SCA | Quick News | April 11, 2025
Award winners!
Here are the latest recipients of some of the Awards & Scholarships that the SCA is able to award, as well as the latest recipients of the SCA Service Awards. First, these are Awards & Scholarships recipients: the Liam Murley (RedFM 93.1 Music Scholarship), Sana Goel (Dr. Tashakkor Undergraduate Award in Contemporary Arts), Emma Patience Campbell (Serein Properties Visual Arts Award), and Caroline Chernega (Bob Rennie Undergraduate Award in Visual Arts). And second, these are the SCA Service Awards recipients: Czarina Marie Agustines, Seyedeh Samira Bani, Kady Brandel, Graysen Braun, Artemis Cheung, Emma Ciprian, Sana Goel (again!), Brennan Henderson, Jillian Jarin, Sonja Kwantes, Carlo Marchet, Bethlehem Mulat, Arisa Nagayama, Camila Rueda Furuzawa, Elijah Sam, Terris Tan, Jeya Thiessen, Jenny Yu, Luvz de Guzman, Marielle de Menezes, Sara van Gaalen, and Clara Xu. Congratulations, everyone! TAKE NOTE: If you're an SCA student, we've just listed the latest set of awards and scholarships, with an application deadline of Friday, April 18, 2025. Find out more HERE. Also, applications for SCA Service Awards are open now, too, with the same deadline of Friday, April 18, 2025. Find out more HERE.
Marks update
The SCA's Laura U. Marks joined SCA alumnus virtually to talk about video and the carbon footprint of streaming on April 8, 2025, presented by the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the . Next, Marks will be a juror (non-virtual!) for the Saudi Film Festival in Dammam, which runs April 17 – 23, 2025. More .
Johal asks, What Kind of University Do We Want?
, an SCA Associate Faculty Member and former Director of SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement (since closed by SFU), is giving the 2025 Buttedahl Memorial Lecture, appropriately titled "What Kind of University Do We Want?: In Defense of University-Community Engagement," on April 30 at 2:00 PM in UBC's Ponderosa Ballroom (6445 University Boulevard, Vancouver), presented by UBC's Department of Educational Studies. More .
Slow Social: Around Sound
Upcoming from (which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director) and : Slow Social: Around Sound on April 23, 2025, at 7:00 PM at the Post (750 Hamilton St, Vancouver), featuring a talk, Q&A, and open conversation with Eve Egoyan and SCA Term Lecturer . RSVP .
Soji-George asks, If Beauty Is The Mother Of Pathology, What Is Desire?
Drawing on the works of Rotimi Fani-Kayode, René Pe?a, and George Dureau, SCA alumnus is giving a talk, If Beauty Is The Mother Of Pathology, What Is Desire?, on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 7:00 PM at The Polygon Gallery (101 Carrie Cates Ct, North Vancouver), presented in support of the exhibition , which runs to May 25, 2025, and in partnership with . More info and RSVP .
Cornel West at the Chan
The good people in SFU's Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies are hosting for the Inaugural Edward Said Annual Memorial Lecture, titled "Where Do We Go From Here? On the Future of Justice and Solidarity, on Friday, April 25, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at the The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (6265 Crescent Rd, Vancouver). More .
I Fear Love
SCA alumni (Projection Designer & Technical Director), (Lighting Designer), and (Director / Design Workshop) are part of the team for Katie Voravong's I Fear Love, which runs May 9 & 10, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at The Revue Stage (1398 Cartwright St., Vancouver). More .
Browne read
We missed the full details before this event took place (argh!), but the SCA's participated in One Night Stand: Alfredo Santa Ana, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Fox Cabaret, presented by the good folks at Music on Main. More .
Lefan is Amplified
SCA student was one of the 101 recipients of a grant from Amplify BC’s Career Development Program, supported by Creative BC. Sample some of what Lefan does on her , and see all of the recipients .
Ariaratnam, cellist
After a year studying with cellist , SCA alumnus is having his first concert on cello on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 8:00 PM at 8EAST (8 E. Pender St., Vancouver). Also performing are Hasselberg (cello), Haley Bird (oboe), Madeleine Elkins (guitar), and SCA student (clarinet). More .
