SCA | Quick News | May 17, 2024
Congratulations, Yousefbigloo, Crazybull, and Vistan
Congratulations to SCA alumni and and Christian Vistan, who are the recipients of the 2024 , which includes "a (non-residential) studio placement and a $72,000 stipend over an 18 month period" and a "$10,000 budget to activate online and in-person cultural outputs, including talks, exhibitions, workshops, film screenings, podcasts, and digital prints." Also, don't miss the , curated by Asia Jong, running June 3¨CJuly 31, 2024, at 825 Pacific Street Vancouver, with works by Yousefbigloo, Crazybull, Vistan, and Anne Riley, Damla Tamer, Jordan Hill, Manuel Axel Strain, Odera Igbokwe, and Soloman Chiniquay. More .
Bibliographic Performances & Surrogate Reading
The SCA's is included in Janelle Rebel's forthcoming book, Bibliographic Performances & Surrogate Reading, produced by . More .
Mascall Dance's Privilege At Home
Mascall Dance, which has SCA alumnus (son of Jennifer Mascall and the SCA's John Macfarlane) as part of their team, is collecting bookings for their Privilege At Home project, which they describe as "a travelling delivery dance well-suited to gatherings of all sizes and major events." Find out more .
Official Music Video: first date face/sex with an ex
Watch the video for SCA alumnus new track, first date face/sex with an ex, which Sum directed/choreographed (and describes as a ""). Watch it .
Inspire by Fighting Monkey Practice
is holding an "Inspire by Fighting Monkey Practice" workshop in our studios from June 10 ¨C 14, 2024, daily from 10:00 AM ¨C 1:00 PM here at 149 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver. More info and tickets .
How Would Lubitsch Do It? S5E02
Listen to S5E02 of How Would Lubitsch Do It? with SCA alumnus host and guest Olympia Kiriakou on Lubitsch's (1938). Listen .
Stir and Pancouver on Jackson¡¯²õ Wilfred Buck
Read Stir Vancouver () and Pancouver () on SCA alumnus ¡¯²õ Wilfred Buck, about the eponymous Indigenous author and astronomer, which, following its screening as part of the 2024 DOXA Documentary Film Festival, (1181 Seymour St., Vancouver).
Maamawi (???): Together Through The Fire
SCA PhD student (Dance Artist) and SCA alumni (Dance Artist), & (co-artistic directors of as the Lighting Design, Projection & Audiovisual Playback System Support Team), (Lighting Designer), (Stage Manager), and (Producer) are all part of ' Maamawi (???): Together Through The Fire, which runs May 17 & 18, 2024, at Animatrik Studios (4088 1st Ave., Burnaby). Get tickets .
Lum's Scotiabank Photography Award exhibition
Rescheduled, SCA alumnus 's Scotiabank Photography Award exhibition opened May 15 and runs to August 3, 2024, at Toronto's The Image Centre (33 Gould St.). More .
...to glimpse: African Cinema Now!
Curated by SCA alumnus Ogheneofegor Obuwoma, the ...to glimpse: African Cinema Now! film series at the VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour St., Vancouver) continues with Rungano Nyoni's on May 29 & 30 and concludes with Abba Makama's on June 20 & 22. More .
Slow Social #4
Upcoming as part of the 's West Coast String Summit: SCA alumnus and 's FREE Slow Social #4 (featuring SCA alumnus Toni-Leah C. Yake, Anju Singh, and Julia Ulehla) on Saturday, May 25, from 5:00 PM ¨C 7:30 PM, in the backroom at The Ironworks (235 Alexander St., Vancouver). More .
Stir on the rEvolver Festival
Here's Stir Vancouver on , which runs May 22 ¨C June 2 at The Cultch, featuring lots of SCA representation, including: (lighting for ), 's (which has Czarina Agustines, , , , and as performers and as co-Video Editor, as Stage Manager, and as Assistant Stage Manager), 's has as Video Designer, Olympia Tomasta's (which has and as performers and as Stage Manager), 's (which has , , , , and as "Panelists"), is a collaborative project with and , and by (which includes Aliya Griffin, Caroline Sniatynski, and ). Read it .
