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.

Save the Date: 2025 James A. Porter Colloquium

FELLOWSHIPS: The Center @ National Gallery of Art

Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Fellowships, 2023–2024

The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts is a research institute that fosters the study of the production, use, and cultural meaning of art, artifacts, architecture, and urbanism, from prehistoric times to the present. The resident community of scholars includes the Kress-Beinecke Professor, Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professor, the A. W. Mellon Lecturer in the Fine Arts, and approximately 18 fellows at any one time, including pre- and postdoctoral fellows, senior and visiting senior fellows, and research associates.

The Center is now welcoming applications for the following fellowships: 

Visiting Senior Fellowships

Award period: one two-month period between March 1 and August 15, 2024

Applications due September 21, 2023

Senior Fellowships

Award period: academic year 2024–2025, or a single semester therein 

Applications due October 15, 2023

A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship

Award period: September 2024–August 2026

Applications due October 15, 2023

Center/YCBA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Award period: September 2024–August 2026

Applications due October 15, 2023

Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowships

Award period: one to three years beginning September 2024

Applications due November 15, 2023

Fellows have access to the notable resources represented by the art collections, the library, and the image collections of the National Gallery of Art, as well as other specialized research libraries and collections in the Washington area.

For more information, please visit the Center’s website, or email us at TheCenter@nga.gov.