Alumni news

Bartosz Nowakowski (07) was awarded the Government of British Columbia's Award for Student Animated or Motion Graphic Production of the Year for his animated work, Legend of Boruta, at the CAEAA's ELANS, held Friday, February 21, 2008. Bartosz also took home the ELAN in the Ready to Rocket category, which recognizes up-and-comers to watch out for! www.studioarmata.com

Kate Lee (07) took home the award for Best Student Art Direction - Animated Production, for her work, Mano Sinstra.

Catriona Jeffries is pleased to announce her representation of Vancouver-based artist Gareth Moore (04). Moore is known for his playful and intellectually rigorous works produced from his interventions into social spaces.

12 Midnite (87), proprietor of Lucky Red, invites you to Sweethearts: a Valentine Show, a new collection of the latest and greatest artwork by the sweethearts of Canadian Lowbrow, Vicki M., Nicole Steen and Holly Anderson. They join together for one night for this post-valentine's celebration of sweethearts.

Friday, February 15, 8pm

LUCKY RED: Union Street at main...on the bitter end of Chinatown

info: www.12midnite.com

Five ECI alumni (07) have been nominated for the 2nd annual ELANS awards by The Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts (CAEAA) in the following categories:

Student Animated or Motion Graphic Production of the Year
Bartosz Nowakowski, Legend of Boruta
Kora Kosicka, Turntale

Best Student Art Direction
Jeff Simpson, 8
Kate Lee, Manso Sinistra
Bartosz Nowakowski, Legend of Boruta

Sam Shem (99), Director, Vancouver Pasty Art and Design Association, presents a lecture by Elizabeth Falkner, San Francisco, CA.  Elizabeth is the author of Demolition Desserts and is well know from her pastisserie/restaurant/bars Citizen Cake, Citizen Cupcake & Orson.

January 28, 2008, 5:30 pm

Vancouver Community College
250 West Pender Street
For more information, contact www.vancouverpastry.ca

Exponential Future features Isabelle Pauwels (01), Kevin Schmidt (97), Mark Soo (02), Corin Sworn (02), and Elizabeth Zvonar (01). The exhibition opens a window on the vitality of contemporary art in this city. Vancouver artists continue to be better known in the U.S. and Europe than they are in their own city. Curators Juan Gaitan and Scott Watson chose artists working in different media whose work involved a wide range of issues to give an overview of the new artistic thinking of our time and place.

Danielle Hoogenboom (05) has a solo exhibition at Gallery Yo-Yo February 8-23, 2008. Wanderlusting: The Adventures of a Narcissist, is an autobiographical mixed-media show resulting from Hoogenboom's international travels and her on-the-move transient art projects. The works in this exhibition were conceived and constructed nomadically as Hoogenboom moved through France, to San Francisco, to Bermuda and Montreal before finally arriving back in Vancouver.

Canadian author Douglas Coupland (Alum: 84), who wrote his first film screenplay with last year's Everything's Gone Green, has written a new TV series based on his novel, JPod.

The 13-part series will be a look into Vancouver's video game industry and airs on CBC Television.

New works by Anne Russell (07) show an interesting body of photography based on the idea of regeneration. Her images have been printed onto a watercolour paper, rather than photographic paper, which gives them an irresistible kind of texture, look and feel.

Main Artery Gallery

January 12 – 28, 2008

For further information, visit Main Artery Gallery.

You are cordially invited to the book launch of "Main Street: Discussions on Urban Culture" featuring the writings of Neil A. Bliss, Patrick F. Chan (ECI Design lecturer) , Earon Kavanagh, Hannah Klassen, Suzanne Klassen (86) and Varouj Gumuchian.