SCA | Quick News | September 20, 2024
Congratulations, Avideh!
SCA MFA student Avideh Saadatpajouh is one of the recipients of the 2024 Audain Travel Awards. More HERE.
Slade receives Insight
Congratulations to the SCA's Kathy Slade, who is a recipient of a SSHRC Insight Development Grant!
Tacata and For You talk to Brief but Spectacular
The SCA's Ryan Tacata and his For You productions collaborators Erika Chong Shuch and Rowena Richie talked to PBS News' Brief but Spectacular about "How bespoke performances foster connections among older adults in the San Francisco area." Watch HERE.
Johal talks O My Friends in NYC
Am Johal, Director of SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement and an Associate Faculty Member of the SCA, will be at NYC's Bluestocking Books (116 Suffolk St, New York, NY) on Sunday, September 22, 2025, at 3:00 PM to talk about his collaborative book with Matt Hern, O My Friends, There is No Friend: The Politics of Friendship at the End of Ecology. More HERE.
Nieto and Medina's Nepantla: Magia Ancestral
SCA alumnus Salome Nieto and Julio Medina are performing Nepantla: Magia Ancestral on Sunday, October 6, 2024, from 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM at The NEST (Third floor – 1398 Cartwright St., Vancouver), followed by a Q&A session with Nieto and Medina led by the SCA's Peter Dickinson, presented by the Vancouver Latin America Cultural Centre's Latin Expressions 2024. More HERE.
Congratulations, Heather!
SCA alumnus Heather Lamoureux, who founded and is the Artistic Director for the Vines Art Society's Vines Art Festival, joins Toyin Lafenwa Oladele in receiving a Mentorship Award from the 2024 John Hobday Awards in Arts Management. More HERE.
Hill selects Reece
SCA alumnus Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill is featured in the latest installation in the Vancouver Art Gallery's 1:1 Artists Select series, alongside a work from the VAG collection by Skeena Reece. More HERE.
Alchemical Musings #1
The SCA's Stefan Smulovitz (Electronics, Violin) is performing at 7:00 PM tonight – Friday, September 20, 2024 – as part of Alchemical Musings #1, with Marina Hasselberg (Cello), Hadis Fard aka XEL (Electronics, Waterphone, Visuals), Christopher Kelly (Electronics, Trumpet), SCA alumni Emmalena Fredriksson (Dance), and Jennifer McLeish-Lewis (Dance), at Emily Carr Emily Carr University of Art + Design (520 E. 1st Ave., Vancouver). More HERE.
Absolute Unit
The SCA's Stefan Smulovitz and SCA alumnus Aysha Dulong are performing as part of John Korsrud's 18-piece Absolute Unit, which is playing a free show in the Woodward’s Atrium (111 W. Hastings St., Vancouver) on Sunday, October 20, 2024, at 7:00 PM. More HERE.
Peters and Tran at VIDF
SCA alumnus Deanna Peters and Victor Tran have been announced as the new Festival Co-Directors of the Vancouver International Dance Festival, taking over from VIDF founders Barbara Bourget, who's also an SCA alumnus, and Jay Hirabayashi. Find out more HERE.
Stir on Empty-Handed
Read Stir Vancouver on Empty-Handed by The Biting School (SCA alumnus Aryo Khakpour and Arash Khakpour), which is running October 2 – 5, 2024, at the Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova St., Vancouver). Read it HERE.
FRIDAY awards Dutcher
SCA alumnus DEBBY FRIDAY, last year's Polaris winner, hosted the Gala for the 2024 Polaris Music Prize, which was awarded to Jeremy Dutcher for Motewolonuwok on September 17, 2024, at Massey Hall. A second Polaris win for Dutcher, who also won in 2018 for Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, but well deserved this time, too. More HERE.
