Low Residency
MASTER of APPLIED ARTS
clockwise from top left: Minttumaari M채ntyne, Recurrence, 2012; Joanna Smythe, detail shot from Interstitium, group exhibition summer 2012; Ric Bearisto, Sunshine and shadow on 'the greens' at the Stanley Park Lawn Bowling Club, video still frame from What Happyns: Merging Urban Skateboarders and Lawn Bowlers; Gardiner O'Kain, detail view, thesis installation 2012; cover: Nathalie Lavoie, An Attempt to Measure Duration with Water, 2011
faculty: John Cussans, Randy Lee Cutler, Bruce Grenville, Chris Jones, Germaine Koh, Kristina Podesva, Megan Smetzer, Althea Thauberger
visiting artists: Stan Douglas, Ian Wallace, Carey Young, Jan Vorwoert, Germaine Koh, Jin-Me Yoon, Ron Terada, Kevin Schmidt, Thomas Riedelsheimer, Antonia Hirsch, Köbberling & Kaltwasser, Renée Van Halm, Damian Moppett
low residency program
a program for working professionals + practicing artists Students can choose from one of the following three streams: Visual Arts Media Arts The MAA is grounded in the principles of a sustainable society: environmental responsibility, social justice, and community engagement. 'Recurrence' 2012
Emily Carr University of Art + Design’s Master of Applied Arts (MAA), Low residency, is a 28-month program for practicing artists and working professionals who want to stay based in their home communities, but who wish to undertake a stimulating and rewarding course of study in a thriving learning environment alongside their professional commitments. The Low Residency MAA program is delivered through a flexible model that blends inspiring residencies in Vancouver—one of the world’s most livable cities—with Emily Carr’s innovative and interactive online learning culture. flexible + connected The program is structured around three consecutive summers, when students attend intensive July residencies on campus in Vancouver. Internationally recognized and award-winning faculty lead courses in studio production, critical theory, and arts research, giving students the capacity to explore, challenge and expand their creative knowledge in a rich studio environment. Periods between residencies are underpinned by rigorous online curriculum, allowing students to build and expand on the experience of each summer. Working in their home communities, students develop Virtual Studios to support their studio production in a flexible schedule of real-time group critiques and on-going forum discussions.
Emily Carr's MAA program takes an expansive approach to academic thought and to art-making. The interdisciplinary and highly theoretical nature of the instruction is evidence of the importance that Emily Carr places on the advancement of the arts in academia, and of the artist in society. — Gardiner O'Kain, LowRes MAA
low residency program
application requirements The Master of Applied Arts Low residency program is primarily designed for individuals working in the Art, Media and New Media fields as well as recent graduates of universities and art and design schools that have art, media and design undergraduate programs. All applicants must hold a recognized four-year BFA, BMA or BDes (or directly related degree) with a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0 (B) or higher from an accredited University or Institute. Candidates are evaluated by the following criteria: Portfolio of work Official transcripts of post-secondary education Professional letters of recommendation (3) Statement of intent Curriculum vitae or résumé outlining related exhibitions, publications and/or professional experience. Tuition is competitive and the same for both International and Domestic students. For full admission details please visit www.ecuad.ca/admissions/graduate 1399 JOHNSTON STREET, VANCOUVER BC, CANADA masters@ecuad.ca 604 844 3833