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Emily Carr University of Art and Design

Coordinates: 49°16′3.846″N 123°5′38.8644″W / 49.26773500°N 123.094129000°W / 49.26773500; -123.094129000
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design
MottoEye, Mind, and Hand
TypeArt and design
Established1925
Academic affiliations
CBIE, AICAD Universities Canada
Endowment$6.18 million (2022)[1]
ChancellorCarleen Thomas
PresidentGillian Siddall
ProvostTrish Kelly
Academic staff
120
Administrative staff
190
Students2,092 (2022)[2]
Undergraduates2,000 (2022)[2]
Postgraduates92 (2022)[2]
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia
,
Canada

49°16′3.846″N 123°5′38.8644″W / 49.26773500°N 123.094129000°W / 49.26773500; -123.094129000
Colours   Black & white
Websitewww.ecuad.ca

Emily Carr University of Art + Design (abbreviated as ECU) is a public art university located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The university's campus is located within the Great Northern Way Campus in Strathcona. The university is a co-educational institution that operates four academic faculties, the Faculty of Culture + Community, the Ian Gillespie Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media, the Audian Faculty of Art, and the Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies.

The school was established in 1925 as the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. During the 20th century, the school was renamed three times, the Vancouver School of Art in 1933, the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in 1978, and the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design in 1995. The university was able to issue its own degrees by 1994 and began offering its first graduate programs in 2003. In 2008, the institution was designated as a special purpose teaching university under the province's University Act.

History

Emily Carr is one of the oldest post-secondary institutions in British Columbia and the only one dedicated to professional education and learning in the arts, media, and design. Formerly known as the Vancouver School of Art, it was established in 1925 as the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. In 1978, ECU was designated a provincial institute before moving to Granville Island in 1980. A second building on Granville Island was opened in 1995. In 1995, ECU was granted authority to offer bachelor's degrees—BFAs and BDes—and honorary degrees: honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.), honorary Doctor of Laws (D.Laws), and honorary Doctor of Technology (D.Technology). In 1997, ECU was granted authority to offer Bachelor of Media Arts degrees (BMA). In 2006, ECI launched a Master of Applied Arts (MAA), and opened the Intersections Digital Studio. In 2007, the Great Northern Way consortium made up of Emily Carr, UBC, SFU and BCIT launched the Master of Digital Media program (MDM) at the Great Northern Way Campus.

Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design's arms, supporters, flag, and badge were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on April 20, 2007.[3] On April 28, 2008, the Provincial Government announced that it would amend the University Act at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and recognize Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design as a full university, which would be named Emily Carr University of Art + Design.[4] The university began its operation under the new name on September 1, 2008.[5]

On September 5, 2017, the university moved from its home on Granville Island to a new campus at 520 East 1st Avenue, near Great Northern Way between Main and Clark streets. The purpose-built building was a former industrial site of Finning International, and is in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of East Vancouver.[6]

In 2019 the University's library became a fine-free institution in order to improve patron behaviour and the experience of students.[7]

Campus

Cafeteria at Emily Carr University.

The university's campus is located within a four-storey 26,600 square metres (286,320 sq ft) building completed in Strathcona, Vancouver.[8] Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects and completed by EllisDon in 2017, the building houses informal gather spaces, exhibition spaces and studios; and three lecture theatres, including one 400-seat venue.[9] The exterior facade of the building has white metal panels and glass reminiscent of a blank canvas, as well as a back-painted glass spandrel panels to evoke a sequence of colour and transition of an artistic colour palette.[9] The colour palette was selected by Emily Carr faculty member Landon Mackenzie and another colleague. The colours were selected in honour of the painter Emily Carr. Several First Nations design elements were also incorporated into the building's design.[9]

The building forms a part of the larger Great Northern Way Campus, a 7.5 hectares (18.5 acres) property that is equally shared with four other postsecondary institutions through the Great Northern Way Trust. Emily Carr University, along with the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Simon Fraser University, and the University of British Columbia, are all equal shareholders in the trust. Great Northern Way Campus also houses facilities used by the other three postsecondary institutions. The Centre for Digital Media is an institution located on the Great Northern Way Campus that is managed by the four partner universities.[10]

Academics

Emily Carr specializes in sustainable design, photography, new media, visual arts, media, interactive media, animation, industrial design, product design, ceramics, sculpture, communication design, illustration and fine arts.

Degree programs include:

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cultural and Critical Practices, Illustration, Photography, or Visual Arts. Visual arts majors can choose to specialize in painting, ceramics, drawing, print media, or sculpture and extended practices.
  • Bachelor of Design in Communication Design, Interaction Design or Industrial Design.
  • Bachelor of Media Arts in Animation, Film and Screen Arts, or New Media and Sound Arts.
  • Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts.
  • Master of Design with Interdisciplinary and User Experience (UX) options.

Research

In November 2009, Emily Carr University teamed up with Lucasfilm spinoff, Kerner Studios, to announce the establishment of a stereoscopic 3-D research studio.[11] In 2014, Canada Research Chairs Garnet Hertz and Amber Frid-Jimenez joined Emily Carr, making it the first art and design institution in the country with Canada Research Chairs.[12] In 2015, a third Canada Research Chair joined the university until leaving in 2021.[13][14]

Arms

Coat of arms of Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Notes
Granted 20 April 2007
Crest
Issuant from flames a Coast Salish spindle whorl charged with a raven all Argent embellished Azure.
Escutcheon
Azure six piles reversed throughout Argent three in bend meeting in point three in bend sinister meeting in point all counterchanged.
Supporters
Two crows Azure standing on a rock Argent above barry wavy Argent and Azure.
Motto
Eye Mind And Hand[15]

Notable people

Alumni

Faculty and emeriti

See also

References

  1. ^ "Consolidated Financial Statements Year ended March 31, 2022" (PDF). d1bdilxpumkn65.cloudfront.net. Emily Carr University of Art + Design. 2022. p. 1.
  2. ^ a b c "Enrolment by university". www.univcan.ca. Universities Canada. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  3. ^ General, The Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "The Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada". archive.gg.ca. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
  4. ^ Education, Office of the Premier, Ministry of Advanced (28 April 2008). "B.C. TO ESTABLISH EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY OF ART & DESIGN". www2.news.gov.bc.ca. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "An Overview of B.C.'s Public Post-secondary Institutions". gov.bc.ca. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  6. ^ "New Emily Carr Campus Opens in East Vancouver". vancouversun.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  7. ^ Webb, Hillary (2019-08-27). "Fine Free". www.ecuad.ca. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  8. ^ "Emily Carr University moving to new campus on Great Northern Way". dailyhive.com. Buzz Connected Media. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "Emily Carr University of Art + Design". dsai.ca. Diamond Schmitt. 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Governance". thecdm.ca. Centre for Digital Media. 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Vancouver Sun - Kerner, Emily Carr University team up to produce 3-D movies". Archived from the original on 2009-11-23.
  12. ^ "First Canada Research Chairs Appointed at Emily Carr". 29 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Emily Carr - Richard Hill, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Studies".
  14. ^ "Richard Hill Appointed as Curator of Canadian Art at Vancouver Art Gallery". Galleries West. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  15. ^ "Emily Carr University of Art + Design". Canadian Heraldic Authority. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  16. ^ Stopa, Thalia (July 27, 2015). "Getting to the Roots of Tommy Genesis". BeatRoute Magazine. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  17. ^ Cyca, Michelle (6 September 2022). "The Curious Case of Gina Adams: A "Pretendian" investigation". Maclean's. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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