SCA | Quick News | August 30, 2024
One Hundred More in Toronto
The SCA's Justine A. Chambers and Laurie Young are presenting their collaborative work, One Hundred More, an "incremental choreography of personal physical strategies the artists deploy as women of colour and mothers," as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art, which runs September 21 – December 1, 2024. More HERE.
Moving Matter nominated in Oslo
Moving Matter – the short film by the SCA's Rob Kitsos and SCA alumni Meagan Woods (who did the garment and wearable designs) and Beau Han Bridge (who did the cinematography, editing, and sound design), which was produced with SCA alumnus Alexandra Caprara (who did the projections and production design), and featuring SCA alumni Anna Wang Albini and Sydney Bluck as dancers – has been nominated for Best Short Film at the 2024 Oslo Short Film Festival. Good luck, team! More HERE.
GoGo Musebots Go!
The SCA's Arne Eigenfeldt has posted a great collection of short video samples from the latest sessions by his Gogo Musebots and top-shelf players John Korsrud (trumpet), Jon Bentley (saxophones), and James Meger (bass), who's the focus of this particular segment. Click through to Eigenfeldt's Instagram to see the full collection of clips, which includes some behind-the-scenes action, and then head over to his GoGo Musebots playlist on YouTube to see the full set of group improvisations.
Pauly/Egoyan/Bajakian at 8East
The SCA's Mauricio Pauly (chromaharp, lapsteel, live sampling and processing), Eve Egoyan (acoustic and augmented piano), and Aram Bajakian (guitar) are playing Friday, August 30, 2024, at 7:00 PM at 8EAST (8 E. Pender St., Vancouver), along with Not for Proper (Lisa Cay Miller – piano & Kenton Loewen – drums). More HERE.
TPE's season announcement
Turning Point Ensemble, which has the SCA's Owen Underhill as Artistic Director and conductor, has announced their 2024-25 Season! See what they have planned HERE.
Hill joins VAG's collection
Work by SCA alumnus Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill is part of the Vancouver Art Gallery's just-announced set of new acquisitions to their permanent collection. Read the VAG's press release HERE.
Touchstone's 24/25 Season
Touchstone Theatre announced their 24/25 Season, and it includes SWIM, created by Jivesh Parasram, Tom Arthur Davis, Gavan Cheema and SCA alumnus David Mesiha, which is set to run January 30 – February 3, 2025, at a TBC venue (and presented with the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival). Also, SCA alumnus Jordyn Wood, who is a playwright in residence at Touchstone Theatre, is developing their new play Vascular Necrosis. More HERE.
The Veda Hille Sisterhood's matinee
A second matinee show on Sunday, September 15, 2024, at 2:00 PM has been added for The Veda Hille Sisterhood, which includes SCA alumnus Lucien Durey on "voice and sundry noisemakers," and p:ano at The Cultch's Historic Theatre (1895 Venables St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Obuwoma and Sound's Artist's Salons
Presented in support of the exhibition It begins with knowing and not knowing, the Richmond Art Gallery shared a video on their YouTube channel of SCA alumni Ogheneofegor Obuwoma's online Artist Salon on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Watch it HERE. SCA alumnus Michelle Sound, who's also part of the exhibition, hosted an online Artist's Salon on August 28, 2024, which we'll shared when the RAG's puts it up on YouTube, too. Don't miss It begins with knowing and not knowing, which runs to September 29, 2024, at the RAG.
Dear Friends &.
The next edition of Dear Friends &., the monthly reading series hosted by Western Front and The Capilano Review (which has SCA alumnus Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross as Art Editor), is Thursday, September 5, 2024, at 7:30 PM at the Western Front (303 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver), featuring Tina Do, Rhoda Rosenfeld, and Gerry Shikatani, hosted by Cap Review's Literary Editor, Deanna Fong. More HERE.
Fukumura and Zarkalam in vActory Series
SCA alumni June Fukumura and Shervin Zarkalam 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 HERE.
Ramsey talks with Lee and Lewis
Elliott Ramsey, SCA alumnus and curator at The Polygon Gallery, will be in conversation with Yaniya Lee and Artspeak’s Director Nya Lewis on September 5, 2024, at 7:00 PM at the Polygon (101 Carrie Cates Ct., North Vancouver), to celebrate the re-launch of Lee’s Selected Writing on Black Canadian Art. More HERE.
FCAT Certificate in Sound
We're pretty excited about the new Certificate in Sound from us and the rest of the team in the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology. Find out more HERE.
