MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Winter 2017 Playlist

MFA|EDA dispatches from near and far, current and alumni. Congratulations all. ___________________________________________________ Haoyang Zhao (‘17) in Duke Today. Katie King (’18) Cousins on view at the Installation ArraySmith Warehouse Bay 11. Colleen Pesci (’17) and Dear Companion at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, February 1 – March 3, 2017 Power Plant Gallery Call for residency applications. MFA|EDA Sunday Screening… Continue reading MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Winter 2017 Playlist

MFA|EDA Screening: Bad at Geography with Bill Brown

Please join us this Sunday as we welcome punk/zinester/educator/filmmaker Bill Brown back across the Durham-Chapel Hill boundary line. Bill will be here to present two films that disarmingly challenge American borders, real and imagined. Sun, Nov 20 6:00pm @ Unexposed Microcinema 105 Hood St / Suite 5 __________________________________________ Program: The Other Side (2006, 40 min,… Continue reading MFA|EDA Screening: Bad at Geography with Bill Brown

MFA|EDA Weekend Screenings: Gatten+Solomon+Rivette

Save the Dates: Oct 22+23 MFA|EDA is proud to host visiting artist, family and friend David Gatten on the weekend of October 22 and 23. Fittingly, we celebrate with screenings, and you are invited: ___________________________________________________ SAT OCT 22 The Magic of Jacques Rivette, Part II: Duelle, directed by Jacques Rivette, 1976, 121 min Presented by David… Continue reading MFA|EDA Weekend Screenings: Gatten+Solomon+Rivette

Duke MFA|EDA Call For Applications: Deadline Feb 15

Duke University welcomes applications to its MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFA|EDA), a groundbreaking interdisciplinary arts program.  For Fall 2017 admission, applications will be accepted October 10, 2016 –  February 15, 2017. ——  Application and Information Here    —— A unique initiative, the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts couples experimental visual practice with the… Continue reading Duke MFA|EDA Call For Applications: Deadline Feb 15

MFA|EDA Visiting Artist Karen Yasinsky, Sept 19-21

Please join us in welcoming back to Duke and Durham MFA|EDA visiting artist Karen Yasinsky, Mon Sept 19-Wed Sept 21. Ms. Yasinsky will visit MFA|EDA courses, meet with students in individual critique, and present a curated selection of her short films: ____________________ Karen Yasinsky Selected Short Films Filmmaker In Person ____________________ Tuesday, September 20 6:30pm… Continue reading MFA|EDA Visiting Artist Karen Yasinsky, Sept 19-21

MFA|EDA Family and Friends at Haverhill Experimental Film Festival

Congratulations to the MFA|EDA family and friends representing (in a big way) at the Haverhill Experimental Film Festival (HEFF), July 22-24, Haverhill, Mass. Screening at HEFF are: Lisa McCarty (’13), Anna Kipervaser (’15), Alex Cunningham (’16), Jason Sudak (’17), Josh Gibson, and David Gatten, including a 16mm workshop with upcoming MFA|EDA  visiting artist Steve Cossman of MONO NO AWARE. Info… Continue reading MFA|EDA Family and Friends at Haverhill Experimental Film Festival

#PPGARTISTS: Summer Residencies at Power Plant Gallery

Don’t miss it: The Power Plant Gallery hosts month-long residencies this summer. June — William Paul Thomas July — MJ Sharp August — qUest Details below and here. Check the Power Plant Gallery  website  for updated public evnt information. ***PLEASE NOTE: The PPG goes to a summer schedule during the months of June, July, and August.… Continue reading #PPGARTISTS: Summer Residencies at Power Plant Gallery

MFA|EDA 2016 Commencement Weekend, May 14+15

DUKE UNIVERSITY MFA|EDA CLASS OF 2016 COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND ____________________________ Saturday, May 14 OPEN STUDIO: 12:00-2:00pm, MFA|EDA Carpentry Shop, 1509 Campus Drive ____________________________ Sunday, May 15 COMMENCEMENT EVENTS: 9:00am, University-wide Commencement Ceremony, Wallace Wade Stadium MFA|EDA Degree Marshal: TAMIKA GALANIS 3:00pm, MFA|EDA Commencement and Diploma Distribution, Nasher Museum Auditorium MFA|EDA Commencement Speaker: NATASHA TRETHEWEY Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer… Continue reading MFA|EDA 2016 Commencement Weekend, May 14+15

Rick Prelinger Brings Los Angeles to MFA|EDA, Feb 17

“Landscape is history made visible.” — John Brinckerhoff Jackson Duke University MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts is pleased and proud to welcome visiting artist Rick Prelinger to Duke and Durham. The visit will include student critique sessions, course visits and a unique interactive presentation entitled LOST LANDSCAPES OF LOS ANGELES. The first time being presented… Continue reading Rick Prelinger Brings Los Angeles to MFA|EDA, Feb 17

Nancy Cohen’s Hackensack Dreaming at Power Plant Gallery

For immediate release via the Power Plant Gallery: Nancy Cohen’s Hackensack Dreaming  Opening Reception and Artist’s Talk: January 22, 2016, 5p.m.–8p.m. Artist’s Talk begins at 6p.m. ___________________________ Power Plant Gallery powerplantgallery@duke.edu, 919.660.3622 powerplantgallery.org Exploring Nancy Cohen’s large-scale installation Hackensack Dreaming is to enter a world constructed by the human hand through manipulation of raw materials, a… Continue reading Nancy Cohen’s Hackensack Dreaming at Power Plant Gallery