SCA | Quick News | July 15, 2022
Walkley wins the Lola
Congratulations to SCA alumnus , 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 . 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 .
Hill's Dream Machine Filmmaking Camp
The SCA's Steven Hill's 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 .
Radul and Boisjoly in Jeffries' Summer Screening
Work by the SCA's and Raymond Boisjoly will be part of the Summer Screening at the 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 .
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 .
Guests & Hosts in Cap Review
includes the feature “Modernism:" a selection of photographs from the artist collective Guests & Hosts, which includes the SCA's and Hannah Campbell, Treena Chambers, June Scudeler, Rachel Warwick, Helmut Weber, and Toni-Leah Yake. Have a peek .
Davachi, Maier, and Rahi in The Wire
's presentation of Sarah Davachi, the SCA's , and SCA alumnus 's at Pacific Spirit United Church was reviewed in the August issue of The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music. Check the newsstands! More .
Scout Mag on Town Choir
Read Scout Magazine on '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 .
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 and the , 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 .
Bridge's Habitus Fragments
SCA alumnus 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 .
Watch Gamboa's attuning flesh and bone
Watch the full presentation of (all but graduated!) SCA MFA student '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 .
D'Anunciação shoots and edits Shared Bodies
SCA alumnus "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 .
Vickers in FULL CIRCLE
SCA alumnus 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 .
After School E6
The latest episode of , 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 .
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 's 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 .
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 , who's the Indigenous curator in the public art team for the City of Calgary. Watch it .
Jeffery at Run N Gun
Winning for "best direction" for their entry Kubrick's The Moon Landing, SCA alumnus and team participated in the . Watch the "Extra Hype Edition" of The Finals Screening .
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 .
Listening to Pictures: Lum on Kent
The latest episode of SFU Galleries' Listening to Pictures programming features SCA alumnus on Corita Kent. Listen .
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 (), presented by SFU’s David Lam Centre and UBC’s Centre for Japanese Research + Museum of Anthropology. More .
Edwards plays happy hour
SCA alumnus and her group is playing Burnaby's Admiral Pub for "happy hour" on August 6, 2022, from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM. More .
Ariaratnam, Avendaño, and Strauss launch 4 (trio)
SCA alumnus 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 . Also, 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 . Read it .
Buston and Meyers' Lo-fi Spectacle Club does Exquisite Pressure
SCA alumni and , who are behind the performance collective , are hosting the first iteration of '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 .
Mitsuhashi and crew – behind the scenes
Some behind the scenes shots of SCA alumnus and crew getting ready for their part of , the "unique triple bill" with Francesca Frewer and Alexa Mardon, presented on July 14 – 16 at The Dance Centre as part of the 2022 . See them .
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 , , , , and , as well as current SCA PhD candidate Edward Sembatya. More .
Chaput edited Fire of Love in Seattle
Seattle's Northwest Film Forum is presenting Sara Dosa's , edited by SCA alumnus (her first feature!), on July 27 & 28, 2022. More .
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 , Eddy van Wyk, , , and . More .
The Couch's Just Out of Reach
Upcoming as part of the (a.k.a. SCA MFA student , SCA PhD student , and Maya Beaudry) curated : (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 . More .
Liquid Lounge in pictures
In more news, see a collection of live action content from , 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 . See them .
Kotowich interviewed
Read an interview with SCA alumnus by Shanny Rann for 's Dance Central spring issue. Read it .
Saugstad and Carter in the Festival Film Package
The 2022 's "Festival Film Package" programing includes SCA alumni 's Paper Mountains (of Memory) and '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 .
O'Callaghan's Overbound
The Esprit Orchestra will be performing the world premiere of SCA alumnus '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 .
rice & beans present DBLSPK: Canta Karaokê – TONIGHT!
, 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 .
Sound's banners
SCA alumnus designed banners for the city of New Westminster. Click through to to see some install pictures.
Cheyenne's PANTS
SCA alumnus 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 .
Chan and Wong in Open Invitations
SCA alumni and Carmen Wong join James Albers, Jake Kimble, Erin Lum, and Milan Franco Orosco in the exhibition Open Invitations at the , opening July 28, 2022, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, and running until September 4. More .