SCA | Quick News | July 15, 2022
Walkley wins the Lola
Congratulations to SCA alumnus Helen Walkley, who's the 2022 recipient of the Lola Award, which is "supported by the Lola McLaughlin Endowment Fund with the Vancouver Foundation and administered by The Dance Centre." More HERE. Also, Walkley is presenting "The Presence of Mind in Motion: Improvisation Intensive" from July 22 – 25, 2022, from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, in our 4th floor "Blonde studio" here at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 West Hastings St., Vancouver). Workshop info HERE.
Hill's Dream Machine Filmmaking Camp
The SCA's Steven Hill's Leaky Heaven Performance Society is running a FREE Dream Machine Filmmaking Camp for kids (ages 8 – 12, with a $50 honorarium), running Tuesdays and Thursdays from July 19 – August 11, 2022, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver). More HERE.
Radul and Boisjoly in Jeffries' Summer Screening
Work by the SCA's Judy Radul and Raymond Boisjoly will be part of the Summer Screening at the Catriona Jeffries Gallery on Friday, July 22, 2022, at 9:00 PM. And as they remind: "Please bring a blanket or chair for seating." Capacity is limited, so RSVP HERE.
Shihab's Echolocation in Philadelphia
The SCA's Nadia Shihab is presenting her film Echolocation at Philadelphia's BlackStar Film Festival on Aug 5, 2022. More HERE.
Guests & Hosts in Cap Review
The Capilano Review's Issue 3.47 (Summer 2022) includes the feature “Modernism:" a selection of photographs from the artist collective Guests & Hosts, which includes the SCA's Sabine Bitter and Hannah Campbell, Treena Chambers, June Scudeler, Rachel Warwick, Helmut Weber, and Toni-Leah Yake. Have a peek HERE.
Davachi, Maier, and Rahi in The Wire
Vancouver New Music's presentation of Sarah Davachi, the SCA's Stefan Maier, and SCA alumnus George Rahi's augmented organ music concert at Pacific Spirit United Church was reviewed in the August issue of The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music. Check the newsstands! More HERE.
Scout Mag on Town Choir
Read Scout Magazine on Theatre Replacement's presentation of Town Choir, directed by SCA alumnus and Theatre Replacement’s Artistic Director Maiko Yamamoto, on July 17, 2022, at 1:00 PM in Vancouver's Olympic Village Square, presented by City of Vancouver as part of the Sea2City Design Challenge. Read it HERE.
Yellow Peril: Reimagining Queer Asian Futures
Our colleagues in SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement are partners on Yellow Peril: Reimagining Queer Asian Futures, a FREE event by Love Intersections and the Vancouver Pride Society, which is taking place here in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts on July 20, 2022, at 6:30 PM. More info and RSVP HERE.
Bridge's Habitus Fragments
SCA alumnus Beau Han Bridge shared some documentation images from Habitus Fragments, a 50-min looped "exploration on the architectural auras of Vancouver's Historic Chinatown through cinematic gesture and film-theatre aesthetics," which is just ending it's run on the screen array in our lobby here at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. See it HERE.
Watch Gamboa's attuning flesh and bone
Watch the full presentation of (all but graduated!) SCA MFA student Tin Gamboa's attuning flesh and bone, her thesis project, which was originally presented June 17 and 18, 2022, here in Studio D at SFU's Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Watch it HERE.
D'Anunciação shoots and edits Shared Bodies
SCA alumnus Luciana Freire D'Anunciação "shot and edited" Guadalupe Martinez and Cuerpo's Shared Bodies, showing on the big screens at Granville and Robson as part of the City of Vancouver's Platforms: We Are Here, Live public art program. Sample it HERE.
Vickers in FULL CIRCLE
SCA alumnus Charlene Vickers is one of the participating artists in the Thought Train Collective's FULL CIRCLE project, running Sunday, July 31, 2022, at 2:00 PM, which is "an exchange with the Cambodia Children's Fund (CCF)" that looks at the symbolism and "history of the steam train and its significance to the Industrial Revolution." More HERE.
After School E6
The latest episode of After School, the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology produced podcast with FCAT students in conversation with FCAT alumni, including SCA folks, features SFU Publishing student Miranda Winters Sayle in conversation with SFU Publishing alumnus Jesse Finkelstein. Listen HERE.
This is Not a Ceremony at the Polygon
Following its premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and screenings at The Tribeca Film Festival, SCA alumnus Ahnahktsipiitaa / Colin Van Loon's This is Not a Ceremony is being presented by The Polygon Gallery on Thursday, July 21, 2022, from 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Admission is by donation, RSVP is required. More HERE.
McMann's Divine Feminine
CTV News covered the exhibition Divine Feminine, running July 11 – September 29, 2022, which is part of The Land is Home programing at Calgary's Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, organized by SCA alumnus Jessica McMann, who's the Indigenous curator in the public art team for the City of Calgary. Watch it HERE.
Jeffery at Run N Gun
Winning for "best direction" for their entry Kubrick's The Moon Landing, SCA alumnus Daniel Jeffery and team participated in the Run N Gun: Vancouver's 48 Hour Film Competition. Watch the "Extra Hype Edition" of The Finals Screening HERE.
withintentions' noise
withintentions, the month art mag produced by SCA alumni, is calling for their next issue on the theme of "noise." Submissions are due by July 26, 2022. More HERE.
Listening to Pictures: Lum on Kent
The latest episode of SFU Galleries' Listening to Pictures programming features SCA alumnus Ken Lum on Corita Kent. Listen HERE.
