SCA | Quick News | December 13, 2024
2024 SCA Scholarships & Awards winners!
Congratulations to all of the recipients of SCA Scholarships & Awards in 2024, including and (Steven Shane Scholarships), (Alderson Interarts Award in the School for the Contemporary Arts), Emily Yen Chi Lee (Brian Taylor Award in Dance), and Jack Blanco (Bill Jeffries Award for Indigenous Students in the Arts), (Ker Wells Memorial Award), Liam Murley, , and Kepei Zheng (Bice Caple Awards), and Tadeo R赤os D芍vila and (School for the Contemporary Arts Scholarship). The current round of Scholarships & Awards and the SCA Service Awards are listed on our site now, with an application deadline of Monday, December 16, 2024, at 11:59 PM.
SCA FCAT Excellence Awards Winners!
The SCA cleaned up at the 2024 FCAT Excellence Awards, which were presented on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, in the Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre here at our place, including recipients (Alum of the Year), (Distinguished Alumni), (Impact Award), (Teaching Assistant or Tutor Marker Teaching Award), (Sessional Instructor and Term Faculty Award), (Early Career Teaching Award), (Distinguished Researcher), and (Career Contributions Award), which is me, plus a number of other well-deserving non-SCA receipients, as well.
Higgins edited The Undesirables
The SCA's Kay Higgins, our Professional Development Coordinator, edited The Undesirables, a just-released collaboration between and , published by , and available at Read Books (and soon via ). More .
Town + Country: Narratives of Property and Capital
SCA alumnus is part of the exhibition Town + Country: Narratives of Property and Capital, which opens Thursday, January 9, 2025, from 6:00 PM 每 8:00 PM at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, and running from January 10 每 April 13, 2025 (following its run at the from July 20 每 September 21, 2024). More .
O'Callaghan's workshop
SCA alumnus James O'Callaghan is running a hands-on, Zoom-based workshop series, limited to 10 participants, in January & February, 2025, focusing on "mixing skills in electroacoustics, electronic dance music, sound design, or acoustic recordings." Find out more .
Yassine's Seeing Double
Pancouver interviewed SCA alumnus about her new project, Seeing Double, "an apocalyptic reading/storytelling performance/auditory experience that blends fact and fiction, and is heartwarming, heartbreaking, and chaotic," co-created with Dramaturg and Rehearsal Director (and SCA alumnus) , on Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 7:00 PM 每 8:40 PM, with a "talkback with the artistic team," at Odd Meridian Arts' Morrow (Suite 204 每 910 Richards St., Vancouver). Read it and get tickets .
Saadatpajouh leads NWXR 2025
SCA MFA student , who's also New Works' XR Program Coordinator for 2025, shared with us that the call for participation in NWXR 2025: Beyond the Stage, "a seven-week journey of interdisciplinary workshops exploring text, movement, senses, and technology," is now open, with a deadline of Friday, December 20, 2024. Find out more .
Kotowich's Movement Healing
SCA alumnus Jeanette Kotowich ran a "" Working Class for the at the Dance Centre (677 Davie St., Vancouver) on December 9, 11 & 13, 2024. Find out more about Kotowich and her work .
Evans on The Dance Centre's podcast
SCA alumnus is the guest on the most recent episode of the The Dance Centre's podcast. Listen .
Brown Jr.'s Best Of
, who was a Sessional Instructor in our Music & Sound Area this last term, the author of the great book, , on techno history and culture, and a skilled music maker (as ), shared a Best Of list of 2024 music choices for Artforum. Read it .
Kong in (Un)Recovering The Future
SCA alumnus 's essay about the and the environmental impact of streaming, "Losing My Human Scale: Tiny Movies at the End of the World," is part of Volume 18, No. 1 of CINEPHILE, UBC's Cinema and Media Studies graduate journal, on the theme of (Un)Recovering The Future. Download it .
PopMatters includes 1000xRESIST
, the game developed by SCA alumnus and (featuring a bunch of SCA alumni in the production process, including , , , Felicia Lau, , , , , , and ), made PopMatters best of 2024 list of games. More .
