SCA | Quick News | November 8, 2024
Priest give some answers
The SCA's Eldritch Priest answered "Fifteen Questions," and much was revealed! Read it HERE. Also, don't miss the record release for Priest's Dormitive Virtue on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 8:00 PM, at 8EAST (8 E. Pender St., Vancouver). More HERE.
And We Cheerfully Put the Gods To Death
The SCA's James Long is heading to Norway's Rosendal Teater (Innherredsveien 73, 7068 Trondheim, Norway) to present And We Cheerfully Put the Gods To Death, which Long co-wrote with Andrea Spreafico and is performing with Helga Guren, on November 13 & 14, 2024. More HERE.
On Honouring a Long View
Read Victoria Nolte on the SCA's Jin-me Yoon's Honouring a Long View, 2024, in the National Gallery of Canada's online magazine. Read it HERE. Honouring a Long View is on the exterior South façade of the National Gallery of Canada until the spring of 2026. More HERE. Read more about the work from Gail Johnson in Stir Vancouver HERE.
TPE on Songs of War I Have Seen – Music on Texts of Gertrude Stein
Our colleagues in SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement are presenting two events exploring Gertrude Stein’s life and work with Turning Point Ensemble, which has the SCA's Owen Underhill as Artistic Director and conductor. First is a FREE panel discussion with Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, Adam J. Frank, Peter Hatch, and moderator Betsy Warland, on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at 5:00 PM in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at 149 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver. More HERE. Second on that same night is a PAID performance at 7:30 PM in the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, featuring composition by Heiner Goebbels and Peter Hatch. More HERE.
Essential Pleasures New Happiness
SCA alumnus Katayoon Yousefbigloo is part of the exhibition Essential Pleasures New Happiness, which runs October 27 – February 8, 2025, at 1265 Howe St., Vancouver. More HERE.
Playback Head plays
SCA alumnus Alexandre Klinke is performing as Playback Head on Friday, November 29, 2024, from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM, at the Vancouver Public Library's Central Library (350 W Georgia St.). More HERE.
Donate to PTC
Donate to the Playwright Theatre Centre (PTC), which has SCA alumni Davey Samuel Calderon and Melanie Yeats and Joanna Garfinkel as their new shared leadership trio. Donate HERE.
not knot naught
SCA alumnus Deanna Peters is presenting the "final preview" of not knot naught, performed by Peters, SCA alumnus Luciana D’Anunciação, and Sevrin Emnacen, on November 18, 2024, at 6:00 PM at Odd Meridian Arts' Morrow (Suite 204 – 910 Richards St., Vancouver), presented as part of The Dance Centre's Dance in Vancouver programming. RSVP by email to projectsmanager@thedancecentre.ca. More HERE.
Louise Bentall Biennial Award for Emerging British Columbia Choreographers
Named in memory of Louise Bentall, a long-time board member of DanceHouse and SCA alumnus, applications are now open for the Louise Bentall Biennial Award for Emerging British Columbia Choreographers, administered by DanceHouse, with a submission deadline of January 26, 2025. More HERE.
Studio Salon Series: Fall 2024
Co.ERASGA's Studio Salon Series: Fall 2024 on November 23 at 5:00 PM at What Lab (1814 Pandora St., Vancouver) features Sujit Vaidya and SCA alumni Marion Landers and Jennifer Aoki. More HERE.
Prairie Dusk in 2025
SCA alumnus Virginia Jessica Sparvier-Wells is touring Prairie Dusk in BC in 2025, with stops in Powell River on May 16, Denman Island on May 17, Pender Island on May 19, Sidney on May 20, and Prince George on May 25. More info to come HERE.
Slow Socials: Around Sound
The good folks at Music on Main and The Only Animal, which has SCA alumnus Barbara Adler (also a good folk) as Artistic Director, are co-presenting Slow Socials: Around Sound with SCA alumnus Toni-Leah C. Yake on December 2, 2024, at 7:00 PM at The Post (110 – 750 Hamilton St., Vancouver). And it's free! More HERE.
The A.I.R. Experiment
Mascall Dance are presenting The A.I.R. Experiment, a free "dance party happening," on Sunday, November 24, from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (and perhaps longer!) at The Dance Centre (677 Davie St., Vancouver), presented as part of The Dance Centre's Dance in Vancouver programing. More HERE.
DIV Edition
SCA alumnus Emmalena Fredriksson joins Juolin Lee, Ryan Jackson and Reed Jackson, and Kira Radosevic for Boombox's (44 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver) DIV Edition on November 19 – 22, 2024, presented in special partnership with The Dance Centre at Scotiabank Dance Centre with support from Company 605. RSVP tickets by emailing vancouverboombox@gmail.com.
Growth: Watercolor Healing session / 水彩绘画疗愈
SCA student Zuki Fu is presenting Growth: Watercolor Healing session / 水彩绘画疗愈 on Sunday, November 17, 2024, from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, at 333 East 11th Ave., Vancouver. More HERE.
