SCA | Quick News | May 23, 2025
Today is the evening to strike lightning / Aaj To Bijiliyan Girane Ki Shaam Hai
Don't miss Today is the evening to strike lightning / Aaj To Bijiliyan Girane Ki Shaam Hai, a new choreographic collaboration by the SCA's Justine A. Chambers and Simran Sachar on Saturday, July 5, 2025, from 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, at the Annex (823 Seymour St., Vancouver), presented as part of the Am Johal curated Indian Summer Festival. More HERE.
Experiments in Personal Documentary with Nadia Shihab
The SCA's Nadia Shihab is screening her work, including Our Voices in Reverse (Portrait of Mama), Echolocation, and Sister Mother Lover Child, on Sunday, June 1, 2025, at 3:00 PM in the Bartos Screening Room at the Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, New York), presented as part of their Infinite Beauty: Muslim and MENASA Identity Onscreen series. More HERE.
Five more years!
Good news for us here in the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology: Dr. Carman Neustaedter has been reappointed for a five-year term as dean of FCAT, effective September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2030. Congratulations, Carman! Find out more about our dean HERE.
Marks talks CAMP
The SCA's Laura U. Marks gave the keynote lecture as part of CAMP Study Day on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the The Museum of Modern Art, presented in support of the exhibition Video After Video: The Critical Media of CAMP, which is at the MoMA until July 20, 2025. More HERE.
Town Choir at the VAG
Theatre Replacement’s Town Choir, conceived by TR's co-founders Maiko Yamamoto and the SCA's James Long, is performing as part of the Vancouver Art Gallery's Spring Art Party on Saturday, May 24, 2025, from 8:00 PM – 11:30 PM, at the VAG (750 Hornby St, Vancouver). More HERE.
The Queer Arts Festival's Portals
The Queer Arts Festival + SUM gallery's Portals programming includes SCA alumni Kaila Bhullar, Liz Oakley, Niloufar Samadi, and Taryn Walker, and the SCA's Suze Shore as part of the Community Art Show, opening June 14 from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the SUM gallery (#425 – 268 Keefer St, Vancouver), and running to June 28, 2025, as well as SCA alumnus Sena Cleave in the Curated Visual Art Exhibition: PORTALS at Centre A (Unit 205 – 268 Keefer St., Vancouver), which opens with their ArtParty! event on Saturday, June 21, from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, and running to August 23, 2025. See all of the Portals programming info HERE.
Coach Chien
SCA alumnus (and Chimerik 似不像 Co-Artistic Director) Sammy Chien joins Vancouver New Music's Giorgio Magnanensi as Grant Coaches for Creative BC's Interactive Fund, which they say "supports the creation of high quality, original interactive digital media projects that support diversity in artistic expression, demonstrate clear connections between art and technology, and provide opportunities for access, dissemination, and engagement with audiences and within the B.C. arts and culture sector." More HERE.
The Fates II
Upcoming from the Active / Passive team: The Fates II, "a day-to-evening slow concert and dance party," on June 14, 2025, starting at 3:00 PM (doors at 2:30 PM), at a to-be-disclosed location (on Galiano Island), featuring SCA student Van Lefan and (we're proud to announce) incoming PhD student Sasha J. Langford filling out an already great lineup. Tickets and more info HERE.
PTC's Open House
Playwrights Theatre Centre (PTC) are having an Open House on Saturday, June 1, 2025, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (PT), at Progress Lab (1422 William St, Vancouver). Enjoy light snacks and refreshments, ask them about their upcoming calls, programs, and workshops, and meet Christina Cook and SCA alumnus Conor Wylie, their PTC Associates 2025-28. RSVP HERE.
Wallgrin opening
SCA alumnus Wallgrin is opening for Panda Bear on Friday, May 23, 2025, with doors at 6:00 PM, at the Hollywood Theatre (3123 W. Broadway, Vancouver). Tickets HERE.
Sum opening & plays Winter Solstice
SCA alumnus Amanda Sum is opening for the The Shorties, who are celebrating the release of their album In Every Season, on Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM, at The Wise Hall & Lounge (1882 Adanac St, Vancouver). Tickets HERE. Just released on YouTube as summer is well on its way, watch Sum performing at Music on Main's annual Winter Solstice concert on December 12, 2024, at Vancouver's Heritage Hall. Watch HERE.
2025 Wreck Beach Butoh Performance Workshop
With SCA alumni Barbara Bourget as Artistic Director and Salomé Nieto as Associate Artistic Director, Kokoro Dance's are running their "2025 Wreck Beach Butoh Performance Workshop" from July 28 – August 10, 2024, at KW Studios (111 W. Hastings St., Vancouver), culminating at Wreck Beach. More HERE.
