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

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

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

“Nine Visions”: Photography with Southern Vision

Cafeteria, Camp America. From the series “Guantanamo Bay.” Photograph by Christopher Sims. September 16–November 13, 2011 Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, 975 Main Street, Danville, Virginia Opening Reception: Friday, September 16, 5:30–7 p.m. Curated by Glenn Scarboro, president of the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, Nine Visions includes the work of… Continue reading “Nine Visions”: Photography with Southern Vision

“Outlands: Land Over Time” Exhibition at Jennifer Schwartz Gallery

CDS director Tom Rankin’s photographs are included in the group exhibition Outlands: Land Over Time at Jennifer Schwartz Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia from September 10 to October 8, 2011. Also in the exhibition is work by Rachel Barrett, whose photographs from Bolinas in northern California were selected by juror Hank Willis Thomas for the 2010… Continue reading “Outlands: Land Over Time” Exhibition at Jennifer Schwartz Gallery

MFAEDA Welcome Party on September 8

Join us for barbeque, beer, and a champagne toast as we welcome the inaugural class of Duke’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts, and celebrate the opening of the program’s newly renovated studio building. Thursday, September 8, 6-9 p.m. The Carpentry Shop 1509 Campus Drive (Lot parking available at Smith Warehouse and the Center for… Continue reading MFAEDA Welcome Party on September 8