Duke's new arts center is "a beautiful, beautiful building" that gives her students the facilities and central gathering place they've long needed, says ADF dean Leah Cox.
As she begins work on CYCLIC, her senior research project funded by a Benenson Award, Adair Jones reflects on three fruitful years at the heart of Duke's visual arts community.
James Robinson (Class of 2020) on his Power Plant exhibit We See the Change, which he worked on at the Ruby. Robinson is also recipient of the Power Plant Gallery professional development award.
Art and science have a lot in common, yet we don't always see it that way. This exhibit brings the work of artists and scientists together in shared exploration of creativity and visual communication.
With the opening of the Ruby, Duke’s Dance Program has a new home for classes, performances, and staff and faculty offices. The arts center has two dedicated dance studios and two multipurpose dance studios.
The 100-seat arts center film theater can screen both archival and digital formats. With the opening of the Ruby, Duke’s Arts of the Moving Image Program (AMI) has a new home for its teaching and production studios
The von der Heyden Studio Theater supports a wide variety of performances unlike any other venue on Duke’s campus. With a moveable seat platform, a huge projection screen, and windows that can let in natural light or be blacked out, it can be configured in many ways.
The six multipurpose studios reflect one of the Ruby’s highest design priorities: flexibility. Each can be adapted to suit creative work in any medium.
The Badger-Mars Visual Arts Wing at the Ruby spans two floors on the building’s east side and includes an Innovation Co-Lab makerspace, a multipurpose and painting studio, and an exhibit/critique room.
WXDU, Duke’s non-commercial, student-run radio station, has moved from East Campus into custom-designed studio space in the Ruby.
Hang-out space and study room by day, performance venue and practice studio by night, the Ruby Lounge was designed for Duke’s creative student community.
There are three seminar-size classrooms in the arts center. By taking a class in the Ruby, or applying to teach your class there, you put yourself in the center of Duke's arts scene.
See what’s on at the Ruby, where you can see a Duke Performances show, the latest from Duke’s 70+ student art groups, public exhibits, and more.
View All EventsCreative Arts Student Teams: a new opportunity for arts-interested students to support the Ruby behind the scenes.