Bruton and Bates score Lucky Star
SCA alumnus Rebecca Bruton collaborated with Meredith Bates on the soundtrack for Gillian McKercher's Lucky Star, which is screening as part of the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival on Thursday, October 3, at 6:30 PM and Saturday, October 5, at 12:30 at the International Village Cinemas (88 W. Pender St., Vancouver), and at the 2024 Calgary International Film Festival on Saturday, September 28, at 7:15 PM at the Scotiabank Theatre Chinook (6455 Macleod Trail SW, Calgary). More HERE.
Gamelan Bike Bike album release concert
Gamelan Bike Bike, which includes SCA alumnus George Rahi, is having an album release concert on Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver). Get tickets HERE.
Muskwa’s Mountain Home at the NAC
Virginia Jessica Sparvier-Wells' Muskwa’s Mountain Home was performed as part of Christine Beaulieu's The Salmon of the Mitis River, which ran Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at the National Arts Centre's Southam Hall. More HERE.
Nieto in the Atrium
SCA alumnus Salome Nieto is performing in the Atrium of the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby) on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 11:00 AM as part of the City of Burnaby's Culture Days. More HERE.
The Trading Places: Un Échange Marathon
SCA alumnus Matthew Ariaratnam joins a host of other players as part of The Trading Places: Un Échange Marathon on Sunday, September 22, 2024, at 7:00 PM at the Hargrove (Back Alley Entrance, 150 E. 3rd Ave., Vancouver), co-presented by the NOW Society, Suoni Per Il Popolo, and Barking Sphinx. More HERE.
Mitsuhashi on a panel
SCA alumnus Erika Mitsuhashi is part of a panel discussion with Ruhamah Buchanan, Kelly McInnes, and Carla Alcántara, hosted by New Works Program Director Amber Barton, following performances by McInnes, and Alcántara, on Friday, September 20, 2024, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM at Vancouver Public Library's Central Library (350 W. Georgia St., Vancouver), presented as part of New Works' Pop Up Dances Festival 2024. More HERE.
Caulfield in Small Stage 2.1
SCA alumnus Cori Caulfield is performing as part of Small Stage 2.1: Cocktails, Conversation and a Show, which runs on Sunday, October 6 and Sunday, November 3, 2024, both nights from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM, at Please Beverage Co. (222 W. 5th Ave., Vancouver). More HERE.
Groove & Learn: Enhance Your English Through Hip Hop Dance
Facilitated by Constance Arden Duffy, SFU Library's Student Union Commons is holding Groove & Learn: Enhance Your English Through Hip Hop Dance on sets of Fridays in September, October, and November, 2024, from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM in our 4th floor "Courtyard" dance studio here at the SCA (149 W. Hastings Street). More HERE.
Frankenkenstein and more in Here For Now vol. 4
Ellis Cheadle's Frankenkenstein, featuring SCA alumni collaborators Derek Chan, Keely O'Brien, Kayleigh Sandomirsky, Paula Viitanen, and Aryo Khakpour, runs September 27 at 6:30 PM, October 4 at 8:00 PM, and October 5 at 6:30 PM as part of Here For Now vol. 4 at Boombox (44 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver), a performance space run by SCA alumnus Erika Mitsuhashi and Francesca Frewer and Sierra Megas in a 53 foot shipping container. SCA alumni Hayley Gawthrop and Santi Henderson and mural art by Katie Green, is also part of Here For Now vol. 4, which altogether runs September 26 – 28 and October 3 – 5, 2024, presented with support from Company 605. Tickets and more info HERE.
Triana at Granville Island
SCA alumnus Jhoely Triana is performing on Sunday, September 22, 2024, at 5:00 PM at Granville Island's Picnic Pavilion (267 Old Bridge Walk, Vancouver), presented as part of the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival. More HERE.
The Enquist's at the San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival
SCA alumnus Eowynn Enquist and Isak Enquist performed Limb(e)s by Corporeal Imago (Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes) on August 16 & 17 as part of the 2024 San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival. More HERE.
Oñate-Trules in The Active Image
SCA MFA student Marcela Oñate-Trules is participating in the online "exhibition," The Active Image: Political Ecologies & Photographic Agency, produced by the The Sustainable Darkroom. See it HERE.
