Marilyn Jones | Emily Carr Chronicler

Joe Fafard, Emily Carr and Her Friends

Published: 28 September, 2025
Written by Marilyn Jones

The bronze Emily Carr sculpture created by Edmonton sculptor Barbara Patterson installed outside the Empress Hotel in Victoria in 2010 is not the first statue created in her honour. That distinction belongs to Joe Fafard—a celebrated Saskatchewan artist and longtime admirer of Carr’s work. By then, he had created two different versions of Emily Carr sculptures, one of Emily on her horse in 2003 and another in 2005 with her off her horse…

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Vancouver Art Gallery Announces “That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature” Exhibition

Published: 25 September, 2025
Written by Marilyn Jones

The Vancouver Art Gallery will open That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature, its largest presentation of the work of Emily Carr (1871–1945, Victoria, B.C.) in more than two decades in February 2026. Overlooked in her own time, Carr is now recognized as one of Canada’s most important artists, whose distinctive modernist vision has profoundly shaped how British Columbia’s landscape is perceived, understood and represented. That Green Ideal features work…

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Framing a Legacy: Emily Carr and the Evolution of the AGGV

Published: 19 September, 2025
Written by Marilyn Jones

In the early decades of the 20th century, Victoria’s artists lived in a world of informal networks and makeshift exhibition spaces. Schools, churches, and private homes became galleries by necessity, and the Island Arts and Crafts Society, founded in 1909, provided one of the few organized platforms for artists to display their work. Yet even in this close-knit community, opportunities for serious public engagement were limited. For Emily Carr, the city she called…

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