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SCA | Quick News | April 14, 2023

SHIHAB'S SISTER MOTHER LOVER CHILD at DOXA and Images

The SCA's 's Sister Mother Lover Child is screening Saturday, May 6 at 12:00 PM at the VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour St., Vancouver) and Tuesday, May 9 at 3:00 PM in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at ԰AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver) as part of the 2023 DOXA Film Festival. More . It's also screening on Sunday, April 23 at 8:30 PM (EDT) at the Revue Cinema (400 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto), as part of the 2023 Images Festival. More .

Dongnier on Below the Radar

The SCA's NiNi Dongnier is the guest on the latest Below the Radar, produced by ԰AV's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Listen HERE.

Rodriguez & team work The Flying Dutchman

The SCA's Wladimiro A. Woyno Rodriguez is on Projection Design duties, working with SCA alumni June Hsu and Isabelle Romas and current SCA undergrad  and SCA MFA student , for the Vancouver Opera's upcoming presentation of , which runs April 29 – May 7, 2023, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (630 Hamilton St., Vancouver).

Matreyek does A Poet’s Love

The SCA's  is doing video design and choreography for A Poet’s Love, Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe song cycle, with American Tenor, Jamez McCorkle, commissioned and to premiere at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC, which runs May 26 – 29, 2023. More .

Pauly plays

The SCA's is performing a solo set on Sunday April 23, 2023, at the Northwestern University New Music Conference in Chicago. More . Pauly is also playing in a trio with Andromeda Monk and Elisa Thorn, who were both part of this year's SCA Ensemble in Residence, at Tyrant Studio (1019 Seymour St., Vancouver) on Monday April 24, 2023, presented by Tim Reinert's  and the . More .

Eigenfeldt talks machine music

The SCA's is a guest on CBC Arts' new series digi-Art. More . 

Maier at Lobe

The SCA's is presenting Tractatus de Umbra manus: The Fifth Hammer at Lobe Studios (713 East Hastings St., Vancouver) on Friday, April 21, 2023, from 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM. More .

Leung⁠ tours Slade

Godfre Leung⁠, curator of the Contemporary Art Gallery (555 Nelson St., 
Vancouver) is giving a tour of the SCA's 's exhibition, , on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 6:00 PM.

Go slow with Yoon, or on a tour, and in Here and Now

The SCA's 's is perfect for Slow Art Day on April 15, 2023, at 2:30 PM at the Art Gallery at Evergreen (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam), presented as part of the Capture Photography Festival. More . Or if you'd rather, Katherine Dennis, curator of Long Time So Long is holding a "free, in-person tour" of the exhibition on April 21, 2023, at 12:30 PM. More . Also, Sarah Wang, the TD Assistant Curator of Engagement for the Capture Photography Festival, is holding free Friday Lunch Time tours on April 14 and 21⁠ from 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM⁠ of Here and Now at the Pendulum Gallery (885 West Georgia St., Vancouver), curated by Emmy Lee Wall and Chelsea Yuill, which features work by Jaiden George, Khim Hipol, Tom Hsu, Alexine McLeod, Isaac Thomas, Dana Qaddah, Ian Wallace, Gloria Wong, Karen Zalamea, and Yoon. More .

Kiss the donkey!

Here's some from a student-organized end-of-semester + congratulations-on-the-shows party thrown by the Theatre & Performance fourth years in celebration of their very successful "capstone" projects presented as part of the Live Acts Festival, which ran March 22 – 25 & March 30 – April 1, 2023. Very sweet of the students to get the SCA's and MFA student , who was the TA for the class associated with the projects, to kiss the butt of the donkey (or ass of the ass, depending on one's flair with words) piñata before smashing it open. Love it!

Absolute Unit 

SCA alumnus and the SCA's Strefan Smulovitz are playing Saturday, April 22, 2023, at 7:30 PM with John Korsrud's Absolute Unit at Vancouver Community College (2nd Floor Campus Auditorium, 1155 East Broadway, Vancouver). More .

Open letter on DTES Sweeps

Great to see so many signees to this open letter in opposition "to the inhumane and harmful forced displacement the City of Vancouver has undertaken to decamp the Downtown Eastside (DTES)," including many folks from the SCA. While a statement like this only has so much power, it's still important and necessary to be critical of this strategy by the City of Vancouver, which seems designed to merely punish the most disempowered and marginalized people suffering the consequences of systemic inequity and other fundamental problems, rather than addressing the more likely political-economic causes. Read it – and perhaps sign it, too – .

