SCA | Quick News | February 7, 2025
African Cinema Now!: Dreaming of Elsewhere
Akojo Film Collective, which is Kika Memeh and SCA alumnus Ogheneofegor Obuwoma, have curated a new African Cinema Now! series of films, titled Dreaming of Elsewhere, at the VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour St., Vancouver), presented in recognition of Black History Month. More HERE.
Priest's Dead-Wall Reveries
Along with new works and arrangements of works by Maria-Eduarda Mendez Martins, Pouya Hamidi, and Morgan-Paige Melbourne, 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.
Chong in Welcome Back, Yokohama
The SCA's Chris Chong Chan Fui is participating in Welcome Back, Yokohama, the inaugural exhibition at the reopened Yokohama Museum of Art, which runs February 8 – June 2, 2025. More HERE.
Transness and Arts Institutions
The SCA's Kay Higgins is participating on the roundtable, "Transness and Arts Institutions," with Whess Harman and Maliv Khondaker, moderated by Vanessa Kwan, which is being presented as part of Trans Opacity Classroom, "a day-long discursive event dedicated to trans gathering and intra-community discourses," on Thursday, February 27, 2025, at the Libby Leshgold Gallery. The bad news is that the event is sold out, but you can join the wait list HERE.
Underhill’s the force that through the green fuse drives the flower
TPE Miniature, the upcoming concert on February 22 (7:30 PM) & February 23 (2:30 PM), 2025, at the Annex Theatre (23 Seymour St, Vancouver) by Turning Point Ensemble (which has the SCA's Owen Underhill as Artistic Director and conductor), includes the world premiere of Underhill’s the force that through the green fuse drives the flower, as well as the world premiere of Trikala Jati for JB by Curtis Andrews, performed by Jonathan Bernard and Sudnya Mulye, and a performance of Undine Smith Moore’s Afro-American Suite and Before I’d Be a Slave. Get tickets HERE.
Hill in Smoke in Our Hair
SCA alumnus Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill is part of the exhibition Smoke in Our Hair: Native Memory and Unsettled Time, which is running February 14 – August 31, 2025, at the Hudson River Museum (511 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, NY). More HERE.
Work at the Cap Review
The Capilano Review, which has SCA alumnus Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross as Art Editor, is seeking a new Literary Editor, to begin March 15, 2025. More HERE. And in the meantime, you can show your support for the Capilano Review by grabbing tickets for their "second annual poetry marathon" on Saturday, March 1, 2025, running online from 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM (PST) / 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM (EST). More HERE.
O'Callaghan talks Esprit show
La Scena Musicale magazine spoke with SCA alumnus James O'Callaghan, Steve Reich, Vito Žuraj, and Julia Mermelstein, who all have works in Esprit Orchestra's 2025 season. Read it HERE.
Friedenberg and Oakley in Unscripted: Postcards
SCA MFA student Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg and SCA alumnus Liz Oakley are part of the creative team for Christina Cook’s Unscripted: Postcards, which runs Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 7:30 PM at Progress Lab (1422 William St., Vancouver), presented by Playwrights Theatre Centre. More info and tickets HERE.
Below the Radar: Lisa Jackson
Listen to the latest (and possible one of the last) episode of Below the Radar, the podcast produced by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, this time featuring Am Johal in conversation with SCA alumnus and filmmaker Lisa Jackson, whose documentary, Wilfred Buck, was also just announced as one of the Writers Guild of Canada 2025 Screenwriting Awards nominees. Listen HERE.
Sex, Drugs and Criminality at HOLD ON LET GO
Read Stir Vancouver on Mammalian Diving Reflex's Sex, Drugs and Criminality, featuring SCA alumnus Hiro Kanagawa, which is running February 7, 2025, at 8:00 PM at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver), as part of Theatre Replacement and Company 605's festival of contemporary performance work, HOLD ON LET GO, which includes plenty of SCA representation (see last week's Quick News). Read it HERE.