Radical Traditions: New Music for Gamelan
Gamelan Bike Bike, a project of , which includes SCA PhD student , are performing as part of Radical Traditions: New Music for Gamelan on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 7:30 PM (doors at 7:00 PM) at the Annex (823 Seymour St, Vancouver). More .
Issue 4.4: Speculative Feminisms
The Capilano Review, which has SCA alumnus as Art Editor, has announced "Issue 4.4: Speculative Feminisms," their Spring 2025 issue, which "reflects on the notion of the speculative as a site of resistance and hope, turning specifically to the potential of feminist worlds and modes of being to create real forms of political resistance and solidarity." Find out more and order a copy .
Kong curates for Who Roams the Earth
SCA alumnus collaborated with Cinevolution Media Arts to curate Who Roams the Earth, a full day of free screenings in celebration of National Canadian Film Day, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at the Richmond Cultural Centre (7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond). As , "This year’s program is both a foray into filmmaking in Canada, and a cinematic journey into living worlds beyond the human universe, from alpine pastures to desert skies to otherworldly perspectives." Persistence & Loss by the SCA's is part of the program, too. More .
Agustines' Quarter Six
SCA student is showing her experimental short film Quarter Six in the C-Lab as part of the opening for IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival on May 14, 2025, at 6:00 PM at The Cultch (1895 Venables St, Vancouver). More .
Talking and Dancing with Tara Cheyenne
There's still time to register for SCA MFA student Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg () "Talking and Dancing" workshop on April 12 & 13, 2025, from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM in our studios here at 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver. Not only does Friedenberg have significant practical experience as a performer, show producer, running a company, and podcast host, she is also smart and genuinely funny. You'll learn, you'll laugh, and you'll be better for it. More .
Jesuino on Exploring Inclusivity in Dance
SCA alumnus produced a research report, "All Bodies Dance Project: Exploring Inclusivity in Dance," for All Bodies Dance. Download it .
Our Lady of the Nile
Curated by the Akojo Film Collective (Kika Memeh and SCA alumnus ), the next film in the series, Atiq Rahimi's Our Lady of the Nile, screens Wednesday, April 23, at 6:30 PM, Friday, April 25, at 8:00 PM, and Sunday, April 27, at 2:30 PM, at the Vancouver International Film Festival's VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour St., Vancouver). More .
BLOT in Europe
, the collaborative project by Simona Deaconescu () and SCA alumnus Vanessa Goodman (), is going on an extended European tour. See some of the dates and locations on the , and follow them for more shows as they're announced.
Esprit Orchestra plays O'Callaghan
Esprit Orchestra is performing the world premiere of Nothere, a new orchestral work by SCA alumnus , as part of their concert COSMIC HEARTBEATS on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 8:00?PM, at Koerner Hall (273 Bloor St W, Toronto). More .
Goodman on the podcast
SCA alumnus Vanessa Goodman () is the guest on the latest episode of The Dance Centre's podcast, hosted by Claire French. Listen .
ART FOR G<3ZA
SCA alumni , , and and SCA PhD student and SCA MA student have all donated work to the online and in-person art auction ART FOR G<3ZA. Online bidding closes Saturday, April 26, 2025, for the in-person portion of the auction, running from 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM at the Kasko Gallery (560 Clark Dr, Vancouver). More .
Valenza and Cooper's FIELD TRIP
SCA alumni and 's project, currently in residence at Elm Park’s fieldhouse, are hosting FIELD TRIP, a monthly series of "outdoor listening and field recording excursions," with the next one on Saturday, April 19, 2025, from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. And they say "Coffee and donuts provided!" Sign up to attend .
June at Tyrant
SCA student is playing her first show with her new band on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 7:30 PM (doors 7:00 PM), at Tyrant Studios (1019 Seymour St, Vancouver). Get tickets .
Tsai's Another glass of wine
SCA alumnus is performing Another glass of wine, a duet with Max Hanic, and featuring production design by SCA student , on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at The Dance Centre (677 Davie St, Vancouver), presented as part of The Dance Centre's Open Stage #5. More .
Silent Slow Dance: A Choreography of Quiet Resilience
SCA alumnus is presenting Silent Slow Dance: A Choreography of Quiet Resilience, a free online talk and discussion that "explores the Silent Slow Dance Project as an artistic meditation on climate change and the power of quiet resilience," on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, presented by the SFU Community-Engaged Research Initiative. RSVP .