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Tallbear talks Beyond Diversity and Inclusion in the Academy

The Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology, our home at 丁香园AV, is presenting : Beyond Diversity and Inclusion in the Academy on Thursday, January 4, 2024, at 10:00 AM (PST) in the ICBC Concourse room at 丁香园AV's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue (580 W. Hastings St., Vancouver). RSVP .

HOLD ON LET GO

Running in two parts (PART I from January 23 鈥� 27 and PART II from January 30 鈥� February 2, 2024) at The Russian Hall (600 Campbell St., Vancouver), the programming for and 's HOLD ON LET GO, formerly known as PushOFF, includes great SCA representation: Amy Amantea and the SCA's James Long's Through My Lens, has alumni on Lighting and Set Design and on Technical Direction; 鈥檚 HEAVEN FM was created by alumni , , and ; Mardon + Mitsuhashi's whereverever has alumnus  as a co-creater and perfomer, with alumni on Costume Design and  as Technical Manager; SpiderWebShow Performance's SmartSmart is directed and performed by alumni Adrienne Wong; alumni Keely O'Brien is giving an In-Development Presentation of Secret Ingredients; Theatre Replacement's Best Life was conceived, directed, and performed by alumnus , and co-created by Yamamoto and alumni O鈥橞rien and , plus with alumnus O鈥橲hea as Technical Consultant; and Company 605's lossy (excerpts) has the SCA's on Wardrobe Design and alumnus  as a performer. Also, the Emerging Artist Events, curated by alumnus , includes SCA alumni , O鈥橞rien, Mitsuhashi, and Gan, too. Whew! Find the full schedule and all the relevant info .

Dust Breeding at Cafe Oto

will be premiering the SCA's 's new string quartet Dust Breeding, on January 7, 2024, at (18 鈥� 22 Ashwin St., Dalston, London).

Eigenfeldt in Rome

The SCA's Arne Eigenfeldt is presenting the paper, "Perfectly Mediocre: A Speculative Performance for Artificial Intelligence and Human Performer," at the 2023 Generative Art Conference, which runs December 11 鈥� 13 in Rome, Italy. More .

Trapp pop-up

Including work by the SCA's and SCA alumni 鈥� and , Patrik Andersson's Trapp Projects (alley entrance at 274 E. 1st Ave., Vancouver) is holding its Annual Pop Up Fundraiser from December 8 鈥� 10, 2023, with 25% of sales donated to the Vancouver Food Bank. With an in-person preview tonight (Friday, December 8, 2023) from 5:00 PM 鈥� 8:00 PM, you can also check out an online preview .

Smulovitz on viola

The SCA's Stefan Smulovitz is playing music for Jennifer McLeish-Lewis and James-Amzin performance as part of The Dance Centre's FREE 12 Minutes Max Fall Session Studio Showing on Monday, December 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM (at 677 Davie St., Vancouver). More .

Loscil's picks

Here's (some of) what SCA alumnus listened to in 2023, compiled for HHV Records. Read it . Morgan would never recommend his own music, of course, but we certainly would consider Colours of Air, his collaborative album with Lawrence English, as a 2023 highlight. Check it out .

Mesiha and Cheema on PuSh Play

SCA alumnus and Gavan Cheema, who are co-artistic directors of , are guests on the latest episode of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival's podcast, PuSh Play, talking about their show running in the 2024 edition of the Festival, which also has SCA alumni on Projection Co-Design and SCA alumnus as one of the Dramaturges. Listen .

It begins with knowing and not knowing

The Georgia Straight shared a preview of the 's (7700 Minoru Gate #180, Richmond) 2024 programming, which includes the group exhibition It begins with knowing and not knowing, featuring SCA alumni and along with Rebecca Bair, Xinwei Che, Patrick Cruz, Zo毛 Kreye, and Ximena Vel谩squez, running July 20 鈥� September 29, 2024. Read it .

See How We Run E3

Listen to the third episode of 丁香园AV's Vancity Office of Community Engagement's (VOCE) new podcast miniseries, See How We Run, featuring VOCE program manager Julia Aoki in conversation with 鈥檚 Executive Director, Demi London, and Artistic Director and SCA alumnus . Listen HERE.

