Archer Boyette
Archer Boyette (she/they)
Education
2021
MFA Experimental & Documentary Arts, Duke University
Certificate in College Teaching
2017
BA Art History (1900-present), Global Cinema, UNC Chapel Hill
Graduated with Distinction
Screenings & Exhibitions
2026
we breathe each other in and out of existence, RANGEFINDER: A NONET, Ann Arbor Film Festival
2025
I WAS BORNE UPSTAIRS, {Re}HAPPENING 13, Black Mountain College Museum, Black Mountain, NC
2025
we breathe each other in and out of existence, Labocine, April 2025 Issue, Ethnobotanica
2025
we breathe each other in and out of existence, Dream Sequence, Staffordshire St, London, UK
2022
we breathe each other in and out of existence, Analog Cookbook, Issue 6
2021we breathe each other in and out of existence, Walter Anderson Museum of Art, This Land series
2021
we breathe each other in and out of existence, MFA|EDA Thesis Exhibition, Rubenstein Arts Center, Durham, NC
2019
Encounters, CDS Shortwave, Duke University, Durham, NC
2019One Last Meet and Greet, Power Plant Gallery, Durham, NC
2019Mutual Friends, The Asheville Darkroom, Asheville, NC
Teaching
2025-26
Instructor of Humanities, North Carolina School of Science & Math
Honors 21st Century Media Studies, Spring 2026
Honors 21st Century Media Studies, Fall 2025
2024-25
Instructor, MFA Experimental & Documentary Arts, Duke University
Genealogies of the Experimental, MFA|EDA Core Course, Fall 2025
Genealogies of the Experimental, MFA|EDA Core Course, Fall 2024
2021-25
Instructor, Cinematic Arts, Duke University
LGBTQ+/Queer Cinema and Cultural Production, Spring 2025
Film Genres, Fall 2024
Editing for Film & Video, Spring 2024
LGBTQ+/Queer Cinema and Cultural Production, Fall 2023
Moving Image Practice, Fall 2023
Contemporary Documentary Films, Summer 2023
Special Topics in Cinematic Arts: Horror Film, Spring 2023
Contemporary Documentary Films, Spring 2023
Editing for Film & Video, Spring 2023
Moving Image Practice, Fall 2022
Introduction to Digital Photography, Fall 2022
Editing for Film & Video, Spring 2022
Moving Image Practice, Fall 2021
2020-21
Teaching Assistant, Duke University
Documentary Studies Capstone Seminar, Chris Sims, Spring 2021
History of Documentary Film, Alex Morelli, Fall 2020
16mm Film Production, Josh Gibson, Fall 2020
Editing for Film & Video, Lauren Henschel, Summer 2020
Film Genres, Jason Sudak, Spring 2020
Fellowships & Awards
2023
Top 5% of Instructors Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University
2022-23Post MFA Teaching Fellowship, Cinematic Arts, Duke University
2021
Flaherty Film Seminar Fellow
2020-21
Sound Production Fellowship, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University2020
Dean’s Research Award, Duke University
2019–20David & Elizabeth Roderick Scholarship, Duke University
Experience
2024-26
Artist, Workshop Leader, PHOTO FARM, Chapel Hill, NC
2023-26
Freelance Photographer & Videographer, Durham, NC
2023-25
Programming Assistant, Screen/Society, Duke University, Durham, NC2022
Projectionist, Spectacle and the Archive, Tom Whiteside, Power Plant Gallery
2019-20
Graduate Assistant, Campus Center Arts, Duke University, Durham, NC2017
Performing Arts & Film Intern, North Carolina Muesum of Art, Raleigh, NC
2016-17
Circulation Assistant, Sloane Art Library, Chapel Hill, NC2015-17
College Advisory Panel, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
2015-16
Outreach Chair, Student Friends of the Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
2015-16
Preservation Assistant, Walter Royal Davis Library, Chapel Hill, NC