Sum​'s New Age Attitudes trailer

Watch a teaser trailer for SCA alumnus 's , which runs May 11 – 14, 2023, at The Cultch​, produced by – with Theatre Replacement's Artistic Director and SCA alumnus Maiko Yamamoto directing! Watch it .

McMann​, Saugstad, and Muranko at the Anvil Centre

SCA alumnus ​ and her trio played Thursday April 13, 2023, at the Anvil Centre as part of Showcase 1 of The BC Touring Council's Pacific Contact Showcase Line-up. Also, SCA alumnus , presenting Paper Mountains, and SCA alumnus Starr Muranko of ​, presenting Chapter 21 and Confluence, are performing tonight – Friday April 14, 2023 – as part of Showcase 3, which runs 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM, also at the Anvil Centre (777 Columbia St., New Westminster). More .

Soji-George at Gachet

While they'll be closed for a board retreat this Saturday (April 15), don't miss the current exhibitions, and , which both run to May 20, 2023, at Gallery Gachet, which has SCA alumnus as its Artistic Director. 

Wallgrin​'s Every Fall, I Fall in Love & at The Great Escape

Watch a teaser trailer from SCA alumnus ​ for their upcoming video for , which is going live April 28, 2023. Watch it . Also, for UK fans, Wallgrin is playing Brighton's The Great Escape Festival, which runs May 10 – 13, 2023. Tickets .

Gan's BIPOC Workshop + Jam

SCA alumnus is holding a BIPOC Workshop + Jam on Sunday, April 23 and May 28, 2023, from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM for EDAM Dance​ (303 East 8th Ave., Vancouver). More .

Blasted Church and Bean & Hat

Here's a suggested pairing from Stir Vancouver​: Blasted Church Vineyards​ and at The Cultch​ (1895 Venables St., Vancouver) to April 13 – 16, 2023, which is produced by SCA alumni  (Playwright),  (Director),  (Head Designer),  (Sound Designer),  (Marketing), and Eveleen Kozak (Dramaturg). More .

Morelli​'s solo and on Shirreff

SCA alumnus 's solo exhibition, La maison à jouer de S.L., runs April 20 — May 29, 2023, at Centre Skol, opening April 20 at 5:30 PM. More . Also, read Morelli​ on Erin Shirreff in Border Crossings​. Read it .

Stir on Graveyards and Gardens

Stir Vancouver gives a good review of and Caroline Shaw's collaborative work, , which is running to Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 7:30 PM in the Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre here at ԰AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver), presented by and . Read it .

Kotowich is an Artistic Associate

just announced SCA alumnus as a new Artistic Associate! Congratulations, Jeanette! Meet the whole team .

Kong on Obomsawin

Read SCA PhD student on Alanis Obomsawin in Galleries West. Read it .

Chamale and Aguirre talk Coyuntura

Pancouver talks to SCA alumnus Pedro Chamale () and Carmen Aguirre, who are both on the board of the , about (and more!), which runs April 15 & 16, 2023, here at ԰AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, co-presented by ԰AV Woodward's. Read it .

Fire of Love up for a Peabody

Sara Dosa's , edited by SCA alumnus , has been nominated for a 2023 Peabody Award.

Puzzlehead documented

Here's some documentation from SCA alumnus 's rock group 's "live music video, in two rooms at once" event, which took place on April 8, 2023, at , the art space Yousefbigloo runs with SCA PhD student and Maya Beaudry. See it .

Yassine's How Far Can A Marked Body Go?

SCA alumnus is presenting How Far Can A Marked Body Go? and will give a "talk back session" about the performance on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM at the VIVO Media Arts Centre. More .

Pham and Rodden-Shortt's Chasing Light

SCA alumnus and Dave Rodden-Shortt's , a short about legendary Canadian filmmaker Nettie Wild, is screening May 6 at 2:45 PM at The Cinematheque and May 11 at 3:00 PM in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at ԰AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver), presented as part of the shorts program Memory With(out) Home at the 2023 .

Dear Friends &

With Deanna Fong and assistance from Kiel Torres, SCA alumnus co-curated the and 's new collaborative monthly reading series, Dear Friends &, to showcase "the work of local and touring Canadian writers," running the first Thursday evening of every month in the Front's Grand Luxe Hall (303 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver) and via livestream, staring Thursday, May 4, 2023, with Billy-Ray Belcourt, Brandi Bird, and Beni Xiao.

Sum's Pop Up Conversation

SCA alumnus guests on The Make Studios' Pop Up Conversations!, which you can find on .

