Shifts: New Expressions 2026

Shift your perspective. Join the Duke Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) for our annual celebration of student documentary work and new creative visions! ->| Explore exhibitions featuring work from CDS undergraduate courses. -->| Meet students graduating from our Undergraduate Education and from our Continuing Education programs. --->| Enjoy live music by Little Chair (an all-Duke student band) and free food from the Boricua Soul food truck. ---->| Enter a raffle for a bundle of CDS photo books (must be present at drawing at 6:00 p.m. to win). "Shifts: New Expressions 2026" is an ongoing exhibit - student work installed in April will be on view into the summer, so you can keep coming back to take it all in. Free and open to all - students, faculty, staff, and community members. PROGRAM 5:00 p.m. | Doors open, exhibitions on view, raffle & free food tickets available (while supplies last) 5:15 p.m. | Live music starts 6:00 p.m. | Welcome, raffle drawing, & presentation of Undergraduate Certificates 6:15 p.m. | Remarks & presentation of Continuing Education Certificates 6:30 p.m. | Presentation & film screening (Elizabeth M. Webb, 2024-2026 Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor) Image: Dhruv Rungta