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African Art | Conversations With A Curator
View in-depth video of objects from the High Museum's permanent collection.
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European Art | Conversations With A Curator
Learn about the European Art in the permanent collection at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Meet Printmaker David C. Driskell
Born in 1931 in Eatonton, Georgia, Driskell is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University in 1955 and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Catholic University in 1962. He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine in 1953, and studied art history at The Hague, The Netherlands, in 1964.
In 1976, Driskell curated the groundbreaking exhibition "Two Centuries of Black American Art: 17501950," which laid the foundation for the field of African American art history. Since 1977, he has served as cultural advisor to Camille O. and William H. Cosby and as the curator of the Cosby Collection of Fine Arts.
In a White House ceremony in 2000, Driskell received the National Humanities Medal from President Bill Clinton, and in 2007 he was elected as a National Academician by the National Academy.
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