SYMPOSIUM: Reflecting on the Legacy of David C. Driskell

Start: Saturday, November 9, 2024 3:00PM
End: Saturday, November 9, 2024 5:00PM

In support of the exhibition "The Legacy of Two Centuries of Black American Art" at The Trout Gallery, this symposium features presentations by Curlee Raven Holton, artist, scholar, and Founding Director of Raven Fine Art Editions and Julie McGee, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Art History, University of Delaware. The symposium will be moderated by Jerry Philogene, Associate Professor of Black Studies at Middlebury College. Ella Layton '26, Trout Gallery Intern and Clarke Forum Student Manger, will be providing introductions.

Dickinson College co-sponsors: The Department of Africana Studies, the Popel Shaw Center for Race and Ethnicity, and the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues.
Free and Open to the Public

Image: David C. Driskell (American, 1931-2020), The Bassist, 2006, lithograph on paper, gift of Darlene Morris, 2021.1.14.

"The Legacy of Two Centuries of Black American Art" is one in a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program. Generous programming support provided by Art Bridges.