Speaker Series: Adele Weder

Please join us for an evening of insight and conversation with architectural writer, curator, and cultural journalist Adele Weder.

In this public talk, Weder will discuss The Birth of ECU.

Almost immediately upon its birth a century ago, Emily Carr University of Art + Design became a cultural powerhouse. Starting out as the Vancouver School of Decorative Arts and staffed by the likes of Charles Scott, Frederick Varley, Jock Macdonald, Jack Shadbolt and B.C. Binning, the institution and its ambitious syllabus served as the bedrock for a nascent West Coast art scene. In this visual presentation, Adele Weder presents the rich story of the institution’s formative decades— including the lively and often fractious interactions of its illustrious staff and students.

EVENT DETAILS

Location: Reliance Theatre, Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Date: Thursday, March 19

Time: 7pm – 8:30pm

BIOS

Adele Weder is a Vancouver-based arts writer and curator specializing in West Coast Modernism. She competed a Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture at the University of British Columbia with a thesis on the landmark house of artist B.C. Binning, who was one of the first graduates and earliest instructors at the Vancouver School of Art, now known as the Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Adele’s most recent book is Ron Thom Architect, a biography of one of this institution’s most illustrious graduates. Her upcoming exhibition “Dreamers: the Art of Revery Architecture” opens this May at the West Vancouver Art Museum.

Photo Credit: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward