MFA|EDA Visiting Artist Deborah Stratman: Oct 8

MFA|EDA is pleased to welcome film artist Deborah Stratman back to Duke and Durham, October 6-9. Mark your calendar for a free public screening of short films curated by the artist, including IMMORTAL SUSPENDED (2013 / New York Film Festival) and HACKED CIRCUIT (2014 / Sundance Film Festival / Full Frame Documentary Film Festival) and followed by… Continue reading MFA|EDA Visiting Artist Deborah Stratman: Oct 8

MFA|EDA at 2015 Click! Triangle Photography Festival

MFA|EDA is proud to participate again in the Click! Triangle Photography Festival, a month-long celebration of the medium and the makers in North Carolina’s Triangle region. Find us at the events below, and be sure to check out all Click! events here:   WED SEPT 30 Reception + Artist’s Talk Question Bridge: Black Males Visiting Artist Bayeté Ross-Smith 6:00-8:00pm… Continue reading MFA|EDA at 2015 Click! Triangle Photography Festival

MFA|EDA Jon-Sesrie Goff (’16) – In The News

We are pleased and proud to share some recent news regarding MFA|EDA graduate student Jon-Sesrie Goff, including the announcement by the Princess Grace Foundation that Jon has been awarded a $30,000 filmmaking grant to fund his thesis project — one of only six grantees, and Duke University’s first recipient. Congratulations Jon! Princess Grace Foundation Announcement Princess… Continue reading MFA|EDA Jon-Sesrie Goff (’16) – In The News

MFA|EDA Salon: David Gatten’s Extravagant Shadows, 9/27

Save The Date: Sunday, September 27 THE EXTRAVAGANT SHADOWS David Gatten’s first digital feature | Artist in attendance 5:00pm | Full Frame Theater | 175 mins Free screening, doors open at 4:30pm Fourteen years in the making, The Extravagant Shadows was ranked the No. 9 film of the year in the Film Comment international critics… Continue reading MFA|EDA Salon: David Gatten’s Extravagant Shadows, 9/27

Bringing Art to the Duke Marine Lab: Request for MFA|EDA Proposals

The Duke University Marine Lab and the Duke MFA|EDA program are pleased to share an exciting opportunity for MFA|EDA students, current and alumni: Bringing Art to the Duke Marine Lab:  A Cross-disciplinary Request for Proposals _______________________________________ The Duke Marine Lab The Duke University Marine Laboratory is a unit within the Nicholas School of the Environment… Continue reading Bringing Art to the Duke Marine Lab: Request for MFA|EDA Proposals

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

Introducing the Duke University MFA|EDA Class of 2017

Duke University’s Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts program is pleased to announce the incoming MFA|EDA Class of 2017. _________________________________________________________________________ SALIMA AL-ISMAILI Salima Al-Ismaili, 23, was born and raised in the Sultanate of Oman. Salima graduated from Northwestern University in Qatar with a Bachelors of Science in journalism. Upon graduating, she worked… Continue reading Introducing the Duke University MFA|EDA Class of 2017

Rachel Boillot (MFA|EDA ’14) at reGeneration3, Musèe de l’Elysèe

Rachel Boillot (MFA|EDA ’14) exhibits in reGeneration3 at Musèe de l’Elysèe: reGeneration3–an innovative international project devoted to the emerging photographic scene launched in 2005-represents one of the hallmarks of Musèe de l’Elysèe. Although many similar projects have seen the day since then, the Musèe de l’Elysèe decided to embark on a third edition, on the… Continue reading Rachel Boillot (MFA|EDA ’14) at reGeneration3, Musèe de l’Elysèe