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The exhibition features projects from the following classes: Advanced Visual Practice Cinematography Digital Imaging Experimental Drawing Experimental Interface Design Intro to Digital Photography Printmaking. Relief and Monotype Virtual Museums https://sites.duke.edu/fall2020exhibition/ read more about Fall 2020 Online Exhibition »
When COVID hit last spring, many graduate students had to give up their summer plans for teaching, field research and internships. The Provost’s Office quickly pledged support, and Vice Provost Ed Balleisen spearheaded the effort to identify virtual opportunities. Experiential fellowships with eight host organizations and research assistantships with more than 20 Duke units provided summer funding and career development for all 59 Ph.D. students in need. Every student who responded to Duke’s end-of-summer evaluation would… read more about Duke Ph.D. Students Find Unexpected Benefits in an Unusual Summer »
ARTHIST103-001 Spring 2021 Instructor: S. Galletti Modes: ALP, CZ M-W 10:15-11:05 AM; sections TH, F 10:15-11:05 Synchronous online course The survey provides a panorama of Western architecture production from Antiquity to Modernity. The objective is to insure knowledge of architectural production, related historiography, contemporary debate, and scholarship. The reading materials are organized chronologically to facilitate the students’ approach to the field of architectural history. A thematic approach will inform… read more about Introduction to History of Architecture »
Tom Rankin and Jill McCorkle, Goat Light (Horse & Buggy Press, 2021) This fine press book is an aesthetically rich celebration of a special plot of land shared by Tom and Jill (along with a bevy of goats and other animals) for over a decade in the heart of the North Carolina Piedmont region. This 96-page book has a pub date of 2021, but we have just received finished books from the bindery and copies are available for purchase now. The book weaves together photographs and essays… read more about New Faculty Publication »
Richard J. Powell, Going There: Back Visual Satire (Yale University Press, 2020) In this groundbreaking study, Richard J. Powell investigates the visual forms of satire produced by black artists in 20th- and 21st-century America. Underscoring the historical use of visual satire as antiracist dissent and introspective critique, Powell argues that it has a distinctly African American lineage. Taking on some of the most controversial works of the past century—in all their… read more about New Faculty Publication »
Advanced Digital Art History Fiene Leunissen VMS 551SL • ARTHIST 551SL • ISS 551SL Online • M 3:30—4:45PM & 5:15—6:30PM read more about New Course: Spring 2021 »
Artists’ Writings as Philosophy Kristine Stiles ARTHIST 490S.01 (crosslisted with VMS 490S) Wednesdays, 10:15 AM - 12:45 PM Online Synchronous Artists’ aesthetic, cultural, and political texts have provided unique perspectives on, and philosophical insights into, the human condition for thousands of years, enlightening societies throughout the world. While interviews with artists are generally easier to grasp, artists' own writings frequently pose challenges, as they… read more about New Course: Spring 2021 »
When you run scientific studies that include infants, something will always go wrong. Families will be late or sick. The babies won’t behave. Or maybe, as happened at the Wilbourn Infant Laboratory at Duke (WILD), you’ll have to make a last-minute run to the store to buy a big pack of toothbrushes. In an interactive study, 20-month-old infants played with a variety of objects—things like a fake cookie and a toy apple, all of which the researchers had ensured were safe for infants. “We had it down,” said Makeba Wilbourn,… read more about Undergraduates Are Doing Real Research in Trinity College, And Everyone Benefits »
an Art History Lecture with Laura D. Corey (T’ 08) Senior Research Associate The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tuesday, November 10, 2020 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Online event. Open to public. Zoom: https://duke.zoom.us/j/97948832111?pwd=dGprZzVyZUVYTU5QblE1bjR0TDlLQT09 The exhibition Making The Met, 1870–2020 was planned as the centerpiece of The Metropolitan Museum’s 150th-anniversary celebrations and scheduled to open in March until the Museum had to shut down in response to the outbreak of COVID-19. After an… read more about “An Anniversary Year Transformed: The Making of Making The Met, 1870–2020” »
Artist TalkTuesday, November 3, 2020 “Photographs of Contemporary Masculinity” Amy Elkins, Visual Artist6pm EST Online event.Open to the public. Zoom link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/91811348072 Please see attached flyer for additional information:AAHVS_ArtistTalk2020_Elkins.pdf read more about “Photographs of Contemporary Masculinity” with Amy Elkins »
Soul Sweat + Stretch Mon, Nov 2, 6-7pmJoin us for 45 minutes of fun, easy to learn moves, concluding with 15 minutes of gentle stretches Taught by Alyah Baker.The Art of Feeling with Duke's Cultural and Identity CentersThu, Nov 5, 7-9pmJoin the Duke Cultural and Identity Centers to convey your feelings about the election through various mediums of art (painting, writing, drawing, etc). Illustrator for Laser Cutting Fri, Nov 6, 2-4pmYou’ve visited the Co-Lab and… read more about DukeCreate November Workshops »
Beverly McIver, Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, is profiled in this article at O'Henry Magazine. read more about The Light Within »
Join us for a special-edition Duke Entertainment, Media & Arts Network (DEMAN) Weekend-ish, featuring black-ish and grown-ish! Meet the amazing Duke alumni writers for these award-winning comedy shows as they take us behind the scenes of the creative process, explore cultural themes, and share their career paths. Instead of traveling to Durham for the 11th Annual DEMAN Weekend, this year we’re bringing a stellar, live panel of incredibly talented, creative Dukies to you via Zoom. As part of DEMAN… read more about Duke Entertainment, Media & Arts Network (DEMAN) Weekend-ish »
