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Sunny Nestler

Assistant Professor

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Education:

BFA, Painting
BS, Biology & Society, MFA, Visual Art

Bio

Sunny Nestler is a co-founder of Bike Saviours Bicycle Collective, Tempe Zine Fest, the Vancouver Community Bike Shop Network, and VR Club, which are all spaces that work to make complicated tools and resources more accessible. They regularly exhibit at zine and alternative press fairs and have produced 14 publications under their imprint Megaspora Press.

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Research Interests

Sunny has a multidisciplinary art practice and works in drawing, painting, illustration, book-making, new media, and social practice. Their subject matter considers parallel universes teeming with invented creatures based on familiar symbols, their relatedness, and their reflection in our internal landscapes. Their current projects centre ecological concerns in the Salish Sea watershed area, a type of parallel universe called the “Shadow Biosphere,” and Yiddish language revival. They are active in community-based organizations, such as the Bike Kitchen at UBC, Discorder Magazine, and UNIT/PITT Society for Art & Critical Awareness. Their practice has been supported by Canada Council and BC Arts Council grants and residencies at Banff Centre.

Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Humanities HUMN 311 26/SU

Description

These seminars are taught from the viewpoint of a practicing artist, and focus on historical and/or contemporary issues relevant to particular disciplines or subjects. Seminars develop student critical awareness of the content and context of cultural production in relation to a wide range of practices and theories. Students attend lectures and discussion groups; in addition they are required to undertake research, give presentations, complete visual projects, and write papers. Descriptions of specific seminar topics are available by clicking the section hotlink on myEC or through connect.ecuad.ca.

Each section of this course runs with a different topic. See here .

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Drawing DRWG 309 26/SU

Description

Studies the language of poetry, storytelling, allegory, myth, fable, etc. in relation to historical and contemporary pictorial conventions. Provides opportunities for depicting and/or interpreting these language forms and encourages the development of individual approaches. A variety of artists who address ideas of narrative may be considered through presentations and discussions.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Art History AHIS 333 26/SP

Description

This course takes advantage of the knowledge and experience articulated in the various public presentations at Emily Carr in order to help students engage more directly with current practices in art and design. The course will contextualize weekly lectures, exhibitions, screenings, or other public events in an integrated examination of issues central to contemporary art practice. The course is structured through a program of public lectures, influential readings, team-taught lectures and seminars, discussions, written assignments and presentations.

Each section of this course runs with a different topic. See here .

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Foundation Studio Courses FNDT 174 26/SP

Description

This course introduces students to the basic vocabularies, materials and methodologies of contemporary illustration. Through presentations, research, iterative exercises, group discussions, and constructive critiques, students will explore the key fields, processes, and media that form the basis of illustration practice. Students will form a basic foundation of the materials and principles associated with visual communication, and their professional outlets. Through critical analysis and reflection, students will explore the utilization of these artistic concepts and principles, contextualized within social, historical, and contemporary frameworks. Upon entering the illustration program in their second year, students will have a strong underpinning of technical and conceptual skills ready to develop further in a variety of illustration fields.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Directed Studies - Design DSDE 300 26/SP

Description

Course description not available.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.