We mourn and denounce the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and all victims of anti-Black white supremacist violence and police brutality. We denounce racism and white supremacy ...

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, ...

"I believe that the arts have the power to enhance learning and transform communities,” says Asher, who starts September 1.

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog Duke Performances is partnering with Duke Arts and WXDU on a livestream series hosted by DP on Facebook Live and Instagram Live. This Wednesday, May 27, we’re rounding out ...

Bruzelius, a world-renowned expert on medieval architecture and Duke's Anne Murnick Cogan Professor Emerita of Art and Art History, is among 34 new members this year.

Vice Provost for the Arts Scott Lindroth reflects for the ongoing "Art and Artists Are Essential" series, writing: "One thing that I feel more urgently than ever before is the importance of making your own work. It brings us back to ourselves."

Katherine Jennings '84 shares oil paintings of downtown Durham created while contemplating the future of urban landscapes and profound change in city life due to the coronavirus crisis.

Talya Klein, who taught "Acting for the Camera" this spring, shares the class's final project, an original feature filmed titled "EMERGENCY CONTACTS" set in 2030 during a new, fictional pandemic that explores and incorporates present experiences during the coronavirus crisis.

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog This week, Molly Sarlé is taking over our socials for our weekly livestream, and next, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig’s solo project, Daughter ...

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.

Abhilash Sivadas shares a drawing of the goddess Durga he's created utilizing the sacred rhythmic measure known as Navatala, the use of Navatala, and how he views art as a tool to elevate consciousness.

Graduate student Stanley Sun shares an acrylic painting depicting social distancing that he painted to process the feeling of separation that comes with the coronavirus crisis.

Michelle Liang, a student in Professor Kelly Alexander's course Our Culinary Cultures (CA285S/DOCST 344S) shares her final paper for the course: "From MSG to COVID-19: The Politics of America’s Fear of Chinese Food."

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog Duke Performances is partnering with Duke Arts and WXDU on a livestream series hosted by DP on Facebook Live and Instagram Live. This Wednesday, May 20, we’re continuing the ...

Duke faculty teaching visual arts, music, and theater share how they navigated the move to online teaching. It wasn’t easy. Supplies were mailed, collaborative projects were reinvented. Transformations and solutions discovered this spring have expanded the teaching repertoire—even as we look forward to safely returning to studio and stage.

Tori Bilas '17, talks about her path from Duke to a job in equestrian sports—a field she loves—and shares advice for current Duke students.

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog Duke Performances is partnering with Duke Arts and WXDU on a livestream series hosted by DP on Facebook Live and Instagram Live. This Wednesday, May 13, we’re continuing the ...

Todd Bashore '94 shares a multitrack solo performance of his transcription of Take 6's "A Quiet Place" as part of our call for "Art and Artists are Essential" collection and invitation.

Sophia Li shares her final photography project, "Food for Trash"—created for the course Ways of Seeing: Storytelling through Photography with Professor Charlotte de la Fuente Nørregaard (DIS Copenhagen)—which meditates on the meaning of food scraps during the coronavirus crisis.

Sarah Wilbur, assistant professor of the practice of dance, was teaching seminars on collaborative performance and valuing labor in the arts—just as the arts world entered a period of unforeseen challenges.

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.

Lisa Borders '79, CEO of LMB Group, LLC, Former President/CEO of Time's Up, and Former President of the WNBA, discusses her experience working as a senior executive and elected official as well as strategies she used at the forefront of organizations in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.

Student groups also found new ways to present their work, lifting each other up and offering an antidote for social distancing to the Duke community. We honor their inventiveness and hard work with this round-up.

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog On average, Duke Performances commissions and premieres five projects each season. These range from new music compositions to evening-length multidisciplinary ...

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog Duke Performances is partnering with Duke Arts and WXDU on a livestream series hosted by DP on Facebook Live and Instagram Live. This Wednesday, May 6, we’re continuing the ...

Inspired by her travels around the world, Fuqua School of Business at Duke alumnus Inesa Preciado shares fine art landscape paintings she has created as a way to find escape and comfort in art during the coronavirus crisis.

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.

Students in this documentary studies and cultural anthropology course taught by Kelly Alexander “opened their hearts and minds to cooking and eating ‘apart together.’"

Students in David Heid's piano studio recorded their recital pieces from their homes due to COVID-19 distancing measures, the resulting video is a virtual recital bringing these separate pieces together.

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog Duke Performances is partnering with Duke Arts and WXDU on a livestream series hosted by DP on Facebook Live and Instagram Live. This Wednesday, April 27, we’re continuing the ...

Inspired by the demand for toilet paper during COVID-19, Nancy C. Sampson created a satirical zine titled, "Make Your Own Toilet Paper," saying that especially during challenging times, humor can be a helpful resource.

