The Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts Events

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MFA|EDA Spring Salon

Please join us at the MFA Carpentry Shop on Friday, April 25th 6-9PM to connect with and celebrate one another in the spirit of experimental and documentary media. The MFAEDA …

May 2025


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MFA|EDA MicroCinema and Open House

Join us for an evening of short films, printed works, and pre-graduation fellowship at our home base, The Shop. Family, friends, MFA|EDA community are all welcome.

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MFA|EDA 2025 Commencement Celebration

Join us as we celebrate the MFA|EDA Class of 2025 at the Center for Documentary Studies. Family, friends, colleagues, mentors, partners, diplomas, food, drink, revelry, his, high-fives. Come on by.

Archived Events

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Text & Pix April Gathering

April 16, 2025

Students, faculty and community members are welcome to join the MFA|EDA and English/Creative Writing programs for the next gathering of the Text & Pix Collective! Hear from Tom Rankin and …

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A Kind of Performance: Artist Hangout

April 9, 2025

March 17-April 9 Center for Documentary Studies Lyndhurst Gallery Multimedia Installation Photography, digital video, generative media Artist Hangout, April 9, 4:00pm Ziwen Liu (1999, China) is a multimedia artist working …

Memorial Service: An Artist Talk

Memorial Service: An Artist Talk

April 7, 2025

April 4-13 Rubenstein Arts Center Gallery 235 Multimedia Installation Memorial Service: An Artist Talk, April 7, 5:00pm Those who died return again again human documents a return in search of …

Key to Timeless

Key to Timeless: Artist Hangout

April 4, 2025

April 4-13 Rubenstein Arts Center Murthy Agora Multimedia Installation Artist Hangout April 4, 4:00pm Key to Timeless is an interactive exhibition that frames a conversation between two generations, on family, …

Key to Timeless

Dingyi Xu: Key to Timeless

April 4, 2025

April 4-13 Rubenstein Arts Center Murthy Agora Multimedia Installation Artist Hangout April 4, 4:00pm Key to Timeless is an interactive exhibition that frames a conversation between two generations, on family, …

Thesis Film Premieres

April 2, 2025

Premieres of thesis films from MFA|EDA Class of 2025 filmmakers: Bren Vienrich-Felling – Full Moon Over Palcazú Christopher Verstandig – The Work Behind the Wonder Clara Zhu – in 40 …

The Child Within

The Child Within: Artist Talk

March 21, 2025

March 17-April 9 Fredric Jameson Gallery Artist Talk March 21, 5:30pm How did a hopeless street kid from Brooklyn grow up to be an artist, a teacher, a husband, and, …

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Hannah Schneider: When will I go blind?

March 20, 2025

March 20-29 Rubenstein Arts Center Murthy Agora Artist Talk March 28, 5:30pm If a camera can be compared to an eye, a disintegrating negative can be compared to a diseased …

Free Space

Suanne Han: Free Space

March 20, 2025

March 20-29 Rubenstein Arts Center Gallery 235 Multimedia Installation Free Space focuses on how a group of young cosplayers in China transform an abandoned commercial mall into a vibrant hub …

Ziwen Liu: A Kind of Performance

Ziwen Liu: A Kind of Performance

March 17, 2025

March 17-April 9 Center for Documentary Studies Lyndhurst Gallery Multimedia Installation Photography, digital video, generative media Ziwen Liu (1999, China) is a multimedia artist working as a filmmaker, photographer, and …

Katelyn Lester: Western Semiotics

Katelyn Lester: Western Semiotics

March 17, 2025

March 17-April 9 Center for Documentary Studies Juanita Kreps Gallery Artist Talk March 27, 7:30pm Throughout my life, I have been immersed in the western community, from horseback riding to …

The Child Within

Sai Varadan: The Child Within

March 17, 2025

March 17-April 9 Fredric Jameson Gallery Artist Talk March 21, 5:30pm How did a hopeless street kid from Brooklyn grow up to be an artist, a teacher, a husband, and, …

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Andie Z. Chen: Get Those $0.2 Dollar Stuff On My Etsy

March 17, 2025

March 17-April 13 Online at https://pvppy.etsy.com I work at the intersection of the surreal and the absurd, creating stark, high-contrast images and animations that feel both playful and unsettling. My …

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Text & Pix January Gathering

January 22, 2025

Students, faculty and community members are welcome to join the MFA|EDA and English/Creative Writing programs for the next gathering of the Text & Pix Collective! Hear from Professor Stan Abe …

Once in a Lullaby (Joshua Minor, 2008, 5 minutes, color, sound)

Lodestar: Phil Solomon, In Memorium

September 19, 2024

Lodestar: Phil Solomon, in Memoriam Programmed and presented by Melinda Barlow, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts, University of Colorado An elegy and celebration of the …

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Screen/Society–Lodestar: Phil Solomon, in Memoriam

September 19, 2024

Film Screening: Lodestar: Phil Solomon, in Memoriam *Programmed and presented by Melinda Barlow, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts, University of Colorado. An elegy and celebration of …

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Artist’s Talk with Kris Graves

September 12, 2024

Join Kris Graves for a discussion on his project “American Monuments” on view in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Refreshments and exhibit viewing will begin at …

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Natasha Lehner: More of Everything

March 21, 2024

Cassilhaus March 21 – April 23 Reception: April 14, 2:00pm Artist Talk: April 15, 6:00pm More of Everything is an ongoing exploration of the artist’s recently discovered biological grandfather, Harvey …