Sadira Rodrigues, Dean of Continuing Studies, and Broek Bosma, Associate Vice President Advancement, are proud to announce a major gift from Scotiabank in the amount of $250,000 to Emily Carr University.
The funds launch an exciting new program, the Scotiabank Platform Entrepreneurship Program (Platform.) Read more →
With her new work, The Anonymous Project, Emily Carr alumna, Krista Bailie (’10) is hoping to answer the question “Could we create more meaningful connections if we were stripped of the ability to hide behind the identities we’ve constructed for ourselves?”
By asking participants to sign up anonymously and then communicate via email with their
artist-chosen partners, Bailie hopes to see if deeper communication can take place. The
project has already been well received globally, with participants from Peru, Japan,
Europe, the UK, Australia and all over North America.
To learn more or to become a participant please go to the website theanonymousproject.com or find the project on Facebook.
Created in 2002 by the Sobey Art Foundation, the Sobey Art Award is Canada’s preeminent award for contemporary Canadian art. The annual $50,000 prize is given to an artist under 40 who has exhibited in a public or commercial art gallery within 18 months of being nominated. Read more →
When faced with a question about the nature of our Universe, would you grab an engineering notebook or an artist’s sketchpad to collect your ideas? Science and art are often confused as being polar-opposite disciplines though they both exercise one’s ability for creative and innovative thinking. With the launch of a new exhibit at Science World, Emily Carr University and TRIUMF continue to develop common ground from the inspirations of art and science. Read more →
Sasha Krieger has been awarded the inaugural Alumni Residency in The Leeway, Emily Carr’s on-campus, multi-disciplinary resourced studio space.
Compare the number of healthy habits you’ve tried to form, like getting regular exercise, to the number you’ve formed successfully. If you’re like most of us, that ratio is lower than you’d prefer.
Vancouver General Hospital, like all hospitals, is a place you might not consider visiting unless you are acutely ill and then it is the very place you want to be. Known for outstanding medicine, VGH also boasts a significant art collection that speaks to the strong link between art and healing. The collection of over 1000 pieces contains works by Gordon Smith (’46), Gathie Falk, Martha Sturdy (’78), Jack Shadbolt (former faculty member), Scott McFarland, Stephen Waddell, Christos Dikeakos, Jock Macdonald (founding faculty member) and many other established and emerging artists.
The first Satellite Studios for Teens to run outside the Lower Mainland is now officially a reality. Emily Carr University will offer the program in both the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) and the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). Read more →
You may recall in Fall 2013 Kate Armstrong, Director of the SIM Centre at Emily Carr University, launched an exciting new partnership with Vancouver-based startup accelerator GrowLab.
Led by Haig Armen, Assistant Professor of Design+Dynamic Media, five design students from Emily Carr formed an innovative design research team at the Gastown headquarters of top internet accelerator GrowLab. Their focus? Developing a new methodology for connecting design to early stage start up companies.
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Last year, Communication Design alumni Alvin Kwan and Vince Lo (’11), along with Ben Wu (SFU), decided to get together, pool their talents and come up with a project that would contribute to their community. The catch ─ they had to come up with something with a zero-dollar budget. Read more →
