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Persimmon Blackbridge Online Talk with ECUAD Grad Forums

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  • January 15, 2025

    Above: Persimmon Blackbridge. Photo by SD Holman.

    Join us online for Emily Carr University of Art & Design’s Grad Forums talk with exhibiting artist Persimmon Blackbridge. This talk is open to the public and all are welcome to attend.

    Hosted on the Zoom platform, session will include time for Q+A with the artist and online participants.
    Please note – this session will NOT be recorded.

    No pre-registration required, just click on the Zoom link below and enter the Passcode if prompted.

    https://emilycarru.zoom.us/j/68229758167?pwd=oN7QvNazFAObbFkmpmhAEZd7AbQQ2A.1

    • Meeting ID: 682 2975 8167
    • Passcode: 702564

    For any questions, contact: Chelsea O’Bryne | chelseaobryne@ecuad.ca

     

    About the Artist:

    For the past 40 years, Persimmon Blackbridge has worked as a sculptor, writer, curator and performer, as well as being a fiction editor, cleaning lady and very bad waitress. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award, the Ferro-Grumley Fiction Prize, the VanCity Book Prize, the VIVA award for visual arts and the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design Distinguished Alumni Award, Blackbridge’s art has been shown across Canada and the U.S., as well as in Australia, Europe, and Hong Kong. She currently lives on Hornby Island in British Columbia.


    More information on ECUAD Grad Forums and other ECUAD events HERE

    Presented by the Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in partnership with the Richmond Art Gallery.

    Above: Persimmon Blackbridge. Photo by SD Holman.

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