5.3: Programming
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Duke has traditional and emerging areas of strength in university-level arts programming that serves the wider community.
Over the next planning period, we seek to be recognized for national and international excellence in our arts programming.
Stronger investment toward this goal will heighten our standing and visibility and attract more students and other members
of our community to cultural events on campus. The Nasher Museum of Art is rapidly moving forward to achieve its goal of being
one of the finest university museums in the country. To fully realize the Nasher's promise, we will provide support for its
operation and programming so that it can partner with major museums in attracting the highest quality of exhibitions, such
as the upcoming Velasquez exhibit in conjunction with the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The Center for Documentary Studies
(CDS) has established a strong identity as an artistic and social consciousness at Duke and has developed a national reputation
as a destination for serious documentary artists and students. We will support its closer academic links with Trinity College,
particularly in the development of a new digital media lab on Central Campus. With the possible move of CDS to Central Campus,
we will seek to increase collaboration between CDS and other parts of the university, while supporting its efforts to maintain
its strong links to both the local, national, and international communities. Duke Performances has witnessed a 300% student
attendance increase since it introduced its discount ticket program two years ago, and over the past decade it has grown in
importance as a cultural force on campus. Just as the Nasher brings some of the finest visual art to campus, Duke Performances
is positioned to play a similar role in the performing arts. Over the next five years, we will increase support for its programming,
encourage national and international partnerships, and plan and implement major improvements in facilities. Duke's location
in Durham offers special opportunities that we will capitalize on during the planning period. We will strengthen our growing
partnership with the internationally acclaimed Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, which has yielded new course offerings
and increased student internships and fellowships. Likewise, our relationship with the renowned American Dance Festival (ADF)
- in residence on the Duke campus each summer since 1978 - will be examined to see if both ADF and Duke might benefit from
academic year residencies of ADF's talented choreographers and dance companies (perhaps in partnership with Duke Performances).
Finally, we will work to forge closer ties between Duke and other vital arts programs in Durham, supporting community-based
arts programs in the public schools and other arts education initiatives, and encouraging collaborations and student engagement
in the larger community.
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