SCA | Quick News | September 13, 2024
Calderon, Yeats, and Garfinkel lead PTC
SCA alumni Davey Samuel Calderon and Melanie Yeats join Joanna Garfinkel as the new shared leadership? trio for the Playwrights Theatre Centre, taking over from SCA alumnus Heidi Taylor (find bios for all ). Congratulations, new PTC team! (And P.S., Joanna, we do have a sweet PhD program that might be just what you need to get into the SCA fold, too!) More .
TRACES (after Sophie Calle)
Tickets are now on sale for TRACES (after Sophie Calle) by the (the SCA's Erika Latta and longtime collaborator ), a site-specific immersive performance, video installation, and web project, for the Walker Art Center (725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis). Presented in support of the exhibition at the Walker, TRACES (after Sophie Calle) runs October 28 每 November 11, 2024, in downtown Minneapolis. More .
Global Climate Strike
The SCA's Laura U. Marks shared a reminder on about the upcoming Global Climate Strike march on Friday, September 20, 2024, meeting at 1:00 PM at Vancouver City Hall (453 W. 12th Ave.), then leaving at 1:30 PM for the Vancouver Art Gallery (750 Hornby St.) at 2:30 PM. More .
Gruben's Documentary Creation Workshop
The SCA's is hosting a Documentary Creation Workshop on Thursday, September 19, 2024, from 5:00 PM 每 7:00 PM at The Shoebox Theatre in Nelson, BC (225 Hall St.), presented as part of 's Momentum Masterclass Series. To RSVP, email lynn@kootenayfilm.com.
Precarious Joys
Pre-order Precarious Joys, the "catalogue" for the 2024 edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art, which includes and Laurie Young's collaborative work , from Art Metropole (co-published with Goose Lane Editions). And what a great cover! More .
Small File Media Festival 2024
With series programmed by SCA alumni , , and and Radek Przedpe?ski and Joni Schinkel, the 2024 edition of the Small File Media Festival, which runs October 18〞19, is now live. Check it out .
Filmable's Filmmaker Spotlight
Filmable shared a great roundup of BC based filmmakers with work in the , including SCA alumni T (presenting the Canadian Premiere of ), (presenting the World Premiere of ), and (presenting the World Premiere of ). More (with links to their films at VIFF included).
Vancouver Guardian on Loo
Read Vancouver Guardian on SCA alum filmmaker , whose film, , is having its Canadian Premiere as part of the on Wednesday, October 2, at 7:00 PM and Friday, October 4, at 4:00 PM at the International Village Cinemas (88 W. Pender St., Vancouver). Read it .
Mackenzie, Huynh, and Avelino in Catalyst
SCA alumni , , and have all been selected to participate in the Vancouver International Film Festival's Catalyst program. Find out more about them and the rest of the 2024 Catalyst Cohort .
Ensemble T谷l谷maque play O'Callaghan
Ensemble T谷l谷maque will be performing work by SCA alumnus from October 10 每 13, 2024, at various locations in Marseille, France, as part of October lab #5 : DiverS/Cities. More .
Fukumura and Zarkalam in vActory Series
SCA alumni and join Mermaid Li in VACT / Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre's vActory Series, which runs September 20 & 21, 2024, at 7:30 PM (doors at 7:00 PM) at What Lab (1814 Pandora St., Vancouver). More .
Crazybull's in between endings
SCA alumnus 's exhibition, in between endings, opens September 19, 2024, from 6:00 PM 每 9:00 PM at Macaulay & Co. Fine Art (293 E. 2nd Ave., Vancouver), and runs to November 16, 2024. More .
DCMF Songwriter in Residence
The Dawson City Music Festival, which has SCA alumnus as Executive Director, is calling for a Songwriter in Residence for January, 2025, with a deadline of October 18, 2024. More .
Legalize Summer
, the multipurpose space run by SCA alumnus , SCA PhD student , and Maya Beaudry, have shared a video, Legalize Summer by Daisies., directed by Yousefbigloo, to promo the upcoming on Thursday, September 26, 2024, at 8:00 PM at the The Polygon Gallery (101 Carrie Cates Ct, North Vancouver), presented to mark the closing of the exhibition. Watch it .
