SCA | Quick News | September 19, 2025
Light of a Thousand Stars
, which includes the SCA's , is presenting a "shorts program," Light of a Thousand Stars, on Saturday, September 27, 2025, from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM, at The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St., Vancouver). Scott Miller Berry and Faraz Anoushahpour, who are part of of the programming collective for the , will be in attendance to present the films, and they'll hold a "talk back" session after the screenings, too. Get more info and tickets .
Shihab in Regarding Land
The SCA's is part of the exhibition Regarding Land, curated by Amin Alsaden, which runs September 19 – November 23, 2025, at the Dalhousie Art Gallery (6101 University Ave., Dalhousie Arts Centre). More .
Maier and May's Bellows in Paris
The SCA's and Ragnhild May are premiering a new version their concert installation, Bellows, on September 30, 2025, at Église Saint-Eustache (146, rue Rambuteau 75001 Paris), presented as part of the Festival d'Automne. Also on the bill: Stephen O’Malley and Hampus Lindwall! More .
Boisjoly excerpted
The SCA's is part of the exhibition All Around Me, All Around You, which is ongoing at the Museum London (421 Ridout Street North London, Ontario). You can listen to quick interview excerpts by Boisjoly and the other artists talking about their work in the exhibition .
Edge Effects opens the Gibson!
, the inaugural exhibition of the Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum at SFU's Burnaby Campus, opens Saturday, September 20, 2025, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM, and includes work by SCA alumni , , and , SCA PhD student , the SCA's and – and many others. Watch a quick video from BCLiving (with a sweet easy listening soundtrack) of the exhibition .
Xu talks SCA & SIAT
Watch a great, quick interview, produced by the media team at 91ܽ proper, with 4th Year joint SCA / SIAT student , who talks about the unique kind of flexible interdisciplinary studies possible with us and our colleagues in the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology. watch it .
FRIDAY plays NightLife
If you're in San Francisco, SCA alumnus is playing on September 25, 2025, at 6:00 PM, at NightLife at The California Academy of Sciences (Golden Gate Park, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco), with Magi Merlin as opener. More .
Sum and Tudor
SCA alumnus and Sam Tudor play tonight (September 19, 2025) at 7:00 PM, at The Cultch's York Theatre (639 Commercial Dr, Vancouver). More .
Cheung's My Dad is an Astronaut
SCA alumnus 's My Dad is an Astronaut is having its World Premiere screening in The Absurd & Spiritual program of the VIFF Short Forum on October 7 & 8, 2025, at International Village 7 (88 W Pender St 3rd floor, Vancouver). More .
Stir on The Array: Less Than Zero
Here's Stir Vancouver with a quick introduction to the 2025 edition of Upintheair Theatre's , "the ultimate fusion of sci-fi thrills with new, experimental performances," featuring three new works by (SCA alumnus Aryo Khakpour and Arash Khakpour), SCA alumnus , and Abi Padilla and Argel Monte de Ramos, running October 9 – 11, 2025, at What Lab (1814 Pandora St., Vancouver). Read it .
Fitzsimmons' Mullein
4th year SCA Film student Will Fitzsimmons' Mullein is screening as part of the Pan-Canadian Student Film Festival, which runs October 8 – 19, 2025, as part of Montréal's . More .
Blenkarn and Lim interviewed
SCA alumni and , who's collaborative performance / video game is seemingly touring everywhere, were interviewed by Catharine Stimpson, a University Professor at New York University and Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School of Arts and Science, for NYU Skirball. Listen / watch .
Rahi's Building Together II and at the New Media Gallery
SCA PhD student is facilitating a 4-part self-made instrument workshop series, Building Together II: Acoustic Reactions, presented by the Currently Arts Society, which is now accepting applications – and no experience is required! What you create will be presented at the 2025 edition of , which runs November 7 – 10. The series runs October 6 – November 10, and the application deadline is September 23, 2025. More . Also, Rahi is the (777 Columbia St., New Westminster), and is hosting a "studio visit" on October 4 from 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM, leading up to an exhibition opening on Thursday, November 13 and a reception and artist talk on November 17, 2025, from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM. More .
Indigenous Protocols for the Visual Arts
Indigenous Protocols for the Visual Arts is a new website full of useful resources and links to a podcast, hosted by Liz Barron, from and an Advisory Circle of "First Nations, Inuit, and Métis artists and Traditional Knowledge Keepers and Practitioners." Check it out .
Brainwashed
Watch the video for Brainwashed, the second single from The Ultra Hidden (Cryptic) Doctrine, the forthcoming release by (SCA PhD candidate ) and , featuring puppets by the SCA's and SCA alumni Marissa Capron, , and Niloufar Samadi, and Patrick Macka. Watch it .
Stir on VIFF Live
Read Stir Vancouver on the Vancouver International Film Festival’s programming for 2025, which includes SCA alumnus playing with Julianna Barwick on (1660 E Broadway, Vancouver). Read it .
Fold, Knot, Dye with Cleave
SCA alumnus is hosting a Fold, Knot, Dye workshop on Saturday, September 27, from 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM, presented as part of the UNNAMED BAND's FLEET Residency at Edmonds Park (7433 Humphries Ave, Burnaby). FYI: the UNNAMED BAND is SCA alumni and and Anju Singh and Julia Úlehla. More .
Crazybull at Sweet Cereal Mountain
SCA alumnus is presenting new work on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Sweet Cereal Mountain (inside the Robson Public Market (1610 Robson St, Vancouver). More .
Art Connects with the Huberts
SCA alumnus and Meg Hubert are presenting Art Connects: Expanding Your Practice on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, at the South Surrey Art and Recreation Center (14601 - 20 Avenue Surrey). More .
Companionship and the Cosmos
Companionship and the Cosmos, a two person exhibition with SCA alumnus and Sofiya Mukhachova, runs September 15, 2025 – January 4, 2026, at the Richmond Art Gallery's Annex Gallery (Richmond Cultural Centre Annex, 7660 Minoru Gate). More .
Congratulations, Nancy!
SCA is one of the 2025 Scholarship Recipients from the . More .