SCA | Quick News | August 8, 2025
Edge Effects opens the Gibson
RSVP for the opening of the at SFU's Burnaby Campus and their inaugural exhibition, Edge Effects, on Saturday, September 20, 2025, 2:00 PM 每 5:00 PM, which includes work by SCA alumni , , and , SCA PhD student , the SCA's and , and many others. And advance congratulations to Kimberly Phillips and the team at the Gibson! RSVP . And for more on the Gibson, read from Hadani Ditmars for the Art Newspaper (registration might be required).
Chong's Shopping
The SCA's is presenting Shopping on Sunday, August 17, 2025, from 2:30 PM 每 8:30 PM, at (B1F, Shintakashima Station, 5-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-0012, Japan), presented as part of Moromoroza vol.2: Why So Anxious? More .
Matreyek contributes To Gaza With Love
The SCa's shared a short animation she made for "To Gaza With Love," a global AniJam project. Watch it .
Standing Os for Forgiveness
Read Stir Vancouver on the Stratford Festival run of SCA alumnus 's adaptation of Mark Sakamoto's Forgiveness (more ), featuring Kanagawa and SCA alumnus as performers, and SCA alumni and as part of the creative team. Read it .
The Hubert's Kitchen
Check out SCA alumnus and his partner Meg's stylish kitchen in Vancouver Magazine. See it .
Big City open for Starman
, the duo of SCA alumni and SCA PhD candidate are performing on August 21, 2025, at 7:30 PM, before a screening of at 8:30 PM, presented as part of The Polygon Gallery's Deckchair Cinema series (101 Carrie Cates Ct., North Vancouver). More .
TvT Interlink International Choreographic Symposium
and , the Co-Artistic Directors of , are participating in the TvT Interlink International Choreographic Symposium on September 5 & 6, 2025, from 1:00 PM 每 8:00 PM, at the Vancouver Art Gallery (750 Hornby St., Vancouver), co-presented by the Vancouver Art Gallery and The Dance Centre. More .
Edmeades' expansion of the senses
The (1205 Pinetree Wy, Coquitlam) shared a quick interview on their Instagram with SCA alumnus , who is participating in the exhibition Multitudes, which runs to August 24, 2025. See it .
On Home and Haunting
Curated by SCA alumnus , On Home and Haunting is a film program running from August 11 每 September 3, 2025, on the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery's Outdoor Screen (1825 Main Mall, Vancouver), featuring work by SCA alumnus , Adam Garnet Jones, and Luis Andr谷s Serrano. Also, Obuwoma, Ph?m, and Serrano will be in conversation on Thursday, August 14, at 6:00 PM. More .
Imago in Edinburgh
With SCA alumnus as an Aerial and Dance Artist and SCA alumnus as Lighting Designer, 's Imago is running as part of the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe (July 30 每 August 24), presented as part of Spotlight Canada 2025, with support from the High Commission of Canada and The Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation. More .
Tomasta's We The Forest People
SCA alumnus is presenting the "kenspeckled" site specific work We The Forest People as part of the 2025 edition of the Vancouver Fringe Festival, running September 4 (6:00 PM), 7 (3:00 PM), 11 (6:00 PM), and 14 (1:00 PM and 4:00 PM) at Ron Basford Park on Granville Island. Drawing from the aesthetics of Alphonse Mucha, 19th century Romanticism, and Czech and Slovak folklore, We The Forest People includes SCA students , Dawn, and Esme Johnson, and SCA alumni Marissa Radford and (on harmonies) as performers, as well as SCA alumnus Patrick Maka as stage manager. More .
Polyphonic Multilingual Creation Program calling
, which has SCA alumnus Pedro Chamale as Artistic Director, is calling for submissions from "multilingual theatre artists across Canada" for their Polyphonic Multilingual Creation Program, this time presented in partnership with the Vancouver Public Library. The application deadline is September 14, 2025, at 11:59 PM (PDT). More .
Carter's Motion & Stillness Workshop
SCA alumnus is running a free on August 30, 2025, from 10:30 AM 每 1:30 PM at The Dance Centre (677 Davie St., Vancouver), held in advance support of the premiere of her work, , running September 4 每 7 at 7:00 PM at Morrow (910 Richards St., Vancouver), presented as part of Odd Meridian Arts' Bring Your Own Body summer series. More .