Anderson's Max for Live Workshop + Gig
SCA alumnus Chris Anderson is running a Max for Live Workshop on Monday, May 26, from 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM at Lobe Studio (713 E. Hastings St., Vancouver). More HERE. Also, Anderson will by playing on Thursday, June 12, 2025, from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House (800 E. Broadway, Vancouver) as part of SOMMAR, presented by VanSynthMeet. More HERE.
Pancouver on HEAVEN FM
Read Pancouver on HEAVEN FM by Hong Kong Exile (the interdisciplinary arts company formed by SCA alumni Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Milton Lim, and Remy Siu), which premiered at the Vancouver Art Gallery. HEAVEN FM was developed and led by Gan, working with SCA alumni ellis cheadle, Alex Mah, and Alex Tam, and Juolin Lee as co-creators and performers. Read it HERE.
FRIDAY's Diaries
SCA alumnus DEBBY FRIDAY is posting "Diaries" on YouTube about her upcoming new release, The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life, which comes out Friday, August 1, 2025, on Sub Pop Records. Watch what's she's posted so far HERE. Also, FRIDAY is on tour. Check the schedule HERE.
Mochizuki talks with Kokubo
SCA alumnus Cindy Mochizuki will be in conversation with multidisciplinary artisrt and performer Tsuneko Kokubo on Sunday, June 8, 2025, from 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM, at the Langham Cultural Centre (447 A Ave, Kaslo, BC) and online, presented by the Asian Canadians Studies Society. RSVP HERE.
CERi Graduate Fellowship Program
SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative is calling for applications for their 2025/2026 CERi Graduate Fellowship Program. Here's the info: The CERi Graduate Fellowship Program is an 8-month, in-person, cohort-based program running from September to April. Hosted at SFU’s space at 312 Main in downtown Vancouver, this fellowship combines place-based learning, community connections, guest speakers, financial support, and professional development through monthly in-person workshops. Key benefits include: Funding to support your community-engaged research; mentorship and networking opportunities with CERi staff and affiliates; and access to tailored workshops and professional development sessions. The program is open to all registered SFU graduate students who are currently practicing or planning to conduct community-engaged research using CER methods. The application deadline is Monday, June 30, 2025. More HERE.
Heaven FM in Montréal
If you're in or around Montréal, Hong Kong Exile, the interdisciplinary arts company formed by SCA alumni Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Milton Lim, and Remy Siu, are presenting Heaven FM, featuring Gan and SCA alumni ellis cheadle, Alex Mah, and Alex Tam, and Juolin Lee as co-creators and performers, from May 30 – June 1, 2025, at the Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui (3900 Saint Denis St.), presented as part of the Festival TransAmériques. More HERE.
Frank's Season Launch Speakeasy
the frank theatre company, which has SCA alumnus Fay Nass as Artistic Director, is holding a "Season Launch Speakeasy" on Saturday, June 14, 2025, from 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM at Progress Lab (1422 William St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Live at the Gallery with the Burnaby Arts Council
The Burnaby Arts Council asked us to share that they've relaunched their "Live at the Gallery" series, which, they tell us, "happens every 3rd Saturday of the month, and includes a 1-hour open mic, followed by a feature performance," and also includes their "visual arts members to exhibit on our walls at Deer Lake Gallery." Find out more HERE.
Dance Performances: Des Arts Dehors / Arts Outside
SCA alumni Jhoely Triana and Sarah Kennedy are participating in Dance Performances: Des Arts Dehors / Arts Outside on Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM at Alliance Française Vancouver (6161 Cambie St., Vancouver), a free event presented by Dance West Network: connecting artists and communities in motion and Alliance Française Vancouver. More HERE.
Silverfox's low-rez
SCA alumnus Krystle Silverfox is presenting low-rez, an exhibition that "honours the intersections of Indigenous storytelling, new media, Indigenous futurism, and available consumer technologies," at the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art (Unit 103 – 421 Cawston Ave., Kelowna), opening Friday, May 30, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, and running Friday, July 11, 2025. More HERE.
B&D for Tsegba
Bisquit & Dubouché Cognac shared a promotional profile of SCA MFA student Alexis Chivir-ter Tsegba on their Instagram. Lets hope they ask Tsegba to do some collage work for them, too. See it HERE.
1000xRESIST fanzine and vinyl set
1000xRESIST, the award winning video game produced by SCA alumnus Remy Siu and the Sunset Visitor 斜陽過客 team (featuring a bunch of SCA alumni in the production process, including Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Conor Wylie, Maiko Yamamoto, Felicia Lau, Amanda Sum, Anjela Magpantay, June Fukumura, Mahaila Patterson-O'Brien, Erika Mitsuhashi, and Alex Mah behind the scenes), have announced Blue Communion, a 1000xRESIST Fanzine, and a 3 LP 1000xRESIST Soundtrack Selections vinyl set, which are available to pre-order from Very Ok Vinyl. More HERE.
