[5] Art historian and UMD professor Jordana Moore Saggese succeeded Holton as director in July 2023.
[7] Artists in the art collection include Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Radcliffe Bailey, Richmond Barthé, Romare Bearden, John T. Biggers, Camille Billops, Louis Delsarte, Aaron Douglas, Melvin Edwards, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Sam Gilliam, Loïs Mailou Jones, Paul Keene, Jacob Lawrence, Samella Lewis, Faith Ringgold, Preston Sampson, Augusta Savage, John T. Scott, Lou Stovall, Alma Thomas, James Lesesne Wells, Walter H. Williams, William T. Williams, Deborah Willis, Hale Woodruff, James Van Der Zee, and Driskell himself.
[8] In addition to artwork, the Driskell Center also contains extensive archival collections from several artists, writers, and academics.
Other individual archival collections include those of artist Faith Ringgold, art historian Tritobia Hayes Benjamin, and the arts-focused William E. Harmon Foundation.
Past exhibitions have included solo shows of work by Romare Bearden, Willie Cole, Faith Ringgold, and Kara Walker.