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MA, MFA, and PhD cohorts

Now that we're getting back up to speed (whew!), we'd like to welcome our new MA, MFA, and PhD cohorts for fall 2023: MAs Kai Yee Chan, Michelle (Ziqi) Fu, Bahareh Ghanoon, Rachel Maddock, Mehdi Mehrnia, Parastoo Pirasteh Fard, Joshua Segun-Lean, and Dan Watt; MFAs Sarah Finn, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Elissa Hanson, Caroline Liffmann, Chelsea MacKay, Avideh Saadatpajouh, Amy Daisy Sawyer, and Alexis Chivir-ter Tsgeba; and PhDs Ali Shariq Jamali and Jess MacCormack. Find out more on our MA, MFA, and PhD pages. If you're also thinking about graduate studies with us, please visit our Graduate page HERE.

Marks busy NYC sojourn

The SCA's Laura U. Marks is giving a lecture, "Cosmic Soul-Assemblages and Small-File Films," on September 28, 2023, at 7:00 PM at the e-flux Screening Room (172 Classon Ave., Brooklyn, NY). More . The day before, September 27, from 3:10 PM 鈥� 3:35 PM, she's talking about sustainable streaming practices at That Big TV Conference, which runs September 27 & 28 at NYC's Edison Ballroom (240 W 47th St.). If you're around, use the discount code FRIENDOF2023 for 25% off the registration fee. More . Finally, the day before that, September 26, she's giving a talk, "Healthy Living for Monads: Do We Need a Multiverse?," at 6:00 PM at the (Film and Video Screening Room 鈥� 550 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn). RSVP .

Dongnier at Jonah Bokaer

The SCA's NiNi Dongnier is presenting "three formally rigorous and incisive choreographic works" on Monday, September 18, 2023, at 7:30 PM at the Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation (304 Boerum Street #23, Brooklyn). More .

Warmer Than The World Around Us

The SCA's Judy Radul is screening on Friday, September 15, 2023, at 7:00 PM at the Catriona Jeffries Gallery (950 E. Cordova St., Vancouver), along with videos by Andrew Yong Hoon Lee and Steven Cottingham. Take note: Limited capacity, register to attend .

Darkroom of Educational Modernism

The SCA's Sabine Bitter and her longtime collaborator are presenting Darkroom of Educational Modernism: On Form & Function, opening Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 7:00 PM and running to Saturday, January 20, 2024, at nGbK Berlin (station urbaner kulturen, Auerbacher Ring 41, 12619). More .

Matreyek x 3

The SCA's joined Akiko Nakayama and Rebecca Merlic for a discussion about their hybrid practices on Friday, September 8, 2023, at Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria. More . Coming up, Matreyek is presenting on September 23 at 7:30 PM and participating in a on September 24 at 1:00 PM at the ArtYard Live Animation Festival in New Jersey (13 Front St., Frenchtown). Finally, along with SCA alumnus , she's performing as part of , 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 from 7:00 PM 鈥� 10:00 PM, curated by SCA alumnus Normal Armour. More .

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). More .

Gardiner does The Tempest

The SCA's Kyla Gardiner is the Lighting Designer for Studio 58's production of The Tempest, which runs October 5 鈥� 22, 2023, at Langara College (100 W. 49 Ave., Vancouver). More .

Pauly鈥� and Egoyan in Montreal鈥�

Launching their upcoming album on , the SCA's 鈥� and Eve Egoyan鈥� are performing November 13, 2023, in Montreal (more info to come!), presented by 鈥�.

TPE plays Morlock

The Turning Point Ensemble, which has the SCA's as conductor and Artistic Director, opens their 2023-24 season with a tribute concert for composer , who sadly passed this March, on September 22 & 23, 2023, at 7:30 PM at the Annex Theatre (823 Seymour St., Vancouver). More .

Louder Actions

Alfred Jarry, the experimental duo of the SCA's and (that's me, the SCA's Communications agent), have released Louder Actions, which was recorded live by Andromeda Monk at Red Gate Arts Society on June 22, 2023, on Bandcamp. Listen .

