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
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4th Friday 6Pack: Kristina Baker (’16)
Welcome to the latest installment of MFA|EDA’s 4th Friday Alumni 6Pack. This month your Arts & Letters tour guide is Kristina Baker from the Class of 2016. Take it away, Kristina: 1. After graduating, I moved to Charlotte N.C. 2. I go to the symphony whenever there are piano performances and have been collecting VHS tapes of old… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: Kristina Baker (’16)
MFA|EDA Jason Sudak (’17) Awarded 2018 Cassilhaus Fellowship
The Cassilhaus Travel Fellowship, made possible through a partnership between Cassilhaus, the Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFA|EDA), and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, was created with the idea that travel can be transformative in the life of an emerging artist. The biennial $10,000 fellowship, funded by Ellen Cassilly and Frank Konhaus of Cassilhaus, supports recent Duke University MFA|EDA graduates… Continue reading MFA|EDA Jason Sudak (’17) Awarded 2018 Cassilhaus Fellowship
Sarah Riazati (’19) Awarded Princess Grace Film Scholarship
We are pleased and proud to share the news that MFA|EDA graduate student Sarah Riazati (’19), has been awarded the Princess Grace Foundation’s 2018 John H. Johnson award to fund her feature film thesis project. Princess Grace Foundation 2018 Award Winners Princess Grace Foundation Press Release Meet Sarah here Congratulations Sarah!
Tamika Galanis (’16) Library of Congress Lovelace Fellowship
A message from Tom Rankin, Director of the Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program at Duke University: We are proud and pleased to share the news that Tamika Galanis has been awarded a Jon B. Lovelace Fellowship at the John W. Kluge Center in the Library of Congress where she… Continue reading Tamika Galanis (’16) Library of Congress Lovelace Fellowship
Nathaniel Dorsky Premieres at Duke MFA|EDA, Feb 2-5
The Duke University Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program welcomes visiting artist Nathaniel Dorsky to Duke and Durham in the spring semester of 2018 for four nights of films, February 2-5. The program, entitled 18 at 18, features 18 films from the filmmaker, screened at silent speed, 18 frames per second.… Continue reading Nathaniel Dorsky Premieres at Duke MFA|EDA, Feb 2-5
MFA|EDA Director Tom Rankin & the American Folklore Society
Congratulations to Tom Rankin, documentary photographer, Duke University professor of the practice in Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Center for Documentary Studies educator, and director the the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts at Duke University. At this year’s American Folklore Society annual meeting in Minneapolis, Tom Rankin was designated for induction as an American… Continue reading MFA|EDA Director Tom Rankin & the American Folklore Society
ShopTalk with Ava Lowrey (’15) & DEMAN Weekend
The Duke MFA|EDA is pleased to welcome back Ava Lowrey (’15) as part of DEMAN Weekend (Duke Entertainment Media Arts Network), Nov 3-4, 2018. Among other DEMAN events, Ava will present a ShopTalk titled “Documenting the American South.” The talk is Friday November 3, 1:00 at the MFA|EDA Carpentry Shop (1509 Campus Drive). Ava currently… Continue reading ShopTalk with Ava Lowrey (’15) & DEMAN Weekend
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 2018 admission, applications will be accepted October 16, 2017 – February 15, 2018. —— 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 Director Tom Rankin in Southern Cultures
Days before the 143rd Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 6, 2017, documentary photographer Tom Rankin shares memories of a lifetime attending the “greatest two minutes in sports: Read the article and see the photographs in Southern Cultures here