NC Premier of David Gatten’s “The Extravagant Shadows”

Tomorrow, the Cinema Studies Series at Duke University presents a the North Carolina premier of a new work of digital cinema by filmmaker and MFAEDA faculty member David Gatten! The Extravagant Shadows (1998-2012, 175 min, Color, HD projection of Digital Master) Friday, Nov 30, 2012 3:00PM – 6:30PM Perkins Library–Biddle Rare Book Room Free and… Continue reading NC Premier of David Gatten’s “The Extravagant Shadows”

Documentary Fieldwork Presentations: 12.5 and 12.6

The MFA Experimental and Documentary Arts invites the public to showings of the documentary works-in-progress of the fifteen students from the class of 2014. The students are all enrolled in the first year Documentary Fieldwork seminar taught by Alex Harris. Five students will present their work on Wednesday, December 5, and ten students will present… Continue reading Documentary Fieldwork Presentations: 12.5 and 12.6

Experimental Communities Exhibition Features MFAEDAs

XCO curatorial group has organized a new exhibition, “Experimental Communities,” opening this Friday in conjunction with the first Graduate Convergence of the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics,  at Duke University between Nov. 9th and 11th, 2012. OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 5:30-7:30PM, EAST DUKE BLNG., DUKE UNIVERSITY, DURHAM, NC (Note: Some performances and parlor… Continue reading Experimental Communities Exhibition Features MFAEDAs

Memory Theatres: Bea Nettles Lecture, 11.7.12

  Memory Theatres: Books & Photographs by Bea Nettles Bea Nettles Book Artist and Photographer Professor Emerita, University of Illinois Wednesday, November 7, 2012 12 Noon MFA Carpentry Shop   Book artist and photographer Bea Nettles will be a visiting artist at Duke November 6-7, 2012. She will give a lecture to the public on… Continue reading Memory Theatres: Bea Nettles Lecture, 11.7.12

MFAEDA Students and Pratt’s Mahato Photo Contest

Two MFAEDA students, Lisa McCarty and John Rash, have submitted work to the 2012 “Envisioning the Invisible: Mahato Memorial Photo Contest,” sponsored by the Pratt School of Engineering  at Duke.  Three winners will be announced on November 7th, with awards of $1000, $500 and $250 respectively. John Rash has been selected as one of the… Continue reading MFAEDA Students and Pratt’s Mahato Photo Contest