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SCA | Quick News | September 6, 2024

Shihab and Marks in the Routledge Handbook on Arab Cinema

The SCA's ("Home and back home") and Laura U. Marks ("Can cinema slow the flow of blood?") contributed to the Routledge Handbook on Arab Cinema (2024), edited By Noha Mellor. More .

And We Cheerfully Put the Gods to Death

The SCA's James Long is in Norway presenting And We Cheerfully Put the Gods to Death, created by Spreafico Eckly with Helga Guren and Long, from September 5 – 7, 2024, (Carte Blanche – Nøstegaten 119, 5011 Bergen) and on September 12 & 13 (Badehusgata 25, 4014 Stavanger).

El Shazly and Wei up for the Lind

SCA alumnus and SCA PhD student join Karice Mitchell, Dion Smith-Dokkie, and Parumveer Walia have all been nominated for the 2024 Lind Prize, administered by The Polygon Gallery, the endowment for which the Lind family has increased to $1-million. All of the nominees will be included in The Lind Biennial, which is set to run November 9, 2024 – February 2, 2025, at the Polygon (101 Carrie Cates Ct., North Vancouver). More .

They're #2 & #3

The SCA's (#2 Visual Artist) and (#3 Classical Music Ensemble), which has the SCA's as conductor and Artistic Director, are included as winners in The Georgia Straight's annual "Best of Vancouver" listings. See all of the 2024 winners for Arts & Entertainment .  

Ƿ’s anthology a City of Vancouver Book Award Finalist

What Are Our Supports? is a finalist for the . Co-edited by SCA PhD student and curator and art historian Jeff O’Brien, the anthology features 23 contributors, including Jeff Derksen (԰AV Department of English), Andrew Yong Hoon Lee, Alexa Solveig Mardon, SCA alumnus , Michele Helen Mackenzie, incoming SCA PhD student , and Shadbolt Fellow Germaine Koh. The awards ceremony will take place during the Vancouver Writers’ Festival on October 25, Granville Island’s Revue Stage. Congratulations, Joni and team! Read more about the book .

Sound activates FLEET

The Burnaby Art Gallery announced SCA alumnus and Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun as the next Visiting Artists "activating the FLEET mobile art studio in Edmonds Park from September to November 2024." Also, Sound and White-Hill, Kwulasultun are holding an on September 14 at 4:00 PM at Edmonds Park (corner of Humphries Ave. and Rosewood St.)  More .

RAG screening Wilfred Buck

The Richmond Art Gallery is presenting a free screening SCA alumnus 's "award-winning hybrid documentary feature" (2024), on Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 6:15 PM – 8:30 PM at the Richmond Cultural Centre Performance Hall (7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond), featuring introductory remarks (via Zoom) by Jackson, presented with support from the National Film Board and Door Number 3 Productions.RSVP and more info .

Generations funded

, which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director/Choreographer, announced that they received funding from the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors Program for their project Generations, which they describe as "a multifaceted dance project rooted in the transformative power of contemporary dance and music, specifically tailored for underserved populations in care facilities of Metro Vancouver." Find out more .

Khakpour Looping Company 605

A new video by SCA alumnus called Looping is coming soon from Company 605? While we wait, check out what they've done so far, Looping-wise, .

Palad on Girard

Watch a video with SCA alumnus and Richmond Art Gallery Curatorial Assistant talking about Greg Girard's Meditation, No. 3 Road, which is being presented as part of the RAG's new initiative, "Collection Close-up." Find out more about "Collection Close-up" .

a root or mirror, blossom, madder, cracks; together

Quatuor Bozzini and junctQín keyboard collective have released a root or mirror, blossom, madder, cracks; together, a record of work by SCA alumnus and Jason Doell. Check it out on Bandcamp .

The Soldier's Lagoon

SCA alumnus 's The Soldier's Lagoon is screening as part of the on Monday, September 9, 2024, at 5:15 PM at The Cinematheque (131 Howe St., Vancouver). Grab tickets .

