SCA | Quick News | May 7, 2021
SCA on CAPSULE
Great SCA representation — including Sarah Hin Ching U, Jeanette Kotowich, Isabelle Kirouac, Shion Skye Carter & Stefan Nazarevich (olive theory), Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, and Milton Lim working with Ralph Escamillan (FAKEKNOT), and not to mention many good friends of the SCA — in National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts' new site CAPSULE, presented in partnership with F O R M and Dumb Instrument Dance. Watch the work HERE.
Hou longlisted
Congratulations to SCA alumni Julian Yi-Zhong Hou and all of the other artists longlisted for the 2021 Sobey Art Award! More HERE.
Kong on Wallace
Read the SCA's Yani Kong in Galleries West on Ian Wallace's In the Museum at the Catriona Jeffries Gallery. Read it HERE.
Chan in SCMP
Read an interview with SCA alumni Derek Chan (rice & beans theatre) in the South China Morning Post, touching on his latest work, yellow objects, which is available as a "digital experience" on the rice & beans theatre's website HERE, and as an on-site exhibition at the Firehall Arts Centre, running May 11 – 22, 2021 (more info HERE). Read the interview HERE.
Vines' new fund
Vines Art Festival, created by director and SCA alumni Heather Lamoureux in 2015, is launching "Cultivating the Creative: A Symbiotic Artist Care Fund." Read more HERE.
Lavery and Loncaric's on Union
Read SCA alumni Lauren Lavery and SFU English alumni Michael Loncaric's review in ReIssue of Corbin Union's exhibition OSOSO at the Contemporary Art Gallery. Read it HERE.
Malbon interviews shitlord fuckerman
Listen to soon-to-be SCA Alumni Joseph Malbon (Joey Chaos) going deep with the incomparable shitlord fuckerman on CJSF 90.1's Oh No Radio. Listen HERE.
FCAT jobs!
The Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology is looking for three Student Assistants to help mentor secondary school students in their exploration of film (one position) and sound design (two positions). Deadline is May 10, 2021. More HERE.
Marks talks with Spöhrer & Wicke
Read the SCA's Laura U. Marks in conversation with Rahel Spöhrer and Joshua Wicke, the editors of the essay series Haptic Entanglements for the online Schauspielhaus Journal. Read it HERE.
Sawdust Collector's return – video!
If you missed Sawdust Collector's return to events with Barking Sphinx Performance Society, featuring Tillicum Shantie with Tony Wilson and Russell Wallace, you can watch the restream now HERE.
Khakpour casting for Aslizadeh
SCA alumni Aryo Khakpour is casting for a filmed art project by artist Matilda Aslizadeh. More HERE.
Bitter and Weber reviewed
The SCA's Sabine Bitter and longtime collaborator Helmut Weber's book Bildungsmoderne Entzaubern, published by Camera Austria, was reviewed in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Read it (in German) 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’s Doubt is a way of knowing on May 15, 2021, at 7:30 PM as part of Music on Main's FREE online festival "Listening. Together." Full info HERE.
Spence and Hopkins' tiny bananas
Keep your ears open for new music by SCA alumni Alexandra Spence and MP Hopkins as the duo "tiny bananas," out May 15, 2021, on More Mars. Hear a track HERE.
Smulovitz and Reisle teach the basics
Learn the basics of audio editing and processing online with the SCA's Stefan Smulovitz and Martin Reisle on May 10, 2021, from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM as part of the Burnaby Festival of Learning. It's FREE! More HERE.
Congrats, Calderon!
SCA alumni and Playwrights Theatre Centre's Dramaturg, Public Engagement, Davey Samuel Calderon, received a PIVOT grant from the BC government to adapt his solo drag and karaoke play, Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!, into an interactive livestream performance. More HERE.
The River Clyde Pageant workshops
If you're in PEI, register for a workshop with The River Clyde Pageant, which was co-founded by SCA alumni Megan Stewart and the SCA's Ker Wells in 2015. More HERE.
Maier talks process
Watch SCA alumni Stefan Maier talking about his work Grain, Vapor, Ray, which is being presented as part of Ensemble contemporain de Montréal's (ECM+) 11th cross-Canada Generation tour, with a "streaming" stop in Vancouver, starting May 14, 2021. Watch HERE.
Hill install shots
Check out some nice installation shots of SCA alumni Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill’s exhibition at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art, which runs until August 15, 2021. See them HERE.
Karpus on creating dance history curriculum
Read SCA alumni Rebecca Karpus in Dance International on "Creating dance history curriculum for today’s undergrads," featuring the SCA's Henry Daniel. Read it HERE.
SCA @ the Playwrights Lab
SCA alumni June Fukumura is part of the Faculty for the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity's 2021 Playwrights Lab, which "offers Canadian playwrights an inspiring, interdisciplinary, and inclusive environment to work on their plays while surrounded by performing artists from across the country and around the world.," and SCA alumni Derek Chan (rice & beans theatre) and Hiro Kanagawa are participants. More HERE.
The Dummy Factor wins
Congrats to the SCA's Corbin Saleken, our Film and Video Resource Specialist, whose film, The Dummy Factor, was chosen as Best Feature Film at the Twister Alley International Film Festival. Watch the trailer HERE.
Durey in . . . a story in the middle . . .
f you happen to be in Manitoba, there's still a chance to see the exhibition . . . a story in the middle . . . , featuring SCA alumni Lucien Durey plus Catherine Blackburn, melannie monoceros, and Audie Murray, curated by Blair Fornwald, at the School of Art Gallery at the University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus) until May 14, 2021. More HERE.
Dai and Hallwas need participants!
SCA alumni Howard Dai and his collaborator Logan Rhys Hallwas are looking for participants for their PresentMaking Project, which they're developing during their Performing Arts Residency at the Anvil Centre. More HERE.
Congratulations, Lin!
SCA alumni Anchi Lin's (林安琪) exhibition Unwanted Exchange was Honorable Mentioned for the TNUA Contemporary Art Award. More HERE.