SCA | Quick News | December 8, 2025
Bricolage ...within reach
Just a celebratory shout out to all of the students who participated in and ran Bricolage ...within reach, the SCA Fasion Show & Fundraiser on Saturday, December 6, 2025, in the Wong Experimental Theatre here at the SCA, which was facilitated by the SCA's Erika Latta and SCA student Sara van Gaalen. Also, a shout out to everyone who attended, too. Take a look at some the runway looks captured by SCA student Cory Ip Ngai Ting HERE, as well as some behind-the-scenes images and some of the band that played HERE, too
Pay Your People 2025
Wax Factory, co-directed by the SCA's Erika Latta and Ivan Talijancic, has received a "Deep Roots" grant at IndieSpace's annual "Big Give" event. More HERE.
Chambers' Working Class
Take a "Working Class" with the SCA's Justine A. Chambers on December 10 at 10:00 AM and December 12 at 11:30 AM, at The Dance Centre (677 Davie St, Vancouver), presented by the Training Society Of Vancouver. More HERE.
Bellows in Denmark
Ragnhild May and the SCA's Stefan Maier are performing a specially adapted version of their collaborative work, Bellows, on Friday, December 12, 2025, at KoncertKirken (Blågårds Pl. 6A, 2200 København, Denmark), presented as part of Organ Sound Art Festival. More HERE.
Space is a Problem (for the Image)
The SCA's Sabine Bitter and her longtime collaborator Helmut Weber presented the talk, "Space is a Problem (for the Image)," on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, for the Social Design program at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. More HERE.
SCA Alumni Space Residency
Attention SCA Alumni! Stay tuned for an announcement in the new year about some exciting new space residency opportunities in our building, starting in July 2026. Full details and application procedures to be announced in the new year!
VIDF passes
Passes go on sale on December 10, 2025, for the 2026 edition of the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF), which has SCA alumnus Deanna Peters as Artistic Director. More HERE.
Work at the Gibson
The Gibson Art Museum, led by Kimberly Phillips (who's also Associate Faculty here at the SCA), is looking to hire an Art Studio Lead. Find out more HERE.
Dai on Wong
While she didn't win the 2025 Siminovitch Prize (Ravi Jain received that honor and the $100,000 award), should she have won, Siminovitch finalist and SCA alumnus Adrienne Wong had chosen SCA alumnus Howard Dai to be her Siminovitch Prize-sharing "Protégé," which would have given him $25,000. As it turns out, Miriam Fernandes was selected by Jain – congratulations to them both! But still, Dai shared this thoughtful appreciation post about Adrienne, just the same. Visit Dai's Instagram to read his post.
While vAct Creation Lab Readings
The Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT), which has SCA alumnus Derek Chan as Managing Artistic Director, is presenting its annual Creation Lab Readings on December 9 & 10, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver), featuring new works-in-progress by Tanya Banerjee and elika mojtabaei (with SCA alumni ellis cheadle and Aryo Khakpour as collaborators, and SCA alumnus Cindy Kao as composer and sound designer). Get free tickets HERE.
"Early English" TCR tote
Just in time for your gift-giving consideration, The Capilano Review, with SCA alumnus Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross as Art Editor, has a new tote bag featuring “Early English” by bpNichol, which TCR published in 1990 as part of "44 Concrete Poems," a folio by bpNichol. Limited stock! More HERE.
Stir on the Gibson
Read an article by Emily Lyth for Stir Vancouver, speaking with Director / Curator Kimberly Phillips about SFU's new Gibson Art Museum and its inaugural exhibition, Edge Effects, which includes works by SCA alumni Lorna Brown, Lucien Durey, and Cindy Mochizuki, SCA PhD student Elisa Ferrari, the SCA's Justine A. Chambers and Jin-me Yoon. Read it HERE.
Tedlie-Stursberg's Coastal Formal
HAVEN, a Vancouver-based menswear brand, has shared a profile of SCA alumnus Alex Tedlie-Stursberg, featuring a collection of nice images and a video interview, that's also announcing an exhibition by Tedlie-Stursberg, called Coastal Formal, which is presented in collaboration with the Monte Clark Gallery at HAVEN (355 Railway St, Vancouver) until December 21, 2025. See it HERE.
Bitter Magazine
SFU Publishing MPub students Erin Staley and Olivia MacDonald are Co-Editors-in-Chief of the new literary magazine, "Bitter Magazine," which "seeks out work that isn’t afraid to be controversial and unsettling." Find out more, and maybe submit something, HERE.
Tickets for Cleo Luna June
SCA student Cleo Luna June is playing with Juniper Fuse on Friday, December 19, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at The Portside Pub (7 Alexander St, Vancouver). Get tickets HERE.
Obsessions & Confessions
SCA alumnus Bethlehem Mulat's debut solo EP, Obsessions & Confessions, is out now on all the platforms. More HERE.
Steady as You 定定仔行
SCA student Vanessa Lefan, Shuchan Chiu, Jacqueline Teh, Yizy Chiou co-wrote Steady as You 定定仔行, a song dedicated to their grandmothers, which they debuted at the 2025 edition of the Jade Music Festival in Vancouver. Watch the performance HERE.
cocreational text scores
SCA alumnus c.o.valenza and Elee Kraljii Gardiner are presenting cocreational text scores as part of program three of Kokoro Dance's open two, on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at 8:00 PM, at KW Studios (111 W Hastings St, Vancouver). Get tickets HERE.
Soundwalking Across the Hemispheres; Frog Chorus, Cricket Choir
SCA alumnus Alexandra Spence and Patricia Wolf have a new collaborative piece on TwentyTwentyFive, the second installment of Dragon's Eye Recordings' annual mixtape, organized and curated by Antonio García Ruiz. Check it out on Bandcamp HERE.
Meet me at our spot (by the water)
If you happen to be in the Air Canada cafe at Toronto's Pearson Airport, the paintings on display were a commission by SCA alumnus Krystle Silverfox, who shared an image of one of them, Meet me at our spot (by the water), on her Instagram.
Wallgrin & Immix at the Lido
SCA alumnus Wallgrin is sharing a bill with Immix on Monday, December 29, 2025, from 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, at the Lido (518 East Broadway, Vancouver). Get tickets HERE.
The Natalie Brett Podcast E02
Listen to episode two of The Natalie Brett Podcast, produced by SCA alumni Carol Sawyer and Stevan Oostenbrug and SCA Music & Sound student Megan Tran. Listen to it on Podbean HERE (or look for it on Spotify or Apple Podcasts).