ECU news

Dr. Ron Burnett,
 President + Vice-Chancellor, will be speaking at Digifest Innovation Days on Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 1:40 to 2:25pm.

His talk Learning and Innovation in Global and Digital Cultures focuses on post-secondary education in Canada as it undergoes many changes as we rush to promote the utility of education, reducing learning to a series of “quick courses” that privilege speed and training over gradualism research and exploration.

The Admissions/Recruitment Office operates a daily blog that was developed in order to inform prospective students, parents and counselors of topics related to Emily Carr University of Art + Design. The features include information about current students and alumni, local events, as well as information related to living in the city of Vancouver and Canada as a whole.

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Drawing on a rich cultural history that positions Emily Carr as one of the world’s leading arts institutions, the Master of Applied Arts Degree is unique in its commitment to interdisciplinarity and emergent forms of cultural production. Courses in research, critical theory and studio practice integrate methodological threads that span diverse art forms and knowledge systems. Master of Applied Arts cohorts are chosen with attention to the unique combination of attributes students bring, resulting in balanced and dynamic study groups. The MAA is delivered through two distinct but interrelated programs: Resident and Low-Residency.

The Vancouver Art Gallery and Continuing Studies at Emily Carr University of Art + Design are partnering to offer a new Teen Art Group in the 2011/12 school year. This unique program brings youth together with artists, facilitators and curators for hands-on workshops, Gallery tours, and interactive discussions. Join us for the launch on September 22 from 4-7 pm at the Vancouver Art Gallery! Enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour, free food, and a chance to get involved in Vancouver’s newest arts and culture group for teens! The launch is free for youth ages 15-18.

To RSVP, and for more information about the Teen Art Group, contact Amy Clausen at aclausen@ecuad.ca.

Great News! Emily Carr's new Mobile App is now available for download.

We are happy to offer you campus information through your iPhone, Blackberry or Android mobile device. Simply visit your mobile app store and download the free MOX application. When you open MOX, select Emily Carr University of Art + Design from the list of options. It's that easy!

Have the latest Emily Carr news at your fingertips - as well as important numbers, building information and maps, and a social networking option with the ability to automatically update as friends change their profiles.

Be sure to download MOX today!

The Surrey Art Gallery presents Finding Correspondences, featuring work by sessional faculty member Mark Neufeld (97), current fourth year student Emilio Rojas and Tony Romano (01).

The Arts, Culture and Heritage Advisory Committee for the City of Sechelt invite you to a new speaker series, showcasing Robin Mayor, past- president of Emily Carr, former interdisciplinary and painting faculty Geoff Rees, architect IanJohnston, public art curator Lori Phillips and internationally renowned curator, juror and lecturer Keith Wallace.

Seaside Centre
September 17 - October 29, 2011
Saturdays, | 2-4pm

This series is sponsored by the District of Sechelt.

Are you an artist, a revolutionary, an owner? Questions of ownership permeate our culture – sample a sound, claim the East Van sign, remix a logo… Whether you’re an artist playing with images or sound, a coder or an activist, at some point you’ve probably asked yourself whether what you are doing is legal.

The Artists’ Legal Outreach (ALO) in association with New Forms Festival 2011 and W2 Community Media Arts presents Art, Revolution and Ownership, a multidisciplinary exploration of the ideas that inform art and the law. The performances, exhibitions and conversations explore the idea of the public domain, copyright and cultural consumption.

The Fair at the PNE, in partnership with the Port Metro Vancouver, is excited to bring back Container Art for a third year. This year’s expanded Container Art Exhibit will be themed around the Port and our daily lives. Throughout history, ports around the world have been chronicled through works by local artists, so don’t miss this exciting urban, adaptive art exhibit from the most innovative talents of the local artscape. Experience several different and contemporary works displayed through this new internationally acclaimed medium.

Join Associate Professor Randy Lee Cutler at the Vancouver Art Gallery's Surrealism Salon 1 for a talk that explores the surrealist enterprise and its relation to the scientific culture, ideas and methods. The lecture will be followed by an open discussion led by UBC philosophy professor Dominic Lopes.

This is the first in a series of events that are part of the Vancouver Art Gallery's Surrealism study group.

Vancouver Art Gallery
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 |7-9pm