Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Come see the ✨State of Practice✨ exhibition, featuring the work of the MFA 2025 cohort! 🖼️

Find out more here: https://loom.ly/IqlYm5Q

Congratulations to artist and ECU faculty member Emily Hermant who has been awarded a $72,000 SSHRC Grant for her new project! 👏👏👏

Read more about it here: https://loom.ly/3MeEyDg

✨ TOMORROW ✨

Please join us for the opening reception of the Libby Leshgold Gallery's
new exhibition, 'Generation that Generates: as above / so below'! 🖼️

🗓️ When: Thurs, Sept 12 @ 6-9pm

📍Where: Libby Leshgold Gallery at ECU, 520 E 1st Ave

'as above / so below' showcases the works of three artists from MediaSonyo (미디어소녀), a Korean media artist community galvanized in the accelerated environment of Seoul’s art and tech community.

The artists will be holding a panel discussion on Fri, Sept 13 @ 4pm 🗣️ The exhibition runs from Sep 13 - Nov 10. All three events are free and open to the public! 🙌

Details here: https://loom.ly/eNEXr3s

For ECU student Jefferson Alade, apprenticing with curator and Unit/Pitt Society for Art & Critical Awareness interim director Ali offered a vital window into life after graduation.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4dT60V0

✨TOMORROW ✨

Join us at Flats Fest, a free and family-friendly community event with live music, food trucks and vendors, including an ECU Marketplace onsite featuring the works of our students and alumni! 🎶🌮🖼️🛍️💫

🗓️ When: Sat, Sept 7 from 12-9 PM

📍 Where: 565 Great Northern Way

Stop by the ECU Marketplace and while you're here, check out the Foundation show, our first-year exhibition which has been extended until this Sunday, Sept 8th! 🥳🙌

Visit here for more details: https://loom.ly/k-dXlDc

This ECU alum designed a respirator to reduce smoke inhalation on the frontlines of wildfire suppression! 😮🔥

Read how he merged his design education with his experience as a wildland firefighter: https://loom.ly/Qbk6PQs

Are you an ECU student interested in creating content for ECU’s social media channels?

Apply to be our Social Media Ambassador at theleeway.ca!

Deadline to apply: Sept 6, 2024

https://theleeway.ca/jobs/2350

Nearly half a dozen ECU alums were featured in a recent Dezeen Magazine article! ✨

Read about it here: https://loom.ly/uw69m9A

Works by artist and ECU faculty member Henry Tsang exploring anti-Asian and anti-Indigenous racism in local and regional history are being spotlighted in several events across Vancouver! 💫

Read more here: https://loom.ly/ZMwKstY

Have you heard of the Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s Program?

The program, administered by the federal government, provides up to $27,000 in financial support to students demonstrating high standards of achievement 🏆

Read more about the CGS M program and the ECU recipients this year!

https://loom.ly/stBaorM

New exhibition at ECU! ✨🖼️📣

We're so excited to exhibit the work of our Foundation students who have completed their first year of studies at Emily Carr 🥳

Find out more here: https://loom.ly/paOx22Q

As they approach the end of their studies, Kawika Lum-Nelmida and Marques Hanalei Marzan say they hope to foster the close connections they’ve made with the other students in their cohort.

In doing so, they hope to help enrich both their home community and those more distant ones they’ve encountered during their studies, just as they themselves feel enriched.

Read about how the Hawaiian artists and culture bearers continue to evolve their distinct, diverse material languages through the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts program! https://loom.ly/ZEgl6C8

An award-winning short film by artist, filmmaker and Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU) faculty member Lindsay McIntyre continues to earn extraordinary praise from juries worldwide! 🎞️💫

Read more about it: https://loom.ly/pwIBvPM

This year, teen students co-curated the stunning student exhibition 'Reverie', which runs through August 8! 🖼️💫

Read all about it here: https://loom.ly/wx9yOUk

This ongoing collaborative project explores the global phenomenon of wildfires through the lens of artists, activists, Indigenous community members, firefighters, policy experts and more! 📘🔥

https://loom.ly/HlQm1gA

Go behind the scenes at the 2024 Teen Programs exhibition! 🌞🎨

https://loom.ly/TaR5s60

The Board of Governors at Emily Carr University of Art + Design is pleased to announce Carleen Thomas's reappointment as Chancellor of the university! 👏👏👏

Read more: https://loom.ly/TBrGNeo

Join us next Fri, July 26th for the ✨Summer Teens Exhibition✨ opening reception! 🎨🌞👩🏽‍🎨

More info: https://loom.ly/OZR4jCg

Congratulations to Nimi Martins (MDES 2024) who is the recipient of the 2024 Emily Carr University Alumni Association (ECUAA) award for Community Engagement 👏👏👏

Read about Nimi's award-winning project here: https://loom.ly/Ay6uva4

Innovation and sustainability converged at Robson Square as ECU students showcased portable environments designed to accommodate food preparation, service and enjoyment! ♻️🪵✨

Full story: https://loom.ly/z-qwDQ0

We're thrilled to learn that we've been ranked one of the top schools worldwide for animation for the third year running! 🏆

https://loom.ly/hSPD96Y

From teaching to advising to marketing, you can find an array of job opportunities available at ECU! ✨🧑🏼‍💻

Apply here: https://loom.ly/kqEFxBs

This event brought together nearly two dozen Indigenous artists and designers to showcase their innovative and thoughtful practices to the public last month! https://loom.ly/PN6oQPU

Alina Danilyuk wins UX Design Award in Berlin! 🏆

https://loom.ly/O001LGI

Stigma is a pervasive issue that significantly impedes individuals from pursuing mental health or substance use care, preventing them from receiving adequate support and healthcare or even from requesting help in times of crisis.

Through the UNITE project, members of Emily Carr's Health Design Lab and Communication Design program have partnered with BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS) to create a series of videos that share stories of people with lived experiences to help break down barriers and form connections to reduce mental health stigma.

Full story: https://loom.ly/PVjzAJw

Students and staff from the Health Design Lab at ECU are helping design hospital-department care spaces at the new St. Paul’s Hospital (Providence Health Care) in Vancouver! ✨🏥✨

Full story: https://loom.ly/lHZfoHk

“I wanted to think seven generations back and to imagine whether there will be seven generations going forward given the uncertainty with the world, with life in general."

ECU alum and staff member Sydney Frances Pascal on her solo exhibition at The Polygon Gallery 🖼️

https://loom.ly/N5nC41Y

Read about the ECU alum's significant sculpture overlooking the head of Howe Sound!

https://loom.ly/VrtZuZg

Major new sculpture by Indigenous artist James Harry installed in Squamish — Stir Welcome Gate is made of fibreglass, stainless steel, copper guilding, and LED lighting

Experience the exhibition at the Libby Leshgold Gallery spotlighting four artists who are shaping the future of Indigenous contemporary art by reimagining traditional Indigenous concepts 💫

On now until June 30th! https://loom.ly/Y_cusww

A team of Master of Design students from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU) recently won top prize at the Eunoia UX Design Jam at Simon Fraser University! 🏆🙌

Full story: https://loom.ly/58DE1-E