Recasting Ainu Indigeneity in Museums Through Performing Arts
We're helping support this upcoming free event, Recasting Ainu Indigeneity in Museums Through Performing Arts on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 5:00 PM at The Museum of Anthropology's Haida House at UBC (6393 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver), presented by SFU’s David Lam Centre and UBC’s Centre for Japanese Research + Museum of Anthropology. More HERE.
Edwards plays happy hour
SCA alumnus Jenn Edwards and her group Ptarmageddon is playing Burnaby's Admiral Pub for "happy hour" on August 6, 2022, from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM. More HERE.
Ariaratnam, Avendaño, and Strauss launch 4 (trio)
SCA alumnus Matthew Ariaratnam and Adrian Avendaño and Lucy Strauss are having an album launch for 4 (trio) on Jully 22, 2022, at 8:00 PM at 8EAST. More HERE. Also, The Center for Deep Listening has shared Ariaratnam's TONES TO MELT AND HEAL HARDENED HEARTS for day 43 of A Year of Deep Listening, presented in honour of the late, great Pauline Oliveros. Read it HERE.
Buston and Meyers' Lo-fi Spectacle Club does Exquisite Pressure
SCA alumni Marina Buston and Hannah Meyers, who are behind the performance collective Lo-fi Spectacle Club, are hosting the first iteration of What Lab's new performance residency opportunity, Exquisite Pressure. Here's what What Lap have to say about it:
ExP is a performance residency culminating in a public showcase. Each artist, company, or collective is given 25 hours of studio time and a paid stipend to create a 10-15 minute work-in-progress piece, to be shared at a public showing. Each round of ExP is hosted by a different local company or collective, and we excited to announce our first round is hosted by the wonderful Lo-fi Spectacle Club!
Applications close July 17, 2022. More HERE.
Mitsuhashi and crew – behind the scenes
Some behind the scenes shots of SCA alumnus Erika Mitsuhashi and crew getting ready for their part of glint, the "unique triple bill" with Francesca Frewer and Alexa Mardon, presented on July 14 – 16 at The Dance Centre as part of the 2022 Dancing on the Edge Festival. See them HERE.
SCA in All Over the Map
New Works' All Over the Map programing, which is running for free across Granville Island this summer, includes SCA alumni Katie Cassidy, Sarah U, Jenna Kraychy, Sophie Brassard, and Jacqueline Ritter, as well as current SCA PhD candidate Edward Sembatya. More HERE.
Chaput edited Fire of Love in Seattle
Seattle's Northwest Film Forum is presenting Sara Dosa's Fire of Love, edited by SCA alumnus Jocelyne Chaput (her first feature!), on July 27 & 28, 2022. More HERE.
SCA in Vines
Running August 3 – 13, 2022, the Vines Art Festival, founded by director and SCA alumnus Heather Lamoureux in 2015, has announced it's full lineup, which includes SCA alumni Anya Saugstad, Eddy van Wyk, Faune Ybarra, Aakansha Ghosh, and Shion Skye Carter. More HERE.
The Couch's Just Out of Reach
Upcoming as part of the Liquidation World (a.k.a. SCA MFA student Katayoon Yousefbigloo, SCA PhD student Dave Biddle, and Maya Beaudry) curated 2022 Wrong Wave Festival: The Couch (a.k.a. SCA alumni Debbie C and Sena Cleave) opening Just Out of Reach on Friday, July 15, from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM at 2557 E 3rd Ave., Vancouver, presented by Unit/Pitt Society for Art & Critical Awareness. More HERE.
Liquid Lounge in pictures
In more Wrong Wave news, see a collection of live action content from Liquid Lounge, presented on Saturday, July 9, at Sunset Terrace, featuring installation and projection work by the SCA's Wladimiro A. Woyno Rodriguez and performances by SCA PhD students Edward Sembatya and Dave Biddle. See them HERE.
Kotowich interviewed
Read an interview with SCA alumnus Jeanette Kotowich by Shanny Rann for The Dance Centre's Dance Central spring issue. Read it HERE.
Saugstad and Carter in the Festival Film Package
The 2022 Dancing on the Edge Festival's "Festival Film Package" programing includes SCA alumni Anya Saugstad's Paper Mountains (of Memory) and Shion Skye Carter's The Kiln Project, along with Helen Simard / We All Fall Down's Papillon (L’envolee), Little Pear Garden Dance Company's UNLEASHED, and Collab Art Creations' Just a Swipe. More HERE.
O'Callaghan's Overbound
The Esprit Orchestra will be performing the world premiere of SCA alumnus James O'Callaghan's Overbound, commissioned with support from The Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation, on January 25, 2023, at 8:00 PM, at Toronto's Koerner Hall as part of the 21C Music Festival, presented by The Royal Conservatory. More HERE.
rice & beans present DBLSPK: Canta Karaokê – TONIGHT!
rice & beans theatre, which has SCA alumnus Pedro Chamale as its Artistic Director, are presenting Jessie Liang's DBLSPK: Canta Karaokê at 7:00 PM on July 15, 2022, at 7:00 PM at Progress Lab 1422 (1422 William Street, Vancouver), and it's free! RSVP HERE.
Sound's banners
SCA alumnus Michelle Sound designed banners for the city of New Westminster. Click through to her Instagram to see some install pictures.
Cheyenne's PANTS
SCA alumnus Tara Cheyenne is showing an excerpt of PANTS on July 15 & 16 at the Firehall Arts Centre on a bill shared with Calder White, presented as part of the 2022 Dancing on the Edge Festival. More HERE.
Chan and Wong in Open Invitations
SCA alumni Natalie Chan and Carmen Wong join James Albers, Jake Kimble, Erin Lum, and Milan Franco Orosco in the exhibition Open Invitations at the Art Gallery at the Evergreen Cultural Centre, opening July 28, 2022, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, and running until September 4. More HERE.