SCA | Quick News | December 20, 2024
Neither Brat, nor Wrapped, just done
As we say goodbye to 2024 (whew!) and look towards the uncertainty of 2025 (yikes!), we'd like to share our sincere gratitude to the SCA community of students, faculty, and staff, as well as our friends and colleagues in 間眅埶AV's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, 間眅埶AV Galleries (soon to become the Gibson Art Museum), the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts Production and Event Services team, and the . But most especially, we're grateful to everyone who came out to our many events and performances this past year. Despite the , including 間眅埶AV, we'll be back next year working as hard as ever, running classes and producing as many great events and performances as usual. Because that's what we do! And with 間眅埶AV Galleries' coming relocation, we've also reclaimed the Audain Gallery space, which, under the direction of the SCA's Sabine Bitter, was originally more directly integrated into the SCA. We'll share more about the future of the Audain Gallery as our plans come together, but we're excited about this development. In the meantime, we're welcoming Oscar Tuazon, the January 2025 Audain Visual Artist in Residence, for his exhibition What Trees Need, opening January 16, 2025. We hope to see you there!
Clark in the IFFR
The SCA's 's short film, Persistence & Loss, is screening as part of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), which runs January 30 每 February 9, 2025. More .
Smulovitz talks Bow and Brush
The Tonearm interviewed the SCA's about , his new album on Redshift, and much more. Read it .
Congratulations, Goodman and Deaconescu!
The 2024/25 Chrystal Dance Prize 每 Projects, allocated by Dance Victoria, have been announced, and SCA alumnus (Action at a Distance) and Simona Deaconescu (Tangaj Collective), who collaborated previously on , have received $18,000 to produce a new work, Future Alternates. More .
Meet the Ambassadors
The Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology's media team talked to the FCAT Social Media Ambassadors from last term, including Ashley Sankaran-Wee and Dana Elizondo Pulido, who were ours (see their handiwork on our )! Read it HERE.
Anderson profiled
, an SCA alumnus and current PhD student in UBC's Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies 每 Digital Arts & Humanities Theme at their Okanagan Campus, was profiled. Read it .
Bhullar's Collage Party
SCA alumnus Kaila Bhullar is hosting a "Collage Party" workshop, as well as screening their short film, Birth, Death + Entertainment and giving a brief artist presentation, on January 9, 2025, from 6:00 PM 每 9:00 PM, at The Polygon Gallery (101 Carrie Cates Ct., North Vancouver). More .
El Shazly's Hyperopia: A Screening Performance
SCA alumnus is holding Hyperopia: A Screening Performance, featuring a live improvisational score by violinist and composer , on January 16, 2025, from 7:00 PM 每 8:30 PM, at The Polygon Gallery (101 Carrie Cates Ct., North Vancouver). Also, Mena El Shazly and SCA PhD student Casey Wei are both part of the The Lind Biennial, which runs to February 2, 2025, with the recipient of the the Philip B. Lind Prize for Emerging Artists being announced on January 23, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at . More .
1000xRESIST's winning narrative
Congratulations to and (featuring a bunch of SCA alumni in the production process, including , , , Felicia Lau, , , , , , and ), for winning the Narrative award for 1000xRESIST at . Watch Siu and Pinki Li accept their award .
Inay in Frames of Mind
SCA alumnus 's film Inay, produced by Loo and SCA alumnus 's company , is screening on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 7:00 PM, followed by a discussion with Loo and Jeremiah Reyes, moderated by Dr. Harry Karlinsky, at the The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St., Vancouver), presented as part of the Frames of Mind series of screenings. More .
Bloch plays Rahi
German musician shared a video performance of SCA PhD student ＊莽 Traces, recorded at St. Aposteln, Cologne, Germany. Watch on YouTube .
Speakable S01E07
Ending its first season, listen to episode seven of Speakable, the podcast produced by the , this time featuring SCA student , School of Communication student Liam McKay-Argyriou, and School of Interactive Arts + Technology student Dylan Tonekham talking about "What do students think about the purpose and value of university?" Listen .
Yoga for UNYA
SCA alumnus is hosting a by-donation community yoga class with all the proceeds going to the on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, from 10:00 AM 每 11:15 AM at (156 E. 7th Ave., Vancouver).
Wallgrin at KW Studios
SCA alumnus is having a "video + single release party for Just Another Animal§ on Friday, February 14, 2025, from 8:00 PM 每 11:00 PM (doors at 7:30 PM) at KW Studios (111 W. Hastings St., Vancouver). Get tickets .
Crazybull's Untelling
SCA alumnus 's exhibition Untelling runs to January 11, 2025, in the Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess Gallery at the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery (401 University Dr. W., Lethbridge, AB). More .
Tamer on Below the Radar
Sometimes SCA Sessional Instructor Damla Tamer is the last guest of the year on Below the Radar, the podcast produced by 間眅埶AV's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Listen HERE.
Support Friedenberg
Support SCA MFA student 's continued good work by donating to her Holiday Giving Campaign, which ends December 31, 2024. Give .
Momo in Fujiyoshida
SCA MFA student student is midway through a seven week Saruya Artist Residency in Fujiyoshida, Japan, with Belinda He, developing Temporal Horizons: an interdisciplinary research project exploring embodied language through movement, sound, and visuals. Find out more about the Saruya Artist Residency .