- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 47 min., 40 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Artist and scholar David Driskell was born on June 7, 1931, in Eatonton, Georgia. He attended North Carolina's public schools, earned his B.A. degree at Howard University and his M.F.A. degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Driskell also pursued post-graduate studies at the Netherlands Institute for the History of Art. He also pursued independent studies in Europe, Africa and South America. In 1976, Driskell opened his groundbreaking exhibition, "Two Centuries of Black American Art", at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Driskell wrote five exhibition books, co-authored four others and published more than forty catalogues from exhibitions he curated. In 1998, the University of Maryland established the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the African Diaspora. In 2006, his life's works were described in the biography, David C. Driskell: Artist and Scholar. In 2007, Driskell was elected as national academician by the National Academy.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with David Driskell
- David Driskell
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 998755970
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with David Driskell.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
034740
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Hyattsville, Maryland 2001 June 23.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Art Professor Curator Fine Artist.
- Added Author
Driskell, David C., interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.