #contemporaryart

Last chance to experience "America Will Be!" ✨
📍 The Driskell Center
🗓 On view through May 8
As we enter the final week of the exhibition at The Driskell Center, we invite you to visit before "America Will Be!" closes on Friday. Don't miss the opportunity to engage with artworks that reimagine what the symbol of the American flag has been—and what it might become.
@juneeecee @darthgibson

Lead support provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art @terraamericanart, with additional support from the Maryland State Arts Council @mdartscouncil, Arts For All @umdartsforall, and The Driskell Center's generous patrons.

Artist/Lender Credits:
© Nari Ward Studio, Courtesy of Vilcek Foundation
© June Edmonds, Images courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.
© Sanford Biggers, Nesbitt-Blanchard Collection
© 2025 David Hammons / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Glenstone Museum
© Mark Thomas Gibson Studio

Photo Credits:
1) Pete Duvall -- Anything Photographic @peted301
2) Kevin Cartwright @dogoodatumd
3–5) Taneen Momeni @umd_arhu

#driskellcenter #Blackart #contemporaryart

Last chance to experience "America Will Be!" ✨
📍 The Driskell Center
🗓 On view through May 8
As we enter the final week of the exhibition at The Driskell Center, we invite you to visit before "America Will Be!" closes on Friday. Don't miss the opportunity to engage with artworks that reimagine what the symbol of the American flag has been—and what it might become.
@juneeecee @darthgibson

Lead support provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art @terraamericanart, with additional support from the Maryland State Arts Council @mdartscouncil, Arts For All @umdartsforall, and The Driskell Center's generous patrons.

Artist/Lender Credits:
© Nari Ward Studio, Courtesy of Vilcek Foundation
© June Edmonds, Images courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.
© Sanford Biggers, Nesbitt-Blanchard Collection
© 2025 David Hammons / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Glenstone Museum
© Mark Thomas Gibson Studio

Photo Credits:
1) Pete Duvall -- Anything Photographic @peted301
2) Kevin Cartwright @dogoodatumd
3–5) Taneen Momeni @umd_arhu

#driskellcenter #Blackart #contemporaryart

Last chance to experience "America Will Be!" ✨
📍 The Driskell Center
🗓 On view through May 8
As we enter the final week of the exhibition at The Driskell Center, we invite you to visit before "America Will Be!" closes on Friday. Don't miss the opportunity to engage with artworks that reimagine what the symbol of the American flag has been—and what it might become.
@juneeecee @darthgibson

Lead support provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art @terraamericanart, with additional support from the Maryland State Arts Council @mdartscouncil, Arts For All @umdartsforall, and The Driskell Center's generous patrons.

Artist/Lender Credits:
© Nari Ward Studio, Courtesy of Vilcek Foundation
© June Edmonds, Images courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.
© Sanford Biggers, Nesbitt-Blanchard Collection
© 2025 David Hammons / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Glenstone Museum
© Mark Thomas Gibson Studio

Photo Credits:
1) Pete Duvall -- Anything Photographic @peted301
2) Kevin Cartwright @dogoodatumd
3–5) Taneen Momeni @umd_arhu

#driskellcenter #Blackart #contemporaryart

🌟 SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY 🌟
The Driskell Center is now accepting applications for its Summer 2026 Internship Program!
We are currently seeking a Digital Collections Intern 📁✨
This opportunity is open to all undergraduate students or early-career graduate students interested in collections, archives, and digital accessibility. The selected intern will work on enhancing access to The Driskell Center’s Permanent Art Collection using TMS Collections & eMuseum.
🎓 Preference will be given to applicants from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
📣 Don’t miss the chance to gain hands-on experience working with an important art collection and contributing to accessibility in the arts.
🔗 Apply now: https://go.umd.edu/drskinternapp
#InternshipOpportunity #MuseumInternship #DriskellCenter #ArtCareers #DigitalCollections HBCU ArtHistory

The Crumpler Collection is now open for research! The Driskell Center Archives is excited to announce that researchers can now schedule visits to consult materials in the Crumpler Collection. You may recognize the subject, Dewey Crumpler, from our Fall 2024 exhibition, Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies.

The Crumpler Collection documents Dewey Crumpler’s career as an artist and arts educator. Collection materials highlight Crumpler’s decades-long artistic series on tulips and international trade, as well as his hoodie works and slave collar series. It also includes materials from his teaching career with the San Francisco Art Institute. Material formats include sketchbooks, exhibition catalogs, lesson plans, and audiovisual items.

You can read more about Dewey Crumpler and consult the Crumpler Collection Finding Aid at the link in our bio.

#BlackArtHistory #BlackArtists #Archives #DriskellCenter #DeweyCrumpler #ArtHistory

Image credit: The Crumpler Collection, MS10, Box 1, Folder 4. The Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park. Gift of Dewey Crumpler.

