MFA|EDA Alex Cunningham (’16) Film Festival News

Congratulations to Alex Cunningham (MFA|EDA ’16), whose film “Friday” screened recently at the Big Muddy Film Festival and will appear in the Solitaire section of the Speechless Film Festival later this month. Check it out: Big Muddy Film Festival Speechless Film Festival ###

MFA|EDA Jon-Sesrie Goff (’16) in Duke Arts Journal

Via Duke Arts Journal:   Jon-Sesrie Goff Hits the Ground Running in Duke’s MFAEDA by: Robert Zimmerman This past fall, Jon-Sesrie Goff moved from Philadelphia to Durham to enroll in Duke’s Master of Fine Arts In Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFAEDA) program. In the ten years since he graduated from The New School, his work ranged… Continue reading MFA|EDA Jon-Sesrie Goff (’16) in Duke Arts Journal

Duke MFA|EDA Represents at IndieGrits, April 15-19

No less than eight films from Duke University MFA|EDA students and alumni are featured in this year’s installment of IndieGrits, April 15-19, Columbia, SC. Check it out:  http://www.indiegrits.com Congratulations to the filmmakers: Amanda Berg (’14)  Every Body Hit Somebody & Welcome Home, Fayetteville Observer Brenda L. Burmeister (’14)  I Have To Close My Eyes Sarah Garrahan… Continue reading Duke MFA|EDA Represents at IndieGrits, April 15-19

ArtCon 2015: Duke Arts and Creativity Summit, March 20+21

Friday and Saturday, March 20-21 ArtCon 2015: Duke Arts and Creativity Summit The first ever student-led ArtCon will kick off the weekend with industry discussions and Q+A’s for students who are interested in exploring careers in film/television, fashion, sports, marketing, graphic design, comedy, and theater from professionals at ESPN, BuzzFeed, Saturday Night Live, Broadway, A&E Networks, National… Continue reading ArtCon 2015: Duke Arts and Creativity Summit, March 20+21

MFA|EDA Tracy Fish (’15) Photo Exhibition News

Congratulations to Tracy Fish (MFA|EDA Class of 2015), whose recent portrait work has been selected to appear in three photography exhibitions: . Travel  /  A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas (Juror Alison Wright) Portraits  /  Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon. (Juror Amy Arbus) 5th Annual–Tapped  /  Manifest: A Non-Profit Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center,… Continue reading MFA|EDA Tracy Fish (’15) Photo Exhibition News

MFA|EDA Aaron Kutnick (’15) Exhibit: Docu{rithm} Mar 2-13

via Kenan Institute for Ethics: 2014-2015 Kenan Graduate Arts Fellow Aaron Kutnick’s show will open with a reception at 5:30pm on Monday, March 2nd in the Keohane-Kenan Gallery. The exhibition, entitled “Docu {rithm}: Algorithmic Narration of Human Experience,” features a series of interactive camera-based installations created by Kutnick. Each piece explores ways algorithms shape what… Continue reading MFA|EDA Aaron Kutnick (’15) Exhibit: Docu{rithm} Mar 2-13

David Gatten Retrospective at PLASTIK 2015

Dublin’s PLASTIK Festival of Artists’ Moving Image is featuring a retrospective of David Gatten films (Duke AMI + MFA|EDA faculty), including: Film for Invisible Ink case no. 71: BASE-PLUS-FOG  (2006) black & white, sound, 16mm 10 minutes What the Water Said, no. 46  (2007) colour, sound, 16mm 17 minutes Shrimp Boat Log (2006 re-cut and printed… Continue reading David Gatten Retrospective at PLASTIK 2015

MFA|EDA Rachel Boillot (’14) Photo News

Currently a Visiting Lecturer in Photography at Duke, and working full-time making photographs, videos, and audio recordings for the Friends of Cumberland Trail, recent news from Duke MFA|EDA alumna Rachel Boillot includes: 3 upcoming shows: – Behind the Lens, exhibit at ETSU opening March 6.  Shows selection of works made by female photographers in the Do Good… Continue reading MFA|EDA Rachel Boillot (’14) Photo News

MFA|EDA Artist-in-Residence James Longley, Feb 11-20

Duke University MFA|EDA is pleased to share the schedule of events slated for the upcoming James Longley Residency, February 11-20, 2015 _______________________________ Award-winning documentary filmmaker James Longley will be visiting Duke University February 11-20, 2015 as an artist-in-residence with the Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program. His visit coincides with his first… Continue reading MFA|EDA Artist-in-Residence James Longley, Feb 11-20