SCA | Quick News | April 29, 2022
Peace Country's media roundup
SCA alumnus and rice & beans theatre Artistic Director Pedro Chamale was on CBC Radio's Daybreak North with Carolina de Ryk (listen HERE – starts at 1:41:01) and The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn (listen HERE) to talk about his new play Peace Country, featuring SCA alumni on and off stage, including Garvin Chan, Montserrat Videla, María Escolán, Heidi Taylor (who's also the Artistic and Executive Director of Playwrights Theatre Centre), Jessica Han, Cindy Kao, and Jamie Sweeney. Also, read about Chamale and Peace Country in Stir HERE, writen by SCA student Teresa Donck-Matlock. Peace Country runs at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and online from April 27 – 30, 2022, produced by rice & beans theatre in partnership with Playwrights Theatre Centre.
Yoon at the VAG and talks at the KAG
The SCA's Jin-me Yoon is part of the exhibition RESTLESS: Recent Acquisitions, running April 15, 2022 - September 11, 2022, at the Vancouver Art Gallery. More HERE. She's also having a free public conversation via Zoom with Kamloops Art Gallery's Curator Charo Neville and Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre, the Curator of Contemporary Art for the Musée d'art de Joliette, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at 2:00 PM (PDT), in support of her exhibition Here Elsewhere Other Hauntings (running April 23 to July 2, 2022), which St-Jean Aubre guest curated for the KAG. More HERE.
Shihab talks Filmmaking and Motherhood – and more
The SCA's Nadia Shihab is on a FREE panel with Ana Carrizales, Carmen Pollard, and moderator Sarah Shamash about Filmmaking and Motherhood on May 8, 2022, presented by the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. More HERE. Also, Shihab and SCA alumnus Teresa Alfeld are both participating in DOXA's Visionaries programming, presented by the Directors Guild of Canada. More HERE. Also, read SCA | Quick News | April 22, 2022 for more about SCA folks at DOXA, including Jocelyne Chaput's "Focus on Editing" DOXA Industry conversation with Greg Ng.
Tacata on the BOD
The SCA's Ryan Tacata is joining the Western Front's Board of Directors, along with Shae Anthony and Kate Barry. Great choice!
Priest talks Earworm and Event
The SCA's Eldritch Priest is the guest on the latest episode of the Below the Radar podcast, produced by SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement, talking about his latest book, Earworm and Event (Duke University Press, 2022), with host Am Johal. Listen HERE.
Varty on TPE's In the Distance
Read Alex Varty in Stir on Turning Point Ensemble's upcoming concert, In the Distance, on April 29, 2022, at 7:30 PM, in the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre here at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Read it HERE.
Hill in The Milk of Dreams
SCA alumnus Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill's work is included in the 2022 Venice Biennale – The Milk of Dreams – at the The Arsenale, curated by Cecilia Alemani. More HERE.
Wallgrin's double single
SCA alumnus (and possible vampire slayer) Tegan Wahlgren / Wallgrin is having a double single release today for Yet Again The Wheel Turns and PseudoReligion. Try them out on Bandcamp.
O'Callaghan's Outhere
SCA alumnus James O'Callaghan is presenting the world premier of Outhere, composed for the UltraViolet Ensemble during COVID lockdown, in Edmonton on May 7, 2022. More HERE.
Lum talks Death and Furniture
In support of his exhibition Death and Furniture, which runs February 11 – May 15, 2022, at Saskatoon's Remai Modern, SCA alumnus Ken Lum will be in conversation with the Remai's Johan Lundh (Co-Executive Director and CEO) and Michelle Jacques (Head of Exhibitions and Collections/Chief Curator) live or via Zoom on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 12:00 PM (PDT). More HERE.
Three spots for The Expanse Workshop
Three spots left and two available scholarships for New (to) Town Collective's (SCA alumni Anjela Magpantay, Davey Calderon, and June Fukumura, and Avyen von Waldenburg) upcoming The Expanse Workshop with Steve Wangh, running July 4 – 8, 2022, with and Artist Talk July 9. More HERE.
Vancouver Sun on Doug and the Slugs and Me
Read the The Vancouver Sun on SCA alumnus Teresa Alfeld's Doug and the Slugs and Me, which is being shown at the 2022 DOXA Documentary Film Festival. Read it HERE.