Mia Bolognesi is a junior in high school who shares portraits she has created as a reminder that creating art can bring light even during dark times.

Donovan Zimmerman, founder and director of the collective of artists known as the Paperhand Puppet Intervention, shares the soulful and captivating experience of their summer 2019 performance, "We Are Here."

Ira Knight shares a performance of "From Myth To Man: Martin Luther King, An Interpretation," as recorded live at the Ruby earlier this year, as a reminder of our shared humanity to create better days ahead.

Kelly C. Tang, a PhD Candidate in Art History, shares mixed-media drawings on letters she's made for friends during the coronavirus crisis, sharing how snail mail has allowed her to focus on those connections and relationships.

James Budinich, a PhD candidate in Music Composition, is giving a talk with his artistic collaborator, Gabrielle Lamb, on creating work together, from a distance. James reflects on the strategies that helped them produce Plexus: a work in knots, "strategies that can benefit all artists in our post-COVID reality."

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.

"Want to learn how to edit in Adobe Premiere? Make films from the comfort of your living room?" Browse Summer Session courses in the documentary arts (camera not always required)!

Ashleigh Smith, Nasher intern and Duke Class of 2020, was excited to organize a small exhibition at the Nasher Museum this spring. When the museum temporarily closed, she converted the installation to a multimedia online project, which includes a Spotify playlist and podcast episode. An extension of her senior thesis, the project is the product of two years of research.

Students share their Visual Arts capstone projects online in lieu of a physical exhibition.

“The radical nature of art, at least the truth of it that I have come to embrace, is its capacity for care, empathy, reciprocity, invitation and correspondence with others.”—Dario Robleto, artist based in Houston and member of the Nasher Museum’s Board of Advisors. The global pandemic reminds Robleto of his early years as an artist, when social distancing, seclusion and self-reflection came naturally to him.

In advance of their Duke Performances livestream concert on Wed, Apr 22, we asked Kate McGarry and Keith Ganz reflect on an unexpected move back to Durham and potential benefits of this slower time at home.

Nasher Museum Educator Ryan Helsel reacted to the global pandemic by creating online art projects for teachers and families stuck at home. “We need art to process the world in which we live,” Helsel said. “That will never go away. I see more awareness and appreciation of this need in the broader public already, which makes me hopeful for an increased awareness of the value of all sorts of arts and artists in the future.”

Lana Garland is a writer, filmmaker, photographer, instructor who shares photographs, writing, and her thoughts on the role of art during this time as part of our "Art and Artists are Essential" collection and invitation.

Jaylan Rhea, an interdisciplinary artist, shares his portrait photography as part of our "Art and Artists are Essential" collection and invitation.

Corbie Hill is a musician and staff writer at Duke Magazine who shares a song he wrote as part of our "Art and Artists are Essential" collection and invitation.

Debora Cordero Martinez, a sophomore at Duke shares her photography series that comments on the targeting of black people in the United States as part of our "Art and Artists are Essential" collection and invitation.

The Durham Medical Orchestra and community musicians collaborated in a virtual performance of a new piece by Durham composer Steven Bryant, sharing music and creativity as an important component to battling stress during the current pandemic.

Sujal Manohar is a senior neuroscience and visual arts double major whose senior Graduate with Distinction project in Visual Arts, Reflect: Mental Health Experiences at Duke, focuses on mental health experiences at Duke. She shares this work with us as part of our "Art and Artists are Essential" collection and invitation.

Oliver Greenwald is a first year studying Computer Science and Visual Arts while pursuing a minor in Psychology and an Innovation & Entrepreneurship certificate. He shares his digital artwork as part of our "Art and Artists are Essential" collection and invitation.

Instead of documenting Hillsborough, Susie Post-Rust and her Center for Documentary Studies students began documenting their experience of the current pandemic, questioning what it means to “Stay At Home.”

A violin instructor in the Department of Music, Jennifer shares a video of an outdoor performance.

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog Last December, public historian Kimber Heinz and I were privileged to put together the exhibition Music Maker 25: Honoring Our Musical ...

In advance of his Duke Performances livestream concert on Wed, Apr 15, we asked Jake Xerxes Fussell to reflect on how the coronavirus crisis has impacted his work, and what he is finding reassuring.

Robin Yeh is a senior visual arts major who has completed an independent study and capstone project with Beverly McIver. She shares her artwork as part of our "Art and Artists are Essential" collection and invitation.

Christian Boada is a postdoctoral researcher at Duke University, and "the vizual scientist" on Instagram shares artwork as part of our "Art and Artists are Essential" collection and invitation.