Stir on Dai's Dream Machine
Stir Vancouver talks to SCA alumnus Howard Dai about Dream Machine, his "interactive work-in-development" that's part of Rumble Theatre's Tremors Festival, which runs June 6 – 8, 2025, at Progress Lab (1422 William St, Vancouver BC). Also, SCA alumni Jacob Zimmer (Collaborator for Christine Genier's Dear Star Trek), Brianna Bernard (Lightning Designer for Kern Albert & Donna-Michelle St. Bernard's Panoptikon), and June Fukumura (Dramaturg for Nod by Paige Louter, who Stir also talk with here) are part of the programming, too, while Conor Wylie (Lead Producer), Christian Ching, and June Hsu (Venue Technicians) are part of the Festival Team. Read it HERE.
Publik Secrets + Patchwork Repair Hub
Publik Secrets, which includes SCA PhD student George Rahi, and Patchwork Repair Hub are teaming up for an afternoon of mending and music, featuring Gamelan Trike Trike (which we're guessing is a subset of Gamelan Bike Bike?), on Sunday, June 1, 2025, from 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM, at Slocan Park (2750 E 29th Ave., Vancouver). More HERE.
Misyrion and Crown of Madness on tour
SCA student Claine 'Gorgoth' Lamb and Misyrion are hitting the road again with Crown of Madness. We recommend following the group on Instagram to keep track of them and also to join a contest to win "TWO TICKETS to TWO SHOWS." Plus, they've announced that "Official embroidered Misyrion logo patches are COMING SOON to RCMPatches." Great news for fans of blistering Black/Death Metal. Follow them HERE.
Kanagawa in CCTA 2025
Arts & Climate Initiative just announced that SCA alumnus Hiro Kanagawa is one of the 50 Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA) 2025 Playwrights. CCTA is "a worldwide festival of short plays about the climate crisis presented in the fall of every odd year," running September 19 to December 20, 2025. More on CCTA 2025 HERE.
Spence at Lazy Thinking
If you're in or around Syndey, Australia, SCA alumnus Alexandra Spence is playing May 26, 2025, at Lazy Thinking (380 New Canterbury Rd, Dulwich Hill, NSW). More HERE.
Saugstad in Pittsburgh
SCA alumnus Anya Saugstad is joining Pittsburgh's Springboard Danse this year as an Emerging Choreographer and, they say, a representative of Action at a Distance, the dance company founded by SCA alumnus and company Artistic Director Vanessa Goodman. That's doubly cool news! More HERE.
Wong and Tabassinejad talk An Injury on the Diasporic Imagination
Chad Wong and SCA alumnus Pegah Tabassinejad will be talking about their exhibition, An Injury on the Diasporic Imagination, on Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM, at Gallery Gachet (9 W Hastings St., Vancouver), and then have a conversation with SCA alumnus Olumoroti George, who's the Director / Curator of the Gachet. More HERE.
Veda Hille Sisterhood at Dawson City
The Veda Hille Sisterhood, featuring SCA alumnus Lucien Durey on vocals and Casio, is playing the Dawson City Music (which has SCA alumnus Corbin Murdoch as Executive Director), running July 18 – 20, 2025. More HERE.
Yousefbigloo at the Rickshaw tonight & tanks and socks
SCA alumnus Katayoon Yousefbigloo is playing a solo Puzzlehead set to open for Jack J and Freak Heat Waves tonight – Friday, May 23, 2025, with doors at 8:00 PM – at the Rickshaw Theatre (254 E Hastings St, Vancouver). More HERE. Also, Yousefbigloo is selling limited edition Fetish/Throbbing Gristle Tank and Throbbing Gristle Socks, which were featured in the Western Front exhibition Wishing on my Falsies, through Art Metropole. Get them while you can HERE.
Listen to LIMIT
Listen to LIMIT by SCA alumnus James O'Callaghan, performed by Paramirabo and Ensemble Hopper and conducted by François Deppe, HERE.
Sound in Catalyst and Emily Cole: Ceramics, Flora & Contemporary Responses
SCA alumnus Michelle Sound is part of the exhibition Catalyst, which is running May 23 – September 14, 2025, with a reception on Friday, September 12, from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, at SPAO: Photographic Arts Centre (77 Pamilla St., Ottawa, ON). More HERE. Also, Sound is part of the exhibition Emily Cole: Ceramics, Flora & Contemporary Responses, which runs May 3 – November 2, 2025, in the 1846 New Studio & Main House at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site (218 Spring St., Catskill, New York). More HERE.
River Clyde Arts recognized
River Clyde Arts, which has SCA alumnus Megan Stewart as Artistic Director and Lead Producer, was recognized at the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly on May 14, 2025, by MLA Brad Trivers, also marking River Clyde Arts’ ten year anniversary. Find out more about the Rive Clyde Arts HERE.