SCA | Quick News | March 17, 2023
Goodbye, Dean!
Wow.... Truly the end of an era for the SCA: , our long-time New Students Advisor, retired today after over 25 years at 間眅埶AV, including 15+ with us. We're sure there are many, many SCA alumni and current students who would join us in wholeheartedly wishing him all the best and thanking him for his years of compassionate, student-centred work. And in classic Dean style, he left with no special hullabaloo, as he likes it. Take care out there!
Slade's Nietzschean miscellany
The SCA's Kathy Slade has a new Nietzsche-related exhibition, , this one presented in collaboration with artist , which opened Thursday, March 16, 2023, at the M車nica Reyes Gallery (2895 W. 33 Ave., Vancouver). Also, Matthew Hyland, the Executive Director of the Contemporary Art Gallery, is holding a Curatorial Tour of the SCA's Kathy Slade's exhibition, , on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at 6:00 PM. And finally, this Saturday, March 18, 2023, at 12:00 PM, (who is me, the SCA's communicator) will be talking about Slade's CAG exhibition, too, which runs to May, 7, 2023.
Tacata, Chambers, and Loscil's Soft Launch
Organized by at ECU's Libby Leshgold Gallery, the SCA's and join SCA alumnus and lighting designer James Proudfoot on Soft Launch, which is a set of "two-week 'mini-residencies'" used to explore the question, "What does it mean to open a space to other things?," running across March & April, 2023. Soft Launch's first "launch" is tonight (Thursday, March, 23) from 6:00 PM 每 9:00 PM with Loscil's Adrift, an A/V installation that features performances by Giorgio Magnanensi, Elisa Thorn, Meredith Bates, and Nick Anderson. See the full schedule .
Shihab on Below the Radar
The SCA's is the guest on the latest episode of Below the Radar, produced by the 間眅埶AV's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Listen HERE.
Yoon soundbite
Click through to the to hear a "soundbite" with the SCA's , who's exhibition, , is at the gallery until April 30, 2023, co-presented by the Capture Photography Festival.
Priest on a podcast
While searching for something to listen to, we discovered this episode of the podcast New Books in Sound Studies from 2022 we missed featuring host Nathan Smith in conversation with the SCA's about Priest's most-recent book, , published by Duke University Press. Listen .
Pauly, et al., in action
for some great action shots shared by of last week's gig at Montreal's La Sala Rossa with the SCA's playing with Wapiti (Genevi豕ve Liboiron, Daniel ??ez) on a bill with White Boy Scream.
TPE's Vienna 每 End of an Era
Upcoming! The SCA's and Turning Point Ensemble's on March 25 at 7:30 PM & March 26 at 2:30 PM, 2023, at the ANNEX (823 Seymour St., Vancouver). Grab tickets .
Congratulations!
We're happy to announce some SCA student winners from our last round of awards and funding: won the Bob Rennie Undergraduate Award in Visual Arts ($1,600), won the Gordon Smith Undergraduate Award ($5,000), won the RedFM 93.1 Annual Music Scholarship ($4,000), Emma Savi? Kalles?e won the Takao Tanabe Award ($5,000), and won the Dr. Tashakkor Award in Contemporary Arts ($1,000). If you're an SCA student, please make sure to keep your eyes open for the next round of Scholarships, Awards, and Bursaries offered through the SCA, which we'll announce on social media and HERE.
The Biting School get Physical
SCA alumni Aryo Khakpour and his brother Arash () are teaching a three-day Physical Theatremaking workshop from March 21 每 23, 2023, at the BMO Theatre Centre (162 W 1st Ave #203, Vancouver), presented as part of 's Springboard Initiative. More .
Hou in BlackFlash and Le Sigh
BlackFlash Magazine and Le Sigh, the online art magazine by Charlene K. Lau and SCA alumni , have collaborated on a set of "ephemeral prints" of SCA alumni ＊s stained glass works and a "typographic iteration of Shane Krepakevich＊s Prayer for 4 speakers," produced in response to Hou's work, which are available in BlackFlash＊s 39.3 print edition. More . For LE Sigh's side, listen to Prayer for 4 speakers and see more related content on .
SCA in BLOOM
for 's BLOOM, which runs to March 28, 2023, at Left of Main (211 Keefer St., Vancouver), featuring work by Lesley Telford, SCA alumni (who's also performing), Marissa Wong / The Falling Company, and SCA alumni , with performers Justin Calvadores, C. Diab, SCA alumni , and Daria Mikhaylyuk.
Morelli on Ko?ta
SCA alumnus wrote "an artist profile on Kamissa Ma Ko?ta＊s incredible practice for a special issue of the academic journal RACAR (Revue d＊art canadienne/Canadian Art Revue) directed by Joana Joachim and Pamela Edmonds." Download it .
withintensions' Instruction
With maybe their best (but also most terrifying?) graphic yet (seriously: ), withintensions, the monthly art mag produced by SCA alumni, is calling for submission their latest issue, this time on the theme of Instruction. And they mean that literally (but also conceptually): "we want you to send us a set of written instructions!" The deadline March 27. More .
Sum and Yoshida win!
