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Workspace Program - Alumni Update

Xaviera Simmons, 2005-2006 Workspace Resident Artist, has been awarded the Driskell Prize!

Brooklyn-based artist, Xaviera Simmons has been awarded the 2008 David C. Driskell Prize by the High Museum of Art. Named after the renowned African American artist and art scholar, the Driskell Prize recognizes a scholar or artist in the beginning or middle of his or her career whose work makes an original and important contribution to the field of African American art or art history. Simmons' work combines 21st Century media and traditional art forms, encompassing photography, performance, video and installation. Simmons will be awarded at the Driskell Prize Dinner in Atlanta on April 21, 2008, and will give a public lecture at the High in July 2008, in conjunction with the National Black Arts Festival.