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Adler to direct The Only Animal

, SCA alumnus and soon-to-be the SCA's former Professional Development Coordinator, is leaving us to become the new Artistic Director of . We'll miss her organizational gumption, creativity, work ethic, and dark, humorous insight around the office. But we're also very happy to see her move onto something she's totally perfect for. Official congratulations, comrade! Read more from Stir Vancouver.  

TPE's 23-24

Turning Point Ensemble, which has the SCA's as Artistic Director and conductor, has announced their 2023-24 season. See what they have planned .

New Aesthetics Performance Intensive

Theatre Replacement, which is lead by SCA alumnus and Artistic Director Maiko Yamamoto and co-founded by Yamamoto and the SCA's James Long, are holding their New Aesthetics Performance Intensive from July 17 – 28, 2023, in our studios here at 丁香园AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver. Facilitated by Autumn Knight and keyon gaskin, the intensive also features FREE public events, including an artist talk with Knight and gaskin on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at 6:00 PM at The Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver). RSVP to katie@theatrereplacement.org if you'd like to attend. More . 

Kwon tours Yoon

Vicki Kwon, Associate Curator, Korean Art & Culture at the Royal Ontario Museum, is hosting a special tour in Korean of the SCA's exhibition on July 19, 2023, at 6:00 PM at The Image Centre (33 Gould St, Toronto). More .

An Afternoon Recital with Vomit Fraud

, the duo of SCA alumnus and Head of Publishing at the Libby Leshgold Gallery, and the SCA's (that's me!), are playing tomorrow – Saturday, July 14, 2023 – at 2:00 PM as part of Art Rock Summer, curated by SCA alumnus and PhD student . More .

Fredriksson's Contemporary Dance and Choreographic Thinking Workshop

Hot off her presentation of , featuring Lighting Design by the SCA's , which ran July 12 & 13, 2023, in Studio T here at 丁香园AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts as part of the , SCA alumnus ? is teaching a Contemporary Dance and Choreographic Thinking Workshop (Intermediate / Advanced) on July 15 & 16, 2023, from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM at 45 West Hastings St., Vancouver ($30 – $60 + GST sliding scale per day / drop in or $50 – $100 + GST for the weekend). Click through to for the contact info. Also, Fredriksson spoke with Michael Boucher, Director of Cultural Programs and Partnerships at 丁香园AV Woodward's, which co-presented Ecdysis & Soft Palate with the , about her show. Listen . Finally, Stir Vancouver also spoke with Fredriksson about Ecdysis & Soft Palate, too. Read it .

FRIDAY on the short list

SCA alumnus is on the 2023 Polaris Music Prize? shortlist. Congratulations – and, as her album is titled, ! More .

Ghost [DIGITAL FOLK VR edition]

SCA alumni , , Vanessa Goodman (), , , and are all involved in the 's Ghost [DIGITAL FOLK VR edition], which is "an installation and VR performance exploring game culture, community and embodiment," running July 13 – 15, 2023, in 60-minute loops at 4:00 PM, 5:00 PM, and 6:00 PM at (211 Keefer St., Vancouver), presented as part of Dancing on the Edge's EDGEoff program. More .

Wreck Beach Butoh

SCA alumnus , also featuring SCA MFA student , are presenting , a tradition they started in 1995, on July 15, 2023, at 10:15 AM and July 16 at 10:45 AM at Vancouver's Wreck Beach as part of the Dancing on the Edge Festival. More HERE from Stir Vancouver.

Women, Life, Freedom

SCA alumnus Goli is part of the exhibition Women, Life, Freedom, which runs to August 26, 2023, at the Cityscape Community ArtSpace (335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver), with a tour with curator Saghi Ehteshamzadeh on Saturday, July 22, from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM. More .

Art Workers Inquiry for Decolonial Potential

Do you identify as an art worker? Do you have feelings about private property? Those are some of the questions is asking in her Art Workers Inquiry for Decolonial Potential survey, which "seeks to examine art workers’ political consciousness of labour and land exploitation." Responses will be collected and recirculated as a "free community zine." Like to participate? Please reach out to Steff Hui Ci Ling at steffanie_ling@sfu.ca.

