Aaron Kutnick is a new media artist, filmmaker, and educator based in Durham, NC. His interactive work is a practice in digital taxidermy, breathing a sense of urgency and presence ...

Aya Shabu is a courageous storyteller and collaborator who uses site-specific performance, art, and ritual to remember African American ancestors and preserve neighborhoods. The Creator and Conductor of Whistle Stop ...

Lauren Neefe is an MFA student in Experimental and Documentary Arts. She practices at the intersection of poetry, sound, place, and the built environment, often in collaboration with performance artists, ...

Ashon Crawley is Professor of Religious Studies and African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia. He is author of Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility (Fordham University ...

Julia Gartrell is an artist and educator based in Durham, NC. She received an MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in art from ...

Robby Poore is a graphic designer, musician, DJ, and screen printer based in Chapel Hill, NC. He has a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from the University of New Mexico in ...

Freya Powell creates ensemble performances, immersive sound installations, and essay videos. Drawing on fields such as forensic anthropology, feminist and affect theory, and literature her projects make connections between the ...

Maya (they/she) is an aspiring researcher, community builder, and artist focusing on queer Muslim solidarity. As a leader of the queer Muslim group Jummah 4 All, they organized prayer services, social events, ...

Mira Shani started her studies of Yoga during her college days in the mid ’90s at UT Austin. It was there, in a Critical Thinking class that she was introduced ...

Alex is an avid birder and amateur naturalist with a background in language and culture. After graduating from Duke with an MA in East Asian Studies, Alex spent four fruitful ...

Nicole Oxendine is the founder and artistic director of Empower Dance Studio, established in 2015. With a lifelong passion for dance, Nicole envisioned a space where individuals could explore their ...

Ayodele Casel, a Doris Duke Artist in the dance category, is an award-winning and critically acclaimed tap dancer and choreographer. Born in The Bronx and raised in Puerto Rico, her ...

Raquel Salvatella de Prada is an artist and associate professor of the practice of visual arts at Duke University. She integrates experimental video and animation with different traditional art forms, ...

Lormarev Jones is a Director/Choreographer, Intimacy Director and Educator currently based in Raleigh. She received her MFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College. Lormarev has served as a director and ...

Andrea E. Woods Valdés is the Chair of the Duke University Dance Program and artistic director of Souloworks/Andrea E. Woods & Dancers. A native of Philadelphia, Woods is a former ...

Adrienne Oates is a local Durham artist. She got her BFA in ceramics from Radford University. There she took a watercolor and has continued to paint and do ceramics. Many ...

Sydney Sogol is a weaver and dyer, whose mission is to create bold color and pattern interactions through original designs. She creates one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces inspired by her ...

Dr. Allan Friedman is proud to direct both the Duke Chorale and SONAM (Singers of New and Ancient Music). He also teaches a variety of courses in the Music Department. ...

DJ is a neon artist, educator, and the owner of Hex Neon in Durham, North Carolina. She is a founding member of the Neon Makers Guild, a community dedicated to ...

Alyah Baker is a dance artist, scholar, and choreographer working at the intersection of art and embodied activism. For the past 19 years, she has worked as a freelance artist ...

Michael Klien:  As a leading voice in contemporary choreography, Michael Kliën has pioneered a 21st-century ecological approach to reimagining how humans move and exist within society ethically and sustainably. His ...

Torry Bend is a puppet artist and scenic designer, her Scenic design has been seen in New York at La Mama, Incubator Arts Project and Dixon Place. Additional design work ...

Mesha Maren is the author of the novels Sugar Run, Perpetual West, and Shae (May 2024, Algonquin Books). Her short stories and essays can be read in Tin House, The ...

JP Gritton’s novel Wyoming, a Kirkus best debut of 2019, is out with Tin House. His awards include a Cynthia Woods Mitchell fellowship, the Meringoff prize in fiction, and the ...

Gowri Savoor is a visual-teaching artist, whose practice includes sculpture, drawing and writing. Savoor is the founder of A River of Light, an organization committed to bringing art to the ...

My name is JAC M., former cotton candy girly! I identify as a queer, disabled Muslim girly who focuses on limitless Love and radical joy for the people!

Jarret has been practicing and teaching some of the many different methods of exploring quietude for over 25 years. He has studied at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro ...

In addition to her scientific pursuits, she is also an accomplished Mandala artist and an avid Calligrapher. She loves experimenting with different art mediums and techniques to create unique amalgamations.

As an art history major, Holly has always found joy in all aspects of art, not just looking at it or analyzing it, but making it as well. She has ...

Leticia Alvarez is a Mexican artist; she studied Art at the University of Monterrey (UDEM), and participated on numerous exhibitions. Leticia got a Master degree in Education through Art, from ...

