SCA | Quick News | April 2, 2021
Jugdeo & Sahai on the MOCA Screen
SCA alumni Vishal Jugdeo and collaborator Vqueeram Aditya Sahai are presenting their new film, Does Your House Have Lions, on the Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art's "screen" site, running April 1 – 29, 2021. Watch it HERE.
SCA @ The Dance Centre
The Dance Centre's International Dance Day 2021 event on Thursday, April 29, 2021, at 11:00 AM (PDT), includes many SCA folks: Tomoyo Yamada (Clala Dance Project), Vanessa Goodman (Action at a Distance) with music by Scott Morgan (Loscil), and Meagan O’Shea (Stand Up Dance). Also, SCA alumni Sammy Chien will be part of the Amber Funk Barton curated "Dance Café" initiative on Instagram Live. Really, of course, the whole line up is great! More HERE.
Mercer's A Safe Distance @ GRFF
SCA alumni Gloria Mercer's A Safe Distance will be making its "festival premiere" at the Grand River Film Festival (GRFF), which runs May 5 to 8, 2021. Find out more about the film HERE.
Cheyenne seeking a GM
SCA alumni Tara Cheyenne's dance company is looking for a part-time General Manager. Could this be you? More HERE.
McMann & Muranko @ Speaking of Dance
The upcoming FREE Speaking of Dance: Women Weaving Stories of Transformation event on April 23, 2021, at 11:00 AM (PDT), which is presented by Matriarchs Uprising in partnership with DanceHouse and SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs, includes SCA alumni Jessica McMann as one of the speakers and Starr Muranko as one of the facilitators. More info and RSVP HERE.
withintensions' Renaissance
The latest issue of withintensions, the online art mag from SCA alumni, this one on the theme of "Renaissance," is up. Download it HERE.
Fukumura & Taylor & 1 Hour Photo, Fukumura on a podcast
SCA alumni June Fukumura (Virtual Tour Host) and Heidi Taylor (Dramaturg), who's also the Artistic & Executive Director for the Playwrights Theatre Centre, are both involved with 1 Hour Photo, which runs online from May 28 – 30, 2021, at The Cultch. More HERE. Also, SCA alumni June Fukumura is the guest on the Sounds Japanese Canadian to Me podcast, produced by Burnaby's Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Listen HERE.
Sundin's Soon in Capture
There are great things to look at in the Capture Photography Festival this year (as usual!), but we'd like to draw special attention to SCA alumni Vilhelm Sundin's upcoming exhibition, Soon, at the Monte Clark Gallery, running April 22 – May 29, 2021. More HERE.
SCA in Studio Salon Series
The upcoming editions of Co.ERASGA's digital Studio Salon Series include SCA alumni Sammy Chien, Caroline MacCaull, and Jeanette Kotowich and SCA MFA student Tin Gamboa. More HERE.
Marks talks SFMF
The SCA's Laura Marks shared some "little jewels from the Small-File Media," as she put it, and did a Q&A for Colgate University (Friday, April 2, at 3:00 PM (EST)). And don't forget: Submit your small files to the 2021 Small File Media Festival. The deadline is June 4, 2021! Full information HERE.
Graham's Within the Lines
SCA alumni Anja Graham is presenting her work, Within the Lines, as part of the Langley Arts Council's Looking Back, Moving Forward exhibition, which runs April 2 – May 12, 2021. More HERE.
Todd & Paterson nominated
SCA alumni Loretta Sarah Todd (Monkey Beach, Adapted Screenplay) and Jordan Paterson (The World is Bright, 2021 Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary) are amongst the nominees for the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, announced by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. More HERE.
SCA in fever dreams
This great-looking book project, fever dreams, from the plastic orchid factory includes work by SCA alumni Deanna Peters, Erika Mitsuhashi, and Rachel Maddock, and many others. Love the cover especially! More HERE.
Wei's Fragile Propositions
SCA alumni Casey Wei curated Fragile Propositions: Where Art Belongs, a program of videos by Tracey Vath, Thirza Jean Cuthand, Christian Nicolay, Gaelle Cognee, and Elijah Hasan, for VUCAVU, running until April 14, 2021. Watch it HERE.
