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    Richard J Powell

  • Richard J Powell

  • John Spencer Bassett Professor
  • Art, Art History & Visual Studies
  • 104 East Duke Building
  • Campus Box 90764
  • Phone: (919) 684-2473
  • Fax: (919) 684-4398
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  • Specialties

    • Afro-American Art
    • African Art
    • Art of the United States

  • Research Description

    Richard J. Powell received his Ph.D. from Yale University. His research and teaching interests lie in American art, African American art, and theories of race and representation in the African diaspora. He is also interested in the media arts and conceptualizations of the "folk" in world art and culture. His books include Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson and Black Art: A Cultural History.

  • Education

      • PhD,
      • Yale University,
      • 1988

  • Awards, Honors and Distinctions

      • Ph.D. Lab in Digital Knowledge Affiliated Faculty,
      • John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute,
      • 2012-2014
      • Acadia Summer Art Program Residency, Mount Desert Island, ME,
      • Fabric Workshop and Museum,
      • 2012/07/01-2012/07/07
      • James A. Porter Award for Excellence in African American Art Scholarship,
      • Howard University,
      • April, 2012
      • Wilbur Cross Medal for Distinguished Alumni,
      • Yale University,
      • October, 2009
      • John Hope Franklin Center Faculty Residency Fellowship,
      • Duke University,
      • 0 2001

  • Selected Publications

      • "Linguists, Poets, and ‘Others’ on African American Art."
      • American Art
      • 17
      • (2003)
      • :
      • 16-19.
      • Black Art: A Cultural History.
      • London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd.,
      • 2002.
      • (Revised & expanded edition of Black Art & Culture in the 20th Century, 1997; Spanish translation: Arte y Cultura Negros en el Siglo XX, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, S.A., 1998).
      • "Appreciation. Jacob Lawrence: Keep on Movin’."
      • American Art
      • 15
      • (2001)
      • :
      • 90-93.
      • "To Be Real."
      • The Barkley L. Hendricks Experience.
      • New London, Connecticut: Lyman Allyn,
      • 2001.
      • 13-15.
      • "Sartor Africanus."
      • Dandies: Fashion and Finesse in Art and Culture.
      • Ed. Susan Fillin-Yeh.
      • New York: New York University Press,
      • 2001.
      • 217-242.
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  • PhD Students

    • Anna K. Kivlan
    • Katherine L. Jentleson
    • Rebecca Keegan
    • Alfredo Rivera
    • Marissa A. Vincenti
      • 2000 - present