To Attend: James A. Porter Colloquium – Register Now

The 35th Annual James A. Porter Colloquium

on African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora

Dates: April 3-5, 2025

Locations:

  • April 3, 2025- The Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park (In-Person)
  • April 4, 2025- The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC(In-Person and Live-streamed on Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Youtube page)
  • April 5, 2025- National Gallery of Art, Washington,DC (In-Person Only and Live-streamed on National Gallery of Art’s Youtube page) & Howard University, Washington DC(In-Person Only and Live-streamed on the Porter Colloquium Youtube page)

Colloquium Theme Synopsis:

The Shape of Race

In partnership with the Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Association of Critical Race Art History, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Howard University Gallery of Art and the National Gallery of Art, the Department of Art in Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts invites the public to convene to examine new developments in the area of critical race art history.

Register for Driskell Center events on Thursday, April 3, 2024 by clicking the links below:

4:00PM Deity of the Circle Performance

6:00PM Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Kellie Jones

All additional registration can be completed through this eventbrite page.

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Author: Camara Dia Holloway

I am the Project Manager for the Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné at the Wildenstein Plattner Institute. I earned my PhD at Yale University in the History of Art Department and specialize in twentieth century American art with a particular focus on the history of photography, race and representation, and transatlantic modernist networks. I also serve as a Founding Co-Director of the Association for Critical Race Art History (ACRAH).

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