Duke Arts is thrilled to announce the lineup for its 2024-25 Duke Arts Presents season, featuring more than 40 programs from artists around the globe.

This summer, we welcome our 2024 Arts + cohort of undergraduate and graduate students who will gain full-time hands-on professional experience in the arts through three different project teams.

We recently spoke with Marika Niko, our outgoing Duke Arts Administrative Fellow for the 2023-24 academic year, who shared about their experience in the year-long role. Marika has been invaluable to the Duke Arts team and will be missed! If you’re interested in this opportunity, applications are now open for the 2024-25 Duke Arts Administrative Fellowship.

Duke Arts and Country Soul Songbook announce the lineup for this year’s Music in the Gardens concert series at Sarah P. Duke Gardens. This five-concert showcase runs on Wednesdays from May 29 through June 26 and will feature performances by a diverse range of innovative artists changing the face of American roots music.

This year, join us in celebrating Julia Piper who will graduate with Duke’s one-of-a-kind graduate degree in dance! The Duke M.F.A. in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis (MFAEIP) supports artists whose creative research connects movement-based knowledge to critical discourses within and beyond the arts.

Emi Hegarty is the winner of the 2024 Louis Sudler Prize, given every year to the graduating senior who has demonstrated the most distinguished record of excellence in performance or creation in the arts.

Congratulations to the fifteen students who received a 2024 Benenson Award in the Arts! This year's group of awardees submitted projects in a wide range of disciplines to be explored this summer—including film, music, visual art, art and design, theater and creative writing.

Duke Arts Presents is proud to announce the return of its three classical music series, including the flagship eight-concert Chamber Arts Series from the Chamber Arts Society of Durham, now in its 79th year. Subscriptions are available now for renewing subscribers. In addition, we are thrilled to share fall highlights from our full 2024-25 season. Learn more about each classical series and highlights below.

Duke Arts is thrilled to announce that this year’s Music in the Gardens, now FREE to all, will be presented in partnership with Country Soul Songbook (CSSB). This year's series will be a five-concert showcase of musicians who fulfill CSSB’s mission to amplify historically marginalized voices (BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists) in American roots music.

The seventh year of Duke’s signature arts mentorship program pairs thirteen students with professional mentors to develop their creative projects, including literature, theater, film, visual arts and more.

The seventh year of Duke’s signature arts mentorship program pairs thirteen students with professional mentors to develop their creative projects, including literature, theater, film, visual arts and more. Duke Arts ...

Duke Arts Studio, formerly StudioDuke, the creative and professional support for undergraduate student projects in the fields of arts, entertainment and media is now accepting applications for 2023-24 projects through Friday, October 6, 2023.

John V. Brown, Vice Provost for the Arts, shares exciting updates about Duke Arts. "We are entering the academic year with a new look and feel that brings to life our evolved approach to presenting world-class performances on campus and in the community, and fulfills our mission to be inclusive to all artistic endeavors."

Join us for Mobile Cinema: Nausicaä (1984) + Twister (1996), a free event at the Durham County Main Library offering an evening of film, music, and festivity, featuring the animated masterpiece Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and concluding with the live-action blockbuster Twister. The event takes place on Friday, August 11, at 5:00 p.m.

Duke Performances is thrilled to announce the return of Music in the Gardens, now FREE to all. This long-running concert series is held outdoors at Sarah P. Duke Gardens and will include a five-concert showcase of nationally-renowned artists. View the 2023 line-up below!

Congratulations to the seventeen students who received a 2023 Benenson Award in the Arts. This year's group of awardees submitted a wide range of projects to be explored this summer – including printmaking, film, visual arts, music, dance and creative writing.

Un homenaje y celebración a la comunidad Hispana, Latina y LatinX de Durham con una noche de baile, cine y conversación. Cine Movil: Nuestro Durham, es una proyección gratuita al aire Iximché Media libre presentada por Duke Cinematic Arts y Duke Arts en The Scrap Exchange. El evento se llevará a cabo el sábado 15 de abril a las 7:30 p.m.

Celebrate and honor Durham’s Latinx community with an evening of dance, film, and conversation in Mobile Cinema: Nuestro Durham, a free outdoor screening from Duke Cinematic Arts and Duke Arts at The Scrap Exchange. The event takes place on Saturday, April 15 at 7:30pm.

Reynolds Industries Theater went dark in the beginning of fall semester 2022 for replacement of its HVAC system. Thanks to support from Duke Arts, Duke Facilities Management, Duke Student Affairs, and the efforts of the venue and production management team, it has come roaring back to life. The refreshed theater boasts many improvements, and a new Duke blue main curtain is ready to be drawn for the upcoming musical Rent, a production by Duke's Theater Studies Department in collaboration with Hoof ‘n’ Horn.

