On April 19 Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian will sign copies of their new book, In This Timeless Time: Living & Dying on Death Row in America, published by the University of North Carolina Press and CDS Books of the Center for Documentary Studies. The book includes a DVD of their film Death Row and “is about life on Death Row in… Continue reading Bruce Jackson & Diane Christian Discuss “In This Timeless Time” Time April 19 at CDS
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“Preoccupations,” Exhibition of MFA Student Work Opens Thursday April 19, 5-7PM
Preoccupations, a public exhibition of works by members of the inaugural class of the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFAEDA) will be on view starting Thursday, April 19th, in the Corridor Gallery of the East Duke building on Duke’s East Campus. Preoccupations Opening Reception: Thursday, April 19th, 5-7pm East Duke building, Duke East… Continue reading “Preoccupations,” Exhibition of MFA Student Work Opens Thursday April 19, 5-7PM
Independent Filmmaker Yvonne Welbon Attends Work Reviews
Award-winning independent filmmaker Yvonne Welbon will be sitting in on MFAEDA work reviews Wednesday, April 4. Originally from Chicago, Webon received a B.A. in history from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Thereafter, she spent six years in Taipei, Taiwan, where she taught English, learned Mandarin Chinese, and at the age of 23, founded and… Continue reading Independent Filmmaker Yvonne Welbon Attends Work Reviews
Hong-An Truong Attends MFAEDA Work Reviews
Hong-An Truong, artist, writer, and, Asst. Professor in the Art Department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, swung by the Carpentry Shop this afternoon to sit in on MFAEDA work reviews. Hong-An Truong has been an artist-in-resident at the Center for Photography at Woodstock and the Visual Studies Workshop. Her… Continue reading Hong-An Truong Attends MFAEDA Work Reviews
Jim Dow Lecture, Wednesday 3/21- Free and Open to the Public!
Photographer Jim Dow will return to the Duke campus this week as a Visiting Artist in Duke’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts. He will present a slideshow and lecture, “Walker Evans as a Post-Modern Construction,” in the course Innovation and Tradition in the Documentary Arts; the event is free and open to the public.… Continue reading Jim Dow Lecture, Wednesday 3/21- Free and Open to the Public!
Full Frame Lineups Announced
Still from “Five Star Existence,” directed by Sonja Linden (North American Premiere) Join all the MFAEDAers in attending this year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival happening April 12-15! See below for announcements of the NEW DOCS and Invited Programs. The full schedule will be released March 22, 2012. The Full Frame Documentary Film… Continue reading Full Frame Lineups Announced
Visiting Artist Ethan Jackson’s New Optical Installation Opens at the Divinity School
Visual artist Ethan Jackson’s new optical installation at the Divinity School’s Westbrook Hall Cloister Walk will be opening this week! This is a beautiful, large scale installation inside a long corridor adjacent to the Chapel. Please join us at two upcoming events to learn more and celebrate this work: Tech and New Media Speaker Series… Continue reading Visiting Artist Ethan Jackson’s New Optical Installation Opens at the Divinity School
Congratulations to Josh Gibson and his “Kudzu Vine”!
Kudzu Vine from Josh Gibson on Vimeo. Congratulations to MFAEDA faculty Josh Gibson who’s 35mm black and white short documentary “Kudzu Vine” recently won the Grand Prize for Documentary (The Juror’s Stellar Award) at the Black Maria Film Festival AND the Artistic Vision Award at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Way to go Josh!
Kianga Ford Visits Duke February 29 – March 1
As part of Immersed in Every Sense, a Duke University Visiting Artist Lecture Series, multimedia artist Kianga Ford will be on campus to give an artist talk and a lunchtime seminar. This event in the lecture series is cosponsored by Duke’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts program and the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies. Artist Talk Wednesday, February… Continue reading Kianga Ford Visits Duke February 29 – March 1
“Occupations,” Exhibition of MFA Student Work Opens Friday, February 17, 5-7pm
Occupations, the first public exhibition of works by members of the inaugural class of the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFAEDA) will be on view from February 17-March 15 in the Corridor Gallery of the East Duke building on Duke’s East Campus. After the dispersion of many of the Occupy Movements, seven students in… Continue reading “Occupations,” Exhibition of MFA Student Work Opens Friday, February 17, 5-7pm
