SCA | Quick News | January 10, 2025
Wishing on My Falsies
Wishing on My Falsies, an exhibition by SCA alumnus Katayoon Yousefbigloo and the collective A Maior, curated by Kiel Torres, opens January 11 from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, and runs to April 5, 2025, at the Western Front (303 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver). Here's how they describe the exhibition: "Western Front is pleased to present "Wishing on My Falsies", an exhibition of the collective A Maior and the multidisciplinary artist Katayoon Yousefbigloo that explores the mythmaking potential of playing dress-up. Inspired by the superstition of wishing on fallen eyelashes, the exhibition title reinterprets this ritual through a synthetic channel for desire, reflecting A Maior and Yousefbigloo’s interest in the aspirations and delusions that drive modes of self-fashioning." More HERE.
Yoon talks about her selections
Watch the SCA's Jin-me Yoon talk more about her choices for the Vancouver Art Gallery's 1:1 Artists Select exhibition series, where she's presenting her works Untitled 10 (Long Time So Long) (2022) and Carrying Fragments (Untunnelling Vision) (2010) alongside Robert Rauschenberg’s sculpture Publicon – Station 1 (1978) in the VAG's Forecourt (750 Hornby St, Vancouver). Watch HERE.
A Day in the Life with Saugstad, and in BLOOM
Read "A Day in the Life” interview in the Vancouver Guardian with SCA alumnus Anya Saugstad. Read it HERE. Also, Saugstad was announced as one of Mascall Dance's 2025 BLOOM choreographic residencies. More HERE.
Loscil's 2024
SCA alumnus Scott Morgan (Loscil) shares "A Year in Music" overview of his busy 2024 with No More Workhorse. Read it HERE.
Darkside in video
Watch a video of Paramirabo and the Thin Edge New Music Collective performing Darkside by SCA alumnus James O'Callaghan, presented on November 29, 2024, at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. Watch HERE.
âkwaskitinkewin: an embrace
SCA alumnus Michelle Sound is part of the exhibition âkwaskitinkewin: an embrace, curated by Adrienne Larocque, which runs January 8 – February 22, 2025, at Edmonton's Latitude 53 (10130 – 100 Street, amiskwacîwâskahikan / Edmonton). More HERE.
El Shazly's Hyperopia: A Screening Performance
SCA alumnus Mena El Shazly is holding Hyperopia: A Screening Performance, featuring a live improvisational score by violinist and composer Meredith Bates, on January 16, 2025, from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, at The Polygon Gallery (101 Carrie Cates Ct., North Vancouver). Also, Mena El Shazly and SCA PhD student Casey Wei are both part of the The Lind Biennial, which runs to February 2, 2025, with the recipient of the the Philip B. Lind Prize for Emerging Artists being announced on January 23, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at The Lind Biennial Award Ceremony. More HERE.
VIDF 2025
SCA alumnus Salome Nieto and Julio Medina (presenting Nepantla: Magia Ancestral), SCA alumnus Luciana Freire D’Anunciação and Kelly McInnes (presenting Mouth to Mouth, with music by SCA alumnus Alex Mah), and SCA alumnus Shion Skye Carter and Miya Turnbull (presenting Omote (面), and a workshop on Origami & Movement), are part of the 2025 edition of the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF), which has SCA alumnus Deanna Peters and Victor Tran as Co-Directors, running March 5 – 15, 2025, at various Vancouver venues, with OFFSITE programming from March 2 – 22, too. More HERE.
PuSh 2025
There are so many SCA folks in the just released 2025 line up for the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, who are celebrating their 20th Anniversary, including: A Wake of Vultures (SCA alumni Nancy Tam, Conor Wylie, and Dan O’Shea), who are presenting SEEING DOUBLE: K BODY AND MIND and Walking at Night by Myself, which also includes SCA alumni Mahaila Patterson-O’Brien, Angela Magpantay, Giselle Liu, and Charlie Cooper in different capacities; SCA alumnus Fay Nass, who's the Artistic Director of the frank theatre company, is curating Club PuSh (and is that Arthi Chandra dancing away in the PR image?); Chimerik 似不像 (SCA alumni Caroline MacCaull and Sammy Chien) are presenting Inner Sublimity, with SCA alumni Jonathan Kim as Lighting Designer; rice & beans theatre (which has SCA alumni Pedro Chamale as Artistic Director and Angela Magpantay as Interim Artistic Director) and Boca del Lupo are presenting Lasa Ng Imperyo (A Taste of Empire); and SCA alumnus David Mesiha is the co-creator, co-director, and composer and sound designer for Theatre Conspiracy's SWIM, which has SCA student Jillian Jarin as Assistant Stage Manager. Also, SCA alumni Cori Caulfield and current Sessional Instructor Nicole Rose Bond is part of Dances for a Small Stage, the SCA's Erika Latta and SCA alumnus Johnny Wu are on the Board of Directors, and SCA alumnus Brian Postalian is PuSh's Industry Producer. Find out more and grab tickets and passes HERE.