D¡¯Anunciac?a?o Photography
SCA alumnus is not only a dancer, artist, and writer (and probably more, besides), but also a very accomplished photographer. Check out her for a look-see.
Chen, Chan, and Magpantay talk Jade Circle
SCA alumnus , who's also the Managing Artistic Director of Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT), will be in conversation with Jasmine Chen about Chen's , which Chan directed, on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, from 7:00 PM ¨C 8:00 PM at the Vancouver Public Library's Central Branch (350 West Georgia), with SCA alumnus and 's interim Artistic Director, Anjela Magpantay, as facilitator. More .
Congratulations, Alvarez-Mesa!
SCA alumnus won the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director for , presented by the Directors Guild of Canada. SCA alumus was an Honourable Mention for . Read all of the winners .
Publik Secrets seeking spacemates
, the multi-disciplined group with Robyn Jacob, SCA PhD student , I Putu Swaryandana Ichi Oka, and Adrian Avenda?o, are looking for a new studio space in Vancouver, and are hoping to find like-minded folks to share with. They've produced a handy online survey for interested possible spacemates (fill it out ). Could this be you?
Otherwise Disregarded reviewed
Here's West Coast Curated on , featuring the SCA's and SCA alumnus and Adad Hannah and Jake Kimble, running April 20 ¨C September 29, 2024?, at the Audain Art Museum (4350 Blackcomb Way, Whistler), co-presented by the Audain Art Museum and the Capture Photography Festival. Read it .
Volunteer for Deep Fried
Playwright's Theatre Centre (PTC) are looking for volunteers for on Sunday, June 9, 2024, at 6:00 PM at PL 1422 (1422 William St., Vancouver), with SCA alumnus (who's also the Dramaturg, Public Engagement for PTC), Peter Abando, and Kimmortal, and SCA alumnus Anjela Magpantay. Interested? Sign up .
Morelli on Pussy Riot
Read SCA alumnus on Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot¡¯²õ Russia for Border Crossings. Read it .
Majidi's Paralax and ³§¨¡°ù²ú²¹³ú
SCA MFA student is presenting Paralax, "an interactive augmented reality installation," as part of Mutek UAE at in Dubai, activated via the from May 4 to May 17, 2024. More . Also, Majidi presented the animated 3D short, ³§¨¡°ù²ú²¹³ú (or soldier in Persian), produced in collaboration with Vienna-based jazz trio , on May 15, 2024, at Reaktor's Foyer (Geblergasse 40, 1170 Wien). More .
Snack Witch's bring back as souvenirs
SCA alumnus is presenting bring back as souvenirs at The New Gallery (208 Centre St. S, Calgary), opening Friday, May 17, from 7:00 PM ¨C 9:00 PM, and running to June 29, 2024. More .
Nimihitowin!
SCA alumnus and Wild Mint Arts are presenting Nimihitowin! from May 28 ¨C 31, 2024, at the Granville Island Revue Stage (1601 Johnston St., Vancouver) as part of the Vancouver International Children's Festival, co-presented by the Talking Stick Festival. More .
Ocean Kin: A Shadow Show
Ocean Kin: A Shadow Show, co-directed by SCA alumni and , runs May 18 & 19, 2024, at The Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen St., Halifax), presented by Jeighk Koyote. More .
Buy Nothing Boutique
SCA alumnus and Ana Lorena P¨¦rez Rolando have curated the "Buy Nothing Boutique," which is presented as part of nNeworld Theatre's Earth Case Scenario on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at 7:00 PM, at Progress Lab (1422 William St., Vancouver), presented in partnership with Upintheair Theatre and in association with the Britannia Community Centre. More .
