SCA | Quick News | November 27, 2020
Valentine-Lewis on Gray
Galleries West's review by SCA alumni (and current TA) Andrea Valentine-Lewis of SCA alumni Jesse Gray's exhibition Mesomonuments, which is at Artspeak until Dec. 12, 2020. Read it HERE.
Full Low Grade Euphoria
Now collected for your viewing euphoria: the full set of Low Grade Euphoria vignettes created by The Public Swoon (the SCA's Barbara Adler and Kyla Gardiner), Stéphanie Cyr, and SCA alumni Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi, which were presented as part of Rumble Theatre's Tremors 2020. Watch it HERE.
frank's Be-Longing
the frank theatre company's Be-Longing: A Collaborative, Digital, Musical Performance – directed by SCA MFA alumni Fay Nass (who's also frank's Artistic Director) and created by Nass, Meghna Haldar, and always-busy SCA alumni Sammy Chien, and presented in partnership with Chimerik 似不像 – will be streaming online from the frank website from December 16th – 20th, 2020, at 6:00 PM (PST). Read more HERE.
SCA in the PTC's Dramaturg Launch Pad
Playwright Theatre Centre's their 2021 Dramaturg Launch Pad intake is SCA alumni María Escolán, Evan Medd, and Dom Wakeland. Congratulations! Read more HERE.
O'Callaghan's up for a Prix Opus
SCA alumni James O'Callaghan's Alone & Unalone, as recorded by Ensemble Paramirabo for Ravello Records / Naxos, is a finalist for Album de l'année – Musiques actuelle, électroacoustique in the Conseil québécois de la musique's Prix Opus. Congratulations and good luck, James! Read more HERE.
SCA in the Pathetic Fallacy
Pathetic Fallacy, The Chop Theatre's latest, which is being presented by Rumble Theatre from November 25 – 29, 2020, features SCA alumni Aryo Khakpour on the stage (on Nov. 27) and SCA alumni Milton Lim and Kevin Kiju Kim behind it. Read more HERE.
Marks for the National Gallery of Canada
The SCA's Laura Marks adds some sly Deleuzian insight to this timely article, The Impact of Art: Peace, Solace and Healing, in the National Gallery of Canada's online magazine. Read it HERE.
Boisjoly talking Thinking in Crisis Times
The SCA's Raymond Boisjoly is giving a FREE talk on Wed. December 2, 2020, from 09:00 – 10:00 AM (PST), as part of Thinking in Crisis Times: A Collective Exploration by the English Department 2020-21, organized by the Department of English Language and Literature at King's College London. RSVP HERE.
Daniel's on the panel
The SCA's Henry Daniel was part of a panel for the Studies in Migration / Études sur la migration Interdisciplinary Research Group / Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire on November 24, 2020, along with Dr. Yana Meerzon (University of Ottawa), Dr. Artur Matuck (ECA-USP), and Daniel Perseguim (MOVITE-UFU). Watch it HERE.
SCA in Offering
Co.ERASGA's Offering, featuring SCA alumni dancers Olivia Shaffer, Marc Arboleda, Antonio Somera, Molly McDermott, and Marissa Wong, and costumes by SCA alumni Megan Woods, runs November 28 & 29 at 3:00 PM (PST). Get sliding scale tickets HERE.
Morin in Too Much Zoom Makes Us All Go Blind
SCA alumni Donald A. Morin – class of 1989! – is back in school at the Concordia University of Edmonton, where, he tells us, he's "taking drama music and modern dance again at 64 years of age," and he reached out to tell us about the latest project he's part of, Too Much Zoom Makes Us All Go Blind. Watch it HERE.
Klinke at Fisura
SCA alumni Alexandre Klinke's Playback Head: Part 1 was selected for the 2020 edition of the Fisura: Festival Internacional de Cine y Video Experimental. Congratulations, Alexandre! Read more HERE.
Hou in five languages
The Contemporary Art Gallery produced a set of videos, in English, French, Mandarin, Spanish, and Urdu, for SCA alumni Julian Yi-Jong Hou's Grass Drama, on display until January 3. 2021. Watch them HERE.
Lim's whitepages
SCA alumni Milton Lim, who's perhaps better know for his theatre work, has a gallery exhibition, whitepages, up now at Calgary's The New Gallery, running to December 19, 2020. Read more HERE.