Renowned photographer Jim Dow will bring an encyclopedic knowledge of photography and selections from his vast collection of archival slides to discuss the question, “Is Photography Over?,” a free public talk that’s part of his Visiting Artist residency at Duke University’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts program. Monday, September 30, 5:00 p.m. Full Frame Theater,… Continue reading MFA|EDA Visiting Artist Jim Dow asks: Is Photography Over?
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MFA|EDA and the Future of Documentary Education
Via PBS POV: THE FUTURE OF DOCUMENTARY EDUCATION: INSIDE THREE NEW COLLEGE PROGRAMS by Shannon Carroll | Sept 5, 2013 If you could create a documentary degree program in 2013, what would it look like? What skills would you have to teach the filmmakers of tomorrow while the media landscape is changing rapidly and… Continue reading MFA|EDA and the Future of Documentary Education
“Be Still: A Storefront Church in Durham” Photographs by Kristin Bedford
Via CDS Porch: On Thursday, September 12, a reception for an exhibit of photographs by Kristin Bedford will be held on the Duke University campus, with remarks by MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts director Tom Rankin. Be Still: A Storefront Church in Durham features Bedford’s images of Apostolic Deliverance Rebirth Outreach Ministries in Durham, North Carolina. “On a Sunday in July 2012,… Continue reading “Be Still: A Storefront Church in Durham” Photographs by Kristin Bedford
MFA|EDA Films in AMI Film Festival
MFA|EDA Class of 2014 students John Rash and Kristin Bedford are participating in the upcoming AMI STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL. Hope to see you there – don’t miss it. Tuesday, September 3, 7pm-8pm at Griffith Film Theater. John Rash: CITY RIDE Kristin Bedford: A SMALL SYMPHONY
KIE Names Caitlin M. Kelly First Kenan Graduate Arts Fellow
Caitlin Margaret Kelly has been named the 2013-2014 Kenan Graduate Arts Fellow, a new endeavor offered to Duke students working toward a Master in Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts. Kelly is in her second year with the MFAEDA program, and past work has included a project combining photo portraiture and audio narratives of women… Continue reading KIE Names Caitlin M. Kelly First Kenan Graduate Arts Fellow
The Press, The Extravagant Shadows, & David Gatten
Perhaps in anticipation of the reprise screening of David Gatten’s The Extravagant Shadows on Monday, April 29 at the Elinor Bunin Munroe film center in New York, the press has been paying close attention to Gatten and his latest work. In the March/April 2013 issue of Film Comment, an article by Holly Willis covers everything from Gatten’s three part… Continue reading The Press, The Extravagant Shadows, & David Gatten
An Evening of Short Films with the Class of 2014
As MFA|EDA 2013 comes to a close, there will be an opportunity to see what the second class of MFAEDA students has been working on in their first semester. On Friday, April 19 at 7pm, Haikus and Other Mathematics will feature short films from the Duke MFAEDA Class of 2014, produced in conjunction with Josh Gibson’s course Experimental Film.
Winter Forum Artists Highlighted in Nicholas School News Post
In a recent Nicholas School news & events post, MFAEDA students Kristin Bedford, Caitlin M. Kelly and Jennifer Stratton were featured in relation to their participation as artists-in-residence at the 2013 Undergraduate Winter Forum. This year’s forum, “Blue Devils and the Deep Blue Sea: Can We Rescue the Oceans?” was held at the Duke University… Continue reading Winter Forum Artists Highlighted in Nicholas School News Post
Talena Sanders at San Fran Cinematheque’s Crossroads
Talena Sanders was one of twelve students from Duke’s MFAEDA Class of 2013 who flew to Las Vegas last spring to seek, capture, and record the city in two days. This became the project, 48 Hours in Las Vegas, for which Sanders produced the short film The Fort – “at the place where Las Vegas was founded, a… Continue reading Talena Sanders at San Fran Cinematheque’s Crossroads
Film in the House of the Word: 3.23.13
Film in the House of the Word returns on Saturday, March 23, 8pm, at the Duke School Studios. The evening will feature work from poet Nathaniel Mackey and filmmaker Christopher Harris. Film in the House of the Word screenings by Christopher Harris & readings by Nathaniel Mackey Saturday, March 23, 8pm @ 1517 Hull Street, Durham… Continue reading Film in the House of the Word: 3.23.13
