SCA | Quick News | May 14, 2021
Double congratulations for Jackson
Double congratulations to SCA alumni Lisa Jackson. She won both the BMO-DOC Vanguard Award, which is "given to an emerging or mid-career professional filmmaker, who demonstrates a keen artistic sensibility and forward-thinking approach to the craft, with the potential to lead the next generation of doc-makers," and the Canadian Forum Pitch Prize for her "hybrid documentary feature project," Wilfred Buck, at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Congratulations twice, Lisa!
Rapisarda Casanova gets funded
Congratulations to the SCA's Simone Rapisarda Casanova, who received funding from the Canada Council for the Arts to work on PERSEO (PERSEUS), which is currently in pre-production. Find out more HERE.
Yoon talks Dreaming Birds Know No Borders
Watch the SCA's Jin-me Yoon in conversation with Irwin Oostindie, in support of Dreaming Birds Know No Borders, her video installation at the Maplewood Flats' Nature House on May 8 & 9 and May 15 & 16, 2021. Watch HERE.
Marks' busy schedule continues!
The SCA's Laura Marks will be co-hosting a webinar – Let’s get together with a small carbon footprint – on May 27, 2021, from 10:00 – 11:00 AM (Pacific) with Stephen Makonin (SFU Engineering Science) for the Pacific Aids Network. More HERE. Marks will also be providing a response to presentations by architecture historian Courtney Lesoon and media archeologist Radek Przedpełski about Erdem Taşdelen's exhibition A Minaret for the General’s Wife at Toronto's Mercer Union, with moderation by Sarah Rifky. More HERE.
Garofalo talks Asian Heritage Month
SCA student Caro Garofalo has shared some reflections on SFU's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion page about what Asian Heritage Month means to them. Read it HERE.
Urban Subjects reviewed
The Urban Subjects' (the SCA's Sabine Bitter and Jeff Derksen and Helmut Weber) curated exhibition, If Time Is Still Alive, part of the Camera Austria series The City & The Good Life, was reviewed in Ljubljana's Delo. Read it HERE (in Slovenian).
On Chan's yellow objects
Read Janet Smith in Stir Vancouver on SCA alumni and rice & beans theatre co-founder Derek Chan's yellow objects, which is running at the Firehall Arts Centre until May 29, 2021. Read it HERE.
Kozak at the VAG
SCA MFA student Katie Kozak will be part of the fast-upcoming exhibition "Vancouver Special: Disorientations and Echo" at the Vancouver Art Gallery, running May 22, 2021, to January 2, 2022. More HERE.
Sapphire Haze!
Hey, music fans! Check out Sapphire Haze, the group comprised of SCA alumni Aysha Dulong (electronics) and Cindy Kao (Violin). Listen HERE.
Laiwan awarded
Congratulations to SCA alumni Laiwan for receiving the 2021 Emily Award from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. More HERE.
Khakpour helps read
SCA alumni Aryo Khakpour, along with Mida Malek, Panta Mosleh, Soroush Rezaei, and Katrina Teitz, is participating in a FREE "Stage Reading" of an excerpt of Malek's The ‘Diverse’ Room on May 21, 2021, from 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm (PST), as part of the frank theatre company's Telling It Bent: Virtual Showcase 2021. More HERE.
Bridge to York!
Congratulations to Beau Han Bridge, who's off to do his MFA this fall at York University in Toronto! Good catch, York! Check out Bridge's work HERE. Are you a recent SCA grad with some good news? Share it with us HERE.
Mitsuhashi spotlighted
Read an "artist spotlight" by New Works on their Facebook page about SCA alumni Erika Mitsuhashi and collaborator Daniel O'Shea's multimedia installation work. Mitsuhashi was one of the 2020 participants in New Works' "personalized coaching program" plus a Technical Residency. Read it HERE.
Koochakzadeh-Yazdi and McGregor play O'Callaghan
SCA alumni Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi and frequent collaborator Mark Takeshi McGregor will be performing SCA alumni James O'Callaghan piece Doubt is a way of knowing on Saturday, May 15, 2021, at 7:30 PM as part of Music on Main's FREE online festival "Listening. Together." Full info HERE.
Morelli on QUADrature
Read SCA alumni Didier Morelli on the exhibition QUADrature, which is running on the Galerie de l'UQAM's website. Read it HERE.
Frewer and Mitsuhashi in good/terrible
good/terrible: open practice session, an upcoming event at The Dance Centre "gathered and facilitated" by Alexa Solveig Mardon, features SCA alumni Francesca Frewer and Erika Mitsuhashi. More HERE.
SCA @ rEvolver
Upcoming as part of Upintheair Theatre's rEvolver Festival: Not So Stupid, "a community workshop about dyslexia in creative spaces" lead by SCA alumni June Fukumura and Daniela Atiencia and Sue Jutson (Davis Dyslexia Correction Facilitator), Shadow Sign for Bedroom Protest: What I Dare To Do In The Dark by Art Action Earwig (SCA alumni Minah Lee and Wryly Andherson), and The Frontliners, directed by Mercedeh Baroq and written by Zahida Rahemtulla, with dramaturgy by SCA alumni Davey Calderon.
WANTED by CAMP
Upcoming in the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF): WANTED by CAMP, which includes SCA alumni Eowynn Enquist and Stefan Nazarevich.
We're ready for you!
As Simon Fraser University is eyeing a return to campus for the fall term, the SCA has already developed and practiced deep safety protocols for in-class instruction. In fact, we've really lead the way! Here's a short video from the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology, produced by SCA MA student Joseph Malbon and featuring music by MFA student Barry Olusegun-Noble Despenza, about our work so far! Watch it HERE.
Beda talks digital
The Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) and Pacific Legal Education and Outreach are running an event about "pivoting to digital" on Thursday, May 27, 2021, from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (PDT), featuring panelists SCA alumni Allison Beda (A Muse Productions), Josh Martin (Company 605), and Tamar Zehava Tabori. More HERE.
Mesa @ DOXA
SCA alumni Pablo Álvarez Mesa's Bicentenario is playing as part of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. More HERE. He's also participating on a panel called Focus on Editing: The Art of the Documentary Trailer. More HERE.
Fukumura workshop
SCA alumni June Fukumura, one of the SCA folks behind the New(to)Town Collective, is hosting a FREE workshop this Sunday, May 16, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (PDT). More HERE.
Cheyenne featured
Read a good feature about busy SCA alumni Tara Cheyenne in Stir Vancouver. Read it HERE.
Sum teaser
Watch a teaser for upcoming new music (plus a video) by SCA alumni Amanda Sum. Watch it HERE.
withintensions calls for vision
withintensions, the art mag by SCA alumni, is looking for submissions for their upcoming issue on the theme of "Vision". More HERE.
TPE hosts ECM+
Turning Point Ensemble, lead by the SCA's Owen Underhill, is hosting the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal's (ECM+) local presentation of the Generation2020 Tour on Friday, May 14, 2021, at 7:00 PM, which features work by SCA alumni Stefan Maier. More HERE.