Horror in Seconds calling

SCA alumnus 's Horror in Seconds, a festival of 60-seconds-or-less horror shorts from emerging BIPOC filmmakers in Canada, is now accepting submissions for their inaugural run from November 22 – 26, 2023, under the theme of Holiday Horror. The deadline is August 23, 2023, 11:59 PM PST. More .

Yassine's Invisible Ink  

SCA alumnus Ghinwa Yassine, who will be a Shadbolt Fellow in the Humanities at 丁香园AV in the fall, is seeking SCA and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies students to participate in a co-created performance for her project, Invisible Ink. Students can contribute through performing, writing, sound design, moving image, and costume and set design. More info is forthcoming, which Yassine will share in a TBA talk. But for all early inquiries from interested students, please reach out to Yassine via her website .

Dancing on the Edge reviewed – so far

Read a review of the 2023 – so far! – from Stir Vancouver, including of , produced in collaboration with SCA alumnus and and Adarte Compagnia, and SCA alumnus 's direction and choreography of Juan Villegas's presentation of . Read it .

Morelli on Architects Against Housing Alienation

Read SCA alumnus for CBC Arts on Architects Against Housing Alienation at the 2023 Venice Biennale's 18th International Architecture Exhibition. Read it . 

A warm goodbye to De Vos

Read a very nice thank you and goodbye from to SCA alumnus , who was "an integral part of producing and coordinating 6 festivals," but is now stepping back to be a Producing Consultant while they "pursue new endeavors." Read it on F-O-R-M's Instagram.  

Saugstad in Athene

SCA alumnus is the choreographer for, and star of, the video for ' Athene. Watch it .

Sawyer's The Natalie Brettschneider Archive

Read the Calgary Herald on SCA alumnus 's , which is at Contemporary Calgary (701 11 St. SW, Calgary) until October 29, 2023. Read it .

Volunteer with Vines

Vines Art Society, established by SCA alumnus and Artistic Director Heather Lamoureux in 2015, need volunteers for their upcoming festival, which runs August 9 – 19, 2023. More .

Chien and MacCaull talk to The Dance Centre

SCA alumni and , Co-Artistic Directors of , are guests on The Dance Centre's podcast. Listen (or wherever you get your podcasts).

Cox in Canadian Cinematographer

SCA alumnus , who's the cinematographer for ' award-winning , is featured in the Summer 2023 issue of Canadian Cinematographer Magazine. More .  

Confluence pix

Congratulations to , featuring SCA alumni , , , and , and Emily Solstice Tait, and Michelle Olson, for their successful tour of BC and the Yukon. See some pictures from the tour .

Gachet's Outro

Gallery Gachet, which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director, has launched a new online initiative called Outro. Find out more .

Snack Witch – zines and songs

SCA alumnus shared some ":" She co-facilitated a zine-making workshop with the Hamilton Zine Club and Luke Johnson, in collaboration with Hamilton Artists Inc.? and Latitude 53?, tonight, July 14, 2023, at The New Gallery (208 Centre St. S, Calgary). More . And she's reminding us to send "Song Requests and Cute Notes" – also due today! – for an imaginary radio show to accompany her sound work Songs to my Ancestors, which is hosted on Montreal's DARE-DARE's website. More .

Postalian and Antos at Presentation House

SCA alumnus (????? ?????????) is the new Artistic Associate for . Read a nice profile of Postalian on the PHT's Instagram . Joining Postalian at PHT is SCA alumnus , who's the new Development Associate. Read Antos' also nice profile on the PHT's Instagram .

U in SKAMpede

SCA alumnus is presenting Stratum, "a performance installation interlacing dance and textile art," as part of Theatre SKAM?'s SKAMpede live performance festival, which runs at various sites in Victoria from July 14 – 16, 2023. More .

How Would Lubitsch Do It S3E01

Listen to S3E01 of the podcast How Would Lubitsch Do It about Ernst Lubitsch's 1923 film , with SCA alumnus host  and guest . Listen .