Nieto's Pop Up Dance

SCA alumnus is performing on Saturday, September 23, 2023, at 12:00 PM, 1:30 PM, and 3:00 PM at Ron Basford Park at Granville Island, as part of New Works' Pop Up Dances. More .

McMann's Prairie Dusk

SCA alumnus is having an album release party and concert for Prairie Dusk, "an eclectic mix of commissioned compositions and heart-touching originals," on October 29, 2023, from 5:00 PM 鈥� 7:00 PM at (208 1st Street W., Cochrane, AB). More .

Suddenly Slaughter

鈥檚 (SCA alumnus Aryo Khakpour and Arash Khakpour) screening of Suddenly Slaughter (with SCA alumni Sharon Kahanoff, , , , and behind the scenes) is having world premiere of at (1131 Howe St., Vancouver) on October 10, 2023, at 7:00 PM. Grab tickets and watch the trailer .

Magdy at The Black Space Summit & Symposium

SCA alumnus is participating in The Black Space Summit & Symposium as part of the "New Media: The Rise of AI, Virtual Spaces and Representation" panel on September 21, 2023, at 8:00 PM at the Vancity Culture Club (1895 Venables St., Vancouver). More .

U's Introduction to AI Powered Digital Dance Creation + Stratum

SCA alumnus is holding an Introduction to AI Powered Digital Dance Creation on September 16 & 17, 2023, from 10:00 AM 鈥� 1:00 PM (ET) at the Dance Arts Institute (Unit 130 鈥� 585 Dundas Street E., Toronto). More . Also, U is presenting Stratum, "a performance installation interlacing dance and textile arts," on September 24, 2023, at 3:00 PM 鈥� 3:45 PM and 4:00 PM 鈥� 4:45 PM at the grassy area at Lions Park (2300 Lions Way, Port Coquitlam), presented as part of the City of Port Coquitlam's Artist-in-Residence program. More .  

Stir on Cobalt & Crone

Here's Stir Vancouver鈥� on Cobalt & Crone with Joseph Hirabayashi, SCA alumni 鈥� and , and Ziyian Kwan鈥� runs September 20 鈥� 24 & September 27 鈥� October 1, 2023, at 7:00 PM at 's space MORROW (910 Richards St., Vancouver). Read it and grab tickets .

Handsome Molly listening party  

SCA alumnus 鈥� is part of the cast of & 's , "a podcast series for younger teens based on the novel Restoring Harmony by fiction writer Joelle Anthony," which is having a listening party on Saturday, September 16, 2023, from 1:00 PM 鈥� 2:00 PM in Room C225 at UBC Robson Square (800 Robson St., Vancouver), presented as part of the Word Vancouver: Reading & Writing Festival. More .

Donck-Matlock on Martinez

SCA alumnus wrote "a reflection on Guadalupe Martinez: Sensorial Visualities," which ran at 丁香园AV Galleries from June 13 鈥� September 8, 2023. Read it HERE.

Symbiotic Cabaret

Tickets are now on sale for Rumble Theatre's Symbiotic Cabaret, which runs September 22 & 23, 2023, at 7:00 PM at (1422 William St., Vancouver), featuring includes SCA alumnus ' installation work, FAMILY / They do not Come Back, as well as SCA alumni Brianna Bernard, Garvin Chan, and and behind the scenes. More .

Enticed and Entangled en algo Antiguo

Opening last night, SCA alumnus 's exhibition, Enticed and Entangled en algo Antiguo, is at the grunt gallery from September 15 鈥� November 4, 2023. More .

Kanagawa at the Word Vancouver Reading & Writing Festival

SCA alumnus is participating in two events on Saturday, September 16, 2023 鈥� "" from 1:00 PM 鈥� 2:00 PM in the Theatre and " from 2:30 PM 鈥� 3:30 PM in Room C400, both at UBC Robson Square (800 Robson St., Vancouver) 鈥� at the Word Vancouver Reading & Writing Festival, which runs September 8 鈥� 23.

