Art, Art History & Visual Studies

Art, Art History & Visual Studies Duke UniversityDurham, North CarolinaUSA

Featured Course: History of Photography 1839 to Present*Students say:“a full deep dive into the history of photography” ...
08/26/2026

Featured Course: History of Photography 1839 to Present

*Students say:

“a full deep dive into the history of photography”

“This is a spectacular course for anyone interested in photography, history, art, or truly anything. Within each lecture, we applied the photographic concepts to a wide range of global paradigms and concepts, so this course truly allowed everyone in the class to add their own input based on their unique background and knowledge.”

“a very thought provoking and insightful course”

“This class was very stimulating through our deep unpacking of each reading”

“It has been one of the most interesting and meaningful classes I’ve ever taken.”

“I learned a ton and everything was super interesting and engaging!”

“I truly enjoyed this course.”

“This course will stay with me for a long time.”

Ready for Finals?
Students Allison Yang, Mails Bateman, and Neha Soman in Leonid Tsvetkov’s painting class certainly are...
05/01/2026

Ready for Finals?
Students Allison Yang, Mails Bateman, and Neha Soman in Leonid Tsvetkov’s painting class certainly are! 
@ leonidvtsvetkovyangart, .aile_bateman, .soman23

Visual Arts, Cinematic Arts, and Documentary Studies would like to cordially invite you to the 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibi...
04/16/2026

Visual Arts, Cinematic Arts, and Documentary Studies would like to cordially invite you to the 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition!

Please join us at the Rubenstein Arts Center this Monday, April 20th for our Visual Arts gallery show opening at 6pm in the upstairs gallery and painting studio, followed by a reception. At 8pm, the program will continue with a Cinematic Arts and Documentary Studies screening and table read in the film theater.

Please share with anyone who may be interested. We hope to see you there!

The Class of 2026 Visual Arts Senior Capstone exhibition is opening on Monday, April 20th at the Rubenstein Arts Center ...
04/14/2026

The Class of 2026 Visual Arts Senior Capstone exhibition is opening on Monday, April 20th at the Rubenstein Arts Center with the reception taking place from 6:00pm-7:30pm in the 2nd floor Gallery & Painting Studio. Today we’re featuring Brooke Hira .hira

Read more about Brooke’s work below, and don’t miss the show!

“My project focuses on Castell Dinefwr and Castell Dryslwyn, two castles along the River Tywi in southern Wales that once played a key role in controlling the surrounding landscape. Rather than treating them as isolated ruins, I’m reconstructing them in relation to each other and the valley that shaped their strategic and political significance.

Using historical research, archaeological evidence, and topographical data, I built these environments through an iterative workflow across 3DS Max, Houdini, and Unreal Engine. The process involves balancing accuracy with interpretation, especially where the historical record is incomplete.

By bringing these castles back into a shared digital landscape, I’m exploring how emerging technologies let us continuously reinterpret and experience history in new, more immersive ways.”

The Class of 2026 Visual Arts Senior Capstone exhibition is opening on Monday, April 20th at the Rubenstein Arts Center ...
04/09/2026

The Class of 2026 Visual Arts Senior Capstone exhibition is opening on Monday, April 20th at the Rubenstein Arts Center with the reception taking place from 6:00pm-7:30pm in the 2nd floor Gallery & Painting Studio. Today we’re featuring Courtney Lucius .04

Read more about Courtney’s work below, and don’t miss the show!

“Courtney Lucius is a movement-based artist, originally from Irvington, New Jersey. Majoring in
Visual and Media Studies and minoring in Journalism in Media, she grew up as a ballet and
modern dancer, eventually discovering a passion for mixed media artforms that incorporate
movement. In this work inspired by Ernie Barnes’ The Sugar Shack , Courtney explores how
movement is connected to still work. Through choreography and video, she invites viewers into
memories of music, movement, and community.”

The Class of 2026 Visual Arts Senior Capstone exhibition is opening on Monday, April 20th at the Rubenstein Arts Center ...
03/31/2026

The Class of 2026 Visual Arts Senior Capstone exhibition is opening on Monday, April 20th at the Rubenstein Arts Center with the reception taking place from 6:00pm-7:30pm in the 2nd floor Gallery & Painting Studio. Today we’re featuring Skylar Knight

Read more about Skylar’s work below, and don’t miss the show!

“Residence is a short film where the cuts and editing of the film is controlled by the viewer. Every time the viewer blinks, the film jumps to the next shot. The film is shot entirely from a single room, following the lives of the various tenants of the room.

