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Arts on East Campus

East Campus is home to a vibrant cultural scene that supports a broad range of artistic interests. Pegram Hall is the residence of the Performing Arts Living/Learning Community, open to everyone with an interest in the arts. The spring semester’s Froshlife movie project involves students from across East Campus in a creative, collaborative extracurricular film competition. The April ARTSFest features museum lectures, film screenings, music performances, and more.

East Campus Art Faculty in Residence

Three East Campus Faculty in Residence have connections to arts programs:
• John Brown (Bell Tower) is a noted jazz bassist and director of the Jazz Program;
• Brenda Neece (Epworth) is a historian of musical instruments;
• Hsiao-Mei Ku (Pegram) is a violinist in the renowned Ciompi Quartet.

Departments

The Departments of Art & Art History, Theater Studies, and Music and the programs in Dance and  Film/Video/Digital have their offices on East Campus.  Performance spaces range from the practice rooms in the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building to the 800-seat concert Hall in Baldwin Auditorium.  Duke’s radio station, WXDU, broadcasts from Bivins Building.  The Ark was Duke’s first gymnasium, and now serves as a dance space. 
You may find one of Duke’s many performing music groups rehearsing on the quad greens, or during the summer you might hear African percussionists drumming in an American Dance Festival class on the lawn.

Art Facilities within Walking Distance of East Campus

East Campus is within walking distance of the Smith Warehouse, home to the Arts, Culture, and Technology Studios, and the Center for Documentary Studies, which features varied photography, film, and video events.