Alumna Nadia Myre Named to 2014 Sobey Shortlist
Emily Car University is proud to announce that Nadia Myre has been named to the Sobey Shortlist. A multi-disciplinary artist of Algonquin heritage, Nadia graduated from the University in 1997; she...
View ArticleShaira (SD) Holman | 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction Award Winner
Shaira (SD) Holman ('92) is the recipient of a 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction Award for her work as Co-founder/Artistic Director of Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival. The festival, now one of the fastest...
View ArticleThree Alumni Named to RBC Canadian Painting Competition Shortlist
Alum Tiziana La Melia ('08), Gavin Lynch ('09), and Laura Piasta ('06) have been selected as finalists for the prestigious RBC Canadian Painting Competition. Established in 1999, the RBC Canadian...
View ArticleMaia Rowan's KIDS + FOOD Receives Core77 Student Notable Design Award
Alumna Maia Rowan's ('13) KIDS + FOOD is a children's meal planning tray that encourages healthy eating and nutrition. And it's just been named a Student Notable by the Core 77 Design...
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Douglas Coupland | everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything
Douglas Coupland: everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything is the first major museum exhibition of the artist’s work and will be presented at the Vancouver Art Gallery from May 31 – September...
View ArticleBoisjoly, Golkar and Schmidt Featured in 2014 Biennale de Montréal
The 2014 Biennale de Montréal will feature 50 artists and collectives from 22 countries including alumni Raymond Boisjoly ('06), Babak Golkar ('03), and Kevin Schmidt ('97).The Biennale de Montréal is...
View ArticleJason DaSilva's When I Walk Premieres on PBS, June 23, 2014
Jason DaSilva's bio-pic, When I Walk, makes its PBS premiere tonight, June 23! After the broadcast, visit the When I Walk companion site to watch an extended interview with Jason, see what’s happened...
View ArticleColleen Heslin | Outcasts and Shady Trees
Challenging traditional conventions in painting has established Colleen Heslin as an emerging leader in contemporary Canadian art. Known for her innovative textile-based methods, Heslin develops...
View ArticleGeoffrey Farmer | Every day needs an urgent whistle blown into it
As part of the Gershon Iskowitz Prize, Geoffrey Farmer ('92) will be featured in a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), July 5 - September 7, 2014."At some point in the middle of June,...
View ArticlePatricia Huijnen + Andres Wanner invited to present at the xCoAx Conference
Patricia Huijnen (MAA '12) and Andres Wanner (MAA '13) present at the xCoAx conference on Computation Communication Aesthetics and X in Porto, Portugal.Andres Wanner is presenting his works The Mixer,...
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Hélène Day Fraser + Keith Doyle Awarded $185K SSHRC Grant
cloTHING(s) as conversation is an interdisciplinary research initiative founded by Associate Professor Hélène Day Fraser (MAA '08) and co-investigator Keith Doyle, Adjunct Research Associate. The pair...
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Sam Knopp | Medalta Summer Artist in Residence
'13 alumna Sam Knopp is the Medalta Artist in Residence for Summer 2014. Sam's graduation project, Celadon Stack, received both the Circle Craft Graduation Award for Ceramics, and the BMO 1st Art!...
View ArticleEtienne Zack | Artist Talk at Equinox Gallery
Los Angeles-based artist and Emily Carr alumnus Etienne Zack ('00), recipient of the 2014 Emily Award for Outstanding Alumni, will speak about a new series of work as part of the second annual Flats...
View ArticleHeather Mitchell | so, they called it a Rain Bench
Heather Mitchell ('13) will be installing her grad project so they called it, Rain Bench into the City of Vancouver’s Trillium North Park.The Rain Bench has been a platform to experience Vancouver's...
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DEADHEAD | Cedric Bomford
Deadhead is a large-scale sculptural installation mounted to a barge and towed by tug to different locations along Vancouver’s waterways. Created by alumnus Cedric Bomford ('03), in...
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John Belisle | Wayward Arts Magazine
Wayward Arts is a home for the creative. A unique magazine, each issue is produced by a different leading-edge Canadian design studio. And, with the exception of the theme, there are no boundaries --...
View ArticleHolger Kalberg | The Family
Holger Kalberg’s ('01) latest exhibition, THE FAMILY, explores the legacy of high Modernism and its related utopian models of thinking, presenting new paintings and sculptures that examine and critique...
View ArticleIsaac Thomas | BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition Regional Winner
BMO Financial Group's 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition celebrates the creativity of art students from post-secondary institutions across Canada. Deans and instructors of undergraduate...
View ArticleMaia Rowan's KIDS + FOOD Receives Core77 Student Notable Design Award
Alumna Maia Rowan's ('13) KIDS + FOOD is a children's meal planning tray that encourages healthy eating and nutrition. And it's just been named a Student Notable by the Core 77 Design...
View ArticleEmily Carr Grads Form New Collective
In an ever growing landscape of pop-ups and shops, A Pop Up Affair was formed as a collective to try and shift the way new designers could collaborate and expose their work in Vancouver. A Pop-Up...
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