Stir on the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

Here's Stir Vancouver on the , which includes SCA alumnus 's 脕rboles (Trees) on Sunday, September 24 at 1:00 PM at the Picnic Pavilion at Granville Island (267 Old Bridge Walk). Read it . Also, Triana shares a night with Calle Verde on Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 12:00 PM at the Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie St., Vancouver), presented as part of The Dance Centre's Discover Dance! series. More .

Jono lights How Black Mothers Say I Love You

SCA alumnus is the Lighting Designer for 鈥�'蝉 presentation of How Black Mothers Say I Love You, directed by SCA alumnus and frank's Artistic & Executive Director , which runs November 2 鈥� 12, 2023, at The Cultch鈥�'蝉 Historic Theatre (1895 Venables St., Vancouver). More .

D鈥橝nuncia莽茫o's Boiling bodies

SCA alumnus is presenting "Boiling bodies: street carnival dances from the northeast of Brazil" on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, from 4:00 PM 鈥� 6:00 PM at The Dance Centre (677 Davie St., Vancouver), presented by The Dance Centre at Scotiabank Dance Centre and the Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre (VLACC). Tickets .

ReIssue news

鈥�, the art magazine edited by SCA alumnus and PhD student , is having a launch party for their ReIssue's Year 2 Anthology on Saturday, September 16, 2023, from 6:00 PM 鈥� 8:00 PM at Open Space鈥� (510 Fort Street, 2nd floor, Victoria), presented as part of Small Press Fest. Before the launch, Wei joins Kim Dhillon and Kara Stanton for panel discussion and  Q+A from 4:30 PM 鈥� 5:30 PM. More . In more ReIssue news, Wei and SCA alumns and PhD student have shared new texts to read: by Wei and by Biddle.

Espace鈥�'蝉 Odours

SCA alumnus "directed" the latest issue of Espace鈥� 鈥� #135 on the theme of Odours 鈥� and also contributed the text, "A World of Smell," to the issue, as well. More .

Tix for Vox Organi

Tickets are now on sale for Vancouver New Music's Festival 2023: Vox Organi, featuring a performance by SCA alumnus and , touring their collaborative album , at the Pacific Spirit United Church (2195 W 45th Ave., Vancouver) on Friday, October 20, 2023. More .

Peripheral Review fundraiser

Peripheral Review鈥�, edited by SCA alumnus , is hosting their second annual fundraiser on Sunday, September 17, 2023, featuring works and publications from 37 Canadian and international artists and organizations. They need the support! See what's in the auction .

Seventies Chick in Patch Portraits

SCA alumnus shared images of Patch Portraits, a new publication that includes her work , which is touring Alberta as part of the TREX Travelling Exhibition program. Click through to see some images and go to find out more about TREX.

Big Top Art School

, a great project initiated and operated by Andrew Dadson and SCA alumnus , is a "free, low barrier, drop-in art school taking place under a pop-up tent at Oppenheimer Park field house," runs every Sunday from 10:00 AM 鈥� 1:00 PM at Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park (400 Powell St., Vancouver). Nice work!

Sum at Evergreen

SCA alumnus is playing on September 23, 2023, from 8:00 PM 鈥� 9:00 PM at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam), as part of Evergreen's Rehearsal Hall Sessions. More . For a list of other shows Sum's playing visit

Maddock鈥� on Regards Hybrides

SCA alumnus 鈥� writes about , a "new streaming platform for Canadian dance," in the Summer 2023 issue of The Dance Current鈥�. Browse the issue .

How Would Lubitsch Do It S3E09

SCA alumnus host Devan Scott and guest Bram Ruiter look at Lubitsch's (1929). Listen .

Silverfox鈥� at IAIA

SCA alumnus is an Artist-in-Residence (A-i-R) at Santa Fe's Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)鈥� from September 1 鈥� October 13, 2023. More .

Tones for Matthew

SCA alumnus 鈥�'蝉 tones to melt and heal hardened hearts diffused on bicycles project rolled our September 9, 2023, and included contributions of tones by a host of familiar folks. Click through to to check out the full list of contributors and then find out more about the project .

Biddle and Lacroix at the UAAC-AAUC

SCA PhD students and are chairing panels, "" and , respectively, at the 2023 .