Watch Videos: Final Projects of Fall 2011 Certificate in Documentary Arts Graduates
Throughout the year, CDS offers continuing education courses in the documentary arts to people of all ages and backgrounds. Some choose to enroll in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program, which offers a more structured sequence of courses culminating in the Final Seminar in Documentary Studies, where students finish and present a substantial documentary work—photography, [...]
Certificate in Documentary Arts Graduates, Fall 2011: Final Project Presentations, December 9, Nasher Museum of Art
Nine graduating students in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program at the Center for Documentary Studies will present their final projects at 6 p.m. on December 9 at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. The event is free and open to the public. The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University offers continuing [...]
Podcasts Available: Projects from the 2011 Summer Audio Institute
“Hearing Is Believing” is a one-week continuing-education course offered every summer at the Center for Documentary Studies. Each July, 24 people come from across the country to learn the basics of audio documentary-making and to collaborate with a fellow participant in producing a short piece. This year the stories emerged from a collaboration between CDS [...]
Register Now for “Photography Kickstarter” Workshop October 22 and 29 with Ava Johnson
Photography Kickstarter: Darkroom Basics is a two-day workshop (Saturdays, October 22 and 29, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., lunch break on your own) that will give beginning photographers as well as more advanced students a chance to practice and enhance their darkroom skills. This workshop provides an opportunity to develop that black-and-white film sitting around in the [...]
Continuing Education Certificate Projects Spring 2011
View the final projects of the graduates in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program in spring 2011: John Crane, Paul Deblinger, Eric Douglas, Chelsea Flowers, Conrad Fulkerson, Paige Greason, Jeremy Helton, Eileen Heyes, and Kurney Ramsey, Jr. Videos are available to watch here and on CDS Vimeo. Read more about the spring 2011 Certificate in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Student Actors to Tour Mississippi with The Parchman Hour on 50th Anniversary of Freedom Rides
A busload of student actors, a noted playwright/actor, a civil rights historian, and several documentarians will be traveling to Mississippi over Spring Break (March 6-11) to present The Parchman Hour, an original play featuring the songs and stories of the 1961 Freedom Riders. For the ’61 Freedom Rides, a group of mostly young people, black [...]
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
“Anytown USA: Smithfield” Screening of Student Documentary Video Projects
Anytown, USA is a documentary video production and editing class at the Center for Documentary Studies, 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 short films. PUBLIC SCREENINGS [...]
Continuing Education Fall 2010 Final Project Presentations and Graduation
Graduates in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program at the Center for Documentary Studies will present their final projects to the public on December 10 at 7 p.m., followed by a reception. Friday, December 10, 7 p.m. Center for Documentary Studies Auditorium Throughout the year, the Center for Documentary Studies offers continuing education courses in [...]
“Hungry for Green” at ChathamArts Sustainable Film Series
Screening of “Hungry for Green” and three short films from the CDS 2010 Video Institute ChathamArts Sustainable Cinema Series presents “Hungry for Green”, written and directed by Matthew Barr, and three short films from the 2010 Video Institute at the Center for Documentary Studies focusing on local organizations promoting sustainability, reuse and green initiatives. September [...]
Videos from the 2010 Video Institute
In this eight-day intensive institute, students are fully immersed in the process of documentary filmmaking. They collaborate with a partner to direct, shoot, edit and screen a documentary short. This year’s institute was produced in collaboration with The Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, and each project focused on an environmental theme. Click [...]
Photographs from the 2010 Summer Audio Institute
In this weeklong, morning-till-night immersion in audio documentary work, students learn hands-on skills in recording and digital audio mixing, discuss issues such as the ethics of documentary work, explore varied uses for audio documentaries, and hear accomplished producers play and talk about their work in evening presentations. Final projects can be found on the CDS [...]
Continuing Education Certificate Graduation 2010 Photos
Continuing Education Certificate Graduation and Reception Photos May 21, 2010 Throughout the year, CDS 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 [...]
CDS Documentary Video Presentations
Please join us Saturday, June 26, 2010 for the screening of a dozen short films on environmental themes created by students in the CDS Documentary Video Institute. CDS Auditorium Center for Documentary Studies 10:30 a.m. A light lunch on the lawn will follow This year’s institute is produced in collaboration with The Nicholas School of [...]
