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  • Stan Douglas (’82) Wins Photography Award

    Congratulations to alumnus Stan Douglas who was named the recipient of the Scotiabank Photography Award, which is given annually to Canadian contemporary photographer. In addition to a cash prize of $50,000, Douglas will have a solo exhibition at the CONTACT Photography Festival in Toronto next year, and a collection of Douglas’ work will be published internationally.

    Read more at CBC.ca.

     

  • Interaction Design Essentials Receives Funding | Continuing Studies

    Emily Carr's Continuing Studies is pleased to announce funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology for Skills Development.  These funds are applied to short-term training activities which support the priorities identified in the BC Jobs Plan and Skills and Training Plan.

    Continuing Studies will use these funds to  deliver a fully funded cohort of Interaction Design Essentials for those who are unemployed or underemployed.

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  • Shinsuke Minegishi | Burnaby Art Gallery

    Sessional faculty member Shinsuke Minegishi ('98) exhibits new works in a double showcase at the Burnaby Art Gallery.

    May 31 - July 1, 2013

    Opening Reception | Thursday, May 30, 7 - 9pm.
    Artist Talk | Saturday, June 8, 2pm

    For more information, please visit the Burnaby Art Gallery.

  • Gallery FUKAI: Nouveau Baroque

    Gallery Fukai presents a group exhibition, Nouveau Baroque, featuring artworks in ceramics, painting, sculpture and video. The show features new work from artists Sean Mills ('10), Barry Doupe ('04), James Kemp ('12), Office Supplies Incorporated, fourth year student Marc Paris & Anthony Sonnenberg.

    The exhibit runs until June 1, 2013 and has scheduled walk-in days on May 18 and June 1 from 2 to 4pm.

  • Health Design Lab Launch

    Health Design looks at complicated social problems and comes at them from a unique perspective.  Through participatory research with end-users and professionals, it suggests outcomes and solutions that are innovative and highly creative.  

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  • 180 Degree Thinking For Sustainability Newsletter

    Earlier this year, Associate Professor and Academic Coordinator of Sustainability Initiatives Louise St. Pierre launched the 180o Thinking For Sustainability Newsletter, as a way of gathering and communicating the diverse efforts being made towards sustainability in the Emily Carr community.

    As artists, designers and critical thinkers at Emily Carr University, we continue to respond to the growing threat to our global environment, and seek to use creative practices as a crucible for change, and to support a holistic reimagining of our world.

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  • Angela Gooliaff | Tee Time in Saskatoon

    Angela Gooliaff ('06) is collaborating with two artists from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for Tee Time, an Art Reception being held at the Willows Golf and Country Club in the Eagleview Room. The exhibit takes place on Sunday, May 26, 2013, from 11am to 4:30pm. Join us on Sunday, May 26, 2013 for an afternoon of art and refreshments. The reception includes drawings, paintings and photographic works.

  • Emily Carr Alumni Find Success in California’s Most Creative Workplaces

    In April, Broek Bosma, Associate Vice President, Advancement + Alumni Affairs, met with alumni working in Silicon Valley and San Francisco to explore ways in which the Emily Carr Alumni Association might create and support programs that allow alumni living outside of Vancouver to connect with each other and participate in the current university community. It was also an excellent opportunity to share information about the recent announcement and ongoing development of a new campus at Great Northern Way.

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  • Tor Aunet + Mitch Kraft | 2013 TIFF Student Film Showcase

    TIFF's Student Film Showcase provides Canada's emerging young filmmakers an opportunity to share their work and participate in career-building workshops and panel discussions with industry professionals. This year, Emily Carr is pleased to announce that 2013 graduates Tor Aunet and Mitch Kraft were selected to screen at TIFF’s Student Film Showcase.

    Established in 2004 and organized by the Toronto International Film Festival, it is presented in association with Film School Consortium, a national group of 17 colleges and universities. The programme recognizes the nation’s roster of emerging auteurs at one-night-only screenings of the year’s top student films.

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  • You Came Here by Chance | Photography Graduates Off-Site Exhibition

    You Came Here By Chance is a group exhibition, highlighting select 2013 photography graduates from Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

    The selected images aim to address the idea of space in relation to environment, both from a physical stand point and a state of mind. Through the included photographers considered contributions, the binaries of transience and permanence when occupying space are evaluated by the photographic medium and supplementary materials. As viewers interact with the works exhibited, it is intended that they in turn will begin to think about their personal relationships with the spaces they occupy.

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