Lasa Ng Imperyo (A Taste of Empire) reviewed
Read Stir Vancouver's review of Lasa Ng Imperyo (A Taste of Empire), presented by rice & beans theatre (which has SCA alumnus Pedro Chamale as Artistic Director and SCA alumnus Anjela Magpantay as interim-Artistic Director), which is running as part of the 2025 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, which has a lot of SCA participation (see last week's Quick News). Read it HERE.
veto at WePress
Great news! SCA alumnus Vitória “veto” Monteiro is the new Artistic Engagement Director for WePress, a community artspace in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Click through to WePress' Instagram for a quick intro to veto. Read it HERE.
The Trouble with Art Biennials Today
SCA MA alumnus Joshua Segun-Lean has an essay, "The Trouble with Art Biennials Today," in the latest issue of Frieze and online. Read it HERE.
Play with Luna June
Are you a drummer, bassist, and lead guitarist in Vancouver? SCA student Cleo Luna June is looking to start a band. Click through to watch their pitch video on Instagram and then head over to this signup form, which is running to February 15, 2025.
PTC's Blocks Presentation
Upcoming from Playwrights Theatre Centre (PTC): Blocks Presentation, featuring excerpt of the "collaborative efforts of [their] Block A writers with our Block D dramaturgs," including SCA alumni Garvin Chan 陳嘉泓 and Hannah Meyers from Block A, on February 10, 2025, at 7:30 PM at Progress Lab (1422 William St., Vancouver).
An Ocean to Livity
SCA PhD student Jordan Strom was on-hand for the opening of Charles Campbell: An Ocean to Livity at York University's Goldfarb Gallery (i83A York Blvd., Toronto) on Friday, January 31, 2025. While this version was curated by Felicia Mings, the exhibition was first presented at the Surrey Art Gallery in the spring of 2023, where Strom is the Curator of Exhibitions and Collections. More HERE.
Teasing the fall
Watch a teaser for the upcoming new single / video, the fall, from SAN (SCA alumnus Stefan Nazarevich), which is out February 11. Watch it HERE.
The Sweetest Little Thing
SCA alumnus Snack Witch / Joni Man-Yi Cheung 張文懿 has donated this cool screen print facsimile of a take out menu for The Sweetest Little Thing, a fundraiser for the Owens Art Gallery and the Struts Gallery in Sackville, NB. Take note: Bidding ends February 14, 2025, at 10:00 PM (AST). More HERE.
Be a Culture Days Ambassador
SCA alumnus Mallory Gemmel asked us to share this call for emerging artists to participate in BC Culture Days' 2025 Ambassador Program. Applications are due March 3 at 11:59 PM (PT). More HERE.
The Shape of a City
Paul Kwon Kajander, the artistic duo of HaeAhn Kwon and SCA alumnus Paul Kajander, are part of the exhibition The Shape of a City, which closes February 8, 2025, at the Franz Kaka gallery (#208 – 1485 Dupont St., Toronto). More HERE.
Fredriksson at Harbour Dance Centre
Starting February 11, 2025, SCA alumnus Emmalena Fredriksson is now teaching Intermediate Contemporary morning classes on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM for Harbour Dance Centre (3rd Floor – 927 Granville St., Vancouver).
Biddle's latest
The Social Sculpture Foundation is presenting a performance by SCA PhD candidate Dave Biddle on Saturday, February 7, 2025, at 8:30 PM. The location seems to be missing (it might be 4694 W. 13 Ave., Vancouver, or maybe they're using the Interurban Gallery space again at 1 E. Hastings St., Vancouver?), but if you know someone who knows someone, please ask them. In any case, there's more HERE.
Morelli's Form Follows Actions
SCA alumnus Didier Morelli is leading Form Follows Actions: Performance in the Built Environment, an "afternoon in the collection," on February 21, 2025, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (1920, rue Baile, Montreal). More HERE.
Law's back of a drawer
Tiffany Law, a current SCA Sessional Instructor, is presenting back of a drawer at Access Gallery from February 13 – March 29, 2025, curated by Kitt Peacoc. More HERE.