SCA | Quick News | May 13, 2022
Daniel in Community Making and Black Flourishing Through the Scarborough Charter
The SCA's is moderating a panel, Negotiating for Black Flourishing within Academic Institutions, as part of Community Making and Black Flourishing Through the Scarborough Charter, a set of talks and panels on May 14, 2022, from 2:00 PM 每 5:45 PM (PDT), both in-person at UBC Robson Square (800 Robson Street) and via Livestream. The SCA's Albert St. Albert Smith and SCA PhD student Edward Sembatya are both also performing as part of the event. Co-hosted by the University of British Columbia and 91邐傰, you can find the full schedule and RSVP links . UPDATE: Watch the entire proceedings .
Yoon on the shortlist
The SCA's has made it to the shortlist for the 2022 Scotiabank Photography Award, which is "Canada＊s largest and most prestigious peer-nominated prize for lens-based art," with the winner receiving "$50,000 in cash, a solo Primary Exhibition at the 2023 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, and a book of their artwork published and distributed worldwide by Steidl of Germany." Congratulations, Jin-me! More .
Dongnier in Barcelona
The SCA's is giving an artist talk and a presentation of her work as part of Mei Huang and Jaume Suau Mart赤nez＊s new book publishing and panel discussion, China Today: Minorities, Culture and Society, on May 18, 2022, co-organized by the Department of Art History at the University of Barcelona and the Inter Asia Research Group, Aut車noma University Barcelona. More .
Shihab's Jaddoland
The SCA's 's film is screened on US public television on May 12, 2022, on the WORLD Channel's America ReFramed series, presented in partnership with the Migrant Madonna exhibition at LA's , which closes May 14.
Tabassinejad's Game [2Vancouver]
SCA alumnus presented on May 12, 2022, at VIVO Media Arts Centre. Game [2Vancouver] is an "interactive performance to explore questions of place, desire, boundaries and ways in which we relate to others," featuring Tabassinejad "wandering around the city," accompanied by SCA alumnus as a camera operator. Tabassinejad will be in conversation with Sam Kinsley, Marzieh Mossavarzadeh, and Nastaran Saremy about the work on Sunday, May 15, at 2:00 PM at VIVO. More
SCA in IGNITE!
SCA alumni and Garvin Chan and current SCA students Teighan Hauff and Lauren Han are participating in the 2022 edition of IGNITE! Youth-Driven Arts Festival, which runs May 18 每 22, 2022, at The Cultch's historic theatre. More .
O'Callaghan on Iguana
Iguana, the new album by Vancouver's , lead by John Korsrud, includes SCA alumnus 's composition a bilateral, a symmetry. Check it out on .
Peace Country reviewed
Read a review by Jocelyn Stevens in SFU's The Peak of SCA alumnus 's Peace Country, produced by rice & beans theatre in collaboration with Playwrights Theatre Centre, which ran April 27 每 30, 2022. Read it .
SCA in Spells For Chinatown
Ziyian Kwan's Spells For Chinatown, featuring SCA alumnus and and jo passed, Juolin Lee, Sarah Wong, Justin Calvadores, Ralph Escamillan, Kage Eileen, and Lisa Gelley Martin, is being presented again on Thursday May 19 and Sunday May 29, 2022, at 5:00 PM at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in celebration of Asian Heritage Month, co-produced by , the Powell Street Festival, and the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. More .
Collecting Plum Blossoms reviewed
Nercya Kalino reviews Collecting Plum Blossoms, the SCA BFA 2022 Graduating Exhibition (which ran April 14 每 23 at SFU Galleries' Audain Gallery), for SFU's The Peak. Read it .
All Bodies Dance Project screening
SCA alumnus Carolina Bergonzoni and Harmanie Rose will be giving a talk to support the online screening of 's films Near/Far and Sanctuary on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at 7:30 PM (PST), presented by The Bulkley Valley Concert Association. More .
Brown and Cooper talk skills
SCA MA students and are running a free, online FCAT PRO WORKSHOP about "conference and presentation skills" on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, from 2:30 PM 每 4:00 PM (PST). .
Laiwan in Unmoored, Adrift, Ashore and Erasures: Cultural Activism and Periodicals
SCA alumnus is a panelist in the Or Gallery's multipart symposium and screening Unmoored, Adrift, Ashore on May 19 〞 May 21, 2022, organized by Jamie Hilder (ECUAD), Anselm Franke (HKW), Denise Ryner (Or Gallery), and Jordan Wilson (NYU). More . Also, the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery has shared the video for the panel discussion Erasures: Cultural Activism and Periodicals, featuring Laiwan in conversation with Frederick Thomas Edwards, John Kozachenko, and Joyce Jenje Makwenda, which was presented by the Belkin and the Western Front in support of Laiwan's exhibition , which ran at the Belkin from January 7 每 April 10, 2022. Watch .
