ECU news

MAA candidates Amanda Arcuri and Britta Fluevog are featured in a group exhibition, Neither/Nor, at Ayden Gallery.

Neither/Nor is an exciting exhibition, as the Gallery temporarily departs from its focus on contemporary painters, to showcase the multidisciplinary diversity of some of Vancouver's most original and innovative artists. Featuring painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, textiles, installation, and performance works.

Neither/Nor
Ayden Gallery
July 5 - 26, 2014
Opening reception | Friday, July 4, 7-11pm

As part of the Gershon Iskowitz Prize, Geoffrey Farmer ('92) will be featured in a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), July 5 - September 7, 2014.

Challenging traditional conventions in painting has established Colleen Heslin as an emerging leader in contemporary Canadian art. Known for her innovative textile-based methods, Heslin develops textures with ink and dye on second-hand fabrics, which upon inspection reveal themselves as collage-based, process-formed trompe l’oeil.

A 2003 graduate of Emily Carr, Heslin won the 2013 RBC Canadian Painting Competition.

Colleen Heslin: Outcasts and Shady Trees
At Monte Clark Gallery through July 5

See Ceramic Artist and Associate Professor Paul Mathieu's latest show at the Gardiner, on this summer in Toronto through September 1, 2014.

"Camp Fires reveals the concept of "Camp" in the work of three important Francophone Canadian ceramic artists: Léopold L. Foulem, Paul Mathieu and Richard Milette. Camp Fires is an often sensual encounter of these artists' powerful body of work, one that addresses subversive ideas about queer identity through clay."

Jason DaSilva's bio-pic, When I Walk,  makes its PBS premiere tonight, June 23!

The 2014 Biennale de Montréal will feature 50 artists and collectives from 22 countries including alumni Raymond Boisjoly ('06), Babak Golkar ('03), and Kevin Schmidt ('97).

Alum Tiziana La Melia ('08), Gavin Lynch ('09), and Laura Piasta ('06)  have been selected as finalists for the prestigious RBC Canadian Painting Competition.

Established in 1999, the RBC Canadian Painting Competition, with the support of the Canadian Art Foundation, is a unique initiative to help nurture and support promising new artists in the early stages of their careers; a time when they need both recognition and financial support.

The competition will award a total of $55,000 in prize money with the winner receiving $25,000, and the two honourable mentions receiving $15,000 each. Works by both the winners and runners-up will be added to RBC’s permanent collection.

Each year, our campus is transformed as the works of more than 300 Design, Media and Visual Arts graduates are unveiled to the public – and students with the highest creative and academic achievement are rewarded through The Show 2014 Awards. Many of these works will also be exhibited at a special Emily Carr Award Winners exhibition at Winsor Gallery later this summer.

Shaira (SD) Holman ('92) is the recipient of a 2014 YWCA Women of Distinction Award for her work as Co-founder/Artistic Director of Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival. 

The festival, now one of the fastest growing cultural festivals in Canada, was started by Holman seven years ago. She initally started Pride in Art (the name of the initial exhibition) because she felt there was nowhere else at the time for her to pursue art on identity.

Emily Carr University is proud to congratulate retired faculty member and alumna Liz Magor today on being awarded the prestigious 2014 Gershon Iskowitz Prize. The Gershon Iskowitz Foundation, in partnership with the  Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), recognizes Magor for her outstanding contribution to the visual arts in Canada with this prestigious award, which includes a $50,000 cash prize and a solo exhibition at the AGO next year.