SCA | Quick News | March 19, 2021
Murdoch's Blind Contour
SCA alumni Corbin Murdoch released Blind Contour, a new album and collection of essays he says is his "attempt to respond to a call I have been hearing for years: that the responsibility of dismantling racism and white supremacy must fall to white people." Check it out HERE.
Tam in the GVPTA's Spotlight
SCA alumni Nancy Tam was highlighted by the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance in their "Spotlight on Theatre" pick for today. Read what they wrote about Tam as well as the other theatre artists and creators they've highlighted this year, including many other SCA folks, on the GVPTA's site HERE.
Skoden press and new trailer!
The Skoden Indigenous Film Festival, this year organized by co-instructors Kathleen Mullen and Carr Sappier and the students of CA 389, was profiled by Miss604. Read it HERE. Also, watch the newly release trailer for the festival HERE.
Withintensions' Renaissance call
Withintensions, the monthly online art mag created by SCA alumni, is looking for submissions for their latest issue on the theme of "Renaissance." More HERE.
Kotowich's PuSh Walk
The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival just released a "PuSh Walks" episode by SCA alumni Jeanette Kotowich, who takes us "on a westward walking sonic experience of land, water, body, histories, futures, and Spirit of Ulksen: Squamish place name referring to the Burrard Peninsula, colonially known as Spanish Banks." Listen HERE.
Bergonzoni's We Are Travellers
Read SCA alumni Carolina Bergonzoni's essay We Are Travellers: The Body as a Compass in Vol 18, No 2 (2021) of the Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, which is also open access! Read it HERE.
Postalian talks New Societies
Watch SCA alumni Brian Postalian talking about Re:Current Theatre's New Societies, which he created and directs, working with a sweet team of other SCA alumni. The show is running March 18 – Mar 28, 2021, presented by Tornoto's Crow's Theatre. Watch it HERE.
Chamale in Cloudless
SCA alumni Pedro Chamale (rice & beans theatre) stars with Carmen Aguirre in José Teodoro's audio drama Cloudless, which is streaming FREE on SoundCloud and YouTube until May 31, 2021, presented by Canadian Stage. Listen to it HERE.
McMann in Re-Centering/Margins
SCA alumni Jessica McMann is part of Made in BC – Dance on Tour's upcoming Re-Centering/Margins Creative Residency presentations, along with Katie Cassidy and Joshua Ongcol, which run online from April 2 – 7, 2021. More HERE.
D'Anunciação in 12 Minutes Max
SCA alumni Luciana Freire D'Anunciação is part of the upcoming 12 Minutes Max Studio Showing on Wednesday March 31, 2021, at 6:00 PM, along with Kelly McInnes, Yvonne Chew, and SatisFACTORY Dance, with facilitators Barbara Bourget and Paras Terezakis, presented by The Dance Centre. More HERE.
Lauzon talks drones
The SCA's Claudette Lauzon chaired and presented on a panel with J.D. Schnepf (University of Groningen) and Thomas Stubblefield (UMass Dartmouth) titled "Kill Chain Aesthetics: The Drone in Popular Media," for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) conference, which runs March 17 – 21, 2021. More HERE.
Schroeder on Soundscape
Your friendly SCA Communicator (me, Brady Cranfield), talks with the SCA's Sabrina Schroeder for Soundscape on Vancouver Co-op Radio (CFRO) – and we play three great pieces, too! Listen HERE.
Çolak in the house
The SCA Music & Sound area is excited to have composer, multimedia artist, and audio engineer Murat Çolak run a three-session Mixing / Mastering workshop for the students in the Creative Sound Studio this term. Find out more about Murat on his site HERE.
Cooper's The Neighborhood
Please enjoy this collection of low-key, thoughtful, field-recording-informed soundworks, titled The Neighborhood, by SCA MFA student Charlie Cooper. Very nice on headphones! Listen HERE.
Basanta in Papier flottant
SCA alumni Adam Basanta is in the exhibition Papier flottant – Floating Paper at Montreal's ELLEPHANT until April 3, 2021. More HERE.
Chien's always busy!
Always busy SCA alumni Sammy Chien keeps on keeping busy: he gave talks for University of Southern California and Video Pool Media Arts Centre in Winnipeg recently and will be part of Ashton College’s BrainBoost webinar next week. Follow Chien on Instagram to keep up!
Yamada @ Arts Umbrella
SCA MFA alumni Tomoyo Yamada has started teaching dance at Arts Umbrella, who will be moving into their new location on Granville Island soon. Read more about Yamada HERE.
Yassine on being a single mom
Read SCA alumni Ghinwa Yassine on the challenges of being a single mom, one-time student, and practicing artist. Read it HERE.
SCA in The Capilano Review
Don't miss the upcoming virtual launch of Issue 3.43 of The Capilano Review, which includes contributions from SCA folks Hannah Campbell & Xinyue Liu (MFA students), Natalie Tin Yin Gan (alumni), and Lee Su-Feh (instructor). Also, pick up a copy, too! More HERE.
K BODY AND MIND extended
Good news! K BODY AND MIND, the sci-fi miniseries by SCA alumni Conor Wylie and A Wake of Vultures, Wylie's ongoing collaboration with fellow SCA alumni Nancy Tam + Daniel O’Shea, is extending its run to March 21, 2021. More HERE.
van Wyk's Dance Philosophy
SCA alumni Eddy van Wyk / xoma-leon phîlip babur is running Dance Philosophy: The 6 Viewpoints, "a movement class for endless exploration in dance/theatre creation as well as presence work for the performer," on Saturdays from May 1 – June 5 at 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (PDT) on Zoom. More HERE.
Fukumura does the Jam
The next New(to)Town Collective (SCA alumni Anjela Magpantay, Davey Calderon, and June Fukumura, and Avyen von Waldenburg) FREE "Training Jam" on Sunday, March 21, 2021, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (PDT), will be lead by SCA alumni June Fukumura. More HERE.
Milton's fresh site
SCA alumni Elizabeth Milton refreshed their site. Very glamorous! Check it out HERE.
Koochakzadeh-Yazdi heads to Stanford
Great news! SCA alumni Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi will be starting a PhD in composition at Stanford University this Fall! Congratulations! Find out more about Koochakzadeh-Yazdi and her work HERE.