The Vancouver Freshwater Eco Centre was created as an educational and tourist destination that shares the science of the Cowichan River Trout Hatchery with the history, culture and beauty of trout from earliest times to present.
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2012This exhibition features BC design history-eartliest times to present with inclusion of local work as it travels across B C.
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2012In Spring and Fall of 2011, co-curators; Associate Professor Salmah Abu Mansor, scholar and Senior Research Fellow-Institute of Ethnic Studies, National University of Malaysia, Malaysia and Sam Carter, Professor Emeritus-Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada selected applied arts from indigenous communities across Malaysia and Canada.
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2012The Asia Pacific Applied Arts and Creative Industries Forum (APAAF) is a non-profit educational project organized by students and faculty of Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the Canadian Society for Asian Arts both located in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.
A key issue, central to late twenty first century applied art practices, is the dynamicrelationship between traditional approaches and global trends in craft and design. TheAsia Pacific Applied Arts and Creative...
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2000To celebrate Year 2000, year of the dragon and the Canadian International Dragon Boat Festival in Vancovuer, Carter created 2000 dragons from clay, bronze and paper. These were installed at the Diane Farris Gallery in Vancouver and at the National Art Gallery of Malaysia.
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1990This Vancouver Public Art Project celebrates Salmon and Water. It is a shrine in that it celebrates the life of a local Gastown personality and one of his favourite creatures:Salmon.
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1990This collection was selected from across the regions of Canada to celebrate Canadian Craft. The exhibtion travled across Canada, US and Asia. It was the largest ever travelling curated exhibition of Canadian craft in history.
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1989The Canadian "Art of the Toy" Travelling Exhibition feature a diverse range of toys selected from craftspeople, designer and artists from across Canada.
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1989The Vancouver, Gateway to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at Yohohama's EXPO 89 was designed produced by mostly ECUAD student and faculty. As Creative Director, and in the spirit of the EXP) 89 theme-Children and Space, Sam Carter commissioned artists, designers and craftspeople to create Canadian Dolls representing Canadian youth, presented hitorical Canadian toys, information about the flora-fauna-and green spaces and resources of Vancouver, British Columbia, and Canada.
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1986EXPO 86 changed the face and spirit of Vancouver from a sleepy oceanside village (with a symphony) and on "the edge of the world". These changes have contributed to the diversity and richness of what is called by many: "Most Livable City in the World". ECUAD students made up a team that helped create parades, ceremonies and national days during EXPO 86.
