Exhibition: No Small Dose of Magic: A Picture Book Showcase | FEB 2-14
Join us for the opening of No Small Dose of Magic: A Picture Book Showcase on Monday, February 2, 2026. The exhibition runs until February 14, 2026.
Curated by Sarah Green, the exhibition features work by 21 emerging illustrators and artists from Emily Carr University’s Audain Faculty of Art, highlighting their exploration of the picture book as a narrative medium.
February 2 – 14, 2026
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons Gallery
2nd Floor; near the Aboriginal Gathering Place
About the Exhibition
In No Small Dose of Magic: A Picture Book Showcase, 21 ECU students from ILUS 306: Picture Books and ILUS 410: Senior Studio courses demonstrate how illustration can shape worlds, convey complex ideas, and activate the imagination through form, narrative, and visual language. The exhibition asks emerging ECU illustrators to respond to specific cultural contexts and the practical concerns of contemporary illustration, bringing together professional awareness with critical inquiry into the social and cultural meanings embedded in images.
The exhibition features fairy tales, childhood-inspired stories, nonfiction narratives, graphic novels, and—true to its title—no small dose of magic. Together, these works highlight illustration’s capacity to move between the personal and the cultural, the playful and the political, offering insight into how illustrated stories both reflect and shape the worlds we inhabit. No Small Dose of Magic: A Picture Book Showcase features work by Sara Brown, Pauline Huang, Tessa Keeling, Natalia Patola Moosmann, Valerie Leung, Charmaine Mah, Faith Petti, Krill Pham, Conrad Phillips, Kamryn Rai, Megan Rowbottom, Amelie Shypilova, Shivangi Singh, Hannah Strocel, Cady Tong, Dew Vashrangsi, Lisa Wu, Mabel Xu, Ayanna Zhang, Lingke Zhang, and Ray Zhang. Curated by Sarah Green, Assistant Professor, Illustration.
Artwork Credit: Cady Tong. Courtesy of the artist and Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Exhibition Related Events
Opening Reception – All Welcome!
Monday, February 2, 2026
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons Gallery
2nd Floor; near the Aboriginal Gathering Place
No Small Dose of Magic: A Picture Book Showcase is part of Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship’s Pathways for Creative Futures program delivered in partnership with the Business + Higher Education Roundtable, and with support from the Government of Canada.
