Directed by MFAEDA student Kristin Bedford, “Field Notes, Durham Noir” is a short film that explores the lonely spaces and interesting inhabitants that, in the dead of the night, pervade the part of NC-147 that passes through Durham. “Field Notes, Durham Noir” also features an original score by Dan Ruccia, a PhD candidate in Duke’s… Continue reading Kristin Bedford’s “Field Notes, Durham Noir” Screens at ALICE FEST 2013
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Marika Borgeson and Bill Brown Screen at CUFF
Marika Borgeson, a student in the MFA EDA program, will screen her work Eleven Forty Seven at the 20th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival held March 6-10 at Chicago’s Logan Theatre. Borgeson’s film is part of the shorts program, “Spectrum: Talking About Things,” scheduled for 6:30pm on March 7. Also part of that line-up is… Continue reading Marika Borgeson and Bill Brown Screen at CUFF
Josh Gibson’s Kudzu Vine Wins at ZagrebDox
“Josh Gibson’s Kudzu Vine was not only filled with information on the sturdy kudzu vine — it’s history; the many and unexpected uses for it…” -Jury, 2012 LA Film Festival At the 9th Annual ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival Duke MFAEDA faculty member Josh Gibson’s Kudzu Vine took the Big Stamp Award in International Competition. Jurors said of… Continue reading Josh Gibson’s Kudzu Vine Wins at ZagrebDox
Four MFAEDA Students Featured on Reframing Photography’s Website
Duke’s MFAEDA is now one of twenty-one programs represented on the online platform Reframing Photography: Theory & Practice. MFAEDA students Wolfgang Hastert, Lisa McCarty, Natalie Minik and Talena Sanders were selected to participate in an online exhibition that features graduate students engaging the photographic medium in interesting ways. Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice is also a book.… Continue reading Four MFAEDA Students Featured on Reframing Photography’s Website
Save the Date! MFAEDA 2013 Thesis Exhibition, 3/22 – 4/14
Less than two years ago, Duke welcomed 15 students into the newly launched Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts. This spring the program is proud to announce the inaugural thesis exhibition of the MFAEDA at Duke University featuring work by the Class of 2013. The exhibition will kick-off with an opening on… Continue reading Save the Date! MFAEDA 2013 Thesis Exhibition, 3/22 – 4/14
Annabel Manning’s Collaborative Installation at The Light Factory
MFAEDA student Annabel Manning recently helped organize an interactive video installation, “PopArt Visitors,” as part of the Connected There but Not Always Here: Social Networking and the Power of Image exhibition held at The Light Factory in Charlotte. For the installation, Manning collaborated with Berto Gonzalez, a PhD student in Human-Computer Interaction at UNC-Charlotte, and Celine… Continue reading Annabel Manning’s Collaborative Installation at The Light Factory
Malina Chavez Receives SPE’s Innovations in Imaging Award
The Society of Photographic Education announced that MFAEDA student Malina Chavez will receive the Award for Innovations in Imaging for her project, “1949 Armistice Agreement Line.” Chavez, who began that work as a student in Alex Harris’ documentary fieldwork class during the fall, will attend the SPE 2013 National Conference to accept the award and… Continue reading Malina Chavez Receives SPE’s Innovations in Imaging Award
Film In the House of the Word Returns on 2.22.13
Film in the House of the Word will kick off its spring series at 8pm on Friday, February 22 at the Duke School Studios, featuring work by filmmaker Sarah Halpern and poet Chris Vitiello. Film in the House of the Word: screenings by Sarah Halpern and readings by Chris Vitiello Friday, February 22, 8pm… Continue reading Film In the House of the Word Returns on 2.22.13
Duke at CAA’s 2013 Annual Conference
The College Art Association will hold its 101st annual conference February 13-16 in New York. The event will bring together over 6,000 artists, art historians, collectors, critics, curators, educators, librarians, and students to engage in four days of intellectual discussion and creative presentation, and will kick off with an opening reception at the Guggenheim Museum.… Continue reading Duke at CAA’s 2013 Annual Conference
The Deep Blue Sea Exhibition: Winter Forum Artists-in-Residence
Before the start of the 2013 spring semester, three MFAEDA students–Kristin Bedford, Caitlin Kelly and Jennifer Stratton–spent two and a half days in Beaufort, NC as artists-in-residence at Duke’s 2013 Winter Forum. The forum is a non-credit experience that brings together undergraduates, graduate/professional students, alumni and faculty to explore a single global issue from a… Continue reading The Deep Blue Sea Exhibition: Winter Forum Artists-in-Residence
