Alumni Success Stories

Farhez Rayani ('10), talks about his time at Emily Carr and the career path that led him to his current position as Lighting Technical Director for Pixar Animation Studios.

"Some opportunities are found, others can be made".

Calculated risks, working to carve out one's own path, being open to new possibilities and a willingness to become a beginner again, are things that I have found invaluable.

Emily Carr presents the next installment in our series of Alumni Stories ─  celebrating the success of our graduates.

An evolution of her award-winning undergraduate thesis project (including the prestigious Red Dot Concept Award), Lisa Fraser's ('10) Snug Vest is changing the lives of children and their families.

Comic artist Zed Alexandra ('11) will be in San Francisco on October 12 and 13, 2013, as a part of the Alternative Press Expo. This is the first time the artist is exhibiting internationally where she will be debuting three new works!

The highly anticipated Interior Design Show West (IDSwest) event sees '03 alum Jonathan Nodrick's ROLLOUT return to their Vancouver roots as the title sponsor and creative force behind the reinterpretation of West coast living with The Bar, by ROLLOUT: Cabin Living - Remixed September 19 - 22, 2013.

Emily Carr presents the first in a series of Alumni Stories, celebrating the success of our graduates.

First up, Erin Boniferro, proprietor of Collage Collage, a business that encourages children's creativity. The shop is one part store, with a range of art supplies, books, toys and handmade goods; one part school, with ongoing classes and workshops; and one part studio, where children are encouraged to draw, read a book, take in the artist of the month and simply be inspired.

Two Emily Carr alumni made the long-list for the Aimia | AGO Photography Prize. Dan Siney (’04) and Jessica Eaton (’06) are among 14 finalists from around the world, including photographers from North and South America, Asia, Africa and Europe.

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.

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.

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.
 

Geoffrey Farmer ('92) exhibits Let's Make the Water Turn Black at Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Zürich, Switzerland from May 22 to August 18, 2013.