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Michelle Sound, Aunties Holding It Together

SCA | Quick News | August 12, 2022

Sound's Aunties Holding It Together

SCA alumnus Michelle Sound is presenting Aunties Holding It Together, "featuring new sculptural and photographic works from two ongoing series," at the Burrard Arts Foundation, running August 18 – October 22, 2022. More HERE.

Tham on Singapore Stores

SCA alumnus Jennifer Tham, who's also Artistic Director of the SYC Ensemble Singers, was a guest on Singapore Stores podcast. Listen HERE.

Soji-George co-curates

As a member of The Black Arts Centre in Surrey, SCA MA student Moroti Soji-George co-curated two upcoming exhibitions – I see; I breathe; I am! and Concealed Cultures: Visualizing the Black Vernacular – at the Surrey Art Gallery, running September 17 – December 11, 2022.  

Wei and Xie make videos

SCA students Michelle Wei and David Yunze Xie produced this video – a Q&A with artist John D. Rosenthal – as part of their internships (organized by Barbara Adler, the SCA's Professional Development Coordinator – find out more here) at Richmond Art Gallery. Watch HERE.

Peripheral Review – new site + auction

Peripheral Review, the online art magazine edited by SCA alumni Lauren Lavery, has launched a new website and announced an online Fundraiser Auction, which opens Saturday, August 13, 2022. More HERE.

Kim and Oke are Commissioned Artists

The Festival Of Recorded Movement (F-O-R-M) "just revealed" their 2022 Commissioned Artists, which include SCA folks Kevin Jin Kwan Kim and Julianna Oke, working with Seth Kitamura. More HERE.

Somera Jr. at the VSDF

Watch SCA alumnus Antonio Somera Jr. and crew perform as part of the 2022 edition of the Vancouver Street Dance Festival at Robson Square. Watch HERE.

After School with Galindo and Lim

The latest episode of After School, the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology produced podcast that features FCAT students in conversation with FCAT alumni, including from the SCA, has SCA student Andrea Isea Galindo speaking with SCA alumnus Milton Lim. Listen HERE.

Carter choreographs

SCA alumnus Shion Skye Carter is participating in Urban Ink's Guide My Way: A celebration of the music from Sedna, which runs Friday, August 12, 2022, at the York Theatre. Tickets HERE.

Stir on The Big Bad Wolf

Read Stir Vancouver on The Big Bad Wolf, with SCA alumni Valerie Christiansen, Davey Samuel Calderon, and Janelle Reid, which is part of the 2022 Vines Art Festival, which runs August 3 to 13. Read it HERE.

Big City at Red Gate

Big City, the duo of SCA MFA student Katayoon Yousefbigloo and PhD student (and MFA alumnus) Dave Biddle, are playing with Daisies, Hamburgerlady, and fiction + jacksonl0ve tonight – August 12, 2022 – at Red Gate Arts Society (1965 Main Street, Vancouver). More HERE.

O'Brien at The Blue Cabin

Staring this week, SCA alumnus Keely O'Brien is doing The Blue Cabin Artist Residency, working on The Dream Home Manifestation Program, "a participatory public art experience intended to explore both the optimism and the hopelessness encountered by many community members in attempting to find secure and affordable housing." More HERE.

Loscil at the Chan

SCA alumnus Scott Morgan / Loscil is playing the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts with Rafael Anton Irisarri on Saturday, October 1, 2022, at 8:00 PM. More HERE.

Chien, MacCaull, and Angus in Berlin

If you're in BErlin, SCA alumni Sammy Chien and Caroline MacCaull (Chimerik 似不像) are performing along with SCA alumni Britt Angus' Chaos Emblematic on Friday, August 19, 2022, as part of D&D and Chaos Presents: Summer Showcase. More HERE.

Art Action Earwig's zine performance

Art Action Earwig 예술행동그룹 이어위그, the "multidisciplinary performance collective" of SCA alumni Minah Lee and artist Wryly Andherson, have launched a "zine performance" as a fundraiser for a "larger gesture" called Give Birth Love Tooth. More HERE.

SCA at the Dance Centre

The Dance Centre have announced their 2022-2023 season, which features plenty of SCA folks, including SCA alumni Jeanette Kotowich, Emmalena Fredriksson, Shion Skye Carter, Isabelle Kirouac, Sammy Chien and Caroline MacCaull (Chimerik 似不像), and Tomoyo Yamada, plus many, many other great folks. More HERE.

Graveyards and Gardens on tour

Graveyards and Gardens, SCA alumnus Vanessa Goodman's collaboration with Caroline Shaw, is being presented on September 3, 2022, as part of Köln's internationale tanzmesse nrw, and on November 10, 2022, as part of Montréal's International Conference and networking organization for the Performing Arts.  

Goodman's Tuning

SCA alumnus Vanessa Goodman's Tuning, which was commissioned by Alexis Fletcher, is part of a double bill with Edouard Lock’s ÉCHO on September 1 + 2, 2022, at 8:00 PM at the Triffo Theatre at Edmonton's MacEwan University. More HERE.

Open Letter from Indigenous Classical Musicians

SCA alumnus Jessica McMann was one of the contributors to and signatories of this "Open Letter from Indigenous Classical Musicians" that seeks to help "redress Indigenous experiences of racism within the classical music community and further share our stories and music." Read it HERE.

Donate to Vines

Help the Vines Art Festival, created by SCA alumni and festival director Heather Lamoureux in 2015, reach its fundraising goal. More HERE.

Armour update

SCA alumnus Norman Armour has updated his website – for all your organizational & project development, international engagement, networking & touring, and artistic & festival direction needs. More HERE.

Monkey Beach on the CBC

SCA alumnus Ls Todd's Monkey Beach is playing Saturday, August 13, 2022, at 9:00 PM (check your local listings!) as part of the CBC's Summer Movies programming, and then will be available via CBC Gem.

Jeffery fest

It's a FREE mini-festival and Q&A with SCA alumnus Daniel Jeffery at Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society (1131 Howe Street, Vancouver) on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, featuring Jeffery's documentaries Save the Children, Manboyhood, The Script, Sad Hill With Sad Hill, and Free Range. Email education@cineworks.ca for more info.

Yassine's teaser

Super quick teaser for A Woman Appears, a Woman Disappears, "a semi-autobiographical solo performance" by SCA alumnus Ghinwa Yassine for interplay_2022 on September 15 & 16, 2022, produced by SCA alumnus Deanna Peters / Mutable Subject. Watch HERE.

New Societies reviewed

Re:Current Theatre's New Societies, fueled by a top team of SCA alumni, is reviewed by the Kingston Whig-Standard. Read it HERE.

Now on video – Kong in conversation with Kaur, Sparks, Taylor, Henderson, and Wilkinson

ICYMI: here's the video archive of SCA PhD candidate Yani Kong in conversation with artists Russna Kaur, M.E. Sparks, and Andrea Taylor, curator Kate Henderson, and writer Jayne Wilkinson, in support of We Can Only Hint at This With Words, which ran April 23 – June 25 at the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art. Watch it HERE.

Aoki talks Voirelia

Read three posts from SCA alumnus Jennifer Aoki about her work with Voirelia, "a dance, psychology, and philosophy hub," which she is the Artistic Co-Director for (with founder and Artistic Co-Director Alina Sotskova). Read them here: One, Two, Three.

Listening to Pictures Episode 9: Hansen and Ling on Lum

Episode 9 of SFU Galleries' Listening to Pictures podcast project features Kara Ditte Hansen and Steffanie Ling on SCA alumnus Ken Lum. ​Listen HERE.

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August 12, 2022