In this interview, Melissa Beretta ‘18, Associate, Corporate Strategy and Development at NBCUniversal, shares her experience as a Duke student, discusses her professional transition from finance to media, and offers advice for students interested in pursuing careers in creative industries.

Clay Sanders, who received a PhD in civil engineering from Duke in 2020, currently has a painting depicting a dance rehearsal on display in the Rubenstein Arts Center. He shares how making art has helped his career as an engineer and provided him with an outlet during difficult times.

In this interview with Form Magazine, Laura Corey ‘08 discusses her work on a Metropolitan Museum of Art project called “Making The Met, 1870–2020,” an exhibition that marked the museum’s 150th anniversary. She also offers advice for students and alumni on navigating a museum career.

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.

Courtney Liu '13, MFA in Dance '21, shares "Blurring the Lines" created with undergraduate students in Intermediate Ballet. "Creative projects are still being made and it is more important than ever to share, engage with, and celebrate each other's work," shares Emma Geiger, MFA EDA '22, who collaborated on filming and editing.

Chaz Hawkins ’17, screenwriter at Heroes and Villains Entertainment, discusses his transition into the film industry and offers advice for students interested in pursuing careers in creative industries.

Support NC artists this season! Use our guide to find where to buy art by local artists in Durham (or online). 

Gary Yeh '17 is founder of ArtDrunk, which now has a weekly newsletter that aims to make it easy and fun to learn about contemporary art. We share his interview with the Duke student publication FORM Magazine.

Gianluca Corinaldesi started his position at Duke just three weeks before COVID stay at home orders. Learning to play the piano with his sons has brought joy to the Corinaldesi family home. "[It] puts me in a good mood like few other things," he reflects.

Chapin discusses his career in broadcast journalism, shares insights on the industry, and offers advice to students looking to work in media.

Meet North Carolinian artist Antoine Williams, creator of a wheat paste and sound installation on a new temporary structure for public art behind the Rubenstein Arts Center.

William Paul Thomas is an artist based in Durham. He taught at Duke in 2017-2018 as the Brock Family Visiting Instructor in Studio Arts, was in residence at the Ruby in 2019, and frequently leads workshops with the Nasher Museum of Art and DukeCreate. In this profile, junior Dani Yan digs deeper into the "magnetic" portraits in Thomas's Cyanosis series.

Wondering which movies you should watch during winter break? Junior Brandon Xie has compiled a list of “The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time” using statistics from 23 different movie websites.

New books by Richard Powell and Tom Rankin are available at independent Durham businesses—just in case you're beginning to think about holiday shopping.

On November 17, Full Frame will present a virtual screening of Rodrigo Dorfman’s 2011 documentary short One Night in Kernersville, which follows jazz bassist and Vice Provost for the Arts John Brown as he makes a big band recording in Kernersville, NC.

Christopher Scully-Thurston's No Conflick at the RAC is an audio triptych collage made only from sounds collected during evenings at the Rubenstein Arts Center, where Scully-Thurston works as a senior technician of venue and production management.

Meet the students behind the scenes of Duke Arts—from tour guides to social media superstars, each is an important advocate in supporting our work in growing the arts across campus.

Sofia Zymnis '21 shares a project started as a pseudo-autobiographical documentation of her own experience during lockdown that has now developed into a constantly-growing website, inviting people to share their own balcony community in order to grow a shared virtual one.

Jonathan Homrighausen, PhD '23, shares a calligraphic piece, "Heaven's Roof," inspired by the relationship to home during COVID-19.

Seymour ruminates on her successful career as a magazine journalist, discusses her current project Covey Club, and shares advice for students looking to work in media.

Christine Doeg '87 shares the documentary film she produced called One Vote. This film captures the compelling stories of diverse Americans on Election Day 2016.

Brittany J. Green, Duke PhD student in Music Composition, shares "Connected," a short piece for viola, piano, and fixed media inspired by paradoxical feelings of isolation and mediated connectedness that many have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

Duke Performances Advisory Board Chair and Duke alumnus Ari Redbord reflects on the importance of the arts, particularly the impact and importance of the performing arts in this moment.

Dave Heaton '89 and Lucy Heaton discuss the connection between the arts, lifelong wellness, and how arts expand students' potential beyond the classroom.

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.

Join NCLAFF virtually this year to watch films and join conversations reflecting on 35 years of Latin American and Caribbean films.

