http://mfaeda.duke.edu
Duke
University welcomes applications to its MFA in Experimental
and Documentary Arts (MFAEDA), a new program and the
first-ever Master of Fine Arts at the university. For the
inaugural class of Fall 2011, applications will be accepted
until all spaces are filled, with priority given to those
candidates applying by January 30, 2011.
The
MFAEDA is a unique initiative that couples experimental visual
practice with the documentary arts in a rigorous two-year
program. Building on the University’s existing strengths
in historical, theoretical and technological scholarship, the
MFAEDA offers a distinct learning environment that sees
interdisciplinary education as a benchmark for
innovation. The program’s curriculum blends studio
practice, fieldwork, digital media authorship, and critical
theory, culminating in the completion of a thesis paper and an
MFA exhibition. The central home of the program is The
Carpentry Shop, a state-of-the-art facility in a former
industrial building that once housed the university’s
carpenters and cabinet-makers.
In
this stimulating environment, MFAEDA students will be
encouraged to push the boundaries of their work via
interaction with cohorts from diverse arts backgrounds. MFAEDA
students will create work that has impact, including
pioneering hybrids of documentary expression, experimental
media, and new technologies. Successful candidates will be
well versed in their existing practice, and will be eager to
collaborate with colleagues whose efforts - while different
from their own - will enrich and challenge their creative
output. To that end, the program seeks students from
across the arts spectrum, whether based in traditional fine
arts such as painting, sculpture, documentary arts, writing,
photography and film, or so-called experimental practice such
as computational and new media, sound work, performance, and
installation.
The
MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts is a terminal degree
in the arts, and as such graduates will be prepared for
professional careers in a wide range of fields from academic
teaching and research to commercial or public arts
practice. Along with the program’s core faculty,
students will have access to affiliated faculty from the
departments of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, the Center
for Documentary Studies, and the Program in the Arts of the
Moving Image, as well as from the university at
large.
Program
Director:
Stan
Abe
Executive Committee:
Stan
Abe, Tom Rankin, Hans Van Miegroet
Core
Faculty:
Josh
Gibson, Mark Hansen, Alex Harris, Pedro Lasch, Timothy Lenoir,
William Noland, Tom Rankin, Bill Seaman, Kristine Stiles,
Victoria Szabo, Charlie Thompson.
More
information on the program, faculty, curriculum and
application guidelines are available on the MFAEDA website at
http://mfaeda.duke.edu/.
Additional inquiries may be sent to the attention of Teka
Selman, Assistant Director at mfaeda@duke.edu
Box
90802, Durham, NC 27708-0802
T:
+1.919.660.3661
F:
+1.919.681.7600