Prophouse: an exhibition of 1 million objects
SCA alumnus is part of the exhibition Prophouse: an exhibition of 1 million objects, which opens Friday, May 17, from 6:00 PM ¨C 8:00 PM at Griffin Art Projects (1174 Welch St., North Vancouver), and runs to August 18, 2024, co-produced by On Main Gallery and Griffin Art Projects, in collaboration with grunt gallery and Mount Pleasant Furniture. More .
Raven Spirit at Evergreen
, which has SCA alumni as Co-Artistic Director and as as Artistic Associate, are presenting "new work-in-progress pieces from Raven Spirit and the artists of the Pakitinam Choreographers Circle, a residency program for Emerging Indigenous Choreographers," on Saturday, May 25, 2024, from 8:00 PM ¨C 9:00 PM at the Evergreen Cultural Centre's Rehearsal Hall (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). More .
Inverso Summer Intensive
Heather and Lesley Telford are holding the third annual Inverso Summer Intensive from July 29 ¨C August 2, 2024, daily from 10:00 AM ¨C 3:00 PM in our studios here at 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, co-presented by in association with us. More .
Chimerik ¨C behind-the-scenes
The Vancouver Art Gallery shared this quick behind-the-scenes interview video with (which has SCA alumni & as co-artistic directors) about their interactive media arts project, Ritual-Spective Þ’ÈÚ, which was part of the VAG's Art Party on May 11, 2024. Watch it .
50th Talking Sh*t With
SCA MFA student is celebrating the 50th podcast episode of Talking Sh*t With, featuring guests SCA's and Kate Franklin. Listen .
Your Old Way Kind of Vision
The (520 East 1st Ave., Vancouver) shared their summer schedule and it includes the Daina Warren curated exhibition, Your Old Way Kind of Vision, running June 1 ¨C 30, 2024, with Siku Allooloo, Catherine Blackburn, Wally Dion, and and SCA alumnus , presented by the ECU Aboriginal Gathering Place. More .
Silverfox? at the 2024 Indigenous Art Intensive
SCA alumnus ? is one of the keynote speakers (presenting with Marika Swan on June 12 from 12:00 PM ¨C 3:30 PM) and an artist-in-residence for UBC's Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies' 2024 Indigenous Art Intensive, which runs May 13 ¨C June 20 at UBC's Okanagan Campus (1148 Research Road, Kelowna). More .
Gorgeous Tongue
SCA alumnus is performing as part of Lara Kramer's Gorgeous Tongue, which is having it's world premiere as part of the Festival TransAm¨¦rique on May 31 ¨C June 3, 2024, at ?difice Wilder ¨C Espace danse (1435 rue de Bleury, Montr¨¦al). More .
Dunn's cover the taken bone
SCA alumnus 's exhibition, cover the taken bone, opens Saturday, May 18, from 5:00 PM ¨C 10:00 PM, and runs to June 22, 2024, at Pale Fire (866 E. Broadway, Vancouver). More .
asses.masses in Montr¨¦al
SCA alumni and are presenting asses.masses on Saturday, May 25, and Saturday, June 2, 2024, at 2:00 PM as part of the Festival TransAm¨¦rique at the Th¨¦?tre Centaur (453 Rue Saint-Fran?ois-Xavier, Montr¨¦al). More .
Hot Dyke Party
, which includes SCA alumni , , and (plus Blue Chu, Hayley Sullivan, and Thule van den Dam), are playing with Mermaid and Danielle Lande on Sunday, May 19, 2024, from 6:30 PM ¨C 9:30 PM at The Birdhouse (44 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver). Grab tickets .
Monologue for the Dancer
SCA alumnus Eddy van Wyk is running a workshop, Monologue for the Dancer, Wednesdays in June (5, 12, 19 & 26), 2024, from 6:00 PM ¨C 9:00 PM at Hopbopshop Studio (at McLean Dr. and Powell St. in Vancouver). More .
Tsgeba x Daily Paper
SCA MFA student shared on World Collage Day featuring her collaboration with . More of the collaboration .
IT IS WHAT IT IS
IT IS WHAT IT IS, the Spring 2024 issue of The Capilano Review (which has SCA alumnus as Art Editor), is out now. More .