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Emily Carr University's AGP supports Indigenous students and connects culture, creativity, learning & community.
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🍂 Autumn Market 🍂

Join us for our first Community Autumn Market at the Aboriginal Gathering Place!

Come by and shop a selection of Indigenous makers offering beaded earrings, prints, keychains, vintage clothing, stickers, ceramics, cedar work, silver jewelry, and more!

📅 Friday, October 23
⏰ 3–6PM
📍 Aboriginal Gathering Place, Room 2290 (Emily Carr University)
✨ Everyone is welcome!

Featuring:

@heartberrysoda
@sriracharevolver
@stankdaddy_
@threesistersbyemma
@creationsbyantee
@nathalee_paolinelli
@adanchilla_designs
@kwiis.hamilton
@larissagrievesdesigns
@saffron_harmony
@whiterabbitmetisartisan
@siequalynnda
@lafin_arts
@arboubbeads
@sage_solstice_
@_potlatch_woman_
@kimoowun.beads
@passagebeading
@ahasiwdesigns
@beadlieveitornot
@waawaate.beads taken in Emily Carr University of Art + Design by @aboriginalgatheringplace

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Panel Series — Public Art: Asserting Sovereignty and Presence

Join the AGP for a discussion exploring how Indigenous artists use public art to transform shared spaces & assert Indigenous presence and sovereignty.

Featuring, James Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun Harry, Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun & moderated by Salia Joseph.

📍 Aboriginal Gathering Place, Emily Carr University
🗓️ October 28
⏰ 5PM-7PM
🥗Light refreshments provided

RSVP is appreciated (link in bio)

Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you there! ✨ taken in Emily Carr University of Art + Design by @aboriginalgatheringplace

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13 days ago

Alumni Spotlight — Saul Terry

Saul Terry is a Stl’atl’imx artist, educator, Chief & activist from Xwisten near Lillooet. He was the first Indigenous graduate of the Vancouver School of Art, now Emily Carr University, graduating with honours in sculpture in 1968.

His sculptures draw from Stl’atl’imx iconography & Lillooet stone artifacts, using animals & symbolic figures to explore survival, resistance & justice. His work carries many of the same ideas that have shaped his political life, bringing questions of land, culture & Indigenous rights into the studio.

One of his best-known works is a rock painting created at the confluence of the Bridge and Fraser Rivers in 1978. Created as a protest against proposed restrictions on Indigenous fishing rights, the painting remains on the rock today.

Beyond his studio practice, Terry has spent decades advocating for his community. He served as Chief of Xwisten for 16 years and became President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, serving from 1983 to 1998.

His work continues through the art, advocacy and community he has helped strengthen.

Photo credit: @gruntgallery taken in Emily Carr University of Art + Design by @aboriginalgatheringplace

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3 days ago

A look back at our first Squamish Youth Art Camp, held in partnership with the Aboriginal Gathering Place & Emily Carr University.

Throughout the week, youth explored different creative practices with a range of workshop instructors. Whess Harman led a collage workshop, where students created their own characters with illustrations by cutting & combining different styles. Plus, students created 10" drums with instructors Sydney Pascal & Kajola Morewood. taken in Emily Carr University of Art + Design by @aboriginalgatheringplace

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🎓 AGP Alumni Spotlight: Shoshannah Greene

Meet Haida artist Shoshannah Greene. Born and raised in Haida Gwaii, Shoshannah is a member of the St’awaas XaaydaGaay from Hlkinil llnagaay (Cumshewa Village). She graduated from ECU in 2015 with a Bachelor of Media Arts, majoring in Animation.

Shoshannah originally came to ECU wanting to pursue animation, but along the way her practice shifted toward Haida formline, storytelling & illustration. Today, she combines traditional and digital approaches to explore Haida stories and what it means to carry those connections into contemporary life.

One of her larger public works is Raven N’ the City, a commission for Vancouver City Centre Station. Inspired by the experience of travelling from Haida Gwaii to Vancouver, the piece brings Raven into the city and reflects on Vancouver as a place where many Indigenous communities have built connections.

