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  • Kristen Campbell + Sitji Chou | Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film Winners

    Kristen Campbell ('12) and Sitji Chou ('11) recently participated in a 48-hour Animation Jam - Crazy Horse Session, at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film in Germany. They were one of five teams to compete and their completed animation, Trixi Goes to the Moving Pictures, won them the top prize in their category.

    For more information, please visit ITFS 2012.

    Congratulations to you both!

  • Film + Animation Grads Selected for 2012 TIFF Student Film Showcase

    Congratulations to 2012 Emily Carr graduates Kristen Campbell and Toan Nguyen who have had their work selected to screen at the 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.

    The showcase returns to Vancouver for its second year on Saturday, May 26 at Vancity Theatre. Past showcase works have advanced to screen at major festivals around the world.

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  • Jennifer Li | ChinChatComics

    Recent grad Jennifer Li is featured in the ExplorAsian and VAHMS Asian Heritage Month art exhibit, Generation One, taking place for the month of May.  Jennifer will be showcasing her online comic ChinChatComics.

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  • Taralee Guild | 2012 IDEA Art Award Winner

    Congratulations to Taralee Guild ('10) who won this year's IDEA Art Award competition. Her piece, Galiano Forest, will become part of the VGH and UBC Healing Arts permanent collection. Taralee’s work will be installed in the Detwiller Pavilion at UBC Hospital, Psychiatry Unit early this summer. Her hope is that the piece will convey warmth and provide visual stimulation for a successful experience while giving the viewer a feeling of calm.

  • Katherine Soucie | BCreative Conference

    The BCreative Conference will include a presentation by Katherine Soucie (MAA candidate) on the importance of funding needed to assist in research and development for artists and designers in BC. A panel discussion Fashion: Putting BC on the Style Map will also include other industry professionals surrounding the creative economy in BC.

    The panel discussion is scheduled for May 12 at the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue from 10 –11am.

    For more information, please visit BCreative 2012.

  • Alumni Featured in Terracotta Warriors Public Art Project

    Alumni Mandy Boursicot, Neil Chung, Tiana Kaczor, and Kathy Zhang were among the 30 artists who unveiled their painted Terracotta Warriors for the BC Lions Society at Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens on April 25, 2012.

    The British Columbia Lions Society for Children with Disabilities/Easter Seals is proud to announce their newest art project The Terracotta Warriors, this limited edition public art project will run from April to October 2012.

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  • Setup Magazine Launch

    Setup Magazine is holding a launch party for Volume 1, Issue 2 on Thursday, May 3 from 7 to 10pm at Unit/Pitt Projects in Vancouver.

    Contributors to the issue include: Eli Bornowsky (’05), Susanna Browne (’10), Arabella Campbell (’02) and Sean Weisgerber (’09).

    Setup aims to provide space, in the form of printed material, for artists and writers to disseminate their ideas and work. Setup is published and distributed by Publication Studio Vancouver.

     

  • Claire Madill Wows at One of a Kind

    Claire Madill ('07) recently returned from Toronto where she successfully participated in the Spring One of a Kind Show and Sale after being nominated by Emily Carr to be placed in the Craft Community of Canada Section. Her booth was one of 10 booths in the section and showcased her works, including the "Vintage Jar Series" which was photographed for the show’s marketing campaign and flyer.

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  • J.A. Tan's Work Featured on UN Autism Awareness Stamp

    Emily Carr is pleased to announce that the work of J.A. Tan (10) has been selected to appear in a series of stamps for the United Nations Postal Administration’s Autism Awareness Campaign.

    The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) issued the new series of stamps this month to coincide with World Autism Day, which took place April 2, 2012. Artwork for the stamps was the result of a worldwide search for talented artists with autism who were eager to share their designs with the UNPA. J.A. Tan’s design, entitled Victory, is one of eight stamps that will appear in the series.

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  • 2012 Sobey Art Award Nominations

    The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and The Sobey Art Foundation announced the long-listed nominations for the 10th Anniversary of the Sobey Art Award on April 19, 2012.

    Emily Carr alumni feature prominently in the West Coast and Yukon region, including nominations for Sonny Assu ('02), Julia Feyrer ('04), Gareth Moore ('04), Kevin Schmidt ('97) and Corin Sworn ('02). Nadia Myre ('97) received a nomination within the province of Québec.

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