Be a Social Media Ambassador
The Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology is hiring students to be Social Media Ambassadors for us at the SCA, the School of Communication, and the . More HERE. And visit our to see some of what our Social Media Ambassadors get up to.
Visual Thinking, Graphic Facilitation, and Graphic Recording
SCA alumnus and Michelle Buchholz are presenting a workshop on "Visual Thinking, Graphic Facilitation, and Graphic Recording" on February 20 & 21, 2025, from 9:00 AM 每 4:00 PM, in room Room 120 of the C.K. Choi Building at UBC (1855 West Mall, Vancouver). More .
El Shazly's Freak of Screen
SCA alumnus , who's the Artistic Director of Cairo Video Festival, curated Freak of Screen, the 11th edition of Cairo Video Festival for video art and experimental film, running December 1 每 17, 2024, which includes works by Kristen Roos, SCA MFA student , and SCA alumni , , and . And in partnership with the , SCA alumnus El Shazly also ran a at Medrar, Cairo Compressed. More .
interplay_2024 is on!
It's on! interplay_2024, the festival of live online performance created by SCA alumnus , runs December 12 每 15, 2024. More .
Tang lights Oliver!
SCA alumnus is the Lighting Designer for Gateway Theatre's presentation of Lionel Bart's Oliver!, which runs December 12, 2024 每 January 4, 2025, at Gateway Theatre (6500 Gilbert Rd., Richmond). More .
River Clyde Solstice Walks
If you're in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island, , which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director, are hosting some Solstice Walk community projects. Get tickets .
Second Spring Market Pop-up
SCA alumnus and are having a Market Pop-up on December 21 & 22, 2024, at the Or Gallery (236 E. Pender St., Vancouver), featuring the SEVERE CLEAR 11 | 2024 collection (originally presented at 's show at the The Polygon Gallery), and presented in support of the exhibition , which includes Hou, running to January 11, 2025. More .
Future Worldings closing
SCA PhD student is part of the exhibition Future Worldings, curated by Lisa Baldissera, Usha Seejarim, and Karen Tam, ends its run on December 15, 2024, at the Griffin Art Projects (1174 Welch St., North Vancouver). More .
Wei talks to Chaung
SCA PhD student and VIFF Short Forum programmer interviewed filmmaker Deborah Devyn Chaung about her short film Strawberry Shortcake for VIFF Podcast. Listen .
Oostenbrug shakes some lichens
Perhaps rising to offset the tense global atmosphere, SCA Music & Sound student , who has been working with , which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director, shared some nice reflections (and a quick video) on on The Only Animal's Instagram. Watch and welcome some positivity in.
Monument to East Vancouver moving
According to Stir Vancouver, Vancouver City Council has approved a motion to relocate SCA alumnus ＊s popular "to a more accessible and visible spot." More .
A/zar at What Lab
SCA MFA students and are presenting A/zar, "an interactive performance and installation that invites the audience to step into a world of misplacement, migration, and the tender spaces in between," from December 13 每 14, 2024, at 7:30 PM at What Lab (202-1814 Pandora St., Vancouver), presented as part of their "Not a Stage series." More .
Vines Art Society's Gratitude Report
Vines Art Society, which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director, have shared their 2023-24 Gratitude Report. Download it .
Speakable S01E06
Listen to Episode 6 of Speakable, the podcast produced by the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology, which is part two of the conversation between host Milena Droumeva and Sarah Louise Turner and Bee Brigidi from 間眅埶AV's Centre for Educational Excellence about the impact of the pandemic on students. Listen .
TONIGHT! Horror in Seconds
TONIGHT! , the one-minute-or-less horror shorts fest for BIPOC filmmakers created and run by SCA alumnus , runs tonight (Friday, December 13, 2024) at the Fox Cabaret (2321 Main St., Vancouver). Get Tickets .
RIOT plays Just For Laughs
The troupe, which includes SCA alumnus , is playing Sunday, February 16, 2024, at 8:00 PM (doors at 7:00 PM) at Hero's Welcome (3917 Main St., Vancouver), presented as part of Just For Laughs Vancouver. More .
Kong on B芍ez
Read SCA alumnus on ＊s exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery for Galleries West. Read it .