📣 May Day at the Driskell Center! Beyond the Stars & Stripes
Join us May 1, 5–7 p.m. for a special panel conversation with artists June Edmonds, Mark Thomas Gibson, and Sheldon Scott, moderated by co-curator Dr. Nicole Archer. Don’t miss this powerful discussion bringing art and ideas into conversation.
“America Will Be!” and its programming are made possible through the generous support of the Terra Foundation for American Art. @terraamericanart @darthgibson @sheldonascott @juneeecee
Register via Eventbrite. Link in bio. Image Credit: June Edmonds, Four Years in the White House Flag, 2019-2021. Courtesy of the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. ©June Edmonds. Photo by @peted301 - Anything Photographic.
#DriskellCenter #PanelDiscussion #ArtEvent #UMD #Blackart
Image Credit: June Edmonds, "For Carney & The 54th (a Memorial), I, III, V, & IV" (2019), courtesy of The Rodney M. Miller Collection. Installation photography by Pete Duvall - Anything Photographic. @peted301
[Alt text: Installation view of four dark-toned, draped canvas paintings by June Edmonds displayed on a white gallery wall at the Driskell Gallery.]

The robin holder collection is now open for research! The Driskell Center Archives is thrilled to hold this unique collection documenting a groundbreaking Black woman artist.

The robin holder collection documents robin holder’s career as an artist and educator and her contributions to Black art. The collection particularly highlights holder’s artistic work in series, her many public art commissions, and her time as Assistant Director of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. It also includes materials from her decades-long career as an Artist Instructor, including with the nonprofit organization Studio in a School and residencies with Brooklyn Arts Council, the Children’s Museum of Brooklyn, and Art Horizons. Material formats include sketchbooks, exhibition catalogs, lesson plans, photographs, slides, and audiovisual items.

You can read more about robin holder and peruse the robin holder collection Finding Aid at the link in our bio.

#DriskellCenter #BlackArtHistory #Archives #BlackWomenArtists #ArtHistory #robinholder #printmaking #publicart

Images credit: robin holder collection, MS09, Box 17, Folder 3. The Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park. Gift of the artist robin holder.

What does the Fourth of July mean now?

Join us for the launch of The Douglass Dialogues, a new series bringing scholars and public intellectuals into conversation across difference. Grounded in the legacy of Frederick Douglass, this dialogue invites rigorous thinking, honest exchange and the possibility of disagreement as a form of learning.

The first conversation, What to Us Now is the Fourth of July?, revisits Douglass’s 1852 speech and asks what it means to confront the “character and conduct of this nation” in 2026, as the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary.

Featuring:
Christopher Bonner, associate professor of history, UMD
Janelle Wong, professor of American studies and government and politics, UMD
Larry Thompson, University of Georgia, former deputy attorney general of the United States

Monday, April 20
1 to 2:30 p.m.
David C. Driskell Center

Be part of the conversation. Link in bio.

What does the Fourth of July mean now?

Join us for the launch of The Douglass Dialogues, a new series bringing scholars and public intellectuals into conversation across difference. Grounded in the legacy of Frederick Douglass, this dialogue invites rigorous thinking, honest exchange and the possibility of disagreement as a form of learning.

The first conversation, What to Us Now is the Fourth of July?, revisits Douglass’s 1852 speech and asks what it means to confront the “character and conduct of this nation” in 2026, as the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary.

Featuring:
Christopher Bonner, associate professor of history, UMD
Janelle Wong, professor of American studies and government and politics, UMD
Larry Thompson, University of Georgia, former deputy attorney general of the United States

Monday, April 20
1 to 2:30 p.m.
David C. Driskell Center

Be part of the conversation. Link in bio.

What does the Fourth of July mean now?

Join us for the launch of The Douglass Dialogues, a new series bringing scholars and public intellectuals into conversation across difference. Grounded in the legacy of Frederick Douglass, this dialogue invites rigorous thinking, honest exchange and the possibility of disagreement as a form of learning.

The first conversation, What to Us Now is the Fourth of July?, revisits Douglass’s 1852 speech and asks what it means to confront the “character and conduct of this nation” in 2026, as the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary.

Featuring:
Christopher Bonner, associate professor of history, UMD
Janelle Wong, professor of American studies and government and politics, UMD
Larry Thompson, University of Georgia, former deputy attorney general of the United States

Monday, April 20
1 to 2:30 p.m.
David C. Driskell Center

Be part of the conversation. Link in bio.

What does the Fourth of July mean now?

Join us for the launch of The Douglass Dialogues, a new series bringing scholars and public intellectuals into conversation across difference. Grounded in the legacy of Frederick Douglass, this dialogue invites rigorous thinking, honest exchange and the possibility of disagreement as a form of learning.

The first conversation, What to Us Now is the Fourth of July?, revisits Douglass’s 1852 speech and asks what it means to confront the “character and conduct of this nation” in 2026, as the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary.

Featuring:
Christopher Bonner, associate professor of history, UMD
Janelle Wong, professor of American studies and government and politics, UMD
Larry Thompson, University of Georgia, former deputy attorney general of the United States

Monday, April 20
1 to 2:30 p.m.
David C. Driskell Center

Be part of the conversation. Link in bio.

What does the Fourth of July mean now?

Join us for the launch of The Douglass Dialogues, a new series bringing scholars and public intellectuals into conversation across difference. Grounded in the legacy of Frederick Douglass, this dialogue invites rigorous thinking, honest exchange and the possibility of disagreement as a form of learning.

The first conversation, What to Us Now is the Fourth of July?, revisits Douglass’s 1852 speech and asks what it means to confront the “character and conduct of this nation” in 2026, as the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary.

Featuring:
Christopher Bonner, associate professor of history, UMD
Janelle Wong, professor of American studies and government and politics, UMD
Larry Thompson, University of Georgia, former deputy attorney general of the United States

Monday, April 20
1 to 2:30 p.m.
David C. Driskell Center

Be part of the conversation. Link in bio.