| Other author/creator | Driskell, David C. interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with David Driskell |
| Portion of title |
David Driskell |
| Abstract |
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. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Hyattsville, Maryland 2001 June 23. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2001.022 HistoryMakers |
