Art News
Leroy Merrit Center for the Art of Joseph Sheppard
UMUC is expanding its Arts Program and Adelphi campus to include this impressive new facility designed by well-known Baltimore architect Jim Grieves. It is intended to be a center for lifelong learning and an enduring tribute to the accomplished painter and sculptor, Joseph Sheppard.
Mind, Body and Spirit
Upcoming Exhibit
With These Hands
The Sculptures of Sy Gresser and Bill Taylor
Reception:
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Exhibit Dates:
September 15–December 15, 2009
Autobiography/Performance/Identity:
A Symposium on African American and
African Diasporan Women in the Visual Arts
March 5–6, 2010
Events Archives
Collecting African American Art
The University of Maryland University College in collaboration with the Collectors Club of Washington, D.C., Inc., and the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, is pleased to announce a major exhibition of art "Holding our Own: Selections from the Collectors Club of Washington, D.C., Inc.". Represented in the exhibition are the works of forty-eight preeminent artists. The paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints to be displayed were selected from ten outstanding private art collections in the Mid-Atlantic region. In conjunction with the exhibition a conference is planned. Collecting African American Art: Aesthetics, Methods and Marketplace is a day long event hosted by David C. Driskell Center that will be examining various aspects of art collecting and cultural identity.
A Conference: Collecting African
Saturday, October 28, 2006 |
![]() James Phillips Flowers for Jeff, 2005 78 x 49, acrylic on canvas |
An Exhibit: Holding Our OwnSelections from the Collectors' Club of Washington, D.C., Inc. Art Gallery - Lower Level Exhibit Dates: October 29, 2006 thru January 4, 2007 For information, please email RSVP Online
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![]() Alma Thomas Etude in Color, 1971 16 x 24", Acrylic canvas |





