Pemberton Museum Emily Carr Presentation
How to thank Niki Madigan, curator of the Pemberton Museum, for the effort that went into editing this video of the book tour talk I gave there on October 17 … This in addition to all the help that she and historically minded Pembertonians gave during the research phase of Emily Carr’s BC: Book Three: South Coast to the Interior. Perhaps a plug for this exceptional institution. If you’re ever in the area, don’t miss the opportunity to visit.
AUDAIN ART MUSEUM: October 19
So honoured to be part of this event at the Audain Art Museum for the Whistler Writers Festival on October 19.
“As a compliment to Whistler Writers Festival (Oct 17-20), the museum is hosting a day to launch new books that relate to the collection. Including Kiriko Watanabe, the AAM’s Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky curator and Carr, who will discuss the catalogue produced for ‘Emily Carr : Fresh Seeing – French Modernism and the West Coast’, Geoffrey Erickson AOCA, who will talk about the new book Eppich House II, The Story of an Arthur Erickson Masterwork and Laurie Carter, who will share her third book in a series ‘Emily Carr’s BC: South Coast to the Interior.”
COAST REPORTER: Highlights Emily Carr on Sunshine Coast
“Here are some questions you might not even have known were there to be asked (I didn’t either):”
Point of correction in the text of the story. Emily Carr visited the Sunshine Coast in 1908.
OSOYOOS TODAY
A pleasure to meet publisher Andrew Stuckey at the Osoyoos event today. Enthusiastic audience and a reason to return to the South Okanagan. How great is that?
SQUAMISH CHIEF Features Emily Carr’s BC: South Coast to the Interior
Author in Squamish to talk about artist Emily Carr and her time in the Sea to Sky
Includes story about Carr, a cop, a convict and a shot dog in Lillooet
Author Laurie Carter marvels at the tenacity shown by iconic artist Emily Carr, who visited Brackendale on her last journey north.
Carter’s latest book Emily Carr’s B.C.: South Coast to the Interior, is the final instalment of the writer’s trilogy on Carr. It features Carr’s life from her return to B.C. after studying in England in 1904 to her final expedition up the Sea to Sky and through Lillooet in 1933. Carr stopped for some time in Brackendale to visit her niece Lillian Rae. (more…)