Art

Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies Exhibition is on display at The Driskell Center gallery from September 10 to December 10.
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In “Heavyweight: Black Boxers and the Fight for Representation,” Jordana Moore Saggese, art history professor and director of the David C. Driskell Center, examines artistic depictions of Black boxers from the 19th through 21st centuries, revealing how their renderings reflected and reinforced stereotypes about Black men’s physicality, celebrity, power and place in the United States.
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To support student voice and action related to the Black Lives Matter movement, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, UMD Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and UMD Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy in partnership with Black Terps Matter announce the 2024-2025 round of Vital Signs: Creative Arts for Black Lives Mini-Grants.
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Grants awarded to the David C. Driskell Center will allow for the creation of an institutional archive and to digitize its newest collections.

A new sculpture celebrating David Driskell; the late Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, artist, and scholar, is unveiled.

UMD faculty share their picks for five African American artists everyone should know.

An art exhibit: maternity in ancient Africa and modern times.

Former Terps football player paints African American figures.