Congratulations to SCA alumnus and her collaborator , who won the Jury Award in the for their video for Sum's song . It was also up for a Juno Award, but didn't win, although Sum got to walk the "red carpet" at the ceremony ().
RECR on Aoki
Click through to read a post from the about SCA alumnus , who, they tell us, "is currently interning at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre." Read it .
Hartana at Evergreen
SCA instructor is performing Wayang Kulit: Javanese Shadow Puppetry as part of the Evergreen Cultural Centre's 2023 Rehearsal Hall Sessions on March 25, 2023, from 8:30 PM 每 9:30 PM at Evergreen Cultural Centre's Rehearsal Hall (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). Tickets .
Maddock's Solastagia
Click through to to see a quick video of SCA alumnus 's and Carla Alc芍ntara rehearsing Maddock's Solastagia, which also includes SCA MFA student , which will be presented as part of The Dance Centre's programing, which runs Monday, March 27, 2023.
Sundin at Monte Clark
Opening Saturday, March 18, from 12:00 PM 每 5:00 PM, SCA alumnus is part of the exhibition Arden, Kydd & Sundin, which runs to April 20, 2023, at the Monte Clark Gallery (53 Dunlevy Avenue, Vancouver), presented as part of the 2023 . More .
fever haze in a broken ecology
Listen to , a group featuring SCA alumnus (electric guitar) and Adrian Avenda?o (drums and percussion), Ross Birdwise(voice and laptop), Soressa Gardner (voice and laptop), and prOphecy sun (voice and electronics), who "took the sculptural and lighting elements of Keith Langergraber＊s installation, The Dusk Meridian, as a polydimensional score, and created an ambient musical reading of the piece performed at the Vancouver Art Gallery's Offsite in partnership with Vancouver New Music in April 2023."
Lavery on Agony / Serendipity
Read SCA alumnus in Carla (Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles) on the exhibition Agony / Serendipity, which runs to April 8, 2023, at LA's s (1828 W. Sunset Blvd.). Read it .
The Couch shares
Starting with Danielle Bobier's (2020), The Couch (aka SCA alumni and ) are sharing images and info on about the works in their recent exhibition, , which ran February 9 每 March 3, 2023, at the Contemporary Art Gallery.
Ramsey in Capture's Catalogue
Read the (via Issuu) of 's 2023 Catalogue, which includes a text by SCA alumnus and curator , or keep your eyes open for "physical copies" at "Featured and Selected Exhibition venues" and other locations around Vancouver, or purchase a copy through their website.
My Little Tomato reviewed
Read reviews from , , and for Rick Tae's , directed by SCA alumnus and produced by SCA alumnus , which is running March 9 每 19, 2023, at The Cultch, co-produced by and , in association with .
Kamikaze Nurse at the Fox
SCA alumnus and PhD student 's rock group are playing the Fox Cabaret with Wares and SoyJoy on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 9:00 PM. More .
Winter Vacation / neXt vibe
Listen to two new tracks from JPEG 2000, the synth pop duo of Bench Wreston and SCA alumnus and A/V specialist . Listen .
Clala Dance's Uchi
SCA alumnus and the are presenting a "work in progress" showing of Uchi on April 7, 2023, at 7:30 PM at (who need right now, too!), featuring SCA alumni dancers , , , and , plus with SCA alumni (projections), (dramaturgy), and (lighting design). More .
Until Branches Bend in theatres!
Read a (may or may not be paywalled) of SCA alumnus ' film , which at the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival, and looks to be receiving this month.
Goodman's 2 LOVE SESSIONS
Attention Toronto: SCA alumnus is leading 2 LOVE SESSIONS on Monday, March 20 and Tuesday, March 21, 2023, from 10:00 AM 每 11:30 AM at TRAC, presented by The Toronto Dance Community Love-In. More .
MacCaull, Associate Artistic Director
Congratulations to SCA alumnus , who's the new Associate Artistic Director of the always-busy interdisciplinary art collective , joining Chimerik 侔祥砉 co-founder and SCA alumni at the helm.
Meet Shannon and Elder Xwechtaal Dennis Joseph
We're not sure who that grizzled, bearded fella is (sigh... it's me...), but this is an otherwise sweet introduction to Shannon, the SCA student co-leading the marketing team for this year's Skoden Indigenous Film Festival, which runs Friday, March 31 & Saturday, April 1, 2023, in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at 間眅埶AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 W. Hastings St. Vancouver). Watch the video , then grab some tickets HERE. Also, will be opening and witnessing this year's SIFF. Find out more about him .
The Michelle Sound Collection
Indigenous jewelry and fashion company mad aunty have worked with SCA alumnus on a .
Yay, Crawford!
Congratulations to Justine Crawford, the Manager, Audience + Event Services in Goldcorp Centre for the Arts Production & Event Services (known around these parts as GCAPES), who's just been recognized for her "work performance" (that is: "demonstrating work performance that is consistently above and beyond the call of duty") in 間眅埶AV＊s 2022 Staff Achievement Award winners, which were just announced. Working regularly with her on many events for the SCA, we can attest to her alert diligence and conscientious hard work!
Apply to interplay_2023
Apply to interplay_2023, the "festival of live online performance," which is produced by SCA alumnus , by April 15 at 11:59 PM. More .