Mon, November 30 at 5:00am
November 30. 2026. Fredric Jameson Gallery. GUEST TALK. BLACK COTTON U.S. Featuring Julius Tillery. For five generations, the Tillery family has worked the land of Northeastern NC. Black Cotton U.S. asks us to look at the familiar crop – to see beyond the commodity and consider the history, labor, beauty, and lives connected to it. […]
Thu, December 3 at 10:00am
December 3, 2026. Fredric Jameson Gallery. 10:00 am. Screening of GROUNDING AMERICA: CORN | COTTON | COAL | TOBACCO. Short films for NARRATING NATURE. DOCUMENTARIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. Join the final presentation of students exploring these commodities from academic and artistic perspectives. ENVIRON 315S, fall 2026.
Thu, October 29 at 12:00pm
OCTOBER 29, 2026. Bostock Library 127. Duke University. West Campus. 12:00 pm. ARTIST TALK. CORN MANDALA. The connection between humans and corn began about 10,000 years ago, when early people in Mexico began domesticating a wild grass called teosinte, creating the edible grain we now know as maize, or corn (maíz in Spanish). Beyond just […]
Thu, November 12 at 6:00pm
November 12, 2026. Ahmadieh Family Lecture. Smith Warehouse, Bay 4. 6:00 pm SCREENING. SEEDS. (2025) 123″. Britanny Shyne. Interweaving the stories of three Black generational farmers to create a collective and intimate portrait of farming today, Seeds is a moving and powerful exploration of their lives, joys, and struggles as well as the fragility of […]
Mon, Oct 26 - Sat, Oct 31
OCTOBER 25-30, 2026. The Edge. Duke Library. West Campus CORN MANDALA. Guest Artist Jorge Taylor Rojas (U.S/Mexico – based in Salt Lake City, Utah) will lead the collaborative installation of his latest edition of CORN MANDALA. A design commissioned for GROUNDING AMERICA will take place at Duke University Libraries, THE EDGE HALL. Contact us at: […]
Wed, September 30 at 7:00pm
The Laboratory for Social Choreography invites you to participate in its latest venture, Theater. Spend an evening in meaningful conversation with strangers. Listen, speak, disagree, remain silent, and encounter others without judgment or fear. Discover what the collective body is thinking and dreaming about. Experience what deep democracy can feel like when you find yourself […]
Thu, October 1 at 7:00pm
The Laboratory for Social Choreography invites you to participate in its latest venture, Theater. Spend an evening in meaningful conversation with strangers. Listen, speak, disagree, remain silent, and encounter others without judgment or fear. Discover what the collective body is thinking and dreaming about. Experience what deep democracy can feel like when you find yourself […]
