Via Duke Performances: Duke Performances has commissioned Jenny Scheinman, an acclaimed composer, singer, and violinist, to make an original live score set to 70-year-old archival footage taken by the late North Carolina filmmaker H. Lee Waters. Scheinman and her musical sidemen — Robbie Fulks and Robbie Gjersoe — will create a soundtrack of new folksongs, fiddle music, and field… Continue reading Jenny Scheinman: Duke Performances Artist-In-Residence Events
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MFA|EDA Caitlin M. Kelly (’14) Joins Power Plant Gallery
For Immediate Release: Duke University’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts(MFA|EDA) and Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) are pleased to announce the hiring of Caitlin Margaret Kelly as the Power Plant Gallery’s Public Program Director. Kelly will coordinate, curate, and promote exhibitions in the Power Plant Gallery, a joint initiative of the MFA|EDA and CDS… Continue reading MFA|EDA Caitlin M. Kelly (’14) Joins Power Plant Gallery
Call for Submissions: Picture Books – Power Plant Gallery
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Picture Books A Juried Exhibition of Self-Published and Handmade Photography Books The Power Plant Gallery, a laboratory for the arts at Duke University, invites photographers, artists and bookmakers to submit self-published or handmade photography books for a juried exhibition to be on display from mid-September through November 2014 at the gallery located… Continue reading Call for Submissions: Picture Books – Power Plant Gallery
MFA|EDA Call for Applications – Deadline Jan 31
Duke University MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts: Call for Applications Deadline: Jan 31, 2014 ____________________________________________________ Applications received after Jan 31 will be reviewed as space allows ____________________________________________________ Duke University welcomes applications to its MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFA|EDA), a groundbreaking interdisciplinary arts program. For admission for fall 2014, the application deadline is… Continue reading MFA|EDA Call for Applications – Deadline Jan 31
“Be Still” by MFA|EDA Kristin Bedford (’14) in ‘Slate’
Via Behold – Slate’s Photoblog: Images of African-American religious gatherings are often be characterized by a certain feverish, ecstatic energy. Photographer Kristin Bedford was interested in documenting a different vision of worship. When she moved to North Carolina to pursue her MFA in experimental and documentary arts at Duke University, Bedford embedded herself in the congregation of… Continue reading “Be Still” by MFA|EDA Kristin Bedford (’14) in ‘Slate’
Visiting Photojournalist David Degner and the Arab Spring
Via CDS Porch: Acclaimed Middle Eastern–based photojournalist David Degner will visit Duke University to talk about his work at two public events and to speak to undergraduates and students in the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts program. The freelance photographer has been based in Egypt for the past three years, living a block from Cairo’s Tahrir Square; he… Continue reading Visiting Photojournalist David Degner and the Arab Spring
MFA|EDA Caitlin Margaret Kelly Curates The Icon Industry
Via The Kenan Institute for Ethics: The Icon Industry: The Visual Economy of Human Rights, Nov. 4 This exhibit of student work, curated by Kenan Graduate Arts Fellow Caitlin Margaret Kelly, explores, critiques, and/or celebrates the notion of the iconic image in human rights issues as seen in our news media. It aims to… Continue reading MFA|EDA Caitlin Margaret Kelly Curates The Icon Industry
In Practice: Work by Duke Arts Faculty – Power Plant Gallery On Exhibit Now Through Dec 13
Via CDS Porch: The Power Plant Gallery at American Tobacco Campus is pleased to present In Practice: Work by Duke Arts Faculty, opening October 4. The exhibit includes works in a wide range of media—photography, film and video, printmaking, new media—by seventeen Duke faculty members and instructors from three arts units at the university: the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), the Department… Continue reading In Practice: Work by Duke Arts Faculty – Power Plant Gallery On Exhibit Now Through Dec 13
MFA|EDA and the Future of Documentary Education
Via PBS POV: THE FUTURE OF DOCUMENTARY EDUCATION: INSIDE THREE NEW COLLEGE PROGRAMS by Shannon Carroll | Sept 5, 2013 If you could create a documentary degree program in 2013, what would it look like? What skills would you have to teach the filmmakers of tomorrow while the media landscape is changing rapidly and… Continue reading MFA|EDA and the Future of Documentary Education
“Be Still: A Storefront Church in Durham” Photographs by Kristin Bedford
Via CDS Porch: On Thursday, September 12, a reception for an exhibit of photographs by Kristin Bedford will be held on the Duke University campus, with remarks by MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts director Tom Rankin. Be Still: A Storefront Church in Durham features Bedford’s images of Apostolic Deliverance Rebirth Outreach Ministries in Durham, North Carolina. “On a Sunday in July 2012,… Continue reading “Be Still: A Storefront Church in Durham” Photographs by Kristin Bedford