Luvtenant in Studio 6
SCA Music & Sound student Artemis Cheung's Luvtenant is playing on November 10, 2024, at 7:00 PM, in Studio 6 in the Student Union Building at SFU Burnaby, hosted by SFU's CJSF 90.1 FM. More HERE.
Firelei Báez at the VAG
SCA alumnus Andrea Valentine-Lewis was the Curatorial Assistant for the Vancouver Art Gallery's presentation of the touring mid-career survey exhibition of work by Firelei Báez, which is at the VAG from November 3, 2024 – March 16, 2025. More HERE.
Wave of Gummy Bears
SCA alumnus Lauraine Mak's Wave of Gummy Bears is on display on Vancouver's Arbutus Greenway, presented as part of the City of Vancouver's Public Art Program. More HERE.
Lind Biennial Opening Celebration
RSVP to the Lind Biennial Opening Celebration on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at 6:00 PM, at The Polygon Gallery (101 Carrie Cates Ct., North Vancouver), with SCA PhD student Casey Wei and SCA alumnus Mena El Shazly joining Karice Mitchell, Dion Smith-Dokkie, and Parumveer Walia in the exhibition, which runs November 9 – February 2, 2025, and up for the prize (to be announced Thursday, January 23, 2025). More HERE.
Carter's Colbalt
SCA alumnus Shion Skye Carter is presenting Cobalt on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at 6:00 PM (very limited seating preview!) and Thursday, November 21, at 5:00 PM, at Odd Meridian Arts' Morrow (Suite 204 – 910 Richards St., Vancouver), presented as part of The Dance Centre's Dance in Vancouver programming.. More HERE.
BYOP with the APCSSU
Attention SCA students! The SCA APCS (Art, Performance & Cinema Studies) Student Union is hosting some "bring your own project" group Working Feedback sessions on Wednesday, November 13, from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM and Monday, November 18, from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM in the APCS lounge. More HERE.
Seek peek tour
Watch a "sneak peek" of a tour of shnu’a’th, ᐊᑳᒥᕽ akâmihk, the other side, a two-person exhibition with SCA alumnus Michelle Sound and Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun, by Yvonne Vander Kooi, the Nanaimo Art Gallery's Learning & Engagement Coordinator. shnu’a’th, ᐊᑳᒥᕽ akâmihk, the other side runs to January 12, 2025, if you'd like to experience the complete tour in person. More HERE.
Horror in Seconds tickets
Grab tickets for the second annual Horror in Seconds BIPOC film festival and drag cabaret, created and organized by SCA alumnus Doaa Magdy, which runs December 13, 2024, from 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM, at the Fox Cabaret (2321 Main St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Meet Shion
Thinking about the SCA for your undergraduate degree? Watch this video profile of SCA alumnus Shion Skye Carter, produced by the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology (our institutional home at SFU), about her creative risk taking and the value of the SCA's style of interdisciplinary teaching. Watch it HERE.
Hot Dyke Party at The Birdhouse
Hot Dyke Party, which includes SCA alumni Arthi Chandra, Cindy Kao, and Hannah Meyers (plus Blue Chu, Hayley Sullivan, and Thule van den Dam), are playing November 10, 2024, at 7:00 PM, at The Birdhouse (44 West 4th Ave., Vancouver). Get tickets HERE.
Ciprian's What My Heart Wanted
SCA student Emma Ciprian's What My Heart Wanted will be playing in the "Shortwork 6: An Education – BC Student Films" series at the Whistler Film Festival on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at 2:45 PM, at the Maury Young Arts Centre (4335 Blackcomb Way, Whistler). More HERE.
June at The Painted Ship
SCA student Cleo Luna June is performing with The Hausplants on November 30, 2024, at 9:00 PM, at The Painted Ship (2884 W. Broadway, Vancouver). More HERE.
Tabassinejad and Soji-George in conversation
SCA alumnus Pegah Tabassinejad and SCA alumnus and curator Olumoroti Soji-George will be in conversation about Tabassinejad's Entropic Fields of Displacement on Saturday, November 9, 2024, from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM at VIVO Media Arts Centre (2625 Kaslo St., Vancouver), where Entropic Fields of Displacement runs to November 20, 2024. More HERE.
Inay screenings
SCA alumnus Thea Loo's film Inay, produced by Loo and SCA alumnus Natalie Murao's company No More Productions, is screening on Saturday, November 9, at 1:00 PM, in Toronto and on Saturday, November 16, at 1:00 PM, in Saskatoon as part of the Diaspora Film Festival, and on Thursday, November 14, at 6:30 PM, at the VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour St., Vancouver). Find links to everything on No More Productions' Linktree.
Crazybull talks
SCA alumnus Lauren Crazybull is giving a 221A Fellowship Talk on Saturday, November 16, 2024, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM at 825 Pacific St., Vancouver. More HERE.