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”
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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
Free Screening of Alain LeTourneau and Pam Minty’s “Empty Quarter,” 11.5
The MFAEDA will welcome filmmakers Pam Minty and Alain LeTourneau on Monday, November 5th for a screening of their newest project, Empty Quarter. Empty Quarter Monday, November 5, 6:30 p.m. MFA Carpentry Shop 1509 Campus Dr., Durham, North Carolina Free and open to the public! Empty Quarter is a documentary about southeast Oregon, an area populated… Continue reading Free Screening of Alain LeTourneau and Pam Minty’s “Empty Quarter,” 11.5
MFAEDAs Featured in Duke Arts Festival: New Views, through 11.4
Ten MFAEDA students will present work as part of the University’s annual Duke Arts Festival in New Views, in the Brown Gallery at the Bryan Center. The Duke Arts Festival will take place from Monday, October 29 through Sunday, November 4th. A closing reception will take place on Saturday, November 3rd from 11.45am to 1.30pm. … Continue reading MFAEDAs Featured in Duke Arts Festival: New Views, through 11.4
MFAEDA Student Joel Wanek Screens Film at Antimater Fest
MFAEDA student Joel Wanek (’13) recently screened his film, “Heart of Durham” at the 15th Antimatter Film Festival in Victoria, BC, an international media art and experimental cinema festival that features screenings, performances, and installations.. The festival also included work by Duke faculty member, Jim Haverkamp, who showed his work “When Walt Whitman Was A… Continue reading MFAEDA Student Joel Wanek Screens Film at Antimater Fest
MFAEDA Students Selected for NCMA Exhibition
Congrats are due to MFA candidates Marika Borgeson and Malina Chavez, whose work was recently selected for inclusion in A Life, Still at the North Carolina Museum of Art. The NCMA asked college students to submit works for a juried exhibition to coincide with Still-Life Masterpieces: A Visual Feast from the Museum of Fine Arts,… Continue reading MFAEDA Students Selected for NCMA Exhibition
Duke Students Present: Film in the House of the Word, 10.19.12
MFA candidate Joel Wanek and PhD Literature student Laura Jaramillo will present the second installment of their series, Film in the House of the Word this Friday. Film in the House of the Word with screenings by Sabine Gruffat and a reading by Fred Moten Friday, October 19th, 8pm @ 1515 Hull Avenue (Duke School… Continue reading Duke Students Present: Film in the House of the Word, 10.19.12