SCA contribute to grunt's 40th
SCA alumni Laiwan, Cindy Mochizuki, Olumoroti Soji-George, and Michelle Sound have contributed work to grunt gallery's upcoming 40th Anniversary Fundraiser, which runs online from 8:00 AM, September 10, to 11:59 PM, September 24, 2024. More HERE.
Robinson's Acting Associate Dean
Dylan Robinson, SCA alumnus and Associate Professor in the UBC School of Music, has been appointed their Acting Associate Dean, Equity. Congratulations, Dylan! More HERE.
veto and Florence's Measured By Hand
Curated by the dirty dishes collective, SCA alumnus Vitória "veto" Monteiro and Lan “Florence” Yee's Measured By Hand is at Artspeak until September 28, 2024. More HERE.
LAMENT: Adams / McMann
SCA alumnus Virginia Jessica Sparvier-Wells (née McMann) is presenting a set of works as part of LAMENT: Adams / McMann on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 7:30 PM at the University of Manitoba's Desautels Concert Hall (150 Dafoe Rd W, Winnipeg). More HERE.
Durey's Neighbourly Figures
SCA alumnus Lucien Durey shared some nice installation images of Neighbourly Figures (2024), which you can see at 45 Gorge Road East in Victoria, BC, commissioned by PC Urban. See them on his Instagram HERE. Here's what Durey shared as context about the work: "Neighbourly Figures references community lore collected from the neighbourhood around the site of installation, from beloved trees and pets to memorable artistic features. The artwork’s forms are influenced in part by 1973 murals painted inside the Gorge Road Hospital by a local admirer of Picasso, Braque and Matisse. With a playful approach to shape, colour and light, “Neighbourly Figures” contemplates the stories and pastimes of Gorge Road residents, past, present and future."
Pulsive Party and more at the Fringe
Watch a quick video of Pulsive Party (Ashley Whitehead and SCA alumnus Natalie Tin Yin Gan) rehearsing for Lip Service 3: Live In Concert, which is part of the Vancouver Fringe (September 5 – 15, 2024). Other SCA-related programming includes SCA alumnus Jhoely Triana's Arboles (Trees) Outdoors, SCA alumnus Matthew Toffoletto's Enceladus Walking (with SCA alumni Zoë Braithwaite, Lauren Han, and Rosemary Morrison), and a whole crew of SCA alumni working behind the scenes on Jessica Lemes da Silva's God’s A Drag, including Davey Samuel Calderon (Dramaturg), Bernice Paet (Assistant Stage Manager), Christian Ching (Technical Director), Cindy Kao (Sound Designer), and Alexa Fraser (Costume Designer). Click HERE for the Pulsive Party video and go HERE for the full Fringe schedule.
Chien and MacCaull in TAIWANfest
SCA alumni Sammy Chien & Caroline MacCaull (Chimerik 似不像) are speaking as part of Road Trip – Reimagining International Artistic Exchange on Saturday, August 31, 2024, from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM at the VSO School of Music (843 Seymour St, Vancouver), presented as part of TAIWANfest Vancouver. More HERE.
Horror in Seconds' deadline
The "regular" submission for Horror in Seconds, the film festival dedicated to 60-seconds-or-less horror shorts from emerging BIPOC filmmakers, created and organized by SCA alumnus Doaa Magdy, is September 15, 2024. Find out more at the fest's FilmFreeway page.
Accelerator Lab in Europe
Theatre Replacement, which has SCA alumni Maiko Yamamoto as Artistic Director, has been sharing envy-inducing photos on their Instagram of their 2024 Accelerator Lab International Fellowship cohort, which includes SCA alumni Davey Samuel Calderon, Keely O'Brien, and Aryo Khakpour, and Kyle Loven, on a a European sojourn. Click through to see them HERE.
Ivanochko nominated
SCA alumnus Sasha Ivanochko has been nominated for a 2025 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize. Congratulations and good luck, Sasha! While the Metcalf Foundation hasn't posted the news on their site yet, you can find out more about the Foundation HERE.
P.L.U.R.O.M.A. Resort '24
Busy SCA alumnus Katayoon Yousefbigloo, who lists "fashion mogul at the helm of the P.L.U.R.O.M.A. empire" as one of her many projects, shared about the upcoming P.L.U.R.O.M.A. Resort '24 fashion show 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 ANTI-ICON: APOKALYPSIS exhibition. And lo, isn't that the always stylish SCA alumnus Elliott Ramsey, who's also the curator at the Polygon, in these shots? Find out more HERE.
