SCA | Quick News | March 11, 2022
Congratulations, Fay Nass!
Congratulations to SCA alumnus and Artistic Director of the frank theatre company, Fay Nass, for winning The Gina Wilkinson Prize, which awards $10,000 "to an inspirational theatre artist with a demonstrated body of work and who is recognized by their community (-ies) for their practice, leadership and dedication to their craft." More HERE.
Tacata's Scholarly Impact of the Week
The SCA's Ryan Tacata was featured in Simon Fraser University's "Scholarly Impact of the Week" for Artists and Elders, his excellent project with his For You Productions collaborators Erika Chong Shuch and Rowena Ritchie that sought to "relieve isolation and provide support by bringing seniors and artists together to create art." More HERE.
Peters in proximity · pleasure · plasticity
SCA alumnus Deanna Peters is part of the exhibition proximity · pleasure · plasticity. looking at performance at Montréal's Dazibao, running April 21 – June 23, 2022. More HERE.
New(to)Town Collective's Wangh workshop
The New(to)Town Collective (SCA alumni Anjela Magpantay, Davey Calderon, and June Fukumura, and Avyen von Waldenburg) have announced a summer Expanse Workshop (EW) with Acrobat of the Heart author Stephen Wangh, running July 4 – 8, 2022 (with an Artist Talk July 9). The deadline to apply is March 21, 2022. More HERE.
See some Sound
Final call to see SCA alumnus Michelle Sound and Lori Blondeau's two person show, Smokes, Sings Loud, at the grunt gallery, which closes March 12, 2022. More HERE.
Kong talks with Zvonar and Roy about Zvonar
Watch SCA PhD student Yani Kong in discussion with Elizabeth Zvonar and Marina Roy in parts One and Two of a three-part set of videos about Zvonar's exhibition Knock on Wood + Whistle at SFU Galleries' Audain Gallery, closing March 12, 2022. Watch Part One and Part Two, and keep your eyes open for Part Three.
Voices of the Street on On the Coast
The SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement collaborative podcast series with Megaphone Magazine, Voices of the Street, which includes SCA alumnus Paige Smith on the production team, was featured on CBC's On the Coast. Listen HERE.
Stir on Clean/Espejos
Read Stir Vancouver on Neworld Theatre's production of Christine Quintana's Clean/Espejos, co-directed by SCA alumnus Daniela Atiencia and Chelsea Haberlin, running March 10 – 19, 2022, at The Cultch. More HERE.
SCA in Sonic Boom
This year's Sonic Boom, presented by Vancouver Pro Musica from March 11 – 13, 2022, includes works by SCA alumni Sam Meadahl and Nadia Schibli. More HERE.
Dickinson's At the Speed of Light
Don't miss At the Speed of Light by the SCA's Peter Dickinson (and including sound design and music by SCA alumnus David Mesiha), which is streaming on Pi Theatre's website from March 21 – April 4, 2022. It's "pay what you can" to listen, and folks — especially students and others who might be financially insecure — can listen for "free" by entering $0, but contributions of any amount are welcome, too. More HERE.
Mermaid Spring visible mending workshop
Upcoming! Mermaid Spring (aka The Public Swoon aka the SCA's Kyla Gardiner and Barbara Adler) are presenting an in-person (socially distanced and PPE available) visible mending workshop with textile artist Heather Cameron on Sunday, March 20, 2022, as part of Playwrights Theatre Centre's Unscripted Series. More HERE.
Koochakzadeh-Yazdi at the 21st Century Guitar Conference
SCA alumnus Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi is part of the 21st Century Guitar Conference, which runs March 17 – 20, 2022, both online and in-person at Indiana's Ball State University. More HERE.
Two for one: Laiwan's Traces, Erasures, Resists reception and Capilano Review's 50th launch
The reception for SCA alumnus Laiwan's exhibition Traces, Erasures, Resists at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery is on March 19, 2022, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. More HERE. And as Laiwan points out, this is also the day of the launch of the 50th anniversary issue of The Capilano Review, which includes work by her as well as the SCA's Jin-me Yoon, plus many others. More HERE.
Vickers talks Big Blue Smudge
Watch SCA alumnus Charlene Vickers in conversation with Tarah Hogue and Leah Taylor, talking about Vickers' Big Blue Smudge and her practice more generally. Watch HERE.
Klinke teaches Live (on Zoom)
Learn Ableton Live with SCA alumnus Alexandre Klinke at Langara College this Spring, starting April 12, 2022, every Tuesday, from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM via Zoom. More HERE.
Gallery Series 258 pix
Check out some great pictures from Gallery Jones's Gallery Series 258, which included SCA alumni Deanna Peters, Caroline MacCaull, Jessica McMann, and Rachel Maddock, who also co-curated the event, along with Oksana Augustine, responding to the work of Fiona Ackerman. See them HERE.
Hard Rubber plays O'Callaghan
The Hard Rubber Orchestra's Tribute to King Crimson, which happens Sunday, March 13, 2022, at the Rio Theatre, includes SCA alumnus James O'Callaghan's work A bilateral, a symmetry. More HERE.
TSU's Well That's Ominous
The SCA Theatre Student Union is holding Well That's Ominous: A TSU Virtual Cabaret on Friday, March 25, 2022, at 7:00 PM. More HERE.
Stir on Sapphire Haze
Read a Stir Vancouver interview with Sapphire Haze (SCA alumni Cindy Kao on violin and Aysha Dulong on electronics), who closed out Music on Main's Digital Salon series with the SCA's Sabrina Schroeder on March 10, 2022. More HERE.
Saugstad spotlighted
Read a quick spotlight on SCA alumnus Anya Saugstad by the Dance Centre, where Saugstad will be presenting "an excerpt of Paper Mountains (of Memory)," featuring SCA alumnus dancers Eowynn Enquist and Shion Skye Carter and music by Stefan Nazarevich, as part of the Dance Centre's Open Stage programming on Sunday April 3, 2022, at 7:00 PM at the Scotiabank Dance Centre. Also on the bill for the event is SCA alumnus Rachel Maddock. Read it HERE.