News

  • Robert Davidson | Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts

    The winners of the 2010 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts were annouced by the Canada Council for Arts.

    Robert Davidson, renowned for his totems, masks, paintings, print and jewellery, studied at the Vancouver School of Art in late 60's, where he credits the school for developing his drawing and design skills.

  • The Carter Wosk British Columbia Achievement Awards for Applied Art and Design

    Renamed in recognition of Associate Professor Sam Carter’s exceptional contribution to design and education, and the financial generosity of longtime Emily Carr friend and supporter, Dr. Yosef Wosk in 2009, the awards celebrate British Columbians who through their creativity contribute to the cultural and economic fabric of the Province.

  • Greg Swales | Baron Gallery

    Baron Gallery presents Letters to Cuba , paintings and photographs by Greg Swales (03).  Swales is a Canadian Artist of Cuban/British background. As far back as he can remember Swales knew he was destined for a career in the arts. He studied Photography at the Emily Carr Institute, now Emily Carr University of Art + Design. In his last year before completing his BFA, he began to rediscover his passion for painting and upon graduating moved to Cuba to study painting at the Superior Institute of Art in Havana.

  • Emily Carr Students Design for Canadian Red Cross Efforts in Haiti

    Communication Design student Shay Namazi in collaboration with Industrial Design student Desmond Wong, (with support from ID student Monica Gautier and the supervision of faculty Louise St. Pierre) have been working via daily communication with Haiti to design and develop a set of visual instructions for water purification. The design took more than ten iterative steps, as the drafts were reviewed and tested by field workers in Haiti, who then requested modifications so that the graphics suited the local context.

  • Hamza Vora and Raneen Nosh | Circle Craft Scholarship Exhibition

    Alumni Vora and Nosh (09) are featured in this group exhibition highlighting the Circle Craft Gallery's scholarship recipients.

    March 5 - 31, 2010

    Read the Vancouver Sun article.

     

  • Hamza Vora and Raneen Nosh | Circle Craft Scholarship Exhibition

    Alumni Vora and Nosh (09) are featured in this group exhibition highlighting the Circle Craft Gallery's scholarship recipients.

    March 5 - 31, 2010

    Read the Vancouver Sun article.

     

  • Emily Carr Press Launches Kota Ezawa’s New Artists’ Book in New York

    Please join Murray Guy Gallery and Emily Carr University Press for the launch of Odessa Staircase Redux at The Armory fair.

    Odessa Staircase Redux is a kind of flipbook revisiting the well-known film sequence from Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin. The first frame of every cut is hand-redrawn in black ink. The ensuing series of 153 ink drawings is re-organized to form a typology of camera angles and subject matter that in turn creates a new animation of the scene in the mind of the viewer.

  • Social + Interactive Media Centre Faculty Releases for Fall 2010

    The Social + Interactive Media Centre (formerly the Centre for Moving Interaction) will hold an information session for all faculty interested in developing SIM Centre projects and applying for course releases for the fall of 2010. The information session will take place on Friday, March 5 from 11:30-12:30 in room 278, North Building. Please RSVP to Morgan Brayton, SIM Centre Partner Liaison mbrayton@ecuad.ca.

  • Aboriginal Gathering Place

    Emily Carr’s newest addition for the enhancement and support of Aboriginal learners

    Revitalization of indigenous art forms is a global educational initiative. Emily Carr is committed to providing relevant support congruent with Aboriginal philosophies and values.

  • Daina Warren | Aboriginal Curator-in-Residence at the National Gallery of Canada

    In an announcement made on February 25, 2010, Daina Warren (00) is the new Canada Council Aboriginal Curator-in-Residence at the National Gallery of Canada. Daina is the second to benefit from the Canada Council for the Arts pilot project and will be working at the Gallery until the end of July 2011.

    Visit Canada Council to read the news release.