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Amory Abbott

Interim Dean and Associate Professor, Illustration

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Education:

MFA, Visual Studies, Pacific Northwest College of Art
BFA, Illustration, Herron School of Art and Design

Bio

Amory Abbott is an American visual artist, illustrator, author, and publisher, with a creative practice that spans gallery exhibitions, illustrated media, writing, publishing, and community outreach. He approaches course curriculum with professional insight, curiosity, joy, and rigor. Beyond his work at ECU, Amory publishes an art book series on wildfire called Fire Season, showcases local comic makers through his publishing company Cauldron Books & Comics, and is the Executive VP for Vancouver Comic Artists Association that hosts VanCAF.

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Research Interests

In contemporary visual art, Amory's research revolves around landscape and its relation to ecological crisis, climate change, resource extraction, western culture, nature-based folklore, ancient history, and the supernatural. He explores this through his studio practice with charcoal landscape drawing, and through editing and publishing a biennial art book series called Fire Season. In illustration, his research is focused on visual storytelling through comics and graphic novels, exploring themes of isolation, fantasy, humour, and the paranormal.

Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Illustration ILUS 201 26/FA

Description

This course is designed to introduce students to concepts, processes, and techniques of illustration as a means of both creative expression and critical inquiry. Students will learn illustrative methods and approaches through demos, examples, workshops, and lectures. These will be applied to projects within a studio environment. Through undertaking these projects, students will develop a better understanding of the physical and technical aspects of image-making and its specific application to illustration.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Illustration ILUS 306 26/FA

Description

This course varies in topic from section to section, and is repeatable for 6 credits so long as the topic has changed. Students respond to the specific cultural context and the unique practical concerns of a specific area of exploration within illustration. This course will integrate a specialized understanding of professional context with an investigation of the social and cultural connotations of form and content. A priority of the class will be to cultivate discourse and criticality in relation to the material that is presented. Studio exploration will be examined in relation to visual culture and cultural criticism. Topics and themes might include: Graphic Novel, Children's Book, Surface Pattern, Sci-Fi, Humour.

Each section of this course runs with a different topic. See here .

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.