Duke Magazine's Scott Huler writers about a new Duke University MFA program that "endorses dance as a politically, socially, and spiritually transformative force in society."

Before the pandemic shut everything down, visiting artist John Felix Arnold was working with students to create a conceptual portrait of Durham—his hometown—in the Ruby.

"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.

Watch the Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba performance, which was filmed at the Greensboro Science Center and premiered online Sun, Sep 13.

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.

Bill Fick shares his recent political prints, which you might also spot in and around Durham. Fick is assistant director of visual and studio arts for the Rubenstein Arts Center and lecturing fellow in the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies.

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

Beverly McIver was asked to participate in political public art project led by People for the American Way, and it sparked a series of directly political paintings. McIver is Professor of the Practice in Duke's Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies.

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.

Robinson channelled his academic focus on environmental science and documentary studies into a film, “Louisiana’s Missing Coast”—it’s now a 2020 Student Academy Awards Finalist.

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

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog This summer, we’re proud to present Music in Your Gardens, a free eight-week online concert series showcasing nationally renowned artists who call ...

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog This summer, we’re proud to present Music in Your Gardens, a free eight-week online concert series showcasing nationally renowned artists who call ...

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

Three leaders of Duke's student-run record label, Small Town Records, learned how to innovate, adapt to digital platforms, and create new music opportunities during a pandemic summer. “I can assure you that we will have STR running in some capacity, helping to shape the culture at Duke, for as long as we can," says Ryan Briggs,'21.

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog This summer, we’re proud to present Music in Your Gardens, a free eight-week online concert series showcasing nationally renowned artists who call ...

After majoring in public policy and receiving a Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship, Thakore is now an associate producer for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.

Frasson-Nori graduated with degrees in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic and a Certificate in Documentary Studies and was a Digital Communications Fellow at the Sanford School of Public Policy.

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog This summer, we’re proud to present Music in Your Gardens, a free eight-week online concert series showcasing nationally renowned artists who call ...

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog This summer, we’re proud to present Music in Your Gardens, a free eight-week online concert series showcasing nationally renowned artists who call ...

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.

Meet Detavio Samuels, Duke '02 and the newest COO of Sean "Diddy" Combs' REVOLT TV, leading the way for social justice, journalism, and hip-hop.

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog This summer, we’re proud to present Music in Your Gardens, a free eight-week online concert series showcasing nationally renowned artists who call ...

Alexandra Bailliere '92 reflects on the growth of arts at Duke over the past 30 years and shares a piece created during the coronavirus crisis.

When the coronavirus crisis led to an unexpected and impressive turn in the final project for Michael Faber's "Graphic Design in Multimedia" class. The result? A 50-page magazine about graphic design and staying connected called "Connectere."

Duke Dance instructor Glenna Batson shares a reflection on the role of movement and dance during the coronavirus crisis and the social distancing that comes with it.

Freelance and documentary photographer Denise Allen shares "My Son Matters," a photography exhibit comprised of portraits of African-American parents with their sons with accompanying statements. Allen created this exhibit to elevate and honor the relationship between African-American mothers and their sons while shining a loving light on the young men whose existence is often stigmatized.

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog This summer, we’re proud to present Music in Your Gardens, a free eight-week online concert series showcasing nationally renowned artists who call ...

This summer, we’re proud to present Music in Your Gardens, a free eight-week online concert series showcasing nationally renowned artists who call Durham and the surrounding area home. The series shifts Duke ...

"Dance reminds you and teaches you the infinite nuances of life.  Excitement and joy in life is not limited to the big bangs, the major earthquakes; it is also the light brush of grief or the gentle awareness of beauty.  Dance can teach, or reteach, us what that means," says Barbara Dickinson, Emerita Dance Faculty.

Amir Williams '18 shares her multimedia project "capturing the musical ensemble of the current protests and fight for lasting change" titled "with stringed instruments."

As the world retreated to virtual spaces, Duke MFAEDA graduate Laurids Andersen Sonne and a colleague turned a storage unit into a place for their friends and neighbors to have an intimate, in-person experience of art.

A new collection documenting our coronavirus spring by the MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts community.

Corey Pilson '20 shares his photography series with the Duke Arts community to invite us "to see black men in a new light."

Where can your passion in the arts take you at Duke? Meet rising junior Sarah Yu, who is busy developing her interests in illustration into a possible long-term career.