Visiting Artists @ Duke, 2011-2012
Visiting Artists @ Duke, 2011-2012
Duke University Vice Provost Office for the Arts and the Council for the Arts are pleased to announce the 2011-2012 Visiting Artist Grant awards. The four awards encompass Shakespeare, suspended sculpture, adventurous American music, and an eclectic series of lectures and workshops ranging across the visual arts.
The goal of the Visiting Artist Program is to support projects that will enrich the life of the university and broader community, augment the curricular efforts of a range of departments and programs, facilitate the interaction of artists and scholars, foster the reputation of Duke University as a place where the arts are vital and diverse, and contribute to the arts as a whole.
- Kristi Lippire & Jason Middlebrook, Nasher Museum of Art
- Wet Ink Ensemble, Department of Music
- Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies
- Fiasco Theater, Department of Theater Studies
Jason Middlebrook, From the Forest to Mill to the Store to Home to the Streets and Back Again, 2009-10
Kristi Lippire & Jason Middlebrook
February/March 2012
Kristi Lippire, Hanging Garden, 2006
A seven-day residency with Kristi Lippire and Jason Middlebrook, participating artists in the exhibition Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy, February 16 to June 17, 2012, Nasher Museum of Art. The exhibition, originated by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, is the first to "explore Calder's significance for an emerging generation of sculptors, reconsidering his influence and his innovation through a presentation of his own work alongside the work of contemporary artists." It is an opportunity to see the great sculptor's work anew, through the eyes of contemporary artists who explore structure and balance, their expressive artworks, in many cases, constructed from handcrafted materials.
The residencies will allow both students and the public to get to know Lippire and Middlebrook while also drawing attention to the exhibition as a whole. The artists will participate in educational initiatives with Duke faculty and students, hold K-12 educator workshops, and host gallery tours for workshop participants, Duke students and faculty, museum members and the public.
Contact: Wendy Hower Livingston, Nasher Museum of Art
Key participants: Gary A. Ybarra, Professor of the Practice in Duke’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; William Noland, Associate Professor of the Practice of Visual Arts
Wet Ink Ensemble
October 2011 — April 2012
The first stage of a two-year residency that will bring New York-based, composer-performer chamber ensemble Wet Ink Ensemble to Duke to function as adjunct faculty, teaching masterclasses, performing, and coaching. During the 2011-2012 academic year the ensemble will establish itself at Duke and in the wider Durham arts community with a series of public concerts and campus activities. During the second stage, in the 2012-13 academic year, music students will be paired with students in the new Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts (MFAEDA) program to develop works that Wet Ink will premier at Duke and in New York. This will provide a professional opportunity for graduate students in both programs and showcase the unique arts opportunities offered by the University.
Contact: Elizabeth Thompson, Department of Music
Key participants: Graduate students and Faculty in the Music Department and Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Arts; SoundPure Studios
Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Immersed in Every Sense
2011 — 2012 Academic Year
A lecture series featuring a diverse array of artists from a variety of disciplines, who will present public lectures, conduct workshops, and participate in performances and related events. Class visits, workshops, critiques and screenings will augment the academic art curriculum and reach out to departments outside of the arts. Some artists will be on campus for residencies of 2-3 days to meet with relevant classes and demonstrate their practice. Others will be in residence for up to two weeks, giving them enough time to develop a work of art or conduct more detailed workshops.
Fall Residencies (click on the name to learn more about each artists)
Clement Valla — Sep 27-28 Experimental art, socio-technical systems, human/computer relationships Adjunct Professor, Digital & Media, Rhode Island School of Design
Eduardo Kac — Oct 19-20 Bio art, media art, performance art Professor, Art and Technology Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Benj Gerdes — Oct 25-26 Film and video artist, writer and organizer Instructor, Cooper Union School of Art
Jennifer Hayashida — Oct 25-26 Critical scholar and poet Director of Asian American Studies, Hunter College
Marc Handelman — Nov 16-17 Painter
Meridith Pingree — Nov 29-Dec 1 Robotics, installation, interactive art, conceptual art Adjunct Faculty, Design & Technology, Parsons, The New School for Design
Spring Residencies
Kianga Ford Installation, dance, performance, sonic arts Assistant Professor of Fine Arts/New Genres, School of Art, Media, and Technology, Parsons, The New School for Design
Ann Hamilton Installation, time-based arts and performance Professor of Art, The Ohio State University
Ethan Jackson Optical installation, photographic media, interactive video
Pat O’Neill Experimental film and special effects
Art Werger Drawing and printmaking Chair & Professor of Printmaking, School of Art, Ohio University
Contact: Merrill Shatzman, Art History and Visual Studies
Key Participants: William Seaman, Professor of Visual Studies; William Noland, Associate Professor of the Practice of Visual Art; Thomas Rankin, Director of The Center For Documentary Studies; Victoria Szabo, Assistant Research Professor; Pedro Lasch, Assistant Professor of the Practice
Fiasco Theater
Late January — early February 2012
Fiasco Theater, a Brown University/Trinity Repertory-trained ensemble based in New York City, will arrive at Duke in late January, 2012. During their three-week Shakespeare residency, the company will perform a finished version of its highly acclaimed Cymbeline and start development on a new version of Measure for Measure. Open rehearsals will give students, faculty, and interested members of the community a window into their artistic process. The ensemble will offer intensive classes in acting, voice, and rehearsal techniques and several public residency events will allow them to interact with the broader Durham community. There will openings for especially committed students to intern with the company during its residency.
Contact: Miriam Sauls, Department of Theater Studies, Ken Rumble, Duke Performances
Key Participants: Students in the Department of Theater Studies, the Dance Program, and the English Department
The Visiting Artist Program of Duke University receives funding from The Duke Endowment. For more information contact the Vice Provost Office for the Arts, 919.684-0540.