Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship

The Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship fosters the movement of artists and designers into systems and situations where their work and ideas can have the most impact. Visit our microsite for more information.

Operated by Living Labs, the Centre has launched in 2018 to act as a hub for activities relating to entrepreneurship at Emily Carr University with the aim of establishing a place where creatives can find community and knowledge, as well as a connection to the resources they need to launch, fund, and organize projects across the spectrum of contemporary art and design activities – products, projects, curatorial initiatives, platforms, companies, organizations, and more.

The Shumka Centre was awarded a three-year grant from the Vancouver Foundation in 2018., Shumka programming has received support from a variety of funders including Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster, RBC Emerging Artists Project, InnovateBC, Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, and the Association for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning.

Some Shumka Centre projects

Satellite Residency
Satellite is residency designed to actualize the self-directed projects of Emily Carr students and recent graduates. The program intends to helps emerging artists and designers bridge the transition from being a student to being an independent practitioner, which includes developing a network of collaborations and/or clients, developing administrative capacity and seeking contexts and resources to support an ongoing practice.

Design for Startups
Design for Startups pairs emerging designers with early stage technology startups to work on a specific design problem for over 12 weeks. Design for Startups is supported by the Digital Supercluster and Innovate BC. Past partners: GrowLab, HIGHLINE, InnovateBC, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and 50+ startups.

Art Apprenticeship Network
The Art Apprenticeship Network connects emerging Emily Carr artists with established artists, curators and cultural workers to create a win-win situation for the art community locally and regionally. Art Apprenticeship Network is supported by RBC Emerging Artists Project.

Creating a Design Startup
This course equips student designers with the tools and methods to create their own product development companies by focusing on using contemporary professional methodologies to help students bring their product concepts to market in meaningful ways.

How-to Guides
Informed by Shumka programming, the How To Guides identify and share current practices, emerging models, methods and tools, and also offer context and advice. Developed in partnership with Career Development and Work Integrated Learning Office, Emily Carr faculty, staff and external practitioners.

Contact

shumka[at]ecuad.ca

Kate Armstrong, Director
karmstrong[at]ecuad.ca

Website

Laura Kozak, Research Associate
kozak[at]ecuad.ca

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