Free Continuing Education Information Session at CDS September 6
For continuing education students who would like more information about CDS courses and equipment. Come and ask questions about courses at CDS, meet instructors and learn about the Certificate in Documentary Arts. September 6, 5–7:30 p.m. A brief presentation of documentary tools will be held from 6:30–7:30 p.m. Audio, video, and photography equipment will be [...]
Kelvin De’Marcus Allen, W. Calvin Anderson, Jaisun McMillian, and Victor Stone: Work by Fall 2011 Continuing Education Instructors
Kelvin De’Marcus Allen, W. Calvin Anderson, Jaisun McMillian, and Victor Stone will be teaching Then and Now: A Hayti Civics Course in the fall 2011 term for the Continuing Education program at the Center for Documentary Studies. To learn more about the course and to register, please visit the Continuing Education registration site. Kelvin De’Marcus [...]
Jim Haverkamp: Work by Fall 2011 Continuing Education Instructor
Jim Haverkamp will be teaching Applied Documentary Editing with Final Cut Pro, and the Advanced Video Projects Seminar, in the fall 2011 term for the Continuing Education program at the Center for Documentary Studies. To learn more about the course and to register, please visit the Continuing Education registration site. Jim Haverkamp is an award-winning filmmaker [...]
Abigail Blosser: Work by Fall 2011 Continuing Education Instructor
Abigail Blosser will be teaching Documentary Portraiture: A View from Two Sides in the fall 2011 term for the Continuing Education program at the Center for Documentary Studies. To learn more about the course and to register, please visit the Continuing Education registration site. Abigail Blosser is a practicing artist and photographer. Her art has [...]
Registration Now Open for Fall 2011 CDS Continuing Education Courses
The Center for Documentary Studies offers a wide range of short courses, institutes, and workshops for adults who are interested in learning to do their own documentary work. These documentary arts courses, available through flexible admission with reasonable fees, involve instruction in photography, film and video, audio, and writing. Special topics and such subjects as [...]
“Southern Slices” CDS Audio Projects Being Aired on Radio Stations Nationwide
A collection of student pieces from the summer Audio Institute at CDS have been broadcast on radio stations nationwide. The collection, “Southern Slices,” features student work from 2003–2007, and is hosted by CDS audio program director John Biewen. “Southern Slices” was featured on a summer playlist on the Public Radio Exchange, and has recently aired [...]
“The Journey of a Storyteller,” Talk by Al Letson at the Center for Documentary Studies July 18
Al Letson, poet, playwright, and host of NPR’s State of the Re:Union, will present a talk at the Center for Documentary Studies on Monday, July 18. Letson is in Durham as a special guest instructor at CDS’s summer audio institute, “Hearing is Believing,” which brings 24 participants from across the country to learn the craft of [...]
Accepting Applications—Master Class: Nonfiction Writing with Ted Conover, Roger Hodge, and Duncan Murrell
The Center for Documentary Studies is pleased to announced that National Book Critics Circle Award winner Ted Conover and former editor of Harper’s Magazine Roger Hodge will lead week-long workshops this summer in narrative nonfiction, journalism, and documentary writing. This is an unusual opportunity to work closely with two of our finest writers and editors [...]
Watch Videos from the 2011 Video Institute
Each summer the continuing education program at the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University develops an intensive video institute around a specific theme. In previous years topics have included democracy, environmental issues, and life a variety of Durham neighborhoods. This year CDS partnered with DurhamCares, a local faith-based nonprofit that helps to fund [...]
Register Now for Digging In: An Audio Retreat with Big Shed, July 24–29, 2011
This five-day creative retreat is designed to bring together audio producers (other media producers are welcome, too) in a lightly structured environment to work on individual projects. Whether it’s a story you’re trying to finish, a proposal you’re trying to write, or maybe you just need space and community to think about your creative trajectory—Shea [...]
Photographs from the Summer 2011 Video Institute
In this eight-day intensive, students are fully immersed in the process of documentary filmmaking. They collaborate with a partner to direct, shoot, edit, and screen a documentary short, which are screened to the general public at the end of the week. Click here for more information about CDS workshops and institutes
Register Now for the Documentary Video Institute, June 4–June 11, 2011
In this eight-day intensive, students are fully immersed in the process of documentary filmmaking. Working in small production teams (one instructor for every four students) led by experienced documentary filmmakers, you will be introduced to an array of tools and techniques as you collaborate with a partner to direct, shoot, edit, and screen a documentary [...]
