SCA | Quick News | July 12, 2024
The Norman Armour Memorial Fund
Named in honour of SCA alumnus and beloved interdisciplinary artist and non-profit arts specialist Norman Armour, the Norman Armour Memorial Fund will support an award for undergraduate contemporary arts students who have demonstrated a spirit of collaboration and interdisciplinarity through their work and artistic practice. With a fundraising goal of $40,000, support from donors like you will provide students with much-needed funding to pursue their education.
Donate now HERE.
Thiessen awarded new Serein Properties Award
SCA alumnus Kaleb Thiessen – who was part of Look Both Ways, the SCA BFA graduating exhibition that ran April 18 – May 4, 2024, at the Audain Gallery – is the inaugural recipient of the new Serein Properties Award in Visual Arts, which recognizes SCA "students with a talent for sculpture and installation arts." With a generous five-year commitment to fund the new award (to be disbursed annually in the fall semester), the Serein Properties Award in Visual Arts was initiated by SCA alumnus Betsy Wen, the CEO at Serein Properties. Read more about the award and Thiessen's work HERE. And congratulations, Kaleb!
TRACES (after Sophie Calle)
WaxFactory (the SCA's Erika Latta and longtime collaborator Ivan Talijancic) and playwright Rachel Jendrzejewski are presenting the "immersive, site-specific work" TRACES (after Sophie Calle) on Monday, October 28, 2024, unfolding "in real time across downtown Minneapolis," presenting as part of the Walker Art Center's 2024–25 Performing Arts Season and in relation to the exhibition Sophie Calle: Overshare, which runs at the Walker from October 26, 2024 – January 26, 2025. More HERE.
PantoLand + PantoTown underway
Founded by SCA alumni Maiko Yamamoto (who's Theatre Replacement's Artistic Director) and James Long (who's SCA faculty in our Theatre + Performance Area), Theatre Replacement's PantoLand + PantoTown, their "week-long summer camps for kids and tweens," include SCA alumni Amanda Sum and Anjela Magpantay as some of the lead teachers. While this year's camps are underway, you can find out more and signup to get notification about next summer's classes HERE.
Slip Slap Trip Wack
The SCA's Steven Hill and Leaky Heaven Performance are presenting the world premiere of Slip Slap Trip Wack from July 26 – 28, 2024, at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver). More HERE.
image and existence: four timely films on/of palestine
The SCA's Nadia Shihab is helping to present image and existence: four timely films on/of palestine on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at 6:30 PM at The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St., Vancouver), featuring works by Razan AlSalah, Oraib Toukan, Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind, and Mary Jirmanus Saba, presented by from the river to the sea collective with support from the Film Workers for Palestine.
Stir on Small Stage's Summer Splash
Read Stir Vancouver on Dances for a Small Stage's Summer Splash, with SCA alumnus Cori Caulfield as one of the performers, which runs July 16 & 17, 2024, at Please Beverage (222 W 5th Ave., Vancouver). More HERE.
Lewis on the River Clyde Pageant
SCA alumnus Megan Stewart, who's the artistic director, lead producer and co-founder (with the SCA's Ker Wells) of The River Clyde Pageant, shared this article,"The River Clyde Pageant: Inventing and Reinventing the Conditions for Planetary Performance," from (former SCA faulty member) Cole Lewis in the Spring 2023 issue of the Canadian Theatre Review. If you have access, you can read it HERE (or click through to Stewart's original posting for an alt link).
Tam in The Tempest Project
SCA alumnus Nancy Tam is the sound designer and one of the composers for Music on Main's The Tempest Project, which runs July 17 – 22, 2024, at the Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Kong on The Prop House
Read SCA alumnus Yani Kong in Galleries West on Griffin Art Projects' The Prop House: A Collection of One Million Objects, which includes work by SCA alumnus Charlene Vickers. Read it HERE. Also, if you're a Farsi speaker, join Bahar Mohazabnia, Griffin’s Assistant Curator of Engagement, for an Exhibition Tour in Farsi of the exhibition on Sunday, August 18, from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Obuwoma's Artist Salon
SCA alumnus Ogheneofegor Obuwoma is hosting a free, online "Artist Salon" on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, from 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM, presented by the Richmond Art Gallery. More HERE. Also, Obuwoma and SCA alumnus Michelle Sound are part of the exhibition It begins with knowing and not knowing, which opens (with a tour and reception) on Saturday, July 20, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, at the Richmond Art Gallery (7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond), and runs to September 29, 2024.
World New Music Days reviewed
The International Society for Contemporary Music's World New Music Days in the Faroe Islands, which included a premiere of SCA alumnus James O'Callaghan's Hair's Breadth, was reviewed. Read it HERE.
Veda Hille Sisterhood at The Cultch
The Veda Hille Sisterhood, which includes SCA alumnus Lucien Durey on "voice and sundry noisemakers," is playing September 14, 2024, at 8:00 PM at The Cultch's Historic Theatre, with p:ano as the opening act. More HERE.