On display at the Rubenstein Arts Center through Sunday, March 12, "Selections from the Archive” is a print retrospective of the work of media artist, researcher, and Duke faculty member Bill Seaman.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden recently announced the annual selection of 25 influential motion pictures to be inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Of the 25, two films by New Day Films founding members were inducted this year. Betty Tells Her Story, by Liane Brandon, and Union Maids, by Julia Reichert and Jim Klein.

The sixth year of Duke’s signature arts mentorship program pairs twelve students with professional mentors to develop their creative projects, including podcasts, literature, theater, film, visual arts and more.

Audio Under the Stars, the popular community listening series built around audio stories, returns to Durham this fall in a new location – the great lawn at Durham Central Park! This special evening on Friday, October 14 is in addition to a previously-announced event in Pittsboro, NC this Friday, September 23.

On display at the Rubenstein Arts Center through Sunday, September 18, ALHAMDU | MUSLIM FUTURISM” is an evolving experiential art exhibition and digital archive created by MIPSTERZ that explores Muslim Futurism.

Twenty-four Duke students received a Benenson Award in the Arts this year to support and sustain their work over the summer months and help launch the graduating seniors into the next phase of their life.

Mario Moore will be the artist-in-residence at the Rubenstein Arts Center in Spring 2022. Moore will visit classes at Duke and beyond, and the Nasher Museum of Art will host a gallery conversation between Moore and Lauren Haynes, senior curator.

The fifth year of Duke’s signature arts mentorship program pairs twenty students with professional mentors to develop their creative projects, including manuscripts, documentaries, podcasts, XR, TV pilots, animation and more.

Get to know the students behind the scenes of Duke Arts! From writers to social media superstars, each is an important advocate in supporting our work in growing a culture for the arts across campus.

This year, in collaboration with the Office for the Vice Provost of the Arts, Bass Connections is seeking projects that display the range of ways in which different forms of art intersect with how we understand, convey, and engage with complex societal challenges.

Duke University Union has honored three Duke seniors with awards for their contributions to the arts: Omolola Sanusi, who received the Hal Kammerer Memorial Prize for Film and Video Production; and María Zurita Ontiveros and Cameron Oglesby, who both received the Graywill Award for Arts Leadership & Service.

Fourteen Duke students received a Benenson Award in the Arts this year to support and sustain their work over the summer months and help launch the graduating seniors into the next phase of their life.

Congratulations to the 2021 awardees receiving the Robert E. Pristo Filmmaking Award, established in 2019 to support student filmmakers.

Fifty years after its conception, late photographer William Gedney’s “A Time of Youth” has been published by Duke University Press in conjunction with the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Lisa McCarty ‘13, an alumna of Duke University’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts, edited the book.

Artists continue to make new work and evolve the ways they are connecting with audiences and collaborating during the pandemic. This spring, enjoy a wide-ranging lunchtime conversation series hosted by Duke Arts and Duke Performances, and check in with musicians, painters, playwrights, and more.

DukeCreate, a workshops series for the Duke community, is collaborating with Student Wellness to offer more opportunities to support well-being through creativity.

The fourth year of this collaboration with Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Duke Alumni pairs sixteen students with professional mentors to develop creative projects in creative writing, film, music, and visual arts.

A free online public conversation series presented by Duke Arts and Duke Performances. Fridays at Noon, Oct 16 through Nov 13. Featuring faculty-invited visiting artists and artists from Duke Performances virtual Fall 2020 season.

Meet the Duke alumni that work on these award-winning shows as they take us behind the scenes of the creative process, explore cultural themes, and share their career paths via a live Zoom panel.

The Duke International Relations Association is launching a new biannual magazine, Borderless: International Relations, Local Connections, to explain, analyze, and humanize international relations and global communities.

"Bridging the Gap" aims to speak with Duke’s diverse student body and discuss their experiences navigating identity, discrimination, tokenism, and more at a predominantly white institution. Duke students, staff, faculty, and alumni are invited to submit their stories.

Are you a Duke student interested in performing piano around campus, rearranging contemporary music for keyboard, or connecting with other musicians from around the world? If so, Duke’s premiere a cappella-style piano group wants you!

The one-year position (renewable for an additional year) is open to Duke alumni who graduated within the past three years and have a demonstrated interest in the arts, public programs or community engagement.

Hoof 'n' Horn invites submissions to a reinvented audition process and fall production!

