In November 2014, Associate Professors Amber Frid-Jimenez and Dr. Garnet Hertz were appointed to Canada Research Chairs. This historic milestone marks the first Canada Research Chair appointments for Emily Carr University of Art + Design recognizing the university’s capacity, faculty and contributions-to-date in the fields of art, media and design research.
clothing(s) as conversation is an interdisciplinary research initiative founded by Associate Professor Hélène Day Fraser (MAA ’08) and Keith Doyle, Adjunct Research Associate, seeks to broaden contemporary perspectives of the clothing we wear. In June 2014, the pair successfully secured a three-year, $185, 000, Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada grant to pursue the project. Read more →
In May, real estate developer Reliance Properties announced a $7-million donation, which publicly launched Emily Carr University’s capital campaign, THE BIG IDEA. The gift represents the largest financial donation ever given to Emily Carr University and will help build the Libby Leshgold Gallery and the Reliance Lecture Theatre at Emily Carr’s new campus at Great Northern Way. This contribution set a new standard for philanthropy, as it is the largest gift ever given to an arts-only University in Canada. Read more →
In April, student Chenny Xia (’14) was announced as part of The Next36. Along with 35 other finalists, Chenny was chosen from 1000 enterprising young applicants to participate in an entrepreneurship-immersion program. Chenny was the only designer her cohort. Her selection marks the first time a specialized art and design school has been represented in this program. Read more →
In January 2014, alumna Corin Sworn (’02) was announced as the winner of the bi-annual Max Mara Art Prize for Women, run in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery. The prize included a six-month, fully-funded residency in Italy, followed by two major solo exhibtions at the Whitechapel Gallery in London and the Collezione Maramotti near Milan. Read more →
For more than 40 years, Michael O’Brian has matched his extraordinary career in investment banking with a distinguished reputation as one of Canada’s leading arts philanthropists.
Throughout his career, including in his current position as President of Nairbo Investments Inc., Michael has shown an intuitive sense for financial management, and his passion for the arts has lead him to share that wisdom with numerous arts and culture organizations throughout the province. Michael’s understanding of the unique economic obstacles faced by non-profit organizations has informed his many volunteer roles in support of these organizations. These include Directorship roles for the Vancouver Art Gallery Foundation, the Thomas Foundation, the National Gallery of Canada Foundation, and along with his wife Inna, Vancouver Opera. He is a past trustee of the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Museum of Anthropology, and is a past member of the Deans Advisory Board of the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia. An avid advocate for education, Michael is also an advisor to Create Change Foundation, an NGO currently sending over 1000 young girls to school in Ghana. Read more →
Vancouver, CAN, November 17, 2014 | Emily Carr University of Art + Design is honoured to announce the appointment of Associate Professors Amber Frid-Jimenez and Dr. Garnet Hertz to Canada Research Chairs recently published by the Government of Canada. This historic milestone marks the first Canada Research Chair appointments for Emily Carr University of Art + Design recognizing the institution’s capacity, faculty and contributions-to-date in the fields of art, media and design research. Read more →
Emily Carr University is pleased to welcome David Zink Yi, who will join us in early 2015 as the Audain Distinguished Artist-in-Residence. The Audain Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Program, funded by Michael Audain and the Audain Foundation for the Visual Arts, enables the University to bring the world’s leading contemporary artists to live and work in Vancouver for a one to three month period. Guest artists and visiting lecturers are an integral part of the Emily Carr community – artists complement students’ education, work with existing faculty and bringing new opportunities for collaboration and engagement. Read more →
Soldiers’ Stories is being recognized simultaneously as the world’s oldest 3-D film and one of its newest! We are proud of the fact that Oscar-winning producer Nicholas Reed and producer/director Jonathan Kitzen brought their powerful story to the modern screen with expertise from Emily Carr’s own S3D Centre. Read more →
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Vancouver, BC May 27, 2014 | Emily Carr University gratefully announces a milestone donation of $400,000 from the RBC Emerging Artists Project. This gift brings RBC’s total contribution to Emily Carr University’s THE BIG IDEA capital campaign to $500,000. This is the largest investment that a financial institution has ever made in support of the University.
