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  • Alumni Featured in 4 Corners: A Painting Show

    Apt Projects presents: Four Corners: A Painting Show

    A one-night painting exhibition featuring Mark DeLong, Jessica Groome (‘07), Deirdre McAdams (‘08), and Les Ramsay (’07).

    Friday, May 24, 2013 | 6-11pm
    Apt Projects at The Chinatown Experiment
    434 Columbia Street, Vancouver BC 

  • Jill Southern | Pender Keefer Georgia Launch Party

    Pender Keefer Georgia—a series of guidebooks created by Communication Design alumni Jill Southern—hosts a party to celebrate the release of its second issue on the occasion of its first anniversary.

    The books' mandate is to 'encourage culinary adventures, introduce unique personalities, suggest new shopping experiences, and, in doing so, maybe foster connections between the diverse cultures of the area.'

    The publication presents an insider’s view into a dense and vibrant part of the city that can at times be difficult to navigate.

    Saturday, May 25, 6-11pm
    The Chinatown Experiment
    434 Columbia Street, Vancouver BC 

  • Stan Douglas | Scotiabank Photography Award

    Congratulations to alumnus Stan Douglas ('82), 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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  • Janice Wu Illustrates Canada Post Stamp

    Janice Wu ('13) was one of eight Canadian artists selected to illustrate the new Chinatown Gate Stamp Series for Canada Post. These stamps feature eight different gates of Chinatown, located in Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Mississauga, Ottawa and Montréal.

    The stamp series was launched in Canada Post locations on May 1, 2013.

  • Sean Raggett | Polaroid Factory at Printhouse Gallery

    Sean Raggett's ('04) first solo exhibition takes place at Printhouse Gallery in London's east end from May 3 to June 4, 2013.

    Polaroid Factory is a photographic exhibition featuring images made at one of the world's last remaining production facilities of traditional instant film in Enschede, the Netherlands.
     
    Sean presents large-scale chromeogenic transparencies in lightboxes to both document and represent allegories of shifting technology. At one point, Polaroid produced its instant film in only three major factories in the world, and after the company’s bankruptcy in 2001, Enschede’s was the last to close.
     

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