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Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Professor, Art & Art History

Contact Info:

Office Location:	114 Buchanan Blvd, Smith Warehouse
Office Phone:	(919) 684-2473
Email Address:

Teaching (Fall 2024):

• ARTHIST 384.01, ART OF THE US Synopsis

  Smith Wrhs A266, W 11:45 AM-02:15 PM

• ARTHIST 554S.01, HARLEM RENAISSANCE Synopsis

  Smith Wrhs A290, W 06:15 PM-08:45 PM

  (also cross-listed as AAAS 520S.01)

Education:

Ph.D.	Yale University	1988
M.Phil.	Yale University	1984
M.A.	Yale University	1982
M.F.A.	Howard University	1977
B.A.	Morehouse College	1975

Specialties:

Afro-American Art
African Art
Art of the United States

Research Interests:

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.

Keywords:

U.S. • Art History • African American Art • Media arts • Folk

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Katie Jentleson  
• Rebecca Keegan  
• Alfredo Rivera  

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Powell, RJ, Linguists, Poets, and ‘Others’ on African American Art, American Art, vol. 17 (Spring, 2003), pp. 16-19
2. Powell, RJ, Black Art A Cultural History (August, 2021), pp. 360 pages, London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., ISBN 9780500204665 (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.)  [abs]
3. Powell, RJ, Appreciation. Jacob Lawrence: Keep on Movin’, American Art, vol. 15 no. 1 (Spring, 2001), pp. 90-93, ISSN 1073-9300 [3109375], [doi]
4. Powell, RJ, To Be Real, in The Barkley L. Hendricks Experience (2001), pp. 13-15, New London, Connecticut: Lyman Allyn
5. Powell, RJ, Sartor Africanus, in Dandies: Fashion and Finesse in Art and Culture, edited by Fillin-Yeh, S (2001), pp. 217-242, New York: New York University Press