ECU news

Gallery 295 is pleased to present new work by Elizabeth Zvonar ('01) .

Elizabeth Zvonar combines new collage work with photographs she has been taking that resemble constructed collage yet are genuine images taken with a camera. The collage images layer contemporary fashion spreads with nebulae implying the body is one in a vast sea of stars. The photographs interspersed throughout the exhibition ground and confuse the constructed images through the improbable reflections and refractions of colour, light and nature within our built world, abstracting how we understand what we’re seeing.

The Spring semester serves up a variety of exciting new courses, workshops and special events. We’re currently expanding our Cultural Studies, Sculpture and Professional Development areas with the following new programs:

Cultural Studies offers a new addition of Topics in Aboriginal Art, which explores a range of themes and issues affecting contemporary Aboriginal Art from the late 1950s onward.

Rain City Illustration's new exhibition, The Blue Show features the work of Emily Carr students and alumni. This one-night affair will take place on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, from 5 - 11pm at the Ayden Gallery.

This event is free and open to the public. There will be a raffle and anyone wearing blue receives a free tickets! For more information, check out Rain City Illustration on Facebook.

Five new projects, ranging from banners and posters to videos and a mural, have joined Vancouver’s public art collection in an exhibition to honour and celebrate the City’s Year of Reconciliation.

The City’s Public Art Program commissioned 10 new artist projects overall with the first five debuting in March 2014 and new projects being introduced monthly through August 2014.

Sasha Krieger has been awarded the inaugural Alumni Residency in The Leeway, Emily Carr’s on-campus, multi-disciplinary resourced studio space.

Moire, an artist publication established by Ella Dawn McGeough, Colin Miner and Liza Eurich ('10), launches Issue 2, "Crusty Crunchy Roundy Smoothy".

Each issue focuses on a specific artistic practice through the production of texts, interviews, photographs and collaborative projects. The content exists and is made available in pdf format for download.

Issue 2 introduces the practice of New York based artist Amy Brener, as interviewed by artist and educator Kelly Jazvac.

Seize the Night is a group exhibition featuring work by Emily Carr's Illustration Gallery Practices class of Spring 2014.

Participating Artists include:
Francis Bantayen, Whitney Carlson, Flavia Chan, Tiana Coutts
Caitlin Eddy, Teresa Holly, Brynne Johnston, Jooyeon Kim,
Amy Kim, Susanna Leu, Alison McLeod, Sakurako Ono,
Cole Pauls, Mint Sanpruksin, Natalie Schnitter, Karen Shangguan
Rachel Wada, Tony Wu and Avery Yeung

The Fall Gallery
March 28 - April 5, 2014
Opening Night | Friday, March 28, 2014, 7-11pm

The day-to-day impact of the individual in city life is one of the most meaningful levels of change we can understand in the conversation about “rewilding.” Join the Museum of Vancouver for a public screening and dialogue featuring the premiere of short videos created by students in Emily Carr's Spring 2014 "Rewilding Vancouver" Community Projects course. Taking a reflexive approach, these artistic video works showcase a range of Vancouver’s wild locales and sites.

We take this time to acknowledge Emily Carr’s ongoing commitment to establish a strong and inclusive voice for Aboriginal students. The University recognizes that Aboriginal art forms are vital expressions of cultural identity and that our educational philosophy provide a foundation for our students to utilize their intellectual and creative capital for social engagement as we promote Indigenous perspectives as critical solutions for global challenges.

Vancouver General Hospital, like all hospitals, is a place you might not consider visiting unless you are acutely ill and then it is the very place you want to be. Known for outstanding medicine, VGH also boasts a significant art collection that speaks to the strong link between art and healing. The collection of over 1000 pieces contains works by Gordon Smith (’46), Gathie Falk, Martha Sturdy (’78), Jack Shadbolt (former faculty member), Scott McFarland, Stephen Waddell, Christos Dikeakos, Jock Macdonald (founding faculty member) and many other established and emerging artists.