Blinking is something so inevitable and unintentional, something we don’t even think about. You will eventually blink. The day will eventually be over.

Inspired by the game Before your Eyes, Residence takes on blinking as a storytelling mechanic that both aids the audience in giving them agency, yet also takes it away. No matter how much you may want to stay in a moment, you can’t forever.”

The Class of 2026 Visual Arts Senior Capstone exhibition is opening on Monday, April 20th at the Rubenstein Arts Center ...
03/26/2026

The Class of 2026 Visual Arts Senior Capstone exhibition is opening on Monday, April 20th at the Rubenstein Arts Center with the reception taking place from 6:00pm-7:30pm in the 2nd floor Gallery & Painting Studio. Today we’re featuring Maya Crawford.

Read more about Maya’s work below, and don’t miss the show!

“Hi! My name is Maya Crawford and I am currently double majoring in Visual Arts and Computer Science here at Duke! For my capstone project, I wanted to make a branching narrative game using the storytelling software Twine, which uses HTML and CSS to create online interactive fiction experiences. The story and art is inspired by my experiences in life and therapy, as well as the facets of my identity and intersectionality that I am still exploring to this day. I hope you are able to play my game, make choices that lead you to its different endings, and ultimately take something new from it!”

The Class of 2026 Visual Arts Senior Capstone exhibition is opening on Monday, April 20th at the Rubenstein Arts Center ...
03/24/2026

The Class of 2026 Visual Arts Senior Capstone exhibition is opening on Monday, April 20th at the Rubenstein Arts Center with the reception taking place from 6:00pm-7:30pm in the 2nd floor Gallery & Painting Studio. Today we’re featuring Felix Zhu

Read more about Felix’s work below, and don’t miss the show!

“Hi! I’m Felix, I study computer science and I’ve also worked with robotics and engineering in the past. My arts thesis project is about designing robots that try to blend things that look cool with actual engineering principles, so that the robots are both interesting looking as well as relatively feasible in the way they move and operate.

A lot of my design work starts with sketches and designs in 2D, and eventually makes its way into a 3D model that I use to make nice renders and figurines. I’ve designed the bots to live in a possible future world where robotics is used everywhere for all sorts of tasks. I draw a lot of aesthetic inspiration from animals and science fiction, and also some more grounded engineering inspiration from actual robotics and real world mechanisms.”

FEATURED COURSES: SUMMER 2026Summer Session 1ARTHIST 102D-001WORLD ART HISTORY 1200-PRESENT (Lecture)ARTHIST 102D-01DWOR...
03/21/2026

FEATURED COURSES: SUMMER 2026

Summer Session 1

ARTHIST 102D-001
WORLD ART HISTORY 1200-PRESENT (Lecture)

ARTHIST 102D-01D
WORLD ART HISTORY 1200-PRESENT (Discussion)

ARTSVIS 214S-01
DRAWING AS THINKING (Seminar)

Summer Session 2

ARTSVIS 307-01 (CMAC 317-01, ISS 317-01, VMS 307-01)
UI / UX DESIGN (Lecture)

CINE 357S-01 (DOCST 288S-01, VMS 356-01
EDITING FOR FILM AND VIDEO (Seminar)

THU, Apr 2 - 4:30pm: ARTIST TALK - Alina Nazmeeva, Media Artist.Alina Nazmeeva is a Tatarstan-born media artist, and edu...
03/21/2026

THU, Apr 2 - 4:30pm: ARTIST TALK - Alina Nazmeeva, Media Artist.

Alina Nazmeeva is a Tatarstan-born media artist, and educator working across physical installation, digital simulation, textile, and XR. With these diverse media, her practice builds complex worlds that investigate how technologies - emerging and established - shape, and are shaped by, situated spatial, social, and ecological practices.
Alina is Assistant Professor of Computation at the Illinois School of Architecture at UIUC. She holds a Master’s degree from MIT SA+P and has held fellowships & residencies at Monira Foundation, Art Omi, the University of Michigan, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and Strelka Institute.
Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, the Architecture + Design Museum in LA, the Beall Center for Art + Technology, and in art and design festivals including DA-Z, Slamdance, Sona, HKWalls, Collectible NYC, Collectible Brussels, Alcova Milano and Maison&Objet HK. She has presented at Harvard GSD, UMPRUM, Parsons, SIVA, SIGGRAPH Asia, ISEA and IEEE VR.

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