Alumni news

Lisa Fraser (’10) knows the importance of a hug. While volunteering and working with autistic children, she became familiar with weighted vests that incorporated deep pressure therapy to help calm and soothe the user.

Emily Carr alumna Colleen Heslin ('03) received the distinguished $25,000 RBC Canadian Painting Competition award Wednesday, October 2, 2013, for her work, Almost young, wild and free. The award for emerging artists, is one of the largest in Canada. The national public touring exhibition showcasing the works of all 15 finalists is currently in Ottawa and will travel across the country.

Coast Salish artist and alumnus Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (’83), has been awarded one of two prestigious Fellowships at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Eiteljorg Museum holds the world's foremost collection of contemporary Native American art and the Fellowships celebrate the established and emerging Native American artists of today.

Kevan Funk (’11) continues his roll at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) – this year marks the fifth straight year that Kevan has been featured at the festival.

He made his first appearance at VIFF in 2009 when his short character study, Weight, screened at the festival and this talented writer/director hasn’t missed a year at VIFF since.

Award-winning filmmaker Kevan Funk ('11) debuts his next short, Bison, at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). 

From the TIFF site: Set on a rural Saskatchewan ranch during the annual branding season, Bison follows a young man who heads to the country for a guys’ weekend, but is profoundly unsettled after he makes a disturbing discovery. Kevan Funk’s follow-up to Yellowhead is a disquieting study of the continued colonization of the West.

Konstantin Steshenko (’12) was awarded the Best Canadian Student Animation Award for his graduation film, Wind & Tree, at the Ottawa International Animation Festival on September 23, 2013.

Wind & Tree is a stop-motion, 2D animation crafted from felt, cotton, carpet and wire. Two forces of nature face the consequences of their impossible love in Wind & Tree, which also saw it's Canadian Premiere at this animation festival.

*UPDATE* Tor Aunet has won Best Film (Animation) for his short, TEAMwork!

'13 grads Calen Knauf + Conrad Brown, otherwise known as Knauf + Brown, have received the Student Notable award from  Core77's Design Awards for their super-sleek Profile chair.

Congratulations!

Suzy Taekyung Kim (’03) has been awarded a commission by Percent for Art (Percent), the New York City Permanent Public Art Installation program funded by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. Suzy’s work will grace an entrance wall in a building, with an expected installation date of 2016.

Suzy shares, “It is an honor for me to be a part of NYC public art collection among highly established NYC artists. It will hopefully to encourage painting graduates to appreciate our fine art program at Emily Carr.”