SCA | Quick News | February 21, 2025
Congratulations, Hill and Wyss!
SCA alumnus and T’uy’t’tanat Cease Wyss are the winners of the 2024 VIVA Awards, presented by , with both artists receiving $15,000. Read Stir Vancouver (), Pancouver (), or Galleries West () for more, and RSVP to attend the awards ceremony at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (520 E 1st Ave., Vancouver) on March 26, 2025, from 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM (doors at 6:00 PM) .
The Undesirables: a bestiary
Edited by the SCA's Kay Higgins, Lisa Robertson and Myfanwy Macleod The Undesirables: a bestiary?, published on the occasion of Macleod's solo exhibition, , at Libby Leshgold Gallery, is now available through Art Metropole. More .
Sovereign Small Files
Here a new call from the team:
Small File Media Festival invites Indigenous makers from across Turtle Island to apply to Sovereign Small Files, a workshop on making small-file movies with spots held in priority for those belonging to our host nations, the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations People.
The 5-day workshop will take place at VIVO Media Arts once per week over 5 weeks, every Thursday from March 13–April 10.
To participate, please send a 100-200-word statement of interest self-identifying your connection to Indigenous ancestry and saying why small files are right for you to info@smallfile.ca by February 27.
Participation is free of charge! To get a feel for the soft and elegant, punk and chic small-file aesthetic, check out our festival .
Facing Photographs
The SCA's and are part of the exhibition Facing Photographs, which runs February 14 - May 4, 2025, at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity's Walter Phillips Gallery (107 Tunnel Mountain Drive, AB). More .
Stir on Gorgeous Tongue
Here's Stir Vancouver on Lara Kramer’s , performed by SCA alumnus , which is being presented as part of the 2025 edition of the , co-presented by O.Dela Arts and The Dance Centre, which runs February 17 – 22, 2025, at the Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie St., Vancouver), Morrow (Suite 204 – 910 Richards St., Vancouver), and online. SCA alumni and are also part of this year's festival's programing. Read it .
In Launch Pad
SCA alumni , , and all of work on one of five "billboard spaces along the Arbutus Greenway, between Fir Street and Burrard Street on West 6th Avenue" in the current iteration of the City of Vancouver's Public Art Program's Launch Pad programing, which runs to October 2025. More .
Perkins Deneault on BLAC
Tessa Perkins Deneault from the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology shared this post about SFU alumni involvement, including by SCA alumnus , in the (#105 – 10305 City Pkwy, Surrey). , BLAC's current exhibition, curated by SFU School of Communication alumnus Vanessa Fajemisin and Soji-George, closes today! Read it HERE.
Johal talks with Borden, plus a Q&A
Watch a convsersation by Am Johal, former Director of the now-closed SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement (VOCE), and filmmaker Lizzie Borden, plus a post-screenng Q&A with Borden after the presentation of her film on February 6, 2025, in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at the SCA, co-presented by VOCE and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Watch .
Shiri plays Koochakzadeh-Yazdi
Works for the kamancheh, an Iranian bowed string instrument, by SCA alumnus and other Stanford Graduate composers will be performed by on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the CCRMA Stage (660 Lomita Ct., Stanford), presented by the Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. More .
?kwaskitinkewin: an embrace reviewed
Read a review of ?kwaskitinkewin: an embrace, an exhibition curated by Adrienne Larocque at Edmonton's Latitude 53 that included SCA alumnus . Read it .
Franca in An Angel Knocking on my Door
Watch SCA alumnus , as Amanda, in a "trailer" for An Angel Knocking on my Door, which seems (we think?) to be a demo reel from . Watch it .
Blenkarn and Lim talk assess.masses for Penny Stamps
Watch SCA alumni and talk about , their performance video game, as part of the Penny Stamps Speaker Series, presented by Ann Arbor's Stamps School of Art & Design. Watch it .
A Taste of Hong Kong
With SCA alumni (Lighting Design), (Sound Design), and (Production Management) behind the scenes, SCA alumnus plays Jackie Z in in Pi Theatre's presentation of A Taste of Hong Kong, which runs March 6 – 15, 2025, at The Cultch's Vancity Culture Lab (1895 Venables St., Vancouver). More .
Langille on the longlist
SCA alumnus is on the longlist for the $20,000 Yukon Prize for Visual Arts. Good luck, Jeffrey! More .
Khakpour performs for TechniCowlour
SCA alumnus will be performing on March 1, 2025, at 6:30 PM as part of the exhibition TechniCowlour, an installation and performance work conceptualized and created by elika mojtabaei and Khakpour, in collaboration with Alanna Ho, SCA alumni ellis cheadle and , and SF Ho, which runs to March 15, 2025, at Centre A (205 – 268 Keefer St., Vancouver). More .
Soft Tongues in Brazil
SCA alumbnus 's Soft Tongues, which is running Saturday, February 22, 2025, at 8:00 PM at the in Campinas, Brazil (Maria Tereza Dias da Silva Street, 708 Cid. Bar?o Geraldo Campinas University), received some local press.
Below the Radar with Johal and Hennessy
Listen Episode 263: Becoming Anarchival of Below the Radar with Am Johal in conversation with Kate Hennessy, Associate Professor at SFU’s School of Interactive Arts & Technology. Listen HERE.
Be part of Progress Lab
C-Space (Vancouver Creative Space Society) is calling for new resident companies to join them at Progress Lab (1422 William St., Vancouver). Find out more .