MFA|EDA Viewfinder

MFA|EDA dispatches from near and far, current and alumni. Congratulations all. ___________________________________________________ Tracy Fish (’15), featured in Oxford American’s Eyes on the South, and has joined the Photo faculty at the University of Nevada-Reno. John Rash (’14) works as producer/director at the Southern Documentary Project in the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of […]

There’s Content: Five Years of the Masters of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts celebrates the fifth anniversary of Duke University’s MFA program with a joint exhibition at the Power Plant Gallery and The Archive of Documentary Arts in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Power Plant Gallery (April 4-May 6) […]

The Duke University Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program is proud to announce its spring thesis exhibition, MFA|EDA 2017. Featuring site-specific projects by twelve MFA|EDA graduating students, the exhibition presents a tremendous range of work including presentations of film and video, installation, sculpture, photography, print-making, interactive arts, performance, sound, and multimedia over the […]

MFA|EDA dispatches from near and far, current and alumni. Congratulations all. ___________________________________________________ Haoyang Zhao (‘17) in Duke Today. Katie King (’18) Cousins on view at the Installation ArraySmith Warehouse Bay 11. Colleen Pesci (’17) and Dear Companion at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, February 1 – March 3, 2017 Power Plant Gallery Call for residency applications. MFA|EDA Sunday Screening […]

The Duke University Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program is proud to announce its spring thesis exhibition, MFA|EDA 2016. Featuring site-specific projects by sixteen MFA|EDA graduating students, the exhibition presents a tremendous range of work including presentations of film and video, installation, sculpture, photography, print-making, interactive arts, performance, sound, and multimedia, over […]

“Landscape is history made visible.” — John Brinckerhoff Jackson Duke University MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts is pleased and proud to welcome visiting artist Rick Prelinger to Duke and Durham. The visit will include student critique sessions, course visits and a unique interactive presentation entitled LOST LANDSCAPES OF LOS ANGELES. The first time being presented […]

For immediate release via the Power Plant Gallery: Nancy Cohen’s Hackensack Dreaming  Opening Reception and Artist’s Talk: January 22, 2016, 5p.m.–8p.m. Artist’s Talk begins at 6p.m. ___________________________ Power Plant Gallery powerplantgallery@duke.edu, 919.660.3622 powerplantgallery.org Exploring Nancy Cohen’s large-scale installation Hackensack Dreaming is to enter a world constructed by the human hand through manipulation of raw materials, a […]

The Duke University Marine Lab and the Duke MFA|EDA program are pleased to share an exciting opportunity for MFA|EDA students, current and alumni: Bringing Art to the Duke Marine Lab:  A Cross-disciplinary Request for Proposals _______________________________________ The Duke Marine Lab The Duke University Marine Laboratory is a unit within the Nicholas School of the Environment […]

Hidden Stories of Abandoned Places Friday, September 4, 6:30-8:00 pm at the NC Museum of History What can photos, archival documents, personal recollections, and video reveal about the people who once inhabited a place and the circumstances that caused them to leave it behind? What affects the decisions a photographer or filmmaker makes about how […]

The latest MFA|EDA dispatches and achievements from near and far. Congratulations all. ___________________________ Kristina Baker, ’16:  Currently on fieldwork travels in Prague, India and the U.K. ___________________________ Kristin Bedford, ’14:  Featured in KCRW arts and culture blog, Which Way LA, and hosted by the Los Angeles Visionary Association (LAVA) Salon series. ___________________________ Rachel Boillot, ’14: […]

This spring, Duke University’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts will celebrate the successes of the class of 2015 in MFA|EDA 2015, the program’s annual thesis exhibition on view from March 20-April 18. Featuring site-specific projects by fourteen MFA|EDA graduating students, the exhibition presents a tremendous range of work including presentations of film and video, installation, […]

Class of 2016 Influences In the first semester of the MFA|EDA program at Duke, the Documentary Fieldwork seminar is taught as an opportunity for students to create a new body of documentary work, in a sense to define what they mean by documentary work through their own artistic practice. This new work – presented at the […]