A course offered by Emily Carr University of Art and Design at the North Island College External Degree Program gave the opportunity for students to collaborate on directed studies projects with opportunities to work with public interest organizations such as a non-profit community group like the Wachiay Friendship Centre and the WAMM program in Courtenay.
Throughout the term, students focused on historical and/or contemporary issues relevant to critical awareness of the content and context of cultural production in relation to a wide range of practices and theories.
Work produced explores our connections between peoples, place, land, environment and resources. This project is an exploration of how, by sharing dialogue, storytelling and creative collaboration in an educational context, we can build a new culture of possibility in the “space” that is not defined by geographical borders, language or cultural differences, or limitations of the past.
This program is unique in its partnership with RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs); students collaborated with fourth-year visual art students based at the University of Johannesburg to produce an exhibition that will take place simultaneously in South Africa and Canada, and have a virtual component and interaction between the exhibition spaces and student artists.
The faculty and students present the culmination of a semester of collaboration and creation together, in an exhibit launch and public engagement event at the Courtenay &District Museum and the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg.
Join us in celebration of our work together as Emily Carr University of Art + Design Students, and University of Johannesburg Students Present: Shared Histories: A Canada-South Africa Co-production Public Screening Event at an exhibition at the Courtenay Museum from April 13 – 21.