FRIDAY in Exclaim!
Read some excellent press for DEBBY FRIDAY's MFA graduating project, LINK SICK, in Exclaim!. Read it HERE.
SCA in 蝦仔 Little Shrimp
SCA alumni Nancy Tam, Derek Chan, and Natalie Tin Yin Gan (顏婷妍) are all part of the "creative team" behind the Carousel Theatre for Young People's AudioPLAY 蝦仔 Little Shrimp, running April 8 – May 2, 2021. More HERE.
Aoki & McMann @ Made in BC – Dance on Tour
SCA alumni Jennifer Aoki participated in Dance Artists & Writers in Conversation: Re-Centering/Margins 2nd annual ancillary project, presented by Made in BC – Dance on Tour, on April 1, 2021. More HERE. Made in BC – Dance on Tour are also presenting Re-Centering/Margins: Creative Residency culminating dance showings, which features SCA alumni Jessica McMann, from Friday, April 2 – 7, 2021, at 7:00 PM. More info and RSVP HERE.
Sappier in The Peak
Great interview with the SCA's Carr Sappier in SFU's The Peak. Sappier's not only co-teaching / co-directing this year's Skoden Indigenous Film Festival with Kathleen Mullen, they're also its co-founder with Grace Mathisen. And take note: The festival is still running until April 5! The RSVP link is at the end of the article. Read it HERE.
Calderon clowning
SCA alumni Davey Samuel Calderon is running a "Pay-What-You-Will" clowning workshop for PTC (where he's also the Dramaturg, Public Engagement) on April 16, 2021, from 5:30-7:30 pm. Deadline for registrations is April 8. More HERE.
Tacata @ Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The SCA's Ryan Tacata has been invited by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival "to create a short piece of digital art in response to themes drawn from the acronym of C.O.V.I.D.: Community, Offering, Vitality, Identity, Determination" as part of their 2021 season. More HERE.
The River Clyde Pageant is on
The River Clyde Pageant, founded by SCA alumni Megan Stewart and dearly missed faculty member Ker Wells in 2015, is getting ready for summer, running July 23 – 25 & July 30 – August 1, 2021, in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island. Keep track of the pageant and their schedule HERE.
Morgan's Clara
SCA alumni Scott Morgan (Loscil) has a new record, Clara, out on Kranky in May. Read more and stream a track HERE.
Lim reviewed
SCA alumni Milton Lim's whitepages, presented at Calgary's The New Gallery, is reviewed in the Spring 2021 issue of Canadian Art. Find out more about Lim and his work HERE.
Boisjoly on Monkman
The SCA's Raymond Boisjoly reviews Kent Monkman's Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience in Issue 148 of C Magazine. Sneak peak the abstract HERE and check back for the full text.
Made in Canada: agricultural podcast E2
Listen to episode two of Made in Canada: agricultural podcast from rice & beans theatre (SCA alumni Pedro Chamale and Derek Chan). Listen HERE.
Chien and Peters calling for interplay_
SCA alumni Sammy Chien and Deanna Peters are some of the co-curators (with Tasha Faye Evans and khattieQ) involved in this call for "live online performances that promote, challenge and experiment with collaborative and/or multidisciplinary performance" from interplay_ 2021, which is co-presented by the Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre, the Vancouver Park Board, Mutable Subject, and Co. ERASGA. The deadline is April 15, 2021. More HERE.
Bruton plays
SCA alumni Rebecca Bruton played at the New Music Edmonton's Now Hear This festival – her first live gig in a year! Watch the video archive on YouTube.
Murdoch's Blind Contour
Read "Five Things to Know" about SCA alumni Corbin Murdoch's new album Blind Contour in the Vancouver Sun. Read it HERE.
Chime in the Plaza
Robson Square Plaza, the location for the SCA's Brady Cranfield's (that's me!) new public artwork, Weekend Chime, is officially open. It's much more spacious now – but wear a mask! More HERE.