As part of its event series tgiFHI, the Franklin Humanities Institute is conducting interviews with its faculty speakers in order to familiarize broader audiences with the diversity of research approaches in the humanities, arts, and interpretive social sciences at Duke University. Dr. Jasmine Nichole Cobb is the Bacca Foundation Associate Professor of African & African American Studies and of Art, Art History and Visual Studies. She is also a co-director of the “From Slavery to Freedom” (FS2F) Humanities Lab at the… read more about Meet Your Humanities Faculty: Jasmine Nichole Cobb »
As part of its event series tgiFHI, the Franklin Humanities Institute is conducting interviews with its faculty speakers in order to familiarize broader audiences with the diversity of research approaches in the humanities, arts, and interpretive social sciences at Duke University. In this edited and condensed interview with Dr. Luciana Parisi, Professor of Literature, she describes how she become interested in cyberpunk, the role of bacteria in human evolution, and whether technology is good, bad - or both. Dr. Parisi will… read more about Meet Your Humanities Faculty: Luciana Parisi »
duARTS’s Visual Arts and Media Open House, an open house and panel that will feature several student visual arts and media groups for interested students, will take place on Thursday, August 27, 8-9:30 PM Name of Event: Visual Arts and Media Open House by duARTS Date/Time: Thursday (8/27) from 8-9:30 PM EDT Details: Join duARTS for a panel with Visual Arts and Media groups on campus! Several DUU groups will be featured during the panel. The event will… read more about duARTS’s Visual Arts and Media Open House, 8/27 »
New book by (University of Maryland) Assistant Professor Joseph Williams examines the improvised construction process of 11th century Italy and how it might inform today’s practice: Ad-Hoc Architecture, by Design (University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation) Architecture of Disjuncture Mediterranean Trade and Cathedral Building in a New Diocese (11th-13th Centuries) by J. Williams read more about Alumnus Joseph Williams (PhD '18) Publishes Book »
Emily C. Mohr Emily is studying ancient art history. Her multidisciplinary research focuses on the intersections between sex, gender, sexuality, race, and class in ancient Greek art and literature. Progressively, she is interested in representations (mimēseis) of feminine and non-binary bodies, with the aim to understand the lives of women, enslaved persons, and minorities in the ancient Mediterranean world more fully, including how they influenced, produced, interacted with, used, and perceived art… read more about Incoming PhD Students for 2020 »
Special Topics in Art History - ART ACTIVISM FOR SOCIAL CHANGE Kristine Stiles Course description: This course surveys the multiple ways in which artists in the United States have approached social change through the lens of art as a form of activism from the 1960s to the present. We will consider artists’ activism from the perspectives of Native Americans, African Americans, Feminists, LBGTQIA artists and collectives like ACT UP, groups such as GAAG (The Guerilla Art Action Group), … read more about New Course: Fall 2020 »
Three new members joined the Duke University Board of Trustees on July 1, the school announced Wednesday. The new trustees are Mary T. Barra, chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors Company; Kelly C. Tang, a seventh-year Ph.D. candidate in Duke’s Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies; and Ibrahim Butt, who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in political science. As the university's governing body, the Board of Trustees is responsible for the school's educational mission and… read more about Three Join Board of Trustees »
Three new members, including Ph.D. candidate Kelly C. Tang, joined the Duke University Board of Trustees on July 1, the school announced Wednesday. Tang was selected by the Graduate and Professional Student Council as a young trustee. She will serve a three-year term, as an observer during her first year on the board and as a voting member in her second and third years. Tang’s research in the department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies focuses on modern and contemporary Chinese art, specifically the global history… read more about Ph.D Candidate Joins Board of Trustees »
The faculty, students, and staff of the Department of Art, Art History, & Visual Studies state unequivocally that Black Lives Matter. We stand in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives and connected international campaigns in condemning antiblack racism, police brutality, and the violence and loss inflicted on the Black community through the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, Dominique Rem’mie Fells, Riah Milton, Rayshard Brooks, and countless others. As a community we… read more about Statement in Support of Black Lives »
Op-Ed: Quaker Oats may ‘bury’ Aunt Jemima, but her image will live on in powerful and subversive works of art By Richard J. Powell June 19, 2020 2:46 PM Amid what seems like one cultural sea change after another, 2020 will surely be remembered for the widespread purging of racist and imperialist symbols from the public sphere. We’re suddenly witnessing a remarkable social awakening and resolve to remove from public view the material reminders of a dishonorable past pertaining… read more about LA Times Op-Ed by Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History »
DEMAN Live: Fine Arts & Fashion (in collaboration with Nasher MUSE, FORM Magazine, The Standard & Fuqua’s Retail & Luxury Brands Club) Date: Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 8PM EST / 5PM PST **please login at 7:45PM EST /4:45PM PST to prep Zoom Link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/96182428963 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/670655096825340/ Our 9th episode features alumni working in the fine arts and fashion industries, moderated by students in The Standard,… read more about DukeCreate Online »