Come celebrate with us on Arts Everywhere Day as we unveil the new mural on the Morrison Residence Hall basketball court! Created in collaboration by Nina Chanel Abney (Duke/UNC Nannerl O. Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor) and the students from ARTS 290, the mural draws attention to the powerful intersection of the arts and athletics. This
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Indian dance, acoustic music, and cutting-edge electronic sounds come together for this presentation of Clayton’s Sufi Plug Ins v. 2 project. Clayton has worked with Duke and UNC students to design and create music-making software based on non-Western musical concepts. Dancer/choreographer Ashwini Ramaswamy of the Ragamala Dance Company and percussionist Rajna Swaminathan join the Sufi
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with Paul M. Farber, Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Monument Lab / Managing Director of the Penn Program in the Environmental Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania and Pedro Lasch, Director, Social Practice Lab Wednesday, April 18, 2018 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm Smith Warehouse, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105 https://fhi.duke.edu/events/converging-landscapes-monument-lab-historical-memory-and-prototypes-public-engagement Studies of landscape are
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This community-centered conversation will focus on the questions of how we commemorate history in the public space; how we memorialize individuals, ideologies, and communities; and how we respond to our past when our perspective changes. “Object Lessons: Do Public Monuments Have a Future?” Friday, April 27, 7:00 PM Chesterfield Building, 701 W Main St, Durham,
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Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art Book Launch Friday, May 11, 2018 6-8pm The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation will host a book launch for Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art, edited by Gregory Sholette
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