Aaron Zhao, a visual arts and biology major, shares a video he made while sheltering safely at home as part of our "Art and Artists are Essential" collection and invitation.

Yukai Qian, a mechanical engineering and visual arts major and a math minor, shares photographs as part of our "Art and Artists are Essential" collection and invitation.

John Brown, director of the Duke University Jazz Program, says: "Remember that art and artists will still be there for us on the other side when we reach that light. Artists need us just as much as we need them."

Duke English Majors read poems for comfort.

As part of our ongoing "Art for Duke" series, we hand over our platform to students to share their work with our online community in place of in-person performances, exhibits, and other events. Duke senior Jacob Liang shares an aria sung by Friar Laurence in Gounod's "Romeo and Juliette."

In advance of his Duke Performances livestream concert this Wednesday, we asked guitarist and composer William Tyler to reflect on how the coronavirus crisis has impacted his work, and what he is finding reassuring.

Are you a student artist who has been working on a project this year? Do you enjoy hearing friends talk about their art? Join us online!

Viewers who tune in via Facebook and Instagram Live will be encouraged to give to the DAC fund or the NorthStar Church's of the Arts' Durham Artist Relief Fund

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog In the world we’d planned for, the American Ballet Theatre Main Company would have, as of today, just completed their ...

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

Brock Family Visiting Instructor in Studio Arts Stephen Hayes has two new public monument commissions: a marker for the Chapel Hill Nine in Chapel Hill, and a sculpture honoring the Fifth Regiment of the United States Colored Troops in Wilmington, NC—recently featured in The New York Times.

A sculpture made by Susan Hynes '19 inspired by an Entomology course travels from the Rubenstein Arts Center to Durham's Museum of Life + Science.

As DukeCreate explores remote arts tutorial opportunities with its instructors, we offer this look back at how the series has developed since its founding. "We started thinking about how we could bring more structure and more mentoring, but keep flexible access and non-judgmental engagement with the arts. And that is really the origins of DukeCreate," shared Vice Provost for the Arts Scott Lindroth.

The arts are best experienced in community with one another, and I know this pause on our regular arts programming will be a challenging experience—but your safety is Duke's top priority. Art is also a balm for the soul during uncertain times.

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

In this interview with Cassie Calvert (Trinity ’16), we learn how this former undergraduate followed her passion as a feature reporter for Duke Athletics to score a role as a Social Media Coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens.

In this interview with Deborah Grausman (Trinity ’02), we learn how this former undergraduate has navigated her passion to perform and sing through opportunities such as doing voice-overs for Sesame Street, performing in productions of Fiddler on the Roof, The Secret Garden and Peter Pan, and more!

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

The upcoming Afro-Feminist Performance Routes symposium and the Collegium for African Diasporic Dance highlight the contributions of Black dance, allowing artists, dancers, students, faculty, and the wider Durham community to share in critical inquiry and inspiration.

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog According to Ambrose of Milan, the Church Father who lived in the fourth century (over a millennium before English composer ...

In this interview with Matt Riley (Trinity ’18), we learn how this former undergraduate landed journalism roles from NBCUniversal to the Durham Herald-Sun to his current gig as a TruthBuzz Fellow at the International Center for Journalism.

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

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog Composed between 1798 and 1826, a span of not quite three decades, Beethoven’s sixteen string quartets have continued to exude ...

In this interview with Duke FORM, Heidi Zak '00 describes how she has shifted the women's undergarment industry for the better through her company ThirdLove.

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.

Meet Duke senior Naomi Lilly before she launches NAL-Nay Lilly, a networking platform for diverse creative talent in this student-to-student interview.

Since 2006, the student group ArtsConnect has partnered with the Emily K Center to bring arts activities to elementary school children. Joyce Huang, an ArtsConnect member, interviews the group's co-founder Eric Oberstein of Duke Performances.

In this student-to-student interview, a Duke senior and pre-med major shares his journey from the classroom to joining 9th Wonder's team at Jamla Records.

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

In this interview with Ashley Alman (Trinity ’13), we learn how this former undergraduate navigated experiences from INDY Week to the Huffington Post to her current gig as Creative Marketing Manager at Netflix all while following her passion of utilizing media to share stories to the masses.

Five questions for Tyler Edwards (Class of 2022), biology major and producer for Hoof 'n' Horn's The Wiz, the first production with an all-black cast and a sensory friendly performance.

This article was originally published on the Duke Performances blog Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever is a multidisciplinary performance commissioned by Duke Performances, set to new music by ...

Join Campus Center Art for a reception celebrating artist John Tempest on Friday, Jan 24, from 5:30-7:30pm in the Bryan Center. Tempest will be installing a large scale painting dedicated to his late father and a portrait.

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