Welcome to the fifth installment of MFA|EDA’s 4th Friday Alumni 6Pack. We are pleased to continue the new monthly tradition with Caitlin Margaret Kelly, director of the Power Plant Gallery and MFA|EDA Class of 2014. Away we go: ~~~~~~~ 1. In trying to find a title for my six-pack entry, a random essay generator suggested:… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: MFA|EDA Caitlin Margaret Kelly (’14)
Category: Art Elsewhere
Duke MFA|EDA Fall 2018 Bragdeck Roundup
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 Boulder)… Continue reading Duke MFA|EDA Fall 2018 Bragdeck Roundup
4th Friday 6Pack: Rachel Boillot (’14)
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… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: Rachel Boillot (’14)
MFA|EDA Salon 2018-19 Screening Series
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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~… Continue reading MFA|EDA Salon 2018-19 Screening Series
MFA|EDA Jason Sudak (’17) Awarded 2018 Cassilhaus Fellowship
The Cassilhaus Travel Fellowship, made possible through a partnership between Cassilhaus, the Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFA|EDA), and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, was created with the idea that travel can be transformative in the life of an emerging artist. The biennial $10,000 fellowship, funded by Ellen Cassilly and Frank Konhaus of Cassilhaus, supports recent Duke University MFA|EDA graduates… Continue reading MFA|EDA Jason Sudak (’17) Awarded 2018 Cassilhaus Fellowship
4th Friday 6Pack: MFA|EDA Talena Sanders (’13)
Welcome to the second installment of MFA|EDA’s 4th Friday Alumni 6Pack. We are pleased to continue the new custom with the inimitable Talena Sanders, from the inaugural Class of 2013. 1. Interloping To thrust oneself into the affairs of others. I am here (right now, in Mexico) from elsewhere, and I am around all the… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: MFA|EDA Talena Sanders (’13)
4th Friday 6Pack: Laurids Andersen Sonne (’18)
Welcome to the MFA|EDA’s inaugural 4th Friday Alumni 6Pack. We are pleased to kick off the new custom with Laurids Andersen Sonne, from the recently-graduated Class of 2018. Away we go: 1. Merlin bird ID Lately I have found myself on walk-abouts with friends out in nature with binoculars hanging around my neck and Merlin bird ID… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: Laurids Andersen Sonne (’18)
2018 Cassilhaus Travel Fellowship Call for MFA|EDA Alumni
2018 CASSILHAUS TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else. R. Buckminster Fuller ~~~~ The Duke University Masters of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program (MFA|EDA) and the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) are pleased to announce the Call… Continue reading 2018 Cassilhaus Travel Fellowship Call for MFA|EDA Alumni
Cassilhaus Travel Fellowship Presentation: Alina Taalman, May 4
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. Martin Buber _________________________________ Please join us for the inaugural Cassilhaus Travel Fellowship presentation, featuring the work-in-progress of 2016 Cassilhaus Travel Fellow Alina Taalman, May 4, 6:00pm at the Full Frame Theater in downtown Durham. The work, entitled Kolmas Punkt, (The Third Point), Taalman says,… Continue reading Cassilhaus Travel Fellowship Presentation: Alina Taalman, May 4
MFA|EDA 2018 Thesis Exhibition: On View at Duke and in Durham
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… Continue reading MFA|EDA 2018 Thesis Exhibition: On View at Duke and in Durham
