SCA | Quick News | February 18, 2022
Valentine-Lewis' future relics of our time
SCA alumnus Andrea Valentine-Lewis has curated future relics of our time, an exhibition of ceramic works by Serisa Fitz-James, Jack Kenna, and Isabel Wynn for the Equinox Gallery, opening Saturday, February 19, from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM and running to March 19, 2022. More HERE.
Ghosh in New & Emerging
SCA MFA alumnus Aakansha Ghosh is part of the exhibition New & Emerging at the Seymour Art Gallery, running until February 26, 2022. More HERE.
Sound Talks
Reminder: SCA alumnus Michelle Sound is giving an online artist talk on February 24 at 6:00 PM (PST) for the grunt gallery, in support of the exhibition Smokes, Sings Loud with Lori Blondeau, which runs to March 12, 2022. More HERE.
Vickers in NYC
Macaulay & Co. Fine Art is presenting Ancestor Gesture: Diviners, an exhibition by SCA alumnus Charlene Vickers, at New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) in NYC from March 11 – April 24, 2022, with a performance on Saturday, March 12, at 2:00 PM. More HERE.
van Wyk workshop
SCA alumnus Eddy van Wyk is running an online workshop series that runs February 26, March 5 & March 12, 2022, from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM (PST). More HERE.
Capilano Review hits 50
Happy 50th to The Capilano Review, which has SCA alumnus Lauren Lavery as Managing Editor. More HERE.
SCA in Digital Salons
Join the SCA's Sabrina Schroeder and SCA alumni Cindy Kao and Aysha Dulong (Sapphire Haze), plus Keiko Devaux, Mark McGregor, and Alfredo Santa Ana, as part of Music on Main's FREE Digital Salons, running March 8 – 10, 2022. RSVP HERE.
Lum at the Remai
SCA alumnus Ken Lum's exhibition Death and Furniture is running February 11 – May 15, 2022, at Saskatoon's Remai Modern, curated by Michelle Jacques and Johan Lundh and co-organized by Remai Modern, Saskatoon and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. More HERE.
Nass interviewed
Read an interview with Fay Nass – the frank theatre company's Creative Director, SCA alumnus, and co-creator of the frank theatre company's theatrical film Be-Longing. Read it HERE.
Koochakzadeh-Yazdi's What the Body Says
Listen to SCA alumnus and current Stanford PhD student Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi's What the Body Says HERE.
Goodman's Tuning previewed
Read a preview of SCA alumnus Vanessa Goodman's Tuning, which runs February 23 – 26, 2022, at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, performed by Alexis Fletcher & Ted Littlemore. Read it HERE.
Laiwan's How Water Remembers 水記得 and talks Chinatown Futures
SCA alumnus Laiwan's "participatory art project" How Water Remembers 水記得, presented by the City of Vancouver's Sea2City Design Challenge, runs February 14 to March 14, 2022, at various sites in False Creek and Chinatown. Find out more HERE. Laiwan also joined and the hua foundation's Kimberley Wong as guests on HOT POT TALKS: Chinatown Futures on February 16, presented by Vancouver Moving Theatre / Heart of the City Festival. Watch it HERE.
Chan and Wood in the Or Festival
SCA alumni Garvin Chan (Director) and Jordyn Wood (Playwright of Dry Rot) are participating in the 2022 Or Festival, which runs April 9 & 10. Also, SCA alumnus and Lighting Designer Jonathan Kim is part of the Or team, too. More HERE.
Morelli talks Power Play
Watch SCA alumnus Didier Morelli talk about his work in the upcoming virtual exhibition Power Play: Hockey in Contemporary Canadian Art exhibit at Brampton's Peel Art Gallery, curated by Jaclyn Meloche. Watch it HERE.
FCAT UGC
It's FCAT Undergraduate Conference time again! Sign up to present! More HERE.
Brown talks
The SCA's Colin Browne gave a talk, What is Thinkable is Also Possible: Surrealists on the Northwest Coast, on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at UBC's Buchanan Tower, presented by the Dept. of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies, UBC and the UBC CMS Narratives Research Group. More HERE.
Matriarchs Uprising in Stir
Stir Vancouver covers the 2022 Matriarchs Uprising Festival, featuring SCA alumnus Jeanette Kotowich. Read it HERE.
Postalian talks Fefu and Her Friends
Watch an interview with SCA alumnus Brian Postalian talking about his direction of Fefu and Her Friends, which streams live online Feb 17 – 20 & March 4 – 6, 2022, presented by the University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College's Theatre Erindale. Watch it HERE.
Pon talks TPE show
Read a conversation with composer Nova Pon about Turning Point Ensemble's upcoming premiere of her Symphonies of Mother and Child (with the SCA's Owen Underhill as Artistic Director and conductor) on February 26 & 27, 2022, at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Read it HERE.
Voices of the Street
Listen to the new podcast series Voices of the Street, developed by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement in collaboration with Megaphone Magazine, and featuring behind-the-scenes work by SCA students Paige Smith and Kathy Feng.
FCAT Podcast jobs!
Are you SCA and have skills as a Podcast Producer and/or Podcast Host / Student Assistant? Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology, our institutional home at SFU, is looking for some new talent! Deadline to apply is February 22, 2022. More HERE.
Hood's Bad Eggs
Upcoming: SCA alumnus Jessica Hood's Bad Eggs, running March 16 – 27, 2022, presented by unladylike co. Behind the scenes are many other SCA folks, too, including Rachelle Miguel (who is the co-artistic producer and co-founder of unladylike co. with Hood), Pedro Chamale, Jessica Han, Teresa Leung, and Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi. More HERE.
SCA in Gallery Series 258
Co-curated by SCA alumnus Rachel Maddock, Gallery Jones' Gallery Series 258 includes work by SCA alumni Deanna Peters, Caroline MacCaull, Jessica McMann, and Maddock herself, along with Oksana Augustine, responding to the work of Fiona Ackerman. More HERE.
McMann's Muskwa's Mountain Home
Listen to SCA alumnus Jessica McMann's Muskwa's Mountain Home, performed by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, lead by Associate Conductor Karl Hirzer. Listen HERE.