5.2: Faculty Strength
Increase faculty strength in the arts Other Information:
A flourishing campus arts scene needs both resident and visiting artists who are well connected to the practice of their disciplines
and who complement faculty development in artistic fields. Resident faculty artists provide ongoing mentoring, instruction,
and inspiration for students. Visiting artists provide students (and resident faculty) with the stimulation of fresh ideas
and the daily connection with professional worlds beyond the Durham campus. To transform Duke into an attractive place for
outstanding artists, we will undertake a series of initiatives. Resident faculty artists need to perform or exhibit their
work in locations away from campus; both the artist and the university benefit when faculty work is shown in New York, London,
or other centers of the arts. To encourage resident faculty artists to lead active professional lives with national and international
dimensions, we will develop a leave program that takes into account the realities of the artist's schedule and ensures the
integrity of instruction in the classroom while the artist is away from campus. This program will be competitive and include
short as well as long term leaves. In addition to performing or exhibiting work off campus, faculty may use their leaves to
develop new work on campus, when possible, in collaboration with other resident or visiting artists, and new facilities will
be designed for this purpose. We will develop a new and substantial visiting artist program to support the work of resident
artists and bring innovative and distinguished artists to campus for short or long term residencies. Support will include
the necessary infrastructure, such as administrative support, stipends, commissions, housing, faculty oversight (to ensure
collaboration across disciplines and schools), and new facilities on Central Campus.
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