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Emily Carr University's AGP supports Indigenous students and connects culture, creativity, learning & community.
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Visit us: 520 E 1st Ave, Vancouver

Emily Carr University's Aboriginal Gathering Place supports Indigenous students and connects culture, creativity, learning & community.

10/07/2026

✨ 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 🧵🪡

09/28/2026

🎓 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 ✨

09/18/2026

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.

09/17/2026

🎓 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 ✨

09/01/2026

Highlights from the Somewhere We Have Travelled 2026 Annual Exhibition

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

-Luke Parnell
They Squawk Like an Eagle

-Lindsay McIntyre
There’s Something to Trying

-Cheyenne Rain LeGrande
Rainbow Thunderbird Shawl

-Agnes Seaweed Wisden
Chest Plate for Emmys

-Aaron Rice
indigenous reframe

-Laura Wee Láy Láq
Kwelas

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08/27/2026

✨ AGP Alumni Spotlight – Haley Bassett ✨

ECU alum Haley Bassett is a Métis and settler interdisciplinary artist whose practice brings together beadwork, textiles and sculpture. Her work explores identity, place & family, drawing on the landscapes, plants, and stories.

Since completing her Master of Applied Arts at ECU in 2025, Haley has been busy teaching at Northwestern Polytechnic, exhibiting, and participating in residencies at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Her work has recently been shown at the Indigenous Contemporary Art Biennial, the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, and is held in collections including the RBC Art Collection and the Canada Council Art Bank. She was also recently named a finalist for both the William and Meredith Saunderson Prize and the Salt Spring National Art Prize.

This fall, Haley will open a new solo exhibition at Ceremonial/Art in Vancouver!

Follow Haley's work at .bassett 💛

08/24/2026

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👋🏽

08/21/2026

The Somewhere We Have Traveled Catalogue is ready for pick-up!

If you were an artist featured in the exhibition stop by the Aboriginal Gathering Place between Monday - Friday from 8:30am - 4:00pm for your free copy.

Thank-you to everyone involved in creating the catalogue, Clubcard Printing for printing & to all our artists featured ✨

08/18/2026

✨ AGP Alumni Spotlight – Dana Belcourt ✨

Dana Belcourt is a mixed Cree/Métis multidisciplinary artist and ECU BFA graduate whose practice spans painting, public art, collage & zines. Their work explores love, relationships, and identity through stories and symbolism.

Since graduating, Dana has exhibited at the Polygon Gallery, aceartinc, and Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective, completed a residency at Skwachàys Lodge, and recently released Put Your Hands in the Water, a 32-page zine.

Dana has also been working on an acrylic painting series, with references to childhood, memories and scenes from everyday life. See titles H Lotto!, Springtime, on the fence on their instagram,

Address

520 East 1st Avenue
Vancouver, BC
V5T0H2

Website

http://aboriginal.ecuad.ca/, https://www.instagram.com/aboriginalgatheringplace/

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