Marilyn Jones | Emily Carr Chronicler

Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing and the Birth of a Modern Vision

Published: 3 June, 2026
Written by Marilyn Jones

Emily Carr, aged 39, returned for her second trip to Europe in 1910 and spent 16 months working and living in France. By that time, Carr had been painting seriously for about 20 years. She had studied in San Francisco and in England, and she had started travelling to and painting Indigenous communities on Vancouver Island. Read more: Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing and the Birth of a Modern Vision…

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Kathryn Bridge and the Stories Emily Carr Left Behind

Published: 24 May, 2026
Written by Marilyn Jones

For more than four decades, Kathryn Bridge has been one of British Columbia’s leading historians, curators, and writers. Best known for her extensive research on Emily Carr, Bridge has made significant contributions to preserving and interpreting the province’s artistic and cultural heritage through her work at the Royal British Columbia Museum and as an independent author and curator. Read more: Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing and the Birth of a…

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Emily Carr’s War Canoes Reunited in the Audain Art Museum

Published: 14 May, 2026
Written by Marilyn Jones

The Audain Art Museum announced the acquisition of an exceptional historical watercolour painting by Emily Carr from Vancouver’s Heffel Fine Art Auction House. Held for many years in private collections, War Canoes, Alert Bay, circa 1908, was unveiled alongside another painting of the same name at a ceremony in Vancouver on Oct. 16, 2024. Emily Carr, ‘War Canoes, Alert Bay’, circa 1908, watercolour on paper, Audain Art Museum Collection…

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