Graveyards and Gardens at the Bodecker Foundation
SCA alumnus Vanessa Goodman and Caroline Shaw are presenting Graveyards and Gardens at Portland's Bodecker Foundation (2360 NW Quimby Street) from April 28, 29, and 30, 2022, at 7:30 PM, with a matinee on April 30 at 3:00 PM. Did we mention that they're performing in a skate bowl? More HERE.
Smulovitz talks synths
The SCA's Stefan Smulovitz will be giving a talk as part of a FREE Kitsilano Synthesizer Meetup on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at 1:30 PM at the Kitsilano Neighbourhood House (2305 W 7th Ave, Vancouver). Featuring an impromptu set by SOMAONLY, the newly formed duo of Smulovitz and Brady Cranfield. More HERE.
Smith talks ArtStarts
Read SCA alumnus Paige Smith on her time in ArtStarts in Schools' Ignites Artist-in-Residence program. Maybe this program might be for you, too! Read it HERE.
Sum talks and talks New Age Attitudes
SCA alumnus Amanda Sum was on the podcast Rhythm Changes, talking about her latest tune New Age Attitudes and more. Listen HERE. She was also interviewed about New Age Attitudes in the LA based online magazine Buzz Music, too. Read it HERE.
Fraser's Gestural Symphony No.1
SCA alumnus Alexa Fraser's Gestural Symphony No.1, commissioned by What Lab as part of Fraser's / Theatre Corps.' “The Deep End” residency, and including other SCA alumni – Paula Viitanen, Linnea Antos, and Dominique Samuels – as part of the project, is running June 23 – 26, 2022, at What Lab. Follow Theatre Corps on Instagram for more.
Sound shows
SCA alumnus Michelle Sound is presenting the exhibition kanawêyimêw (She takes care of them) at the Art Gallery of St. Albert, staring May 9, 2022. More HERE. Sound's also presenting We Take Care of Us at Ottawa's Gallery 101 from April 30 – May 28, 2022. More HERE.
Watch The Dummy Factor – for FREE
Watch the SCA's Corbin Saleken's The Dummy Factor for FREE on Tubi HERE.
Pickrell at EDAM
Congratulations to SCA alumnus Alexandra Pickrell, who's going to be training with EDAM Dance – with a scholarship!
U's Forthcoming
Head over to SCA alumnus Sarah U's Instagram for a cool preview of Forthcoming, which "explores how overconsumption and overstimulation will shape our bodies in 300 years from now," which is being presented as part of The Dance Centre's FREE 12 Minutes Max Studio Showing on Monday May 16, 2022, at 6:00 PM, also including other new works in progress by Justin Calvadores, Marco Esccer, Eliza Regenyi, and Sarah Wong.
Wei's cassette pantry
SCA alumni Casey Wei and her rock group Kamikaze Nurse, who've recently signed to local indie institution Mint Records, are pictured in Wei's "cassette pantry" in this exposé on indie cassette love in Exclaim. Read it HERE.
Mullen and the LUIFF
Fresh from wrapping the 2022 Skoden Indigenous Film Festival, Kathleen Mullen is already way into the Lesley University Independent Film Festival (LUIFF), which is streaming online until April 30, 2022. More HERE.
Snack Witch in IGNITION 17
SCA alumnus Joni Cheung / Snack Witch is part of the exhibition IGNITION 17, running April 23 – May 21, 2022, at Concordia University's Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery. More HERE.
Yassine's The Artist As Artwork: Workshop Series
SCA alumnus Ghinwa Yassine is running The Artist As Artwork: Workshop Series on June 1, 15, 29, 2022, from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM, presented by the VIVO Media Arts Centre. Note: There's room for 8 – 10 participants. Application Deadline is May 8. More HERE.
SCA play Mixtophonics
Catch some SCA players, including Stefan Smulovitz, Aysha Dulong, Cindy Kao, and Sam Meadahl, in the three day Mixtophonics Festival, co-curated by Mixtophonics founder and Hard Rubber Orchestra bandleader John Korsrud, SCA alumnus Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi, Alanna Ho, and Mike WT Allen, running May 12 – 14, 2022, at The Wise Hall & Lounge (1882 Adanac Street, Vancouver). More HERE.
Morelli and Lau's Le Sigh
SCA alumnus Didier Morelli and Charlene K. Lau have launched a new online arts magazine, Le Sigh. Read Issue 001 HERE.