Continuing Education Spring 2011 Final Project Presentations and Graduation
Nine graduating students in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program at the Center for Documentary Studies will present their final projects to the public during a free, premium event at the Nasher Museum of Art. Final Documentary Project Presentations Friday, May 20, 7 p.m. (Reception, 6 p.m.) Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Throughout [...]
Photographs from Advanced Documentary Photography: Vision and Craft with Alex Harris
Advanced Documentary Photography: Vision and Craft is designed for photographers who have created a relatively large body of images and want to learn more about how to edit and present those photographs to publishers, galleries, curators, and the general public. The workshop was taught at CDS from May 5–8, 2011. Learn more about Continuing Education at [...]
Randall Kenan at the 2011 Listening Institute
Randall Kenan at the 2011 Listening Institute Recorded on March 20, 2011 at CDS The 2011 Listening Institute, a partnership between CDS and the Third Coast International Audio Festival, brought about thirty audio/radio producers from across the United States to Durham for three days of intensive listening and discussion. The group listened to audio [...]
Watch Student Video Projects from “Anytown USA: Smithfield”
Anytown, USA is a documentary video production and editing class at the Center for Documentary Studies taught by Randy Benson, in which students produce and edit a short documentary video on a topic of choice related to a small town in North Carolina. This year, students focused on the town of Smithfield, and created six [...]
Advanced Documentary Photography: Vision and Craft with Alex Harris, May 5–8, 2011
This workshop is designed for photographers who have created a relatively large body of images and want to learn more about how to edit and present those photographs to publishers, galleries, curators, and the general public. Advanced Documentary Photography: Vision and Craft Workshop Intermediate/Advanced | Taught by Alex Harris Thursday, May 5, 4 p.m.–9 p.m.; Friday, [...]
Photographs from Show+Tell: Multimedia Cross Training with Big Shed
Show + Tell is an intensive three-day institute for photographers, writers, radio producers, editors, publishers and other media makers who want to improve their ability to make gripping multimedia content. This cross training is designed for those with experience in field documentation (audio, photo, or writing), digital editing, and story construction. Participants learn fundamental skills [...]
Continuing Education Certificate Projects Fall 2010
Throughout the year, the Center for Documentary Studies offers continuing education courses in the documentary arts for the general public. These courses, taught by working professionals, are designed to help students of all ages and backgrounds gain the skills they need to explore doing documentary work on their own terms. The Certificate in Documentary Arts [...]
Show + Tell: Multimedia Cross Training from Big Shed
“The View from the Field,” the featured public event of Show + Tell, will take place this Friday, March 4, 6–8 p.m. Screening of Danny Wilcox Frazier’s Driftless, nominated for an Emmy for “New Approaches to News and Documentary,” and new multimedia work by Maisie Crow and Jesse Dukes Panel discussion moderated by Amy O’Leary, news [...]
The Listening Institute
The Listening Institute Thursday – Sunday, March 17 – 20, 2011 Thursday, 4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.; Friday – Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Course fee: $325 through February 28, $375 after February 28 • Center for Documentary Studies, Auditorium The Listening Institute, a partnership between CDS and the Third Coast [...]
CDS Continuing Education Information Session and Student Testimonials
Prospective and current students welcome! Come and ask questions about courses at CDS, meet instructors, and learn about the Certificate in Documentary Arts. Please register on-line for this free session at www.cdscourses.org. For additional information, contact Continuing Education at the Center for Documentary Studies: 919-660-3663 or cdscourses@duke.edu Continuing Education Information Session with April Walton Monday, January [...]
New Documentary Video Course: Merge Records 15th Anniversary Videos
Merge Records 15th Anniversary Videos Cam Carrithers This course gives students experienced in Final Cut Pro a chance to edit live music videos for Merge Records. Each student will edit one live video from 2004′s Merge Records fifteenth anniversary festival, giving them the opportunity to add a project for a professional client to their portfolio. [...]
Continuing Education Graduation Ceremony Photos
Photos from the Continuing Education Certificate in Documentary Arts final projects presentation and graduation ceremony. More information about the Fall 2010 graduates and their final projects Learn more about Continuing Education at CDS
