SCA | Quick News | December 24, 2020
Malbon makes video cheer
SCA MA student Joseph "Joey Chaos" Malbon produced this holiday video for SFU Co-operative Education. Such positivity to end a bonkers year!
SCA Dancing for the Food Bank
SCA alumni Samantha Presley, Charlotte Telfer-Wan, and Samantha Penner and their friend Troy McLellan have been performing free, public dance routines to help raise money for the Food Bank. Watch an excerpt HERE. And donate HERE.
Panto Come Home! reviewed
Read a good review in the Globe and Mail of Panto Come Home!, featuring SCA alumni Amanda Sum, by Theatre Repalcement (SCA alumni James Long and Maiko Yamamoto, artistic directors). Read it HERE. And read another good review, this time in Stir Vancouver, HERE.
Contreras on Below the Radar
SCA alumni Adriana Contreras was on the Below the Radar podcast, talking about "immigration and connecting to community and social justice movements through art" and her work as "a graphic recorder" with Drawing Change Consulting. Listen to it HERE.
Laiwan, Molineaux, and Kazymerchyk in conversation
Listen to SCA alumni Laiwan, Melinda Molineaux, and former Audain Gallery curator Amy Kazymerchyk in conversation for the Western Front Archive podcast, discussing Kazymerchyk's curation of the Western Front exhibition Thought, outside, which included Laiwan and Molineaux. Listen HERE.
Cheung is DJ Snack Witch
SCA alumni Joni Cheung, who's currently working on her Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Ceramics at Concordia University, is part of Going Places, which "is a series of short audio pieces and accompanying texts narrating stories of different locations (physical and theoretical spaces)." Listen to Cheung's contribution as radio DJ Snack Witch HERE.
Tedlie Stursberg's ATMOSPHERIC SUPPLY
SCA alumni Alex Tedlie Stursberg is starting a new project, ATMOSPHERIC SUPPLY: Activated Sculptures for the Home Environment, on Xmas day, supported by Canada Council for the Arts' Digital Originals initiative. Here's how he describes the project: "I will be releasing 10 videos through Instagram, my website and YouTube, each featuring a one hour stationary shot of an activated sculptural work, complete with ambient sounds. Similar to the classic Yule Log tv program, the videos presented in ATMOSPHERIC SUPPLY can be cast to a tv screen or monitor and will rest non-invasively in the background of your home." Follow Tedlie Stursberg on Instagram HERE to keep up with the project.
A Loscil mix for the longest night of the year
SCA alumni Scott Morgan, who produces electronic music under the name Loscil, compiled a special mix of "restrained music" for the winter solstice on Monday, December 21, 2020, which should play perfectly throughout the holidays. Listen to it HERE.
Sum sings Carpenters
SCA alumni Amanda Sum sings The Carpenters for the holidays. Watch it HERE.
Clala Dance Project's Stuck in 2020
Great new work by Clala Dance Project (SCA alumni Charlotte Telfer-Wan, current SCA student Ana Daria Vieru, and all-but-degree SCA MFA student Tomoyo Yamada), which also included SCA folks performing and behind the scenes. Watch it HERE.