Events

This is a calendar of events open to the general public, as well as selected events open only to the Emily Carr community.

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  • Babak Golkar | Grounds for Standing and Understanding
    Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 7:30pm - Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 5:00pm

     The Charles H. Scott Gallery is pleased to present Grounds for Standing and Understanding, a solo exhibition by Vancouver artist and alumnus Babak Golkar ('03).

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  • Liz Knox | playback
    Friday, January 20, 2012 (All day) - Saturday, February 4, 2012 (All day)

    Liz Knox’s work is inspired by early conceptualism, examining systems of interpretation with an emphasis on strategies of irony. The main body of work being shown in ie, gallery is Found Synopses. The series offers portraits of films, each displayed as a poster, developed from the user-generated parental advisory of imdb.com. The results are ambiguous articulations of anonymous actions, seemingly unrelated, in strings that form the distillation of filmic narratives and imagery. A number of the films used are films that other artists have addressed in previous works, infusing the series with ideas of the reference, and the numerous ways films linger in memory and culture.

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  • Crepuscular | Talking About Writing + Art
    Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 4:15pm - 5:45pm

    Crepuscular is a series of intimate talks by artists who engage with various genres of writing including art criticism, scholarly forms, fiction and creative non-fiction.

    These presentations are designed to enhance the Critical + Cultural Practice Major at Emily Carr. This BFA degree allows students engaged in writing and other textual productions to develop their studio practice while exploring the importance of art history, theory and criticism to their creative practices.

    There are four talks in this series:

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  • Sea Inside | Exhibition + Workshop series
    Friday, February 10, 2012 - 6:00pm - Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 1:00pm

    Sea Inside is an exhibition and workshop series which aims to discover if the creative classes can make a positive contribution to dialogues and behaviour change centered around the topic of marine ecology and the crisis currently underway in our oceans. The aim is to employ the use of art, design and media, as well as participatory workshops that offer the creators and the viewers/ participants an opportunity to explore the sea around and inside us.

    Check out Sea Inside for more information on the project, the exhibition, as well how you can participate in one of the workshops.

    Concourse Gallery
    February 11-19, 2012
    Opening Reception | Friday, February 10, 6pm

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