Shoshannah has also been a two-time YVR Art Foundation Emerging Artist Scholarship recipient and has received Bill McLennan Masterpiece Study Program grants to research collections at museums in Chicago & New York.

Keep up with Shoshannah at @thecatking ✨ taken in Emily Carr University of Art + Design by @aboriginalgatheringplace

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21 days ago

✨ AGP Workshop — Kamik Boot Keychains ✨

An afternoon spent learning how to make miniature Inuit kamik boot keychains with Kajola Morewood!

Students hand-crafted a mini kamik boot, adding seal fur, a beaded flower on the toe & a key ring to finish them off 🧵🪡 by @aboriginalgatheringplace

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25 days ago

A few days spent together during summer, learning fish tanning with the incredible Janey Chang 🐟

These skins are part of a larger project by Artist & Associate Professor Mimi Gellman and will eventually become wearable garments. taken in Emily Carr University of Art + Design by @aboriginalgatheringplace

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🎓 AGP Alumni Spotlight: Aaron Rice

Meet Kanien’keha:ka artist and curator Aaron Rice, who graduated from Emily Carr with a BFA in Visual Arts in 2025.

Aaron’s interdisciplinary practice involves printmaking, textiles, video & sculpture, often exploring relationships between land, memory & objects . His work also brings together his interests in art-making and exhibition-making, with a growing focus on knowledge and cultural engagement.

Since graduating, Aaron has been keeping busy — from a writing residency at Artexte in Montréal to a recent residency at the Museum of Anthropology, where he researched Indigenous foodways, feasting and the cultural significance of objects in museum collections. He’s also continuing his studies in Curatorial Studies and Practices at Concordia University.

Keep up with Aaron at @arrowdominick ✨ taken in Emily Carr University of Art + Design by @aboriginalgatheringplace

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It was great seeing everyone during Orientation Week 💛

Thanks to everyone who joined us for braiding and lunch with @salty_world_studios. We’re looking forward to seeing you all this semester!

Stop by the AGP (Room 2290) for info on upcoming September events & lunches 🙂 taken in Emily Carr University of Art + Design by @aboriginalgatheringplace

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Indigenous Panel Series — Weaving Conversations: Stories, Teachings & Tradition

Join us at the Aboriginal Gathering Place for an evening of conversation with Chief Dr. Janice George, Skwetsimeltxw Willard “Buddy” Joseph, and Sam Seward, moderated by Angela Paul.

Together, they’ll share stories, teachings & experiences connected to Coast Salish wool weaving, cultural knowledge & the importance of carrying these practices forward.

📅 Tuesday, September 22
🕔 5–7PM
📍 Aboriginal Gathering Place, Emily Carr University
Room C2290, 520 East 1st Ave, Vancouver
🥤 Snacks + drinks provided

Follow @AboriginalGatheringPlace for updates taken in Emily Carr University of Art + Design by @aboriginalgatheringplace

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a month ago

Highlights from the Somewhere We Have Travelled 2026 Annual Exhibition

1. Luke Parnell
They Squawk Like an Eagle

2. Lindsay McIntyre
There’s Something to Trying

3. Cheyenne Rain LeGrande
Rainbow Thunderbird Shawl

4. Carmen Redunante
gilaaiiy̓ wil giiaa-daaw̓ihl w̓ii ul (I watched a big black bear go past)

5. Agnes Seaweed Wisden
Chest Plate for Emmys

6. Aaron Rice
indigenous reframe

7. Laura Wee Láy Láq
Kwelas

Photos by: @georgielawson taken in Emily Carr University of Art + Design by @aboriginalgatheringplace

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2 months ago

Views from the Aboriginal Gathering Place ✨

We're looking forward to meeting new students & seeing returning students this Fall semester 🍂

Find us on the second floor of ECU
• Tap in with your OneCard
• Or knock on the door

See you soon👋🏽 taken in Emily Carr University of Art + Design by @aboriginalgatheringplace

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