34th James A. Porter Colloquium

The Phillips Collection, the Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, The Howard Gallery of Art, and the Department of Art in Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts look forward to welcoming you to the 34th James A. Porter Colloquium.

The 34th James A. Porter Colloquium seeks to highlight new scholarship on the history of art at Howard University from the Department of Art—across students, faculty and institutional units—to the rich art collections housed across the campus. Colloquium proceedings will explore historical and contemporary institutional partnerships that have made Howard an anchor in the American art landscape. Programming will also feature sessions dedicated to considering future trajectories for the arts at Howard.

For day one of the colloquium, hosted at The Phillips Collection, hear from 2023 James A. Porter Book Award Honoree Rebecca Van Diver, PhD, Associate Professor, History of Art and Architecture, Vanderbilt University; Edward T. Welburn, automobile designer and former General Motors’ Vice President of Global Design; Phylicia Rashad, Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, Howard University, and many more.  

Registered guests will receive the conference program. 

IMAGE: Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Two Sisters and the Horned Serpent, 2019, Ink, acrylic, graphite, glitter, rhinestones, and mixed media collage on canvas, 96 x 72 in.