SCA | Quick News | January 28, 2022
Sound's busy schedule
SCA alumnus Michelle Sound is participating in a number of exhibitions. Her video work kîspin kisâkihin (if you love me), pictured above, joins works by SCA alumni Ghinwa Yassine and Xinyue Liu and current SCA student Ogheneofegor Goodness Obuwoma in the exhibition Response: Soft Action at The Polygon Gallery from January 26 – February 6, 2022. Sound is also in nimama is a tough cookie & Looking Beyond Ourselves with artist Phyllis Poitras-Jarrett at the Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre in Regina from January 29 – March 12, 2022, with Sound giving a (virtual) artist talk on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at 7:00 PM (CST), as well. Opening next Friday, February 4, 2022, at the grunt gallery, Sound joins Lori Blondeau in Smokes, Sings Loud, which runs until March 12, 2022. Finally, read a review of Sound's exhibition okāwīsimāk nawac kwayask itōtamwak|Aunties do it better at the Indigenous artist-run centre daphne, which runs until March 5, 2022. Read it HERE.
Daniel on The Background Dancer
The SCA's Henry Daniel was a guest on The Background Dancer podcast with Jason Yap, talking about what it means to be a nomadic artist. Listen HERE.
Dongnier featured in film
The SCA's Dongnier NiNi and Nuum Collective’s work is featured in this short film about Media Art Xploration, produced by Science Sandbox. Watch it HERE.
Hou in Mystic Toolkit
SCA alumnus Julian Yi-Zhong Hou is part of the exhibition Mystic Toolkit at Artpace in San Antonio, running January 6 – May 1, 2022. More HERE.
Morelli on the masthead
The first issue of Espace, this one focusing on "Space Feminism / Féminisme spatial," featuring SCA alumnus Didier Morelli as associate editor is out. Check it out HERE and look for it wherever you buy good books and magazines.
Hill in the AGO
Unit 17 shared the news that SCA alumnus Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill's 2014 photo Monument to Piazza Italia has been added to the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Check out the photo HERE.
Ybarra for ArtStarts
SCA alumnus Faune Ybarra is holding a "hands-on workshop" as part of ArtStarts in Schools' "ArtStarts on Saturday," this Saturday, January 29, 2022, at 11:00 AM on ArtStarts' Facebook page.
Yassine in Dearest Y
As well as participating in Response: Soft Action at The Polygon Gallery, SCA alumnus Ghinwa Yassine will be presenting work as part of the exhibition Dearest Y at Garage Rotterdam, running February 5 – April 17, 2022. More HERE.
SCA in PushOFF INDUSTRY CONVOS
Upcoming as part of Theatre Replacement + Company 605's PushOFF 2022: on Tuesday, Feb 1, from 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM (PST), Fascinator Management's Dani Fecko hosts a "manifesto-building question relay," and on Friday, Feb 4, from 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM (PST), Fecko talks with four artists presenting work in PushOFF 2022 – Anita Rochon from The Chop Theatre and SCA alumni Conor Wylie, Mahaila Patterson-O'Brien, and Amanda Sum – about "how cities inform their work and practice." More HERE.
I Cannot Lie to the Stars that Made Me reviewed
Read a review of the frank theatre company's presentation of Catherine Hernandez's I Cannot Lie to the Stars that Made Me, directed by SCA alumnus Fay Nass, in SFU's The Peak. Read it HERE.
Mcfarlane and Stinson on Troubling Joy
Read an essay by SCA alumnus Ian Mcfarlane and Laura Stinson (North Barn Theatre Collective) about their touring performance Troubling Joy: A Bicycle Puppet Circus on HowlRound Theatre Commons. Read it HERE.
This Is Not A Ceremony reviewed
Read a great Exclaim! review of SCA alumnus Colin Van Loon / Ahnahktsipiitaa's This Is Not A Ceremony, which is being shown at the Sundance Film Festival, running January 20 – 30, 2022. Read it HERE. It's behind a paywall, but it's also reviewed in the Globe and Mail HERE.
Dai in PuSh's YOUTH ASSEMBLY 2022
This Saturday! PuSh International Performing Arts Festival's virtual YOUTH ASSEMBLY 2022, featuring a sample of SCA alumnus Howard Dai's DBLSPK: 菠蘿麵包Pineapple Bun, which is realized with SCA alumni Megan Lane (scenographer) and Cindy Kao (sound designer). More HERE.
Sappier on TikTok
Follow the Skoden Indigenous Film Festival's Carr Sappier on TikTok!
Peters' When I look at the camera, I'm [still] looking at you runs again
If you missed SCA alumnus Deanna Peters' When I look at the camera, I'm [still] looking at you the first time, it's running again on January 30, 2022, at 4:00 PM. More HERE.
Kotowich in Speaking of Dance
SCA alumnus Jeanette Kotowich will be joining Maura Garcia, Sophie Dow, Christine Friday, and facilitator Olivia C. Davies for DanceHouse's upcoming FREE and online Speaking of Dance: Talking Truths Shaping Our Presence and Remembering Our Past on February 14, 2022, at 12:00 PM (PDT), presented in partnership with Matriarchs Uprising and SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs. More HERE.
Vickers' Big Blue Smudge
SCA alumnus Charlene Vickers is presenting the exhibition Big Blue Smudge, featuring recent paintings and new large-scale sculptural works, at College Art Gallery 1 at the University of Saskatchewan, running until April 22, 2022. More HERE.
U, Smith, and MacCaull at ArtStarts
SCA alumni Sarah U 余衍晴, Paige Smith, and Caroline MacCaull are ArtStarts in Schools' 2022 Artists-in-Residence. Follow the link for a Q&A with the artists discussing their practices and residency plans HERE.
Cheung discussed Making Space: soil between plants
SCA alumnus Joni Cheung is participated in an online discussion, in support of the exhibition Making Space: soil between plants at Edmonton's Latitude 53, with Matias Martinez, Ashley Beerdat, Shalaka Jadhav, Darrell Spearman, Paxsi, Cheyenne Rain LeGrande, and curators Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet and Sanaa Humayun on January 27, 2022, at 6:30 PM (MST). More HERE.
Kajander in Trip Like I Do
SCA alumnus Paul Kajander, working collaboratively with artist HaeAhn Kwon as HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander, is part of the exhibition Trip Like I Do at Toronto's Franz Kaka Gallery, running to February 19, 2022. More HERE.
Magdy in VMF's Community Projects stream
SCA alumnus Doaa Magdy is one of the artists involved in Vancouver Mural Festival's Winter Arts' 2022 Community Projects stream. More HERE.
Murao screens at Sundance
SCA alumnus Natalie Murao's film NO MORE PARTIES was presented at a special screening at the Sundance Film Festival. Congratulations, Natalie! Stream the film HERE for free, courtesy TIFF/Bell Lightbox.