SCA | Quick News | February 14, 2025
Thiessen in Response: Remembering Our Futures
SCA student Kaleb Thiessen is part of the exhibition Response: Remembering Our Futures, with an opening celebration (with a screening) on Sunday, March 9, at 7:00 PM, and running March 5 – April 4, 2025, at The Polygon Gallery (101 Carrie Cates Ct., North Vancouver). More HERE.
Priest's Dead-Wall Reveries
Weather permitting, The Array Ensemble is presenting the world premiere of Dead-Wall Reveries by the SCA's Eldritch Priest, as part of New Encounters on February 15, 2025, from 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, at Arrayspace (155 Walnut Ave., Toronto). More HERE.
ephemeral objects and Bhullar's Sagga
Listen to and watch Sagga by ephemeral objects and SCA alumnus Kaila Bhullar, from the new compilation Earth Amulets on Wuji, released in support of the Beirut Synth Center / Tunefork Studios and Gaza Mutual Aid Solidarity. Listen to the track on Bandcamp and watch the A/V version HERE.
Nepantla: Magia Ancestral
SCA alumnus Salomé Nieto and Julio Medina's Nepantla: Magia Ancestral runs March 5, 2025, from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver), presented as part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF), with support from the Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre (VLACC). More HERE.
a room full of exes/ it’s not me (reprise)
Watch the video for SCA alumnus Amanda Sum's a room full of exes/ it’s not me (reprise), re-shared for today! Watch it now on Sum's Instagram.
Night 2 of 3: Santi's Love and Country County Fair 2
SCA alumnus Santi Henderson has organized Santi's Love and Country County Fair 2, a packed multi-day event, including a performance by his group Santi and the Hanky Tanks, running February 13 – 15, 2025, nightly at 7:00 PM, at the The Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver). More HERE.
Pswagi Temahahoi
SCA alumnus Anchi Lin / Ciwas Tahos is presenting Pswagi Temahahoi, "a mesmerizing live sculpture performance," as part of the opening celebration for ALOHA NŌ, the latest iteration of the Hawai‘i Triennial, on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at the HT25 HUB at Davies Pacific Center (841 Bishop St., Honolulu). More HERE.
Friedenberg talks sh*t with Knight – and win some tickets, too!
Listen to the latest episode of Talking Sh*t With Tara Cheyenne, the podcast from SCA MFA student Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, this time featuring Autumn Knight. Listen HERE. Also, Friedenberg is giving away two pairs of tickets, courtesy Just for Laughs Vancouver, to see Kumail Nanjiani on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at the Vogue Theatre. All you need to do to for a chance to win one of these pairs of tickets is make a donation to support Tara Cheyenne Performance until February 19, 2025, at 11:59 PM (PST). Donate now HERE.
Tedlie-Stursberg's Memory Ware Workshop
SCA alumnus Alex Tedlie-Stursberg is hosting a "Memory Ware Workshop" on Saturday, February 22, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, at the Richmond Art Gallery (#180 – 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond), presented in support of the group exhibition Dear Plastic, which Tedlie-Stursberg is part of, running January 18 – March 23, 2025, at the gallery. More HERE.
Lefan plays Souq Meets Merkado
SCA student Van Lefan is performing as part of Souq Meets Merkado, "a community-driven event dedicated to supporting grassroots initiatives that uplift marginalized communities in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and the Philippines," on Sunday, February 16, 2025, from 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM, at 312 Main Street, Vancouver. More HERE.
New Age Attitudes in Victoria
SCA alumnus Amanda Sum's New Age Attitudes: Live In Concert is playing Victoria's The Belfry Theatre (1291 Gladstone Ave., Victoria) on March 13 – 15, 2025, presented as part of The SPARK Festival. More HERE.
asses.masses in Michigan
SCA alumni Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim presented their interactive video game performance, asses.masses, on February 13, 2025, at Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater, and it's running February 15 & 16, 2025, in the Stamps Auditorium at the Walgreen Drama Center (1226 Murfin Ave., Ann Arbor). Find out more about asses.masses HERE and see where Blenkarn and Lim are presenting it next.
To Be A Creature – tonight!
SCA alumnus Wallgrin is having a "To Be A Creature OF LOVE? Video Premiere & Valentine’s Party" on February 14, 2025, at 7:30 (doors) at KW Studios (111 W. Hastings St., Vancouver). Get tickets HERE.
SAN's the fall
Watch the video for the fall (ft. desiree dawson) from SAN (SCA alumnus Stefan Nazarevich) HERE.
Atiencia's all over Chochito Rey
SCA alumnus Daniela Atiencia co-created and wrote (with Angie Descalzi and Christine Quintana), co-devised (with Descalzi, Quintana, and Alen Dominguez, Manuela Sosa, Anthony Santiago, and Emma Abbott), and directed Chochito Rey: Sangre, Poder y Traición (A ‘King Lear’ Workshop Adaptation), running February 15, 2025, at 7:30 PM (doors at 7:00 PM) at Progress Lab (1422 William St., Vancouver), presented as part of Rumble Theatre's Telenovela Project. More HERE.
Below the Radar with Michael Turner
Michael Turner talks to Am Johal about his latest book, Playlist: A Profligacy of Your Least-Expected Poems, on Episode 262 of Below the Radar, the podcast produced by the good folks at SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Listen HERE.
Turner on Wishing on My Falsies
Read Micheal Turner in Preview magazine on SCA alumnus Katayoon Yousefbigloo and A Maior's exhibition Wishing on My Falsies, which is at the Western Front (303 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver) until April 5, 2025. Read it HERE.
Ross in Noted*
Presented as part of Noted*, "a guest interpretation series inviting writers in the community to create an original text responding to an item or object in the 221A Fellowship Library," SCA alumnus Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross is producing a text in response to Fuse Magazine: Do Less (Winter 2013-14), and as part of the process is leading Art Worker Diary: A Writing Workshop, a free "two-hour writing workshop exploring the ongoing problem of how to live, work, and make art under capitalism" on Saturday, February 22, 2024, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, at 221A (825 Pacific St., Vancouver). While snacks and drinks are provided, the workshop is limited to six participants (and likely already full), who are also "encouraged to bring their own notebook and stationary items." More HERE.