In keeping with Duke University’s COVID-19 plan which includes instituting a series of social distancing practices to protect the health and continuity of the community, the public events, performances, and screenings for the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts Spring Thesis Exhibition have been postponed to the Fall 2020 semester. Updated information and schedule details… Continue reading MFA|EDA Spring Thesis Exhibition – Postponed to Fall 2020
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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 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
MFA|EDA 2019 Thesis Exhibition: March 18 – April 13
Duke University’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts celebrates the successes of the class of 2019 in MFA|EDA 2019, the program’s annual thesis exhibition, on view in Durham at the Power Plant Gallery and Full Frame Theater, and on Duke’s campus at the Fredric Jameson Gallery and Rubenstein Arts Center. MARCH 18 – APRIL 13 MFA|EDA 2019… Continue reading MFA|EDA 2019 Thesis Exhibition: March 18 – April 13
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)
MFA|EDA Call For Applications – Fall 2019 Admission
Duke University welcomes applications to its MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFA|EDA), a groundbreaking interdisciplinary arts program. For Fall 2019 admission, applications will be accepted October 15, 2018 – February 15, 2019. —— Application and Information Here —— A unique initiative, the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts couples experimental visual practice with… Continue reading MFA|EDA Call For Applications – Fall 2019 Admission
4th Friday 6Pack: Lexi Bass (’18)
Welcome to the third installment of MFA|EDA’s 4th Friday Alumni 6Pack. We are pleased to continue the new custom with a communiqué from Lexi Bass, from the Class of 2018. Away we go: 1. Homecoming What was nostalgic about experiencing Cardboard Computer’s Kentucky Route Zero was how they captured the experience of highway driving… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: Lexi Bass (’18)
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
4th Friday 6Pack: MFA|EDA Talena Sanders (’13)
Welcome to the second installment of MFA|EDA’s 4th Friday Alumni 6Pack. We are pleased to continue the new custom with the inimitable Talena Sanders, from the inaugural Class of 2013. 1. Interloping To thrust oneself into the affairs of others. I am here (right now, in Mexico) from elsewhere, and I am around all the… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: MFA|EDA Talena Sanders (’13)
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!