Cineworks selects A Safe Distance
have selected SCA alumni and 's "feminist thriller" for Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch 2022 program in the Main Component stream. Congratulations, Gloria and Aidan! More .
Kotowich in Talking Truths and workshopping De-colonial Perspectives to Creative Embodiment
SCA alumnus joins Emilie Solstice-Tait, Brian Solomon, Lara Kramer, and creator and facilitator Olivia C. Davies for Talking Truths: The Power of Circles on Monday, May 16, 2022, at 9:00 AM 每 10:30 AM (PT) / 12:00 PM 每 1:30 PM (ET) / 1:00 PM 每 2:30 PM (AT). More . Kotowich is also offering a workshop on De-colonial Perspectives to Creative Embodiment on Saturday, June 11, 2022, from 2:00 PM 每 4:00 PM at The Dance Centre, where she's an Artist-in-Residence. More .
Bruton's Q&A and show
Read a Q&A with SCA alumnus and, with Lesley Hinger, Co-Artistic Director of New Works Calgary, , done in support of the of works by Bruton and Hinger on May 15, 2022, at 12:00 PM. Read it .
Carter's Omote (醱)
SCA alumnus is presenting a collaborative work-in-progress film, Omote (醱), produced with Miya Yurnbull and including music by SCA alumnus , online on May 16, 2022, at 5:00 PM (PST) as part of the Digital Art Vernissage, presented by . Watch it on or .
Doug and the Slugs and Me in MONTECRISTO
Read MONTECRISTO Magazine on SCA alumnus 's , showing at the 2022 . Read it .
Davachi, Rahi, and Maier
Upcoming! A solo and augmented pipe organ show with , SCA alumnus , and the SCA's on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at 8:00 PM, plus an artist chat at 7:15 PM, all at the Pacific Spirit United Church (2195 W 45th Avenue). Presented by the good folks at Vancouver New Music. More .
Angus' call
SCA alumnus is working on an "interdisciplinary project combining visual art, dance, music and film," and is searching for "a visual artist, ideally with an overhead-projector who is interested in exploring painting in conversation with two dancers," with the goal of creating "a psychedelic immersive experience which will evolve to become a live performance and workshop." The planned shooting date is June 24 每 26, 2022. Visit her for her biography and portfolio, see a sample of her research towards this project , and check out her Berlin-based art collective . If this call sounds interesting to you, reach out to Britt at chaosemblematiccollective@gmail.com.
Basanta's database paintings
SCA alumnus is having an exhibition of his "database paintings" from May 14 每 June 20, 2022, at Montreal's ELLEPHANT, and is offering a guided walk through on Saturday, May 14, 2022. More .
Ariaratnam's Music for Spirits
The Music for Spirits series of concerts organized by SCA alumnus has been reorganized to take place at Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park on May 15 and June 2, 16, and 23, 2022. Click for the schedule and lineup, which includes Ariaratnam as well as SCA alumni and ().
Murdoch moves to P.E.I.
SCA alumnus is the new Managing Producer for P.E.I.'s The River Clyde Pageant, which was co-founded by the SCA's dearly remembered Ker Wells and SCA alumnus Megan Stewart in 2015. More .
Szoke profiled
Read a profile of SCA alumnus and Brock University Associate Professor of Visual Arts .
Lim and Blenkarn showing asses.masses
SCA alumni and , working with with Laurel Green and David Mesiha, are presenting their "video game + theatre project" asses.masses at Toronto's The Theatre Centre on Thursday May 12 and Saturday May 14, 2022, as part of the Hybrid by Design Festival. They're also holding an online discussion on Friday May 13 with Dr. Kristopher Alexander from Toronto Metropolitan University. More .
Koochakzadeh-Yazdi workshop
SCA alumnus and Stephanie Sherriff are running an online workshop on DIY And High-Speed Approach to Creating Audiovisual Works from August 8 每 12, 2022, from 9:00 AM 每 2:00 PM (PDT), presented by the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Standford. Purchase tickets .
Sum's Edge of Goodness
Listen to Edge of Goodness, a new tune by SCA alumnus , .
Vines' Artist Survival & Healing Fund fundraiser
, which was founded by SCA alumnus and festival director Heather Lamoureux in 2015, is having a fundraiser for their Artist Survival & Healing Fund on May 18, 2022, at 6:30 PM at the Eastside Studios (550 Malkin Avenue). Performers Include: Chelsea D.E. Johnson, Maiden China, King Fisher, Toddy, erica hiroko isomura, DJ Kota, and Oliver Barnes. More .