Slow Socials: Around Sound

Music on Main's just-announced 2024/25 season includes a team-up with , which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director, on Slow Socials: Around Sound, which will bring artists from both MoM's season and TOA’s sound installation project AWSS (Autumn-Winter, Spring-Summer) together for artistic exchanges and informal discussions. More info is to come, but in the meantime, here's the full . The Only Animal is also working in partnership with the Vancouver Park Board, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, and the Roundhouse to present another round of free Slow Social Club events from September 29 – November 24, 2024. With more info to come (and perhaps there'll be crossover with MoM's events?), you can find out more about their Slow Social project .

Homebuddies

We missed this one at the time (sorry!), but SCA alumnus was part of Homebuddies, a collaborative project by (the interdisciplinary performing arts company Cafferata is part of) and So.Glad Arts. Homebuddies was presented this August at Toronto's Lisgar Park / Evergreen Brick Works as part of the SummerWorks Performance Festival. More .

Making A Scene – videos

Stir Vancouver collected all of the archive videos from 's annual Making A Scene programming, which included participation by SCA alumni , , , , , and . Watch the videos .

Whispers in the Wind

SCA student 's Whispers in the Wind was reviewed by Indie Boulevard Magazine. Read it .

grunt's 40th!

The grunt gallery, which has SCA alumnus as Program Director, is having their 40th Anniversary Party on Friday, September 20, 2024, from 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM at the grunt (#116–350 East 2nd Ave., Vancouver). More .

Graveyards and Gardens in BC

In a quick BC tour, SCA alumnus & Caroline Shaw's is running September 5 at the Port Alice Community Centre (951 Marine Dr., Port Alice), September 5 & 6 at the Sointula Athletic Hall (1 St., Sointula), and September 8 at the Powell River Evergreen Theatre (5001 Joyce Ave., Powell River). More .

The Lo-fi Revue

SCA alumni , , , and are part of , "an intimate evening of interdisciplinary performance made by local emerging artists!," on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at 7:00 PM at the Victoria Drive Community Hall (2026 43rd Ave., Vancouver). Get tickets .

Soba's Corner at TOPO

SCA alumnus is presenting Soba's Corner: A Chinese-Canadian Cooking Show as a window installation from September 6 – October 26, 2024, at TOPO (5445, avenue de Gaspé, local 608, Montréal), featuring a "participatory performance" on Friday, September 6, from 5:30 PM – 9:15 PM. More .

Treasured Trash

SCA alumni , , , and are participating in Treasured Trash, What Lab's July Project Showcase, on ⁠September 8, 2024⁠, starting at 4:00 PM at What Lab (202 – 1814 Pandora St., Vancouver). More .

Cairns' Inedia

Co-produced by (SCA alumni Kathleen Hepburn and Tyler Hagan) SCA alumnus ' Inedia is having its world premiere as part of the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival on Friday, September 27, at 6:00 PM in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at ԰AV School for the Contemporary Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver) and on Sunday, September 29, at 12:45 PM at the International Village 9 (88 W Pender St., Vancouver). More .

Kong on It Begins With Knowing And Not Knowing

Read SCA alumnus on , which includes work by SCA alumni Ogheneofegor Obuwoma and , for Galleries West .

Saugstad in In the Wake

SCA alumnus is premiering new work for the Edmonton Ballet as part of In the Wake on October 18 & 19, 2024, at 7:30 PM in the Allard Hall at the Triffo Theatre (11110 – 104 Ave., Northwest), featuring sound design by SCA alumnus . More .

BODY PARTS in Oliver

SCA MFA student is presenting BODY PARTS on Friday, September 27, 2024, at 7:30 PM at the Venables Theatre in Oliver, BC (6100 Gala St.). More .

Hardy and Tedlie-Stursberg's Float

Evan Hardy and SCA alumnus have released Float, "a sculptural sound collaboration" produced using Tedlie-Stursberg's bronze sculptures made from "found marine wreckage" as a sound source. Listen .

Residuals (住み・墨) on tour

SCA alumnus is presenting Residuals (住み・墨) on September 30, 2024, at 6:30 PM at Halifax's Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen St.), presented as part of the , and on October 5, 2024, at 7:30 PM at St. John's LSPU Hall (Resource Centre for the Arts – 3 Victoria St.), presented as part of the . While at both locations, Carter will be presenting Movement + Calligraphy Workshops, as well. Find out more .

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