SCA | Quick News | September 9, 2022
Congratulations, Marks and Radul!
Congratulations to the SCA's Laura Marks and Judy Radul, who have both been named as fellows to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Canada’s highest academic honour. More HERE.
Dongnier at CultureHub
The SCA's NiNi Dongnier is participating in CultureHub's 2022-2023 residency program. More HERE.
Radul in Incredible Machines
The SCA's Judy Radul is participating in the Incredible Machines 2022: Model Is the Message conference, running October 1 – 2, 2022, co-presented by The New Centre for Research & Practice and the Richmond Art Gallery. More HERE.
Lee, Leung, and Yeung's Discounted Hotpot Centre
SCA alumni Anthony Kit Chun Lee, Hin Hilary Leung, and Carlie Cheukiu Yeung are presenting Discounted Hotpot Centre at the 2022 Vancouver Fringe Festival September 8 – 11 and September 15 – 18 at 5:00 PM at the Granville Island Picnic Pavillion. More HERE.
North Barn Theatre Collective Q&A
The North Barn Theatre Collective, which includes SCA alumnus Ian McFarlane, does a Q&A about their work A Gorgon's Tale. Read it HERE.
O'Callaghan's Overbound
SCA alumnus James O'Callaghan is premiering Overbound with Esprit Orchestra and cellist Cameron Crozman on January 25, 2023, in Toronto as part of the 21C Music Festival, presented by The Royal Conservatory. More HERE.
Lin in Persistence/Resistance
SCA alumnus SCA alumnus Anchi Lin (Ciwas Tahos) is part of Persistence/Resistance: Taiwan – Canada Indigenous Art Exhibition at the Tainan Art Museum, running September 8, 2022, to January 29, 2023. More HERE.
Alfeld's Doug and the Slugs and Me screens
SCA alumnus Teresa Alfeld's Doug and the Slugs and Me is screening September 9 – 15, 2022, at the Vancouver International Film Festival's Vancity Theatre. More HERE.
Submit to the Capture Photography Festival
Submissions are now open for Capture Photography Festival's 2023 juried Selected Exhibitions Program, with a jury that includes SCA alumnus and curator at The Polygon Gallery Elliott Ramsey. More HERE.
Big City's Liquid Times
Liquid Times by Big City, the duo of SCA MFA student Katayoon Yousefbigloo and PhD student (and MFA alumnus) Dave Biddle, is out now, courtesy Perennial and K Records. Sample it on Bandcamp HERE.
Wallgrin at the Fox
SCA alumnus Wallgrin / Tegan Wahlgren's album release show for Yet Again The Wheel Turns is on Saturday, October 22, 2022, from 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM, at Fox Cabaret. Tickets HERE.
Edwards' Ptarmageddon nominated
SCA alumnus Jenn Edwards' band Ptarmageddon were interviewed on CBC Radio: Newfoundland and Labrador about their two nominations for the MusicNL awards. Listen HERE.
Galindo and McConnell at In Movement Dance Co.
SCA alumni Andrea Isea Galindo and Paige McConnell are both new faculty at New West's In Movement Dance Co.. More HERE.
Silverfox at the Evergreen Cultural Centre
SCA alumnus Krystle Silverfox's Hats’adän echo (Elder’s teachings) is installed on the lobby windows of the Evergreen Cultural Centre, presented as part of their 2022/23 Season, which officially launches September 17. More HERE.
Saugstad's Paper Mountains
SCA alumnus Anya Saugstad's Paper Mountains, featuring SCA alumni Eowynn Enquist and Shion Skye Carter, and Daria Mikhaylyuk, Nasiv Sall, and Sabine Raskin, plus music by SCA alumnus Stefan Nazarevich, runs September 9 & 10, 2022, at Vistapoint Studios. But good news / bad news: it's already sold out!
Friedenberg wins
Congratulations to SCA alumnus Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, who won for Outstanding Choreography or Fight Direction at the Betty Mitchell Awards for Vertigo Theatre's Cipher.
Meadahl in the PIVOT program
SCA alumnus Sam Meadahl is participating in the Canadian League of Composers' 2022-23 PIVOT program. More HERE.
Yamada's workshop
SCA alumnus Tomoyo Yamada is presenting a free movement-based workshop on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at 1:00 PM at Lot 55 Activation Space on Granville Island, as part of the Vancouver Fringe Festival. Register HERE.
Smith's who is this city for?
Click through to SCA alumnus Paige Smith's Instagram to read about (and see pictures of) her latest project, who is this city for?, which is a free zine she's distributing around Vancouver's west end, tree by tree. More HERE.
Bruton in the studio
SCA alumnus Rebecca Bruton was in Montreal recording a new LP at Studio Pierre Marchand with Quatuor Bozzini, the junctQín keyboard collective, Jason Doell, and James Clemens-Seely. More HERE.
Sum's New Age Attitudes
SCA alumnus Amanda Sum's new album, New Age Attitudes, is out now. Give it a spin on Bandcamp or via one of the main streaming services. Also, consider going to her record release show tomorrow, Saturday, September 10, 2022, at 8:00 PM at The Cultch. More HERE.
Congratulations, Didier
Congratulations to SCA alumnus Didier Morelli, who will be doing a two-year Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et Culture (FRQSC) Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Art History Department at Concordia University's Faculty of Fine Arts in Montreal, Québec.
Jarvis interviewed
Read an interview with SCA alumnus Sophie Jarvis about her past work and current film, Until Branches Bend, which is screening at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 8 – 18. More HERE.
Maddock on the BC Lieutenant Governor Awards
Read SCA alumnus Rachel Maddock on the BC Lieutenant Governor Awards for The Dance Current. Read it HERE.
Phạm co-edited The Empress of Vancouver
SCA alumnus Hân Phạm was co-editor on the feature documentary The Empress of Vancouver, which played at the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival and the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, and is coming back to the Vancouver International Film Festival's VIFF Centre from September 9 – 15, 2022. More HERE.