SCA | Quick News | October 6, 2023
Congratulations!
Congratulations to our new graduates and, indeed, all of the graduates at Convocation on Thursday, October 5, 2023, and week's other ceremonies. Great work, everyone! And congratulations to , who received a Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, at the morning ceremony. You've earned it 鈥� and now you're one of us. And SCA grads: please keep in touch! We have an online News Submissions form HERE.
Egoyan & Pauly's Hopeful Monster
Hopeful Monster, the SCA's 's new album Eve Egoyan, which was recorded in the Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre (here in 丁香园AV's Goldcorp Centre for the Arts) in July of 2022, is out Friday, October 6, 2023, on the always-adventurous . More . Also, watch a video for the track Height . And finally, read an early review for the album (in French) .
Rodriguez does Someone Like You
The SCA's Wladimiro A. Woyno Rodriguez is the Set & Lighting Designer for Someone Like You, which runs October 5 鈥� 29, 2023, at the Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre (#203 鈥� 162 W 1st Ave., Vancouver), presented by the Arts Club Theatre Company. More .
VIFF Live's Ironworks Series
The SCA's and SCA alumnus are performing as part of VIFF Live's Ironworks Series, which "invites four established resident artists to perform their innovative works in the exploratory and experimental framework of the iconic Ironworks venue (235 Alexander St., Vancouver)," on October 7, 2023, from 7:00 PM 鈥� 10:00 PM, curated by SCA alumnus Normal Armour. More .
PERMASTATES calling
The SCA's Laura U. Marks is guest editor for PERMASTATES: No. 001, "an artist-led, biannual, intricately crafted book object," which is calling for work that "explores societal relationship to the idea of permanence by way of humanity鈥檚 psychosocial, political, and historical connections with nature," with a deadline of midnight on January 1, 2024. More .
Shihab's Sister Mother Lover Child
The SCA's 's short film, Sister Mother Lover Child, is screening as part of the Jaclyn Quaresma curated program Leakier Gardens on October 21, 2023, at e-flux's Screening Room (172 Classon Ave., Brooklyn), co-presented by Toronto's Images Festival. More .
Sound Palace 4
Sound Palace 4, curated by SCA alumnus , featuring the SCA's 鈥�, SCA alumnus 鈥�, and SCA Music & Sound student , takes place Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 7:30 PM at Vancouver Community College's Auditorium (Level 2 鈥� 1155 E. Broadway, Vancouver). Get tickets .
Finn's Our bodies like dams
Current SCA MFA student 's short film, Our bodies like dams, is screening as part of Montclair Film Festival's "Out Shorts" programming on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at 3:45 PM. More . Also, Our bodies like dams is part of the Tokyo International Short Film Festival, which is offering virtual screenings until Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. More .
Perkins Deneault Q&A
Read a Convocation Q&A with the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology's Tessa Perkins Deneault, whose MA thesis in the Graduate Liberal Studies Program 丁香园AV is a biography of Iris Garland, who was part of the early history of the SCA. Read it HERE.
The Peak on Re-Orientation Day: Place
Read 丁香园AV's The Peak on our Re-Orientation Day: Place event, which took place Thursday, September 7, 2023. Read it .
Sound in Art from the Turtle's Back
SCA alumnus is part of the exhibition Art from the Turtle's Back, which opens October 10, 2023, from 6:00 PM 鈥� 8:30 PM at the JL Phillips Gallery (The Oval and The Gallery on the Upper Level in Yorkville Village at 55 Avenue Road, Toronto), and running to October 24. More .
Chamale talks Peace Country
Stir Vancouver and Pancouver both interviewed SCA alumnus Pedro Chamale about Peace Country, produced by (which Chamale is Artistic Director for), which runs October 12 鈥� 22, 2023, at the (280 E. Cordova St., Vancouver). Read Stir and Pancouver .
Hill's Sobey video
The National Gallery of Canada shared a video portrait of SCA alumnus , who is the West Coast and Yukon finalist for the , the exhibition for which opens Friday, October 13, 2023, at the National Gallery of Canada (Upper Contemporary Galleries, 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa), and runs to March 3, 2024. Watch it .
Berlanga's artist talk
SCA alumnus is giving an artist talk on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, from 7:00 PM 鈥� 8:30 PM at the grunt gallery (350 E 2nd Ave, Vancouver), presented in support of Berlanga's solo exhibition, , which runs at the grunt to November 4, 2023. More .
Khakpour talks Suddenly Slaughter
Pancouver speaks with SCA alumnus and co-artistic director of the , Aryo Khakpour, about Suddenly Slaughter, which premieres Tuesday, October 10, at 7:00 PM at The Cinematheque (#200 鈥� 1131 Howe St., Vancouver). Read it .