Sticky Hands, Stitched Mountains
SCA alumnus Anchi Lin (Ciwas Tahos) is performing with Nanako Matsumoto as part of Sticky Hands, Stitched Mountains on October 12 – 14, 2024, at the Theatre E9 Kyoto (9-1 Higashikujo Minamikawaramachi, Minami Ward, Kyoto, 601-8013, Japan). More HERE.
P.L.U.R.O.M.A. Resort '24
SCA alumnus Julian Yi-Zhong Hou (as part of Second Spring Apparel) is one of the participant designers in the P.L.U.R.O.M.A. Resort '24 fashion show on Thursday, September 26, 2024, at 8:00 PM at the The Polygon Gallery (101 Carrie Cates Ct, North Vancouver), presented to mark the closing of the ANTI-ICON: APOKALYPSIS exhibition. More HERE.
starblanket sky ceiling
SCA alumnus Michelle Sound shared some images on her Instagram of her new public artwork, starblanket sky ceiling, which is installed at Churchill Square in Edmonton. See them HERE.
Smith in Lumen
SCA alumnus Paige Smith is presenting Handcrafted Celluloid: A Community Film in the Visitor and Heritage Information Centre (10 Father David Bauer Dr., Waterloo) as part of Waterloo's Lumen festival, which runs September 21, 2024. More HERE.
SFU Film Archive calling
Attention SCA film students, the SCA Film Student Union is calling for films for the SFU Film Archive screening series. The deadline for submissions is Friday, September 27, 2024. More HERE.
Costume Making in Dance + Performance
SCA alumnus Jaewoo Kang and Nellie Gossen are presenting Costume Making in Dance + Performance, a two-day workshop on October 8 & 9, 2024, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie St., Vancouver), presented by The Dance Centre. More HERE.
Ho is in the Filmable Delegation
SCA alumnus Kimberly Ho is one of the recipients of "first ever Filmable Delegation" from Filmable to the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, receiving a Premium Industry & Artist Pass from VIFF. More HERE.
Zarkalam and Fukumura in vActory Series
SCA alumni Shervin Zarkalam and June Fukumura join Mermaid Li in VACT / Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre's vActory Series, which runs September 20 & 21, 2024, at 7:30 PM (doors at 7:00 PM) at What Lab (1814 Pandora St., Vancouver). More HERE.
A Greater Chance
SCA alumnus Beau Han Bridge & Hugo Lu's short documentary, A Greater Chance, is screening on KLIPIST on October 16, 2024. Watch the trailer HERE.
Friedenberg talks sh*t with Warren
Adam Grant Warren is the guest on the latest episode of Talking Sh*t with, SCA MFA student Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg's podcast. Listen HERE.
How Would Lubitsch Do It? S5E08.25
Listen to S5E08.25 of How Would Lubitsch Do It?, the podcast hosted by SCA alumnus Devan Scott, this time with a reading of Samson Raphaelson’s 1981 New Yorker essay, Freundschaft. Listen HERE.
Morelli receives Knowledge Mobilization Postdoctoral Award
SCA alumnus Didier Morelli has been awarded a Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC) Knowledge Mobilization Postdoctoral Award to work with both the Canadian Centre for Architecture and the Department of Art History at Concordia University. Congratulations, Didier!
Baekkevold and Murao talk The Chef And The Daruma
Mads K. Baekkevold and Natalie Murao, the Director and Creative Producer / Writer, respectively, of The Chef And The Daruma, which is having its World Premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival (see the schedule HERE), were interviewed by Filmable. Read it HERE.
Middletown
Will Eno's Middletown, which has SCA alumnus Arthi Chandra as Co-Director (Jamie King) and Alexandra Caprara as Lighting Designer, opens tonight – Friday, September 20, 2024, at 8:00 PM, at the Pacific Theatre (1440 W. 12th Ave., Vancouver). More HERE.