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MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Summer 2017 Playlist

MFA|EDA dispatches from near and far, current and alumni. Congratulations all. ___________________________________________________ Tracy Fish (’15), featured in Oxford American’s Eyes on the South, and has joined the Photo faculty at the University of Nevada-Reno. John Rash (’14) works as producer/director at the Southern Documentary Project in the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of… Continue reading MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Summer 2017 Playlist

MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Fall 2015 Playlist

The latest MFA|EDA dispatches and achievements from near and far. Congratulations all. ___________________________ Amanda Berg, ’14: Exhibited at PhotoVille in New York City. ___________________________ Rachel Boillot ’14: With work featured in Feature Shoot and the Daily Mail UK, Rachel is exhibiting her current work, Silent Ballad at The Framer’s Corner through… Continue reading MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Fall 2015 Playlist

MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Summer 2015 Playlist

The latest MFA|EDA dispatches and achievements from near and far. Congratulations all. ___________________________ Kristina Baker, ’16: Currently on fieldwork travels in Prague, India and the U.K. ___________________________ Kristin Bedford, ’14: Featured in KCRW arts and culture blog, Which Way LA, and hosted by the Los Angeles Visionary Association (LAVA) Salon series. ___________________________ Rachel Boillot, ’14:… Continue reading MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Summer 2015 Playlist

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 2015 / Annual Thesis Exhibition / March 20-April 18

MFA|EDA Students Screening in AV Lab’s ‘Vistas and Vestiges’

The Audiovisualities Lab will feature works-in-progress by MFA|EDA students John Rash, Jing Niu, and Jonna McKone. Vistas and Vestiges: Audiovisual Travels Through Place and Time (works in progress) Thursday, December 5, 6 p.m. Smith Warehouse, Bay 4 Afterwards there will be a reception of food and drinks in tandem with a general showcase of other lab projects* —————————————————————— Yangtze Drift by John Rash:… Continue reading MFA|EDA Students Screening in AV Lab’s ‘Vistas and Vestiges’

An Evening of Short Films with the Class of 2014

As MFA|EDA 2013 comes to a close, there will be an opportunity to see what the second class of MFAEDA students has been working on in their first semester. On Friday, April 19 at 7pm, Haikus and Other Mathematics will feature short films from the Duke MFAEDA Class of 2014, produced in conjunction with Josh Gibson’s course Experimental Film.

MFAEDA China Film Tour: 米铝乘客

Current MFAEDA student John Rash presented two screenings while in China this January. 米铝乘客: A Collection of Experimental Documentary Films, also titled Lost Passenger, was shown on January 3 at Yugong Yishan in Beijing, and on January 9 at Eco & More Film Club in Shanghai. In addition to Rash’s own work, Lost Passenger featured films by… Continue reading MFAEDA China Film Tour: 米铝乘客

Documentary Fieldwork Presentations: 12.5 and 12.6

The MFA Experimental and Documentary Arts invites the public to showings of the documentary works-in-progress of the fifteen students from the class of 2014. The students are all enrolled in the first year Documentary Fieldwork seminar taught by Alex Harris. Five students will present their work on Wednesday, December 5, and ten students will present… Continue reading Documentary Fieldwork Presentations: 12.5 and 12.6

Introducing the MFAEDA Class of 2014

The MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts welcomed fifteen new students this Fall, bringing the program into full enrollment for the first time. “The infusion of energy that comes with this new class combined with the remarkable experience of our first class will elevate everyone’s artistic work, as well as the arts scene at Duke,”… Continue reading Introducing the MFAEDA Class of 2014