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[email protected] EMILY CARR INSTITUTE OF ART + DESIGN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES RECIPIENT OF INAUGURAL GORDON SMITH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD VANCOUVER, BC – Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design Foundation (ECIADF), will honour international artist Ian Wallace, by presenting him with the inaugural Gordon Smith Achievement Award on Friday, May 2, 2008 at a ceremony to be held at the Emily Carr Institute. Renowned artist and Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design) alumnus Gordon Smith, will present Wallace with the award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the world of art. In celebration and in recognition of Wallace’s achievements, Bob Rennie, Director of Rennie Marketing Systems, has established an Emily Carr Institute Exceptional Teaching Award Endowment in his name. The Ian Wallace Excellence in Teaching Award will be awarded to an Emily Carr Institute faculty member, beginning Spring 2009. The ECIADF will also present its inaugural Media Award in recognition of outstanding support of Art, Media and Design in the Province of British Columbia, to The Vancouver Sun columnist, Malcolm Parry. The ECIADF will also honour the following donors at the Award Ceremony for their outstanding and generous contributions to the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design: • The Vancouver Foundation • The Caroline Victoria Coldicutt Arts Foundation (CVCAF) • Chris and David Dodge • Dr. Yosef Wosk • Bob Rennie (who will also receive an Honorary Doctor of Letters at the Emily Carr Institute graduation ceremony to be held Saturday, May 3, 2008, at the Chan Centre).