Lectures

The TD Guest Speaker/Designer in Residence Program and Emily Carr are proud to present interactive designer, researcher and writer, Brenda Laurel and her featured talk, Authorship in Interactive Media: Reflections on 35 Years of Change.

The On Edge readings series presents: Kaie Kellough and Cornelia Hoogland.

The TD Guest Speaker/Designer in Residence Program and Emily Carr are proud to present designer, researcher and writer, Maggie Breslin and her featured talk, Smaller Sanities: A Design Practice in Healthcare.

The On Edge readings series presents Kyo Maclear.

Kyo Maclear is a visual arts writer and novelist based in Toronto. Her new novel, Stray Love, will be published in March. Maclear's debut novel, The Letter Opener (HarperCollins), was a finalist for the 2008 Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award and the 2007 Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award. In 2009, she was awarded the K.M. Hunter Artist Award in Literature. Her latest book, Virginia Wolf - called "ambitious and complex" by Publisher's Weekly - is a powerful follow-up to her first collaborative children's book, Spork (both illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault).

The On Edge Reading Series presents: Warren Cariou.

Warren Cariou is the author of The Exalted Company of Roadside Martyrs (short stories) and Lake of the Prairies (a memoir which won the 2002 Drainie-Taylor Prize for Biography and was shortlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize). He is currently working on a novel titled Exhaust. Cariou is a Canada Research Chair in Narrative, Community and Indigenous Cultures. In conjuction with Neil McArthur, he released a documentary film entitled Land of Oil and Water.

As part of the Emily Carr University Rennie Collection Speaker Series, Damian Moppett (92) will provide an artist talk in conjunction with his exhibition at the Wing Sang gallery. The Rennie Collection presents this first comprehensive survey of Damian's work on now and ending April 21, 2012.

Rennie Collection at Wing Sang holds two exhibitions a year with supporting catalogues and events. For further information, or to book a free tour, please visit www.renniecollection.org.

This talk is free and open to the public.

Damian Moppett Artist Talk
Thursday, January 26 at 7pm
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
South Building, Room 301 Lecture Theatre

The Contemporary Art Gallery and the Charles H. Scott Gallery present a talk by Frances Stark.

Stark is a Los Angeles-based artist and writer whose practice is centered on language and the interrelation between graphic and textual materials. Her compositions often intertwine figurative imagery with repeated letters, words cut out of context, familiar literary passages, and quotidian detritus from the artist's studio space. Stark's process of creative production and her self-reflections are core subjects of her practice.

As part of the Twilight Hour Speaker Series, Brian Kokoska (10) will be discussing the progression of his work with a focus on his solo exhibition Beige Infinity currently exhibiting at Blanket Contemporary Art through February 25, 2012.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 5:30pm
Emily Carr | South Building, Room 410

The talk is free and open to the public, however, space is limited.

Andrew Cross is a train-spotter-turned photographer, filmmaker, and artist. His work often asks the viewer to reconsider how they experience things and places that they take for granted. His talk will focus on different series of works including the North American premiere of two new films The Solo and Ensemble.

The Solo is a new film featuring the music of Carl Palmer. It explores the relationship between music and space by focusing on a much-maligned musical form: the rock drum solo.

Ensemble is a recent collaboration with musicians associated with 1970s ‘progressive’ rock, with a group once dubbed Europe’s ‘biggest cult band’: The Enid.

Hot House
An animated discussion between landscape architects, artists, and designers about the role creative practices play in transforming the relationship between the natural and built environment.  A collective discussion of the role of experimentation in creating sustainable environmental change will follow.

Facilitated by sustainability educator Duane Elverum, participants in this round table discussion include artists Sharon Kallis and Oliver Kelhammer; Jason Packer, Sustainability Consultant, Recollective; Kelty McKinnon, landscape architect and artist; and Jil P. Weaving, Coordinator of Arts and Culture, Vancouver Park Board.