Peter Marín was born and raised in Mexico City. He has lived in San Francisco, Oakland, Madrid, New York City, and Raleigh, NC. Marin has been painting for 30 years, ...

Morgan Riker is a Durham based artist who works with and integrates ceramics, drawing, and screen printing, and wire. She has lots of experience teaching art to people of all ...

Hyewon Grigoni has engaged in a variety of creative practices since childhood. Her work and writing have appeared in art shows, in print, and on air for public radio. She ...

Becca Ibarra is a local Durham visual artist and papermaker exploring minimalism and abstraction through drawing, painting, and weaving. Her work is rooted in an intuitive process-based approach, often treated ...

Matt is a local Durham artist, Co-Director of Super G Print Lab and Senior Book Designer at Duke University Press.

Photo by Maximillian Cheng. Pik Kei Wong is a freelance dance creator based in Glasgow since 2023. She has 15 years of experience teaching contemporary dance. She has worked with The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, teaching creative and movement workshops to different faculties such as Architecture, Music, Lighting Design and Gender Studies.

Shelbi Polk is a writer and artist who has been embroidering since her childhood in Texas. She studied literature and actually gets to use that knowledge, both in her freelance ...

Mohammed Smahneh (aka Barges) is a self-taught hip-hop and contemporary dance artist, has won various break-dance battles in Palestine and performed in many international and local projects including: Badke, a co-production between ...

Arzu Salman takes the dance floor thanks to the efforts of transgender, queer and immigrant communities that precede him. His dancing is a fervid and unbridled love letter to those who ...

Raised in Durham, North Carolina JulieRose Hinson has been creating art from the earth since she was a child. After graduating college Julie went on to spend three years working ...

Amelia Shull is a multidisciplinary artist, musician, and educator whose current practice centers on healing, mending, and creative reuse. Her most recent work explores various media and methods, including printmaking, ...

Sean is a Durham based visual artist with a focus on print and design. He spends his days rebranding small local businesses and his nights tending the fields on his ...

Ife Michelle is a Choreographer and Artist-Educator, engaging dance praxis as a means of exploring individual, communal, and cultural identity and expression. Through her primary movement styles (Traditional West-African, Hip-Hop, ...

Maria Geary is a Durham, NC based mixed media and fiber artist with a passion for visual journaling.. She creates bold and expressive art and her work is influenced by ...

A self-taught artist and lifelong creative, Angie blends her passion for art with her devotion to mental health. Her diverse artistic journey has led her to explore various creative forms, ...

Chania Wilson is a Raleigh, NC native with a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She currently attends Duke University to obtain her MFA in ...

River Takada is a Japanese American artist and craft teacher. River makes a variety of mixed media art focusing on material reuse, and sells locally at markets and online under ...

Sarah, a Louisiana native, kickstarted her creative career at the University of Mississippi where she earned her BFA in Painting. Now based in Durham, NC, Sarah works as an illustrator ...

Born in Missouri, raised in Arkansas, schooled in theater (MFA) and performance studies (MA and Ph.D.) in Texas and North Carolina, Jules has been active in the Triangle theater-making scene ...

Hailing from Indianapolis, Betsy brings a wealth of experience in the arts and culture sector. Prior to Duke, Betsy honed her skills at Carolina Performing Arts (CPA) at the University ...

Yesenia Martinez-Yanez is a graphic designer, artist, and marketing communicator from Timberlake, North Carolina. Attracted by the visual arts from an early age with drawing and painting, Yesenia set foot ...

Anna Wallace is a current resident and native of Durham, North Carolina. She holds a BFA in Ceramics from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and an MFA in Studio Art ...

Cheryl is a native of Cornwall, New York and currently based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She has worked as a theatre artist, stage manager, educator, and grant writer. Cheryl has been active ...

Originally from North Carolina, Ashley has traveled and resided in multiple states, as well as Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Ashley holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music and Mass Communications from ...

Bill Fick has been a practicing artist and educator for more than 30 years and has been a lecturing fellow in the Duke Department of Art, Art History and Visual ...

Bassist, composer, educator and actor John Brown is a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and currently resides in Durham, NC. He is a graduate of the School of Music at ...

Originally from Oxford, Mississippi, Frances lived in New York City for 17 years before relocating to Durham, North Carolina in 2020. Frances has a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Barnard ...

A native Midwesterner, Aaron attended Butler University for his undergraduate degree and worked for several years in social services before beginning graduate school. He holds a Master’s and Doctorate in ...

Paul Kartcheske is the Production Manager for Duke Arts. Being part of the events community for over 30 yrs. Paul has been involved in many areas of the arts from ...