Dry Happy Hour
, which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director, and the are presenting Dry Happy Hour, an evening of "music and (soft) drinks," on September 22, 2024, starting at 4:30 PM at The Hargrove (150 E. 3rd Ave., Vancouver). More .
Sound in Nanaimo
SCA alumnus is the fill-in guest speaker for the Nanaimo Art Gallery's (sold out!) event, , which is set to run tonight (September 13, 2024) from 7:00 PM 每 9:00 PM at the Gallery. Sound is also in the Gallery's upcoming exhibition, shnu＊a＊th, ???? ak?mihk, the other side, which runs October 5, 2024 每 January 12, 2025. More .
Radif of Iranian Music: Noor-e T芋reek
Listen to SCA alumnus 's new album, Radif of Iranian Music: Noor-e T芋reek, released by Post Orientalism Music, on Bandcamp .
All Yesterday＊s Parties
Vancouver New Music's rescheduled 50th Anniversary event, All Yesterday＊s Parties, featuring SCA alumni and () and (Sapphire Haze) and Andromeda Monk and Anju Singh, runs Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 7:30 PM at VIVO Media Arts Centre (2625 Kaslo St., Vancouver). More .
PROPULSION
SCA alumnus is performing (as baptized.in.prison) on Friday, October 18, 2024, at 8:00 PM (with doors at 7:00 PM and an Artist Talk at 7:15 PM) at (and co-presented by) VIVO Media Arts Centre (2625 Kaslo St., Vancouver), presented as part of PROPULSION, Vancouver New Music's 2024 festival. More .
Joey Chaos and the Ghosts
SCA alumnus Joey Malbon's "dungeon-grunge" trio, , is playing with Rougaroux and Phuture Memoriez on September 29, 2024, at 7:30 PM at The Cobalt (917 Main St., Vancouver). Get tickets .
What on EARTH
's What on EARTH, with SCA alumni , Avery Ebenal, and , runs September 18 每 20, 2024, at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver). Get tickets .
Sarbaz
Sarbaz, SCA MFA student 's collaboration with the instrumental, experimental trio , premiered at the 2024 edition of Spain's Girona Film Festival, where it was a finalist in the experimental video section. More .
Would Lubitsch Do It? S5E08
Listen to S5E08 of How Would Lubitsch Do It?, the podcast hosted by SCA alumnus , this time featuring guest David Cairns, on the end of Lubitsch's career, covering (1946), (1945) (1948), and his death. Listen .
Speakable
Listen to the trailer for Speakable, a new podcast from the Faculty of Communication Art and Technology, with host Milena Droumeva, Glenfraser Endowed Professor in Sound Studies and Director of 間眅埶AV's School of Communication, which is launching on October 2, 2024, presented in partnership with 間眅埶AV's (90.1 FM). Listen HERE.
25,000 x 1000xRESIST
, the video game developed by SCA alumnus and the crew and their collaborators (including a bunch of other SCA alumni: , , , Felicia Lau, , , , , , and ), has sold 25,000 copies! Find out more about the game .
Empty-Handed
Watch a little behind-the-scenes / promo video for by the (SCA alumnus Aryo Khakpour and Arash Khakpour), which is running October 2 每 5, 2024, at the Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova St., Vancouver). Watch it .
Flowing Verse: Dance, Breath + Poetry
SCA alumnus , the Associate Artistic Director of , is leading the workshop Flowing Verse: Dance, Breath + Poetry on Saturday, September 14, 2024, from 4:00 PM 每 5:00 PM, as part of the Dance Centre's 23rd Annual Open House (677 Davie St., Vancouver). More .
Here For Now vol. 4
(44 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver), a performance space run by SCA alumnus and Francesca Frewer and Sierra Megas in a 53 foot shipping container, is hosting Here For Now vol. 4, featuring SCA alumni and and Ellis Cheadle, plus mural art by Katie Green, on September 26 每 28 and October 3 每 5, 2024, presented with support from Company 605. More .