Jubilee: Celebrating 25 Years of The Driskell Center
The David C. Driskell Center
Opening September 11, 2026
Jubilee is on view at The David C. Driskell Center in College Park, Maryland, presenting over seventy works from the collection, including works by Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, David Driskell, Sam Gilliam, James Phillips, and Alma Thomas.
This exhibition was curated by Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, with additional support from The Driskell Center staff.
The David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora
1214 Cole Student Activities Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Out of Many: Reframing an American Art Collection
November 8, 2025 - February 15, 2026
HEMPHILL is pleased to share artists Rush Baker IV, James Phillips, William Christenberry's inclusion in Out of Many: Reframing an American Art Collection on view at the Phillips Collection through February 15, 2025.
Coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the United States, Out of Many: Reframing an American Art Collection is a celebration and examination of the beauty and complexity of this nation’s history.
The Latest Roundups
Multiple potential pairings at Hemphill Artworks, downbeat "Vibes" at Otis St. Arts Project, and brash colors at Falls Church Arts Gallery
Mark Jenkins | December 10, 2024
The math is a bit more complicated in "Two X" than the Hemphill Artworks group show's title suggests. The selection presents 14 artists (six of them deceased) paired as seven duos. Several of the contributors, however, are represented by multiple works. Also, some of the pieces -- all made between 1960 and 2024 -- speak articulately to ones to which they're not officially linked.
Wayson R. Jones's "Kinshasa," for example, is an abstract 3D painting, rendered in two tones of blue, that's offered in dialogue with an untitled Leon Berkowitz picture whose soft, flat hues flow from blue to red to yellow. But the craggy relief forms in Jones's painting suggest the wave and criss-cross patterns in two white-on-white Robin Rose sculptural pictures. And Rose's icy palette harmonizes with the minimalism of a Ruri Yi painting that neatly arrays 12 lozenges in close shades of white and off-white.
Art and the City | HillRag
By Phil Hutinet
December 11, 2024
HEMPHILL presents “TWO X”, a group exhibition exploring the interconnectedness of art across generations. Running through December 21, this show invites viewers to reflect on how the dialogue between works by artists from different times can illuminate the shared essence of artistic expression.
Instead of adhering to conventional categorizations like period or style, “TWO X” focuses on pairings that highlight the personal and communal resonance of art, asking visitors to consider the broader narrative of creativity that connects us through time and across cultures. The exhibition aims to foster an appreciation for art’s enduring role in human experience, regardless of its context or origins.
Elizabeth Catlett & Benny Andrews
With the Smithsonian African American Museum Set to Open in Washington, the Entire City is Brimming with Black Art
September 20, 2016
Victoria L. Valentine, Culture Type
"Whether you were lucky enough to get an early preview or you are awaiting the appointed day when your timed pass will allow you to gain entry into the nation’s much-anticipated African American museum, to complement your experience, there are more than 10 African American art exhibitions in Washington worth visiting now and in the weeks and months to come."