MFA|EDA Call for Applications: Fall 2022 Admission

Duke University welcomes applications to its MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFA|EDA), a groundbreaking interdisciplinary arts program.   For Fall 2022 admission, applications will be accepted until February 4, 2022. Application and Information Here    A unique initiative, the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts couples experimental visual practice with the documentary arts in a… Continue reading MFA|EDA Call for Applications: Fall 2022 Admission

A Time of Youth: Lisa McCarty (’13) and Cassandra Klos (’20)

A Time of Youth: San Francisco 1966-1967, a new book of William Gedney photographs, was published in February of this year. Lisa McCarty (’13) edited the volume, and contributed the introduction, chronology, and afterword; Philip Gefter contributed the essay, Bill Gedney: A Time of Youth. We are proud and pleased to share here a conversation… Continue reading A Time of Youth: Lisa McCarty (’13) and Cassandra Klos (’20)

4th Friday 6Pack: Aaron Canipe (’15)

November’s 4th Friday Alumni post is from ruminative friend Aaron Canipe, from the MFA|EDA class of 2015. Take it away, AC:   It could be the holiday season now upon us, the clear sun that falls through the treetops, or the lack of sleep from a rambunctious and curious baby, but this six-pack centers around… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: Aaron Canipe (’15)

4th Friday 6Pack: libi rose striegl (’15)

October’s 4th Friday Alumni post is from the inimitable libi rose striegl, from the MFA|EDA class of 2015. Great hearing from you, doc.   1. HistoryNot all of it. Just the small bits that i deal with on the day to day, working at the Media Archaeology Lab. And not really history itself, per se,… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: libi rose striegl (’15)

4th Friday 6Pack: Dani Smith (’19)

September’s 4th Friday Alumni post is from Dani Smith, from the class of 2019. Great to hear from you Dani, take it away….   1. Cat ShitI realized in Spring that this year was going to be unlike any year we had experienced. I found myself searching for some sort of normalcy after I began… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: Dani Smith (’19)

4th Friday 6Pack: Danny Kim (’18)

This month’s 4th Friday Alumni post is from Danny Kim, from the class of 2018. Take it away, Danny:   1.Since I graduated from MFAEDA program in 2018 a lot of changes happened in my life. From Durham to California I took a 15-day road trip to cross off my bucket list. In that long journey, I… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: Danny Kim (’18)

Introducing the MFA|EDA Class of 2022

Please join us in welcoming the incoming Class of 2022 cohort of Duke University MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts. Emma GeigerEmma Geiger was born in Maryland and raised in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.  In 2017 she graduated from St. Lawrence University with a degree in Creative Writing and in 2018 she studied film and photography at the… Continue reading Introducing the MFA|EDA Class of 2022

MFA|EDA 2019 Commencement: Sunday, May 12

 MFA|EDA CLASS OF 2019 COMMENCEMENT ____________________________ Sunday, May 12 9:00am University-wide Commencement Ceremony Wallace Wade Stadium MFA|EDA Degree Marshal Sarah Riazati 3:00pm MFA|EDA Commencement and Diploma Distribution Nasher Museum Auditorium MFA|EDA Commencement Speaker Deborah Stratman 5:00pm MFA|EDA Reception & Open Studio The Shop | 1509 Campus Drive  ____________________________ Deborah Stratman is an artist and filmmaker interested… Continue reading MFA|EDA 2019 Commencement: Sunday, May 12

4th Friday 6Pack: Alex Cunningham (’16)

Welcome to the eighth installment of MFA|EDA’s 4th Friday Alumni 6Pack. We are pleased to begin the year with a dispatch from Alex Cunningham from the Class of 2016. ~~~~~~~ 1. From “There Is No Ithaca”, “Reminiscences no. 8” New York, 1951, Jonas Mekas: “…. Now go on falling, white snow of times gone by, while… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: Alex Cunningham (’16)

4th Friday 6Pack: Katie King (’18)

Welcome to the seventh installment of MFA|EDA’s 4th Friday Alumni 6Pack. We are pleased to cap off the year  with musings from the class of 2018’s Katie King.   It’s raining outside now. I’m drinking a hot cup of coffee, and I’m sitting on a well-worn couch, but I’m also sitting in that strange vacuum of… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: Katie King (’18)