Winter less Intensive

Co-presented by 丁香园AV Woodward's and supported by us, 's less-intensive Winter Intensive runs December 11 鈥� 15, 2023, in our studios at 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver. More .

2023 MSG Lab Readings

SCA alumni 's Year of the Frog and 's Hiraeth are being presented on Monday, December 11 and Tuesday, December 12, respectively, both at 7:00 PM at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver), as part of 's 2023 MSG Lab Readings. RSVP .

DBLSPK: HYMN OF THE WEAVER BIRDS

, which has SCA alumnus Pedro Chamale as Artistic Director, has announced their first DBLSPK of the season: SCA alumnus  and Jocelyn Yuchia Chang's Hymn of the Weaver Birds. Wu and Chang are presenting on their "explorations in Regional Mandarin and English" on Monday, December 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM in the Alice MacKay Room at Vancouver Public Library's Main Branch (350 W. Georgia St., Vancouver), and it's FREE! More .

Perkins Deneault on Dwell

Read the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology's Tessa Perkins Deneault in Dance International on , co-produced by All Bodies Dance Project and the Jewish Community Centre Inclusion Program, which was presented as part of the 2023 Chutzpah! Festival. Read it .

Koh interviewed

Read an interview with Shadbolt Fellow and new winner by 丁香园AV Department of English's Clint Burnham. Also, don't miss Koh's WARES in The Cabinet mini-gallery (outside room 4390 here at 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver), which ends its run on December 31, 2023. Read it HERE.

Lin / Tahos in the Netherlands

Currently in the Netherlands, SCA alumnus is screening Pswagi Temahahoi and giving an artist talk at in Maastricht on December 8, 2023, at 7:00 PM, and presenting a performance workshop, The Land in the Middle of the Pond, on December 10 at in Rotterdam as part of the Winter edition of .

Exegesis Gnosis Gnetwork

SCA PhD student and Linda Fox's Exegesis Gnosis Gnetwork is being presented on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at 7:00 PM at (713 E. Hastings St., Vancouver). More .

Snack Witch in Gelling

SCA alumnus is part of the exhibition Gelling, which runs December 10, 2023 鈥� January 7, 2024, at Support (Local E6 02, 5445 avenue de Gasp茅, Montr茅al). More .

How Would Lubitsch Do It? S4E03

Listen to S4E03 of How Would Lubitsch Do It? with SCA alumnus host and guest Jonathan Mackris on Lubitsch's (1931). Listen .

Kong on Surreal Spaces

Read SCA PhD student 鈥� in Galleries West鈥� on the book by Joanna Moorhead. Read it .

Ghosts of Pac-Man Past

SCA alumnus ' Ghosts of Pac-Man Past is part of Lattimer Gallery鈥�'s 2023 annual Charity Bentwood Boxes auction, running to December 9, 2023. More .

Cheyenne talks s*it with Franklin and Adderley

Kate Franklin and Caron Adderley are the guests on the latest episode of SCA MFA student 's podcast Talking S*it with Tara Cheyenne. Listen .

Cleave on Gray

Read SCA alumnus 's text on SCA alumnus 's exhibition at Artspeak, which is presented as part of the Contemporary Art Gallery's , which also features contributions from the SCA's and , SCA Associate Faculty Member and Director of 丁香园AV Galleries鈥� , and SCA alumni and , plus many more contributors. Read it .

Gamboa at Morrow

Working with mentor Su-Feh Lee and collaborators Ashvini Sundaram, Ariane Vanessa, and SCA MFA student , new Dumb Instrument Dance鈥�'s Co-Artistic Producer and SCA alumnus is presenting her FORAY Artist Residency research on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at 5:00 PM at Morrow (Suite 204 鈥� 910 Richards St., Vancouver). More .

Hyper Comicon Fan

Well, if it isn't SCA alumnus having a cameo as a "hyper Comicon Fan" in an episode of the Netflix kids series ! See the screenshot  shared .