Support Two-Eyed Seeing
The Only Animal, which has SCA alumnus Barbara Adler as Artistic Director, is raising funds to help realize Rosemary Georgeson and Lara Aysal's Two-Eyed Seeing: Ways of Being and Seeing. Find out more and make a donation HERE.
Attune yourself to the electric fields around you
SCA alumnus Nancy Tam and the rest of the Fathom Sounds Collective are teasing a new web-based project. Follow the Collective on Instagram for more.
How Would Lubitsch Do It? S5E07
Listen to S5E07 of How Would Lubitsch Do It? with SCA alumnus host Devan Scott and guest Willa Harlow Ross on Lubitsch's Heaven Can Wait (1943). Listen HERE.
The Lo-fi Revue
SCA alumni Jaqueline Ritter, Jay Gignac, Dawn Briscoe, and Camryn Frisk are part of The Lo-fi Revue, "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 HERE.
Ng's last word on Music in My Eyes
The Art Gallery at Evergreen (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) have shared the last interview video clip with SCA alumnus Silas Ng, who's work Music in My Eyes is on the Centre's lobby windows until September, 2024, presented as part of the 2024 Capture Photography Festival Selected Exhibition Program. Watch it HERE.
FRIDAY sale
SCA alumnus DEBBY FRIDAY is having a sale on some limited edition merch on her web store. Grab some gear at debbyfriday.shop and use the code FRIDAY2024 for 10% off your entire order until September 2, 2024.
stories best told at twilight
SCA alumnus Cindy Mochizuki's exhibition, stories best told at twilight, opens Saturday, September 14, 2024, from 4:30 – 7:00 PM at the Art Gallery at Evergreen (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam), featuring a tour of the exhibition by Mochizuki, and runs to November 17, 2024. More HERE.
In between endings
While it's not yet listed on Macaulay & Co. Fine Art (293 East 2nd Ave., Vancouver) site, they're hosting SCA alumnus Lauren Crazybull's solo exhibition, In between endings, opening September 19, 2024. Check back for more HERE.
Finding Pathways to Temahahoi
SCA alumnus Anchi Lin (Ciwas Tahos)’s multimedia installation Finding Pathways to Temahahoi opens Friday, August 30, and runs to Saturday, September 28, 2024, at Arts House (North Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensberry St., North Melbourne). More HERE.
Smith in (On)Going
Paige Smith, SCA alumnus and MFA student at the University of Waterloo Over the summer, "will be showing a multichannel video installation featuring hand-processed super 8mm and 16mm film, performance for video, and archival footage" as part of the group exhibition (On)Going, which runs August 28 – September 15, 2024, at The Artery (263 Phillip Street, East Campus Hall, University of Waterloo, Waterloo). More HERE.
Music for the Augmented Pipe Organ
SCA PhD student George Rahi is presenting Music for the Augmented Pipe Organ on September 13 at Toronto's Metropolitan United Church (6 Queen Street East) at 7:30 PM (doors at 7:00 PM), presented by the Canadian Music Centre and Royal Canadian College Of Organists (more HERE), and on September 20 at Montreal's Ascension of Our Lord (375 Kitchener Ave, Westmount, Quebec), 375 Kitchener Ave, Westmount, Quebec, presented by Earth World Collaborative.
Ybarra's new site
SCA alumnus Faune Ybarra, who's also the Curator & Community Arts Coordinator at Massy Arts and a Community Arts Programmer for the City of Vancouver, has a nice new website. Check it out HERE.
Magpantay and Atiencia at Bard on the Beach
SCA alumni Anjela Magpantay and Daniela Atiencia are two of the Apprentice Directors for the 2024 Season for the Bard on the Beach. Find out more about them and the plays they're working on HERE.
Morelli on the Reford Gardens
Read SCA alumnus Didier Morelli on the Reford Gardens in Grand-Métis, Que., for CBC Arts. Read it HERE.
Mascall on Pedagogy and Creation
Jennifer Mascall is hosting a series of classes on "Pedagogy and Creation" from September 17 – 27, 2024, daily from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. More HERE.
Whispers in the Wind
Watch the new video for Whispers in the Wind by SCA student Van Lefan on YouTube HERE.
a room full of exes & it's not me (reprise)
Watch the new video for a room full of exes & it's not me (reprise) by SCA alumnus Amanda Sum on YouTube HERE.