CDS Gallery Hours
Monday–Friday: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: closed






Exhibition Opens (off-site)
February 17
The Jazz Loft Project. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Through May 22.

Artist Talk with Photographer Ernesto Bazan
February 17, 5 p.m.
Ernesto Bazan will show his work from Cuba. CDS Auditorium.

Photography Workshop
February 18, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Ernesto Bazan will critique portfolios during this one-day intensive session. Send email to cdscourses@duke.edu for more information. Room 001, CDS.

Exhibition Reception and Presentation (off-site)
February 18, 5:30 p.m.
Something More Out of Life: Photographs by Gretchen Ferber. Rubenstein Hall, Sanford School of Public Policy, West Campus, Duke University. With a presentation, viewing, and remarks by photographer Gretchen Ferber, Rebecca Shaffer of the Durham Literacy Center, and professor Alex Harris, creative director for the Lewis Hine Documentary Fellows Program.

Panel Discussion
February 18, 6–8 p.m.
"A Measure of Remorse." Duke professors Fred Moten and Nayoung Aimee Kwon with video artist Hong-An Truong, in conjunction with a Franklin Humanities Institute exhibition by Truong, The Past Is a Distant Colony, through March 21. CDS Auditorium.

Southern Circuit Film Screening
February 19, 7 p.m. (reception at 6 p.m.)
TRIMPIN: The Sound of Invention, with Peter Esmonde.

Film Screening and Discussion (off-site)
February 23, 7 p.m.
The Yes Men Fix the World. Part of the 2010 Ethics Film Series "Control and Resistance"

Exhibition Opening (off-site)
February 24, 5–6 p.m.
Still Point of the Turning World: Photographs by Frank Hunter. Allen Gallery, 2nd floor, Allen Building, West Campus, Duke University. Hosted by Provost Peter Lange. On view through June 30, 2010.

Lunch Panel (off-site)
March 3, 12–1:30 p.m.
"Health Rights in History and Today." Featuring historian John Dittmer of Depauw University, author of the recently released book Good Doctors: The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Healthcare. Part of Wednesdays at the Franklin Center Seminar Series. John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240.

Documentary Narrative Speaker Series: Roger Hodge and Rosecrans Baldwin
March 5, 7 p.m.
The former editor of Harper's magazine joins the founder of The Morning News to talk about the future of magazine publishing and long-form documentary work and reportage in the digital age. CDS Auditorium.

Reality Radio: Book Launch and Signing (off-site)
March 6, 7:30 p.m.
Debut of the new CDS Book Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound, with contributors Ira Glass, the Kitchen Sisters, and Joe Richman. Third Coast Filmless Festival. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E. Chicago Avenue.

Documentary Narrative Speaker Series: Wells Tower
March 19, 7 p.m.
Celebrated short story author and magazine journalist Wells Tower will talk about documentary influences and his work across genres, including screenwriting. CDS Auditorium.

Film Screening and Discussion (off-site)
March 23, 7 p.m.
Dhamma Brothers. Part of the 2010 Ethics Film Series "Control and Resistance"

Documentary Narrative Speaker Series: Rebecca Skloot (off-site)
March 24, 7 p.m.
Author of the newly-released hit The Immortal Life of Henietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot will talk about the blending of history, biography, journalism, and personal documentary that marks her ten-year project. Sanford School of Public Policy.

Southern Circuit Film Screening
March 26, 7 p.m. (reception at 6 p.m.)
God's Architects, with Zach Godshall.

Artist Talk (off-site)
March 30, 4 p.m.
"Near the Cross: Photographs of the Sacred South," by Tom Rankin. Royall Room, George Watts Hill Alumni Center, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Jazz Loft Project Multimedia Presentation (off-site)
April 2, 7–8:30 p.m.
"The Making of The Jazz Loft Project," with author Sam Stephenson. Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
April 8–11

Film Screening and Discussion (off-site)
April 13, 7 p.m.
The Mosque in Morgantown. Part of the 2010 Ethics Film Series "Control and Resistance"

Mike Wiley Performance (off-site)
April 13, 7:15 p.m.
Award-winning actor and CDS visiting professor will present one of his signature plays about race in America. Venue to be determined.

Southern Circuit Film Screening
April 16, 7 p.m. (reception at 6 p.m.)
Between Floors, with Jen White.

Advanced Documentary Photography Institute: Vision and Craft
May 3–10

Continuing Education Final Project Presentations
May 21, 7 p.m.
Continuing education students completing the Certificate in Documentary Arts will present their final projects to the public. CDS Auditorium.

Intensive Introduction to Documentary Studies
June 6–11

Documentary Video Institute
June 19–26

Audio Institute I: Hearing Is Believing
July 24–31

Audio Institute II: Making It Sing
August 9–14










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Past Events from the On-Line Multimedia Gallery




Allan Gurganus, author of the best-selling novel Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, among other notable books, is the Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the 2004–05 academic year.

On October 28, 2004, Gurganus delivered the annual Lehman Brady lecture at the Center for Documentary Studies. He answered questions and read his story "My Heart Is a Snake Farm," which was published in the November 22, 2004, issue of The New Yorker.

Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
1317 W. Pettigrew Street
Durham, NC 27705

telephone: 919-660-3663
fax: 919-681-7600
e-mail: docstudies@duke.edu

See Directions to the Center for Documentary Studies

Please note that the Kreps, Lyndhurst, Porch, and University Galleries are typically open during regular CDS business hours. On occasion, the galleries are closed for installation, maintenance, and university scheduling considerations. Visitors might wish to call (919) 660-3663 before they make a special trip to see an exhibition, to ensure that the galleries are open.




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Professor Alex Harris during a slide lecture accompanying the fall 2003 exhibition, Walker Evans at 100. Photograph by Christopher Sims.




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