In the first semester of the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts program at Duke, the Documentary Fieldwork seminar is taught as an opportunity for students to create a new body of documentary work, in a sense to define what they mean by documentary work through their own artistic practice. This new work—presented at the end… Continue reading MFA|EDA Class of 2017 Launches Influences Blog
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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
Power Plant Gallery Summer Residency – Call for Submissions
Check out this great series of opportunities from our friends at the Power Plant Gallery: Power Plant Gallery Summer Artist Residency Deadline for applying: February 15, 2016 Notifications to accepted artists: March 15, 2016 Information: http://powerplantgallery.org/ppgartists The Power Plant Gallery is pleased to offer three separate, one-month public studio residencies: June, July and August, 2016… Continue reading Power Plant Gallery Summer Residency – Call for Submissions
MFA|EDA at 2016 Sundance + Slamdance Film Festivals
Congratulations to Laura Doggett (MFA|EDA ’13) and Michaela O’Brien (MFA|EDA ’16), who have each received recent and exciting film festival news: Another Kind of Girl, directed by Khaldiya Jibawi and produced by Laura Doggett will be screening at the Sundance Film Festival, January 21-31, 2016. See Sundance’s Short Films press release here. This is the… Continue reading MFA|EDA at 2016 Sundance + Slamdance Film Festivals
MFA|EDA Shop Talk with Visiting Alumna Laura Doggett (’13)
MFA|EDA is pleased to share the news that alumna Laura Doggett (’13) will visit Duke and Durham, November 20-24. As part of the visit, which includes MFA|EDA student critiques and the CDS Documentary Forum, former Felsman Fellow Laura Doggett will lead a Shop Talk the morning of Friday Nov 20 — an opportunity for MFA and CDS students interested in continuing their… Continue reading MFA|EDA Shop Talk with Visiting Alumna Laura Doggett (’13)
Governors’ Film Screening, Sept 9: William Winter’s Mississippi
Via Center for the American South (CSAS), by Patrick Horn: Governors’ Film Screening & Conversation: The Toughest Job Wed, Sept 9 at 5:30 pm Join us in the FedEx Global Education Center for a film screening and conversation with former Mississippi Governor William Winter and former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt. This Southern Documentary Project film… Continue reading Governors’ Film Screening, Sept 9: William Winter’s Mississippi
MFA|EDA Photo & Video Panelists at NC Museum of History
Hidden Stories of Abandoned Places Friday, September 4, 6:30-8:00 pm at the NC Museum of History What can photos, archival documents, personal recollections, and video reveal about the people who once inhabited a place and the circumstances that caused them to leave it behind? What affects the decisions a photographer or filmmaker makes about how… Continue reading MFA|EDA Photo & Video Panelists at NC Museum of History
MFA|EDA 2015: Thesis Exhibition P.R. Round Up
This spring, Duke University’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts will celebrate the successes of the class of 2015 in MFA|EDA 2015, the program’s annual thesis exhibition on view from March 20-April 18. Featuring site-specific projects by fourteen MFA|EDA graduating students, the exhibition presents a tremendous range of work including presentations of film and video, installation,… Continue reading MFA|EDA 2015: Thesis Exhibition P.R. Round Up
MFA|EDA Class of 2016 Doc Fieldwork Blog: “Influences”
Class of 2016 Influences In the first semester of the MFA|EDA program at Duke, the Documentary Fieldwork seminar is taught as an opportunity for students to create a new body of documentary work, in a sense to define what they mean by documentary work through their own artistic practice. This new work – presented at the… Continue reading MFA|EDA Class of 2016 Doc Fieldwork Blog: “Influences”
Ruth Behar and The Vulnerable Observer: After Twenty Years, What Next?
MacArthur Award winning writer and cultural anthropologist Ruth Behar will give a public talk The Vulnerable Observer: After Twenty Years, What Next? at the Center for Documentary Studies on April 8th at 7PM. Wednesday April 8, 7:00 p.m. Center for Documentary Studies 1317 West Pettigrew Street, Durham Free and open to the Public Reception and… Continue reading Ruth Behar and The Vulnerable Observer: After Twenty Years, What Next?
