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“What do I want to lead with?” I ask myself as I prepare to write, to share, to open, to be with you here, dear reader & precious soul. In this breath & in this moment. & it is, my intention always,  to speak directly to your soul. I took this assignment to heart… For […]

Here’s the latest MFA|EDA 4th Alumni 6Pack, brought to you by EB Landesberg from the inaugural and pioneering Class of 2013. Take it away, EB. 1  Over the past six years, I’ve developed something of an itinerant lifestyle. From a home base that has moved from Durham to Montreal, and now to Oxford, England, my […]

In keeping with Duke University’s COVID-19 plan which includes instituting a series of social distancing practices to protect the health and continuity of the community, the public events, performances, and screenings for the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts Spring Thesis Exhibition have been postponed to the Fall 2020 semester. Updated information and schedule details […]

Welcome to the latest installment of MFA|EDA’s 4th Friday Alumni 6Pack. This month your Arts & Letters tour guide is Kristina Baker from the Class of 2016. Take it away, Kristina:   ~~~~~~~ 1. After graduating, I moved to Charlotte N.C.   ~~~~~~~ 2. I go to the symphony whenever there are piano performances and have been collecting […]

Duke University’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts celebrates the successes of the class of 2019 in MFA|EDA 2019, the program’s annual thesis exhibition, on view in Durham at the Power Plant Gallery and Full Frame Theater, and on Duke’s campus at the Fredric Jameson Gallery and Rubenstein Arts Center. MARCH 18 – APRIL 13 MFA|EDA 2019 […]

MFA|EDA student, alumni and faculty happenings this semester, gathered below in no particular order. Congrats all. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Princess Grace awardee Sarah Riazati (’19) in The Chronicle Jon-Sesrie Goff (’16) named Flaherty Executive Director Phyllis Dooney (’18) and Stagville: Living History, October 12 as part of the Click! Photography Festival.   The Unseen Festival (Sept 1-30, Denver and […]

Welcome to the fourth installment of MFA|EDA’s 4th Friday Alumni 6Pack. We are happy to continue the new custom with the intrepid Rachel Boillot, from the Class of 2014. Take it away, RB: 1. Home, Away from Home, and Home Again I recently spent several months recovering from a minor surgery in my childhood home in […]

The MFA|EDA free Sunday screening tradition continues this year with monthly shows curated by MFA|EDA second-year students. This year we are also pleased to join Screen/Society as fellow presenters lighting up the screen at the Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater. Program notes are updated as show dates approach, and can be found at mfaedasalon.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]

Welcome to the third installment of MFA|EDA’s 4th Friday Alumni 6Pack. We are pleased to continue the new custom with a communiqué from Lexi Bass, from the Class of 2018. Away we go: 1. Homecoming What was nostalgic about experiencing Cardboard Computer’s Kentucky Route Zero was how they captured the experience of highway driving at night. Returning […]

The Duke University Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program is proud to announce its spring thesis exhibition, MFA|EDA 2018. Featuring site-specific projects by twelve graduating MFA|EDA students, the exhibition presents a tremendous range of work including presentations of film and video, installation, sculpture, photography, immersive arts, performance, sound, and multimedia over the […]

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) […]