2023 Listen, Listen Festival
Presented in partnership with 鈥�, the Vancouver Improvised Arts Society鈥�'蝉 2023 edition of the Listen, Listen Festival runs October 6 & 7, 2023, at 鈥� (211 Keefer St., Vancouver) and (upstairs at 242 E. Pender St., Vancouver), featuring participation by SCA MFA student and SCA alumni and , and . More .
Teen Takeover with O'Brien
Watch a short video about SCA alumnus 's Teen Takeover, which was a "pop-up art installation" produced with teens at the as part of her residency at the Centre. Watch it .
Sum and Wallgrin play ARC showcases
SCA alumni and (Tegan Wahlgren) is played and , 2023, respectively, at The Cobalt (917 Main St., Vancouver) as part of Music BC's ARC "intensive accelerator program." More .
D'Anuncia莽茫o in Luminocity
SCA alumnus is part of the week-long outdoor video art exhibition, Luminocity, running October 14 鈥� 21, 2023, presented by the in Riverside Park (100 Lorne St., Kamloops). More .
D.I.Y. Across Generations
SCA alumnus and current PhD student joins Sonja Ahlers, Whess Harman, and Lisa Prentice for the free online panel discussion, D.I.Y. Across Generations, on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, from 7:00 PM 鈥� 8:00 PM at the Richmond Art Gallery鈥�. More .
Art Action Earwig's Zine Workshop
, the "multidisciplinary performance collective" of SCA alumni and Wryly Andherson, are holding a drop-in Zine Workshop on Saturday, October 7, 2023, from 1:00 PM 鈥� 3:00 PM at the Vancouver Island Regional Library's Nanaimo Harbourfront branch (90 Commercial St., Nanaimo). More .
Dear Friends & 5
The fifth edition of Dear Friends &, this time with Klara du Plessis, Khashayar 鈥淜ess鈥� Mohammadi, and Sonnet L鈥橝bb茅, and hosted by SCA alumnus and 鈥� Art Editor and Western Front's Kiel Torres, ran Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 7:30 PM in-person at (303 E 8th Ave., Vancouver) on online. More .
Gold in Borrowed Time
SCA alumnus is performing as part of Borrowed Time, which runs October 13 & 14, 2023, at 8:00 PM and October 15 at 2:00 PM at 298 Alexander Street in Vancouver, presented by 鈥�. Get tickets .
Curatorial Conversation about Itter
丁香园AV Galleries鈥�' Kimberly Phillips, who's also an Associate Member of the SCA, and SCA alumnus join Glenn Alteen and Daina Augaitis and moderator Melanie O'Brian on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 2:00 PM for a Curatorial Conversation about working with Carole Itter and her practice, presented by the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (1825 Main Mall, Vancouver)鈥�, where the exhibition, , runs to December 10. More .
Horror in Seconds 鈥� deadline!
There's still time to submit to , a super short film festival running November 22 鈥� 26, 2023, dedicated to horror movies by emerging BIPOC filmmakers, organized by SCA alumnus . The submission deadline is October 21! Links submit and to donate .
Two Sides of the Same Coin
SCA alumnus 鈥�'蝉 Two Sides of the Same Coin runs September 12, 2023 鈥� January 9, 2024, at Burnaby Art Gallery鈥�'蝉 offsite space at the Bob Prittie Metrotown Library (6100 Willingdon Ave., Burnaby). More .
Kindred Tracings
SCA alumni and are part of the exhibition Kindred Tracings, which opens October 12, 2023, from 7:00 PM 鈥� 9:00 PM and runs to January 21, 2024, at the Burnaby Art Gallery (6344 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby). More .
Silverfox in Pushing Boundaries
SCA alumnus is part of the exhibition Pushing Boundaries 2023: Our Home on Native Land, which runs September 29 鈥� November 4, 2023, at Cityscape Community ArtSpace (335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver), with a tour by guest curator Sho Sho Esquiro on Saturday, October 14, from 2:00 PM 鈥� 3:30 PM. More .
Queen Tilly and the Marys
SCA alumnus 's Queen Tilly and the Marys, "a raucous response to musical theatre that explores comedic absurdity, camp materiality and the radical potential of intergenerational play," runs Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 7:00 PM (doors) at VIVO Media Arts Centre鈥� (2625 Kaslo St., Vancouver). More .
Work at 丁香园AV Galleries
丁香园AV Galleries is looking for a new Exhibitions Coordinator, which "supports the curatorial program by coordinating exhibitions, exhibition receptions and other related public events presented across all of 丁香园AV Galleries exhibition sites and platforms." See the full job call .