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| David C. Driskell PrizeEstablished by the High in 2005, the David C. Driskell Prize is the first national award to honor and celebrate contributions to the field of African American art and art history. David Driskell is a practicing artist and scholar whose work on the African Diaspora spans more than four decades. Born in 1931 in Eatonton, GA, Driskell is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University in 1955, and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Catholic University in 1962. Proceeds from the High's annual Driskell Prize Dinner go toward both the David C. Driskell African American Art Acquisition Fund and Endowment. Through this fund the High has acquired works by artists such as Radcliffe Bailey, Willie Cole, John T. Scott and Renee Stout. Learn more below about the High's Driskell Prize winners. Next year's Awards Dinner will be held on April 20, 2009. If you're interested in learning more about the prize or annual dinner, please call Rhonda Matheison, Chief Financial Officer, at 404-733-4403, or Monifa Clunie, Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer, 404-733-4404. |
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| 2008 Recipient: Xaviera Simmons
Brooklyn-based artist Xaviera Simmons combines 21st-century media and traditional art forms, encompassing photography, performance, video and installation. Simmons thoroughly examines and engages a range of familiar topics, including landscape, history and community. Simmons’ most acclaimed work is an installation piece commissioned in 2006 by Art in General for its storefront in New York City. Learn More >> |
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| 2007 Recipient: Franklin Sirmans
Franklin Sirmans is the curator of modern and contemporary art at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas. Prior to taking his position at the Menil Collection, Sirmans mounted exhibitions as an independent curator at museums in Europe, Asia and the U.S., including the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Comune di Milano in Italy and the Museum Villa Stuck in Munich. Learn More >> |
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| 2006 Recipient: Willie Cole
Artist Willie Cole uses discarded everyday objects-such as irons, blow dryers and high-heeled shoes-to create iconic sculptures, installations and prints that present social, political or cultural perspectives of the urban African American experience. Cole's signature images are his iron-burn prints, which he began making in the late 1980s, where the scorches from a scalding iron are imbued with metaphorical meaning. Learn More >> |
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| 2005 Recipient: Kellie Jones
Dr. Kellie Jones is the inaugural recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize. She is currently Assistant Professor in the Departments of History of Art and African American Studies at Yale University. Her research interests include African American and African Diaspora artists, Latino/a and Latin American Artists, and issues in contemporary art and museum theory. Learn More >> |
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