U's Silent Howl

SCA alumnus is presenting Silent Howl on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at 3:30 PM at the Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie St, Vancouver), presented as part of The Dance Centre's International Dance Day programming. More .

asses.masses on tour

Quick video from SCA alumnus , who's on the road with SCA alumnus (Buenos Aires, Recife, and São Paulo), here presenting their video game at MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires) as part of the Festivales de Buenos Aires. Watch it .

Ramsey talks An Ocean to Livity with Campbell 

, Curator of The Polygon Gallery and SCA alumnus, will be in conversation with artist Charles Campbell on Saturday, April 15, 2023, from 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM at the Surrey Art Gallery, in support of Campbell's exhibition, , which runs April 15 – June 4, 2023, at the gallery.

How Would Lubitsch Do It S2E04

S2E04 of How Would Lubitsch Do It has SCA alumnus host and guest Maddie Whittle discussing Lubitsch’s Romeo and Juliet in the Snow. Listen .

Smith's Dream Safely work

SCA student Iver Smith shared some somewhat mysterious teaser images of their work that's going to be part of Dream Safely, the SCA BFA Graduating Exhibition, also featuring work by Tanha Binte Azam, Ayesha Beg, Kaila Bhullar, Karry Hon, Marwah Jaffar, Huong Anh Pham, and Hana Steinwand, which runs April 19 – May 6, 2023, at ԰AV Galleries' Audain Gallery (԰AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver), opening Wednesday, April 19, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Check them out .

Vancouver Art Blog goes to Inside voice(s), please

Vancouver Art Blog shared some installation shots of the group exhibition, , co-curated by SCA alumnus and Sungpil Yoon, featuring work by Cookie Brunel, Matthew Cardinal, Jeffery Chong, Julia Dahee Hong, and Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez, and an exhibition text by SCA alumnus Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross, running April 7 – May 31, 2023, at the nap gallery. Since the gallery is in a domestic space, please email haveanapinfo@gmail.com for the gallery’s address and accessibility information. See them .

Ariaratnam update

Three chances to see SCA alumnus , in three different settings: at Redgate Ambient Lounge vol.2 with (duo with SCA alumnus ) on April 16, 2023, at 8:00 PM; in a duo with Adrián Castro Avendaño on April 28 for an EXPERIMENTAL JAZZ BINGO NIGHT fundraiser for HYPHA Arts; and as part of Gamelan Trike Trike on April 30, also for HYPHA Arts. More . Also, Ariaratnam is still collecting them for his Healing Tones for Everyone project. More .

Pierce (neé Friesen) BTS

Some behind-the-scenes images of SCA alumnus working on , which is screening April 14 and 15, 2023, at VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour St., Vancouver). See them .

EGG Deadline

The deadline for the 's Emerging Growth Grant is April 15, 2023. Apply .

May Day with Vines

, which was created by festival director and SCA alumnus Heather Lamoureux in 2015, is collaborating with and for a May Day / International Workers Day celebration on Monday, May 1, 2023, from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM at Oppenheimer Park (400 Powell St., Vancouver), featuring "music, food, and good company as we remember the hard won victories and ongoing struggles of workers of all stripes." More .

Latest After School

Here's the latest episode of , the podcast from the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology that has FCAT students in conversation with FCAT alumni, including from the SCA. This episode features alumnus Priscilla Skylar Lee. Listen .

Cleave profiled

Read a good profile of SCA alumnus , who's been working with ԰AV's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Read it HERE

Yake and Edwards in conversation with Montour 

SCA alumnus and filmmaker and producer KJ Edwards speak with filmmaker Courtney Montour (Kanien’kehá:ka) "about dreaming as a form of technology that can be utilized to process loss and grief, while creating a space to heal and reconnect" in one of the videos presented as part of The Polygon Gallery's Conversations On Response: Resonance, which runs online to April 30, 2023, at 5:00 PM. More .

Pancouver on Lin / Tahos and Isingkaunan

Read Pancouver on SCA alumnus and Vava Isingkaunan, who performed on April 2, 2023, at the Vancouver Art Gallery as part of the event . Read it .

Give Birth Love Tooth

, the "multidisciplinary performance collective" of SCA alumni , Wryly Andherson, and Tadafumi Tamura are presenting Give Birth Love Tooth at the Nanaimo Art Gallery from April 29 – June 25, 2023. More .

interplay_2023 deadline!

Heads up, folks! Applications for , the festival of live online performance created by SCA alumnus , are due April 15 at 11:59 PM PDT. Apply now!

Bourcheix-Laporte x 3

SCA alumnus Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte has been productive: She wrote "" for the Conversation, "" for  (Routledge, 2023), and "" for the Canadian Journal of Communication. 

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April 14, 2023