Program of Events

David C. Driskell Lecture
David C. Driskell Center at University of Maryland, College Park
4:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Registration Link: https://go.umd.edu/driskellporter2024

4:30 pm

Public Art Dedication & Artist Talk with Melvin Edwards

6:00 pm

James A. Porter/David C. Driskell Book Award Lecture at the Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park

James A. Porter/David C. Driskell Book Award presented to Huey Copeland, BFC Presidential Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania & Steven Nelson, Ph.D., Dean for Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Lecture Presented by: Steven Nelson, Ph.D., Dean for Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at National Gallery of Art, Washington

Porter Colloquium at the Phillips Collection, Washington DC
10:00 am - 8:30 pm

PROCEEDINGS WILL ALSO BE LIVE-STREAMED ON PHILLIPS COLLECTION YouTube Channel

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Opening Remarks:

• Jonathan P. Binstock, Ph.D., Vradenburg Director and CEO, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
• Phylicia Rashad, Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, Howard University
• Raimi Gbadamosi, Ph.D. Chair of the Department of Art, Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, Howard University

Day Moderator: Melanee C. Harvey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History & Chair of the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora, Howard University

11:00 am- 11:45 am

James A. Porter Distinguished Lecture

Rebecca Van Diver, Ph.D., Associate Professor, History of Art and Architecture, Vanderbilt University, 2023 James A. Porter Book Award Honoree

Lecture Title: “Hallowed Halls and Walls: The Legacy of Howard University Department of Art”

Introduced by: Jada Adkinson, Art Major in Photography, Howard University

12:00 pm- 12:45 pm

Floyd Coleman Distinguished Session Design Legacies and Futures-A Conversation: Edward T. Welburn, former General Motors' Vice President of Global Design (2003-2016), in conversation with Prof. Mark Bartley, Department of Art Associate Chair, Howard University & Dr. Cheryl Miller, Department of Art Adjunct Lecturer, Howard University

Introduced by: Tatum Sabin, Art Major in Painting, Howard University

1:00 pm- 2:00 pm LUNCH

2:00 pm- 2:30 pm

From the Curatorial Frontlines:  A Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, DC, 1900 - 2000

• Samir Meghelli Ph.D., Curator, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Introduced by: Kelis George, Art Major in photography, Howard University

2:30 pm- 3:30 pm

Reports from the Field: How HU Collections Help Reshape the Stories We Tell  (This panel is supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art & the Phillips Collection):

• Adrienne Childs, PhD, Senior Consulting Curator, The Phillips Collection 
• Denise Murrell, Ph.D., Associate Curator, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Elyse Nelson, PhD, Assistant Curator of European Sculpture, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Jessica Bell Brown, Curator and Department Head of Contemporary Art, Baltimore Museum of Art

Moderator: Camille Brown, Assistant Curator, The Phillips Collection

30 Minute BREAK

4:00 pm- 5:00 pm

Roundtable: A Proud Continuum– Howard Alumni in Museums & Galleries (Sponsored by the Howard University Gallery of Art):

• Taylor Aldridge, Visual Arts Curator and Program Manager,  California African American Museum (CAAM), Los Angeles.
• Jane Carpenter-Rock, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Museum Content and Outreach
• Rhea Combs, Ph.D., Director of Curatorial Affairs, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
• Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Deputy Director Emeritus, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Gwendolyn Everett, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, Howard University
• Introduction & Student Responders: Jada Brooks and Sacha Reid

15 Minute BREAK

5:15 pm- 6:00 pm     

Future Trajectories– Call & Response

Opening Statement by Department of Art Chair Raimi Gbadamosi, PhD, Howard University

Response across Conversation:

• Jacqueline Carmichael, Associate Professor & Area Coordinator for Interior Design, Howard University
• Larry W. Cook, Associate Professor &  Area Coordinator for Photography, Howard University 
• Elka Stevens, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Area Coordinator for Fashion Design, Howard University
• Reginald Pointer, Associate Professor & Area Coordinator for Ceramics and Sculpture, Howard University

Moderator: Sandy Bellamy, Adjunct Lecturer & former co-chair of the 2023 James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora, Howard University

Introduced by: Bryten Gant, Art Major in Electronic Studio, Howard University & Takovah Townsend, Art Major in Graphic Design, Howard University

6:00 pm- 6:15 pm

Concluding Remarks

6:30 pm- 8:30 pm

Reception (Sponsored by the Phillips Collection)

10:00 am- 12:00 pm Morning Museum Tours across DC

(Free but registration is required for limited spaces)

Tour Options:

A Bold and Beautiful Vision: Black Art Education  at Anacostia Community Museum

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/4LhxqNyME6fEojw88

The Spectacle of Power at Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Howard University 

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/E9J72SSpy2BeiAjg9

12:00 pm- 1:30 pm

Tours of Howard University Gallery of Art (no registration required)

12:00 pm- 3:00 pm

Ceramics Sale (Childers Hall 2003)

2:00 pm- 3:00 pm

Open Studio Sessions:

• Mark Bartley, Associate Chair, Department of Art, Howard University (Childers Hall 2016)
• Maria Fenton, Adjunct Lecturer of Fashion Design (Childers Hall 2006 )
• Raimi Gbadamosi, Ph.D. Chair of the Department of Art, Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, Howard University (Gallery of Art)

3:00 pm- 4:00 pm

Art Alum Book Talk: Adrian Loving: Fade to Grey: Androgyny, Style & Art in 80s Dance Music

4:30 pm- 6:30 pm

Reception & Artists Meet and Greet with HU Art Faculty (Gallery of Art)

Thursday

Registration Link: https://go.umd.edu/driskellporter2024

Friday

Registration is closed.

Saturday

Tour Options: 10:00 am- 12:00 pm Morning Museum Tours across DC

A Bold and Beautiful Vision: Black Art Education  at Anacostia Community Museum

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/4LhxqNyME6fEojw88

The Spectacle of Power at Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Howard University 

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/E9J72SSpy2BeiAjg9