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Presentation House Gallery is proud to launch Stan Douglas: Synthetic Pictures, an exhibition of new photographs by world-renowned Vancouver artist and Emily Carr alumnus Stan Douglas ('82).

His complex artworks interpret the social impact of optical technologies. Frequently borrowing from popular culture and literary sources, Douglas examines the legacies of modernity and historical narratives of socio-cultural events through photographs, film and installation.

Heidi Nagtegaal ('05) and Erin Sidall ('11) are featured in a group exhibition, Teaching Material.

Congratulations to third year student Christian Huizenga whose piece, Bench Way, was selected as the winner of the First Capital Realty Sculpture Contest. Christian will work with representatives from First Capital Realty, Emily Carr, engineers and fabricators over the summer to complete the project (see maquette) which will be located at Harbour Front Centre in North Vancouver.

The jury wishes to thank all of the students for their proposals, in particular the short-listed students whose maquettes reflected both their creativity and earnestness. 

A much-beloved 1941 graduate of the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr), Molly Lamb Boback went on to serve as Canada's first and only female war artist during the Second World War.

Molly went on to pursue a peace-time career in painting and drawing. She and her husband moved to Fredericton to teach at the University of New Brunswick in 1960.

She passed away March 1, 2014 at the age of 94 at the Veterans Health Unit in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

The third annual Yellow Crane Festival takes place August 1 -4, 2014.

Celebrating the diverse genres of the artists and designers of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, the festival encourages emerging artists to interact with the public in outdoor open-studios.

Located on Granville Island, Coast Salish Territory, participants enjoy the Vancouver sunshine while working next to scenic False Creek. Emily Carr students and alumni have the option to sell their work commission-free while engaging with the public, collaborating with other participants, or simply working outdoors for 4 days.

The University is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former faculty member John Koerner (Vancouver School of Art, 1953-58).

Mr. Koerner was born in Moravia, a province of Czechosolvakia, now the Czech Republic, in 1913. He immigrated to Vancouver, Canada in 1938. He studied Law at the University of Prague and Philosophy and Art History at the Sorbonne, Paris. He studied under Fritz Kausek (Prague), Victor Tischler, Othon Friesz and Paul Colin (Paris). Along with teaching drawing and painting at VSA, he held a professorship at UBC from 1959-71.

At 100 years of age, Mr. Koerner was the oldest active member of the Vancouver School of painters, a group that developed modernism in Canadian art. 

You may recall in Fall 2013 Kate Armstrong, Director of the SIM Centre at Emily Carr University, launched an exciting new partnership with Vancouver-based startup accelerator GrowLab.

Led by Haig Armen, Assistant Professor of Design+Dynamic Media, five design students from Emily Carr formed an innovative design research team at the Gastown headquarters of top internet accelerator GrowLab. Their focus? Developing a new methodology for connecting design to early stage start up companies.

Emily Carr is pleased to welcome Jürgen Partenheimer, Audain Distinguished Artist in Residence, to the school this Spring.

Jürgen Partenheimer was born in 1947 in Munich, and studied the theory and practice of art in Germany, the USA, Mexico and France. He is internationally renowned for his multifaceted work following his participation in the Paris, Venice and São Paulo biennials. As a representative of a subjective abstraction he is considered one of the most important contemporary German artists.

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With colder weather in the forecast, we'd like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that any class cancellations or building closures due to snow or other inclement weather will be posted here on the website and on the University's Facebook and Twitter pages. Alerts will only be posted for cancellations and closures. You may also wish to check the forecast via Environment Canada.

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