Triana in Las Mujeronas
SCA alumnus is performing as part of Las Mujeronas on August 16, 2025, from 3:00 PM 每 4:00 PM, preceded by a workshop from 1:00 PM 每 2:00 PM, at the Yellowhouse Art Centre on Galiano Island (2517 Sturdies Bay Rd.). More .
Murdoch's a Folk Music delegate
SCA alumnus , who's also the Executive Director of the , was announced as a delegate at the Folk Music Ontario Conference, running October 15 每 19, 2025, at the Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre (101 Lyon St. N, Ottawa). More .
Peters is in charge!
Victor Tran is stepping away as a Co-Director of the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF), but will still be involved as an advisor, leaving SCA alumnus as Artistic Director. Read more .
On the Ruins of Wind
Listen to On the Ruins of Wind by SCA alumnus , Siavosh Rezvan Behbahani, Anahita Azimi, Arash Jame, Pegah Abdollahzadeh, and Ali Aghajani on YouTube .
Snack Tour with Snack Witch
SCA alumnus is holding a Snack Tour on August 14, 2025, from 1:00 PM 每 3:00 PM, starting from 745 Rue Ottawa, Montr谷al, presented as part of Fonderie Darling's Place Publique 2025: Bodies at Play programming. More .
Upcoming with Oostenbrug
SCA alumnus Stevan Oostenbrug has shared their "Eco-art and Music" schedule of upcoming events on Instagram. See it .
June at the Heatley
SCA student is opening for Rebecca Vander Zalm on August 17, 2025, starting at 8:00 PM, at the Heatley (696 East Hastings St., Vancouver). More .
Sum and Tudor at the York
SCA alumnus is playing a "double headliner" with Sam Tudor on Friday, September 19, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at The Cultch's York Theatre (639 Commercial Dr., Vancouver). More .
Dancing Through It
SCA alumnus is launching Dancing Through It, "a video-based podcast by dancers, for dancers, about dance," on September 16, 2025. More .
A Grandchild＊s Quest for Chicken
Tickets are now available for SCA alumnus 's A Grandchild＊s Quest for Chicken, which is running September 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 & 14 (at various times), at the Revue Stage (1601 Johnston St., Vancouver), presented as part of the 2025 Vancouver Fringe Festival. More .
Santi and The Hanky Tanks in Nanaimo
and The Hanky Tanks are playing Saturday, August 9, 2025, at 8:00 PM, at Nanaimo's Mellow Drama Studio and Theatre (54 Victoria Crescent). More .
Still Depths release Like Hell!
Still Depths, featuring SCA Music & Sound student Justin Perdomo, are having an all-ages record release show for on August 15, 2025, from 7:30 PM 每 11:30 PM, at The Mezzanine (33 West 8th Ave., Vancouver). Get tickets .
Momo's sharing
SCA MFA student is an Artist-in-Residence with Singapore's MIAO DANCE 穔敃 (18 Boon Lay Wy, #10-123 Tradehub 21) this summer, and will be presenting a Work-in-Progress Sharing on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at 5:00 PM. More .
Kong on Star Witnesses
Read SCA alumnus in Galleries West on at The Polygon Gallery, which runs to September 28, 2025, and includes work by the SCA's and (the collaborative group of the SCA's , Jeff Derksen, and Helmut Weber). Read it .
Graveyards and Gardens at SummerWorks
SCA alumnus Vanessa Goodman () and Caroline Shaw are performing from August 15 每 17, 2025, at various times, in the Mainspace at Theatre Passe Muraille (16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto), presented as part of the SummerWorks Performance Festival. More .
Finger Guns get nominated
SCA alumnus 's film Finger Guns is nominated for Best Student Film and Best Short Film (Canada) at the 2025 Brampton International Nollywood Film Festival. See the full list of nominees .
Norillag live!
After seven years of playing and recording, , a 7-piece scrap-metal percussion ensemble that includes SCA alumnus , is playing their inaugural live show on August 31, 2025, with doors at 8:00 PM, at Red Gate (1965 Main St., Vancouver). More .
Holiday redux
, your dutiful SCA Communicator (which is me), is off again for more holidays the next two weeks! Please expect no Quick News while I'm away. If you have news to share, however, please use our online SCA News Submissions form HERE. Quick News will return August 29!