Wallgrin at Green Auto
SCA alumnus Wallgrin is playing Green Auto (1822 Pandora St., Vancouver) on August 9, 2024, to celebrate the vinyl release of Yet Again the Wheel Turns. Get tickets HERE.
BLOT's Perform Europe Grant
BLOT – Body Line of Thought, the collaborative project by Simona Deaconescu and SCA alumnus Vanessa Goodman, has received a Perform Europe Grant (with the support of the Creative Europe programme of the European Union), to tour the project across a number of countries in Europe in 2025. More HERE.
Vines needs volunteers
Vines Art Society, founded by SCA alumnus and Vines Artistic Director Heather Lamoureux, is looking for volunteers to help with this year's Vines Art Festival, which is running August 7 – 17, 2024, at various parks in so-called Vancouver. More HERE. Also, here's Stir Vancouver on some of Vines' programming for this years festival.
Tender City: The Silent Slow Dance
Here's a call for participants from SCA MFA student Kevin Jesuino:
Kevin Jesuino invites gay, bi, and trans men to participate in his socially engaged dance project, Tender City: The Silent Slow Dance, as part of his MFA graduating project this summer. Through public silent slow dancing, this project explores the histories of cruising, male tenderness, and urban alienation. There are various activities to join, including a workshop in partnership with the Health Initiative for Men (HIM). For more information and to get involved, please visit this form.
Ramsey in conversation with Gutierrez
SCA alumnus and Polygon Gallery curator Elliott Ramsey will be in conversation with Martine Gutierrez about Gutierrez's exhibition, Anti-Icon: Apokalypsis, curated by Ramsey (and running to September 29), on Friday, July 12, 2024, at 7:00 PM, at the Polygon (101 Carrie Cates Ct., North Vancouver). More info and RSVP link HERE.
to be held in two hands + Eat in Take out
SCA alumnus Snack Witch Joni Cheung and Sonali Menezes's exhibition, to be held in two hands, runs July 12 – August 24, 2024, at Martha Street Studio (11 Martha St., Winnipeg), with a Closing Reception on Friday, August 23, from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, and an Artist Demo Workshop on Saturday August 24, at 1:00 PM. More HERE. Also, Cheung's Soba’s Corner, "a video work and takeout menu," is being paired with "a collaborative zine and dinner party" in Eat in Take out on Saturday, July 13, 2024, from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, at FLUX Media Gallery (1524 Pandora Ave., Victoria), curated by the Dirty Dishes Collective. More HERE.
Saragih at grunt
SCA alumnus Kinar (Kira) Saragih is the new Archives Assistant at the grunt gallery! Congrats, Kira!
ALLEY FEST 2024
Kamikaze Nurse, the rock group with SCA PhD student Casey Wei, are playing Red Gate's "all ages" ALLEY FEST 2024 (also a celebration of Red Gate's 20th Anniversary!), which runs July 20 & 21, 2024, from 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM, in the alley behind Red Gate (1965 Main St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Introduction to Flamenco – All Abilities
SCA alumnus Jhoely Triana is hosting two "Introduction to Flamenco - All Abilities" sessions on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM, at Strathcona Park (857 Malkin Ave., Vancouver), presented by the CREATE! Arts Festival. More HERE.
Novel Echopath
SCA alumnus Matthew Ariaratnam & Adrian Avendaño are playing a release show to celebrate their new album, Novel Echopath, on July 26, 2024, at 8:00 PM, at 8EAST (8 E. Pender St., Vancouver), presented by the NOW Society in partnership with the Create! Eastside Arts Festival. More HERE.
NUMB?DAME?, Easy Feat, Cleo Luna June
Here's a sort-of SCA showcase gig featuring ?NUMB?DAME? (with SCA student Saskia Cseh), Easy Feat (with SCA alumni Eve Middleton-Meyer, Liam Wilkins, and Jordyn Wood), and SCA student Cleo Luna June at Osito (390 W. Hastings St., Vancouver) on Thursday, July 18, 2024, starting at 7:00 PM. Tickets HERE.
How Would Lubitsch Do It? S5E05.5
Listen to S5E05.5 of How Would Lubitsch Do It?, the podcast hosted by SCA alumnus Devan Scott, this time with guest Tim Brayton on Preston Sturges and Sullivan’s Travels (1941). Listen HERE.
Multimedia Artistry & Publishing Panel
SCA alumnus Davey Calderon is part of the "Multimedia Artistry & Publishing Panel" on Saturday, July 13, 2024, from 3:15 PM – 4:25 PM in the Multipurpose Room at the Collingwood Neighborhood House Annex (3690 Vanness Ave., Vancouver), presented as part of the Filipino-Canadian Book Festival. More HERE.
Tabassinejad's Game [2 Vancouver]
Cineworks (1131 Howe St., Vancouver) is presenting a screening of SCA alumnus Pegah Tabassinejad's "performance feature film," Game [2 Vancouver], on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at 6:30 PM in their Black Box Studio. Email education@cineworks.ca for more info.