Duke Performances is excited to announce our Virtual Fall season – The Show Must Go Online! High-quality, commissioned films featuring artists originally slated for in-person performances will premiere on Vimeo for ticket holders.

duARTS, Duke's umbrella organization for student arts groups, is hosting three upcoming open houses featuring student panelists

From online open houses to intimate Music in Your Gardens streaming concerts, browse arts offerings for incoming students offered during Weeks of Welcome (Aug 10–28, 2020).

"I'm excited to see what we'll create together. I'm excited to join you in rising to the challenges that we face and moving through them together."—John V. Brown, JD, Vice Provost for the Arts

Introducing a new series by Duke Small Town Records: Breaking Down Gatekeeping in the Music Industry. Join the STR team weekly on Mondays, 6pm, EDT for break room sessions on the music industry, producing, songwriting, and more.

Since launching Art & Artists Are Essential, an invitation to our community to reflect on how they are navigating the current moment, we’ve shared messages of hope, determination, and resilience, ...

In an effort to display gratitude to Duke Health's essential staff, Arts & Health at Duke is accepting original content from the community to help provide encouragement, appreciation, and emotional support during this challenging time.

Hard work, love of music, and generous mentors have taken 2020 Louis Sudler Prize winner Thandolwethu Mamba from a township in southern Africa to the opera stage at Duke and beyond.

So many summer plans have had to change in light of the coronavirus crisis. Duke University has expanded its Summer Session course offerings, which means there are more arts courses to choose from than ever before.

Congratulations to the inaugural awardees receiving the Robert E. Pristo Filmmaking Award, established in 2019 to support student filmmakers.

Fourteen Duke students received a Benenson Award in the Arts this year to support and sustain their work over the summer months and help launch the graduating seniors into the next phase of their life.

A message from Scott Lindroth for the Marcy 27 Duke Arts newsletter.

Would you like your art displayed in the Brodhead or Bryan Center? Submit on a rolling basis!

Apply to be an artist-in-residence at the Power Plant Gallery at Duke this summer. Deadline to apply is March 15, 2020.

Submit your art to be a part of DUU Visarts' Annual Spring Student Showcase! Submissions due March 1, 2020.

Riddell will lead discussions on how to build a stronger arts culture at Duke, how to build a professional career in the arts, and what Duke's administration can do to help students with interests in the arts.

A new exhibition blending art and science opens at Duke Libraries later this week and features the work of Dave and Jane Richardson.

Three job opportunities in the University Box Office, at the Center for Documentary Studies, and for an arts and humanities development program director.

The Ceramics Academy is a series of four two-hour Saturday afternoon workshops that will offer a much more in-depth experience than anything in DukeCreate's current lineup. The series starts January 25—apply today!

duARTS, Duke's umbrella student arts organization, is taking over Penn Pavilion on Fri, Dec 6, 7–10pm and transforming it into a Winter Wonderland.

Pratt's New Building Art Committee is now in a phase of actively seeking to identify and purchase or commission works for the new building. Artists who might be a fit are invited to submit a brief survey by Dec 6, 2019.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, write duuvisarts@gmail.com for more info and to apply.

This position is designed for recent Duke graduates and primarily supports Duke Arts programs including DEMAN.

Learn more about professional opportunities with Duke Dance, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, and Duke Performances.

Celebrate the students, faculty, staff, and donors who create Duke's inviting and exceptional creative community. Read the report online or download a PDF copy.

This traveling photography exhibition is about the storied, charged, and enduring place that we call the South, and is presented by the Power Plant Gallery and Forum for Scholars and Publics at Duke University, in collaboration with the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, NC State.

The Communication Specialist for Dance and Theater Studies is responsible for planning and producing a variety of marketing and communications content for two vibrant arts departments located in the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.

The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University awards a maximum of four summer museum internships for Duke University Undergraduates with career interests in art and museum work.

Gift enables Duke to set a new standard in immersive arts education and community engagement using the Rubenstein Arts Center.

Meet Kelsey Graywill (Class of 2018), former president of duARTS and a leader in growing the student arts community at Duke. This summer Duke University Union endowed an award in her name: the Graywill Award for Arts Leadership & Service.

Organized by Duke graduate students in the life sciences, “The Art of a Scientist” will be on view in the Rubenstein Arts Center's gallery between June 1 and August 10, 2018.

The Power Plant Gallery is pleased to announce our #PPGArtists for summer 2018. Joining us for Residency 1 is Durham artist Rachel Goodwin, and for Residency 2, Durham native, Anthony Patterson.

Duke Performances shares its six concerts presented in Duke Gardens throughout June and July.