https://ecuad.ca/events/these-light-filled-bodies-low-residency-mfa-2026-thesis-exhibition/
From the website:
“These Light-Filled Bodies
MFA 2026 Thesis Exhibition July 6 – 16, 2026
Opening Reception July 9, 5 – 8 pm
Participating artists: Dakota Burpee, Joshua deGroot, Samantha Dickie, Emilie Fantuz, Julya Hajnoczky, Ariel Kesike Hill, Alysha Johnny-Hawkins, Meredith Jones, Ciara Linteau, Brett Mallon, Carly Nabess, Hitoko Okada and Taalrumiq.
The MFA program comprises an international cohort of artists who work with renowned faculty and distinguished visiting curators, scholars, and artists. This thesis exhibition title These Light-Filled Bodies showcases the varied practices of the MFA class of 2026, with work addressing oral knowledge through transmission; the healing river; Métis floral Tuppies (dog blankets); animacy; optical debris, glares and reflections; obscurity and attunement in the everyday; Nikkei indigo methodology; male/artist/parent; cobalt as a network of entanglement; becoming the material body; and matrilineal influence in contemporary Inuvialuit fashion. These various thesis projects feature beadwork, ceramics, embroidery, painting, installation, photography, textile, video and hand-spun woven forms.
The thesis exhibition and opening reception are held at Emily Carr University’s Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons and RBC Gallery at 520 East 1st Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia.”
A photo from Emily Carr:
More to come with my thoughts!