HOLD ON LET GO 2025
Tickets are no on sale for Theatre Replacement and Company 605’s annual performing-arts festival, HOLD ON LET GO, co-curated by Lisa Mariko Gelley, Josh Martin, and SCA alumnus Maiko Yamamoto, running February 4 – 8, 2025, at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver). HOLD ON LET GO includes SCA alumnus Keely O'Brien's Secret Ingredients as a Main Stage presentation, an In Development presentation of SCA alumnus Anjela Magpantay's it is for when you meet me, SCA alumnus Amanda Sum as curator of the Emerging Artist Series (featuring an Artist Talk, Emergence: Navigating the New, with SCA alumnus Davey Samuel Calderon, and a Panel, Devising Practice: How we make what we do, with O’Brien and Magpantay), a series of Festival Gatherings (including a Accelerator Lab Community Conversation with Kyle Loven, SCA alumnus Aryo Khakpour, Calderon, and O’Brien, SCA alumnus Starr Muranko in conversation with members of Dancers of Damelahamid, and a special screening of Looping, a Company 605 Film Directed by Khakpour), and much more. More HERE.
Omote (⾯) in Halifax
SCA alumnus Shion Skye Carter and Miya Turnbull are presenting their collaborative work Omote (⾯) on February 28 at 8:00 PM, and March 1 at 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM at the Bus Stop Theatre (6086 Quinpool Road, Halifax, NS.), presented by Live Art Dance. More HERE.
Hill in Town + Country
SCA alumnus Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill is part of the exhibition Town + Country: Narratives of Property and Capital, which runs January 10 – April 13, 2025, at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (1825 Main Mall, Vancouver). More HERE.
Browne reads
The SCA's Colin Browne joined Steff Huì Cí Ling 林惠慈, Tiziana La Melia, and Aaron Peck for a Poetry Reading on Saturday, January 4, 2025, at the Historic Joy Kogawa House (1450 W 64th Ave., Vancouver). More HERE.
Dear Plastic
SCA alumnus Alex Tedlie-Stursberg is part of the exhibition Dear Plastic, which runs January 18 – March 23, 2025, at the Richmond Art Gallery (Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond). More HERE.
Within the Mould: Against the Grain
Vanessa Fajemisin and SCA alumnus Olumoroti Soji-George co-curated the exhibition Within the Mould: Against the Grain, featuring Tati au Miel, Odartey Aryee, Isabel Okoro, and Deforrest Brown Jr., which is on now at the Black Arts Centre (10305 City Pkwy #105, Surrey). More HERE.
Sum and Sandomirsky at TR
Theatre Replacement just announced SCA alumni Amanda Sum and Kayleigh Sandomirsky as their 2025 Creative Producer Intern and Festival Producer for HOLD ON LET GO, respectively. Great choices! More HERE.
Friedenberg talks Sh*t with Denham
Alison Denham is the latest guest on Talking Sh*t with Tara Cheyenne, the podcast from SCA MFA student Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg. Listen HERE.
Chirp and Crawl
© Linda Fox (SCA PhD candidate Dave Biddle) and SCA alumnus Erika Mitsuhashi are performing as part of Chirp and Crawl on January 18, 2025, from 10:00 PM to late, at Red Gate (1965 Main St., Vancouver). Get tickets HERE. And to help you warm up, listen to this fascinating and timely presentation by © Linda Fox on "the future of AI in the workplace," which promises to "make you feel better in every single way."
HOT DYKE PARTY in Calgary
HOT DYKE PARTY, the rocking party group with SCA alumni Arthi Chandra, Cindy Kao, and Hannah Meyers (plus Blue Chu, Hayley Sullivan, and Thule van den Dam), are playing January 16, 17, 18, 2025, with lights and visuals by SCA alumnus Alexandra Caprara, at Arts Commons' Engineered Air Theatre (205 - 8 Avenue SE, Calgary). More HERE.
Mitsuhashi on the The Dance Centre Podcast
SCA alumnus Erika Mitsuhashi talks with host Claire French on the latest episode of The Dance Centre Podcast. Listen HERE.
Murley in SUM-AiR
SCA alumnus Liam Murley is participating in the January SUM-AiR artist residency at the SUM Gallery (Suite 425 – 268 Keefer St., Vancouver), which will culminate in a group exhibition in the fall of 2025. More HERE.
BIPOC | FOUNDATIONS IN CONTACT
SCA alumnus Natalie Tin Yin Gan 顏婷妍 is hosting BIPOC | FOUNDATIONS IN CONTACT for "BIPOC dancers and movers" on Sundays from January 12 – February 16, 2025, starting at 3:30, at EDAM Dance (303 E 8th Ave., Vancouver). Sign up HERE.
Candelabra in Beckon
SCA alumni Katie Kozak and Lucien Durey's video work Candelabra is part of the exhibition Beckon, organized by Pamela Meredith, which opens January 16, 2025, at the Susan Hobbs Gallery (137 Tecumseth St., Toronto).
Tsai gets a scholarship
SCA alumnus Krystal Tsai is one of the recipients of The Training Society of Vancouver's scholarships. Congratulations! More HERE.
Become an FCAT Mentor!
The FCAT Mentor program is a new alumni mentorship program from the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology. Here's the pitch: Are you a current FCAT student or recent alumni looking for guidance in preparing for life after graduation? or an established FCAT alumni looking for a way to give back? The FCAT Mentors program connects FCAT students and recent alumni with established community practitioners and professionals to provide additional support and guidance in preparing for their community practice and career. More HERE.