SCA | Quick News | February 2, 2026
Solum I Soil screening
Solum I Soil, a dance film by the SCA's and SCA alumni and , is screening as part of the on Friday, February 6, 2026, at 7:00 PM in the Knight Auditorium at the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures (600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL). More .
The Fold reviewed
Read a very thoughtful review of the SCA's Laura U. Marks' book (Duke University Press, 2024) by Amber Patrice Sweat in Senses of Cinema. Read it .
Marks in Agora
Joining Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Franco 鈥淏ifo鈥� Berardi, Nicolas Jaar, Jota Momba莽a, Nora N. Khan, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Hito Steyerl, and John Tresch, the SCA's Laura U. Marks is one of the teachers for "Agora: A Gathering of Art and Philosophy," which is a "fully-funded online program ... designed to confront the challenges of our time by combining two disciplines uniquely capable of reimagining the future: art and philosophy," conceived by Andrea Bellini and Federico Campagna and presented by the Centre d鈥橝rt Contemporain Gen猫ve. As the project's site explains, "Agora will offer semester-long free programs of English-language lectures made available for free on the Centre d鈥橝rt Contemporain Gen猫ve鈥檚 digital platform, the 5th floor. The contents will be uploaded starting from March 2026, with a rhythm of three videos per month, accessible at all times." More .
Chambers talks The Brutal Joy
Read an interview with the SCA's in Stir Vancouver about , her work created and performed in collaboration with the SCA's and , which runs as part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival on February 5 & 6, 2026, at 8:00 PM, at the The Dance Centre (677 Davie St, Vancouver). Read it .
Helten, Mak, Walker, and Low at Deer Lake
Congratulations to SCA alumni , , and , and SCA PhD student , who were all selected for 2026 Deer Lake Artist Residencies. More .
Morrison and Waddle in the Cohort
Congratulations to SCA alumni and , as well as all the artists in New Works' Cohort 2026! More .
Stringband Tuesdays
Keep your eyes peeled (and your ears ready) for upcoming "Stringband Tuesdays" nights (often including SCA alumnus !), at the Heatley (696 E. Hastings St, Vancouver). More .
Mindel on Phantom Power
SCA alumnus , who's also faculty at the and one half of the great group Yellow Swans, was a guest of two recent episode of the interesting podcast Phantom Power. Search them out .
Stir on WAIL
Read Stir Vancouver's review of SCA alumnus 's (with SCA alumni , , and as Artistic Performers, and SCA alumni as Dramaturge and as Technical Director), which had a sold out run as part of the 2026 edition of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, co-presented by Music on Main and The Dance Centre. Read it .
Stir on it is for when you meet me
Read Stir on SCA alumnus 's (which has SCA student Czarina Agustines and SCA alumni , , and working behind the scenes), which is running as part of and 's SCA-packed , running February 3-7, 2026, at the Russian Hall) 600 Campbell Ave, Vancouver). Read it .
Tr岷 in the Test Kitchen
Featuring Cathy Ng峄峜 H芒n Tr岷, a PhD candidate in 911吃瓜's Department of Archaeology, this week's Test Kitchen at the is Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 12:00 PM. More .
Gathering Medicine Symposium
The Vines Art Society, founded as the Vines Art Festival by SCA alumnus (who remains Vines' Co-Artistic Director), has a spin-off project called , which is presenting the Gathering Medicine Symposium from April 9 鈥� 11, 2026, at the Vines Den (825 E Hastings St., Vancouver). Find out more .
Offending the Audience
SCA alumnus Aryo Khakpour and his company (run with his brother, Arash, as Co-Artistic Director) have a Casting Call for a new theatre production, Offending the Audience, with submission deadline of February 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM. More .
Visionview w/ Deanna Peters
Staring off their "Living Room" series of "in-house dialogues around festival artists and their work," presented as part of the , Living Room Producer speaks with SCA alumnus and VIDF Artistic Director about her vision for the 2026 edition of the VIDF. Read is .
Class Ceiling
Read a report by Nazir Afzal (University of Manchester) and Avis Gilmore (the former deputy general secretary of the UK's National Education Union) that examines the chronic under representation of working-class people in the arts and culture. Read it (PDF download). Although directed towards Greater Manchester in North West England, the key issues and the overall pattern is a common reality in the arts and culture everywhere, including in Canada.
Terra Invicta book launch
911吃瓜's Institute for the Humanities is hosting a book launch for (McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2025), edited by (J. S. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities at 911吃瓜), on Sunday, February 8, 2026, from 3:00 PM 鈥� 5:00 PM, in Room 1400鈥�1410 at 911吃瓜 Harbour Centre (515 W. Hastings St., Vancouver), sponsored by the 911吃瓜 Institute for the Humanities, the J. S. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities, , and the Olga M. Ciupka Memorial Fund. More .
Wong featured
The Playwrights Guild of Canada shared a "Featured Member" interview with SCA alumnus . Read it .
Platforms: The Teachers Among Us
SCA alumni and have public artworks showing as part of the City of Vancouver's Platforms: The Teachers Among Us series. See Lum's The Yawn of Man on display on various transit shelters throughout the city until the week of February 15, 2026, and Edmeades' There We Would Now Have Been on the glass wall of the Olympic Village Station until March, 2026. More .
Act 3 (Revisited): To Be Seen
With screenings of Ayoka Chenzira's Alma鈥檚 Rainbow () and Johann茅 G贸mez Terrero's Sugar Island (Friday, February 27, 2026, at 6:30 PM, in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at the SCA), the Akojo Film Collective (Kika Memeh and SCA alumnus ) have curated the film series, Act 3 (Revisited): To Be Seen, as part of Gallery Gachet's programing for February (recognized in Canada as Black History Month), which also includes the exhibition , curated by , an SCA alumnus and Gachet's Director and Curator. Follow Gallery Gachet on for updates about other programming and more.
Thiessen at the VIDF
SCA dance student is the new Youth Engagement Coordinator for the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF), and she'd like to remind everyone that the VIDF has "$10 tickets to shows in the festival for youth aged 25 and under." More .
Small Stage: Valentine's Edition
With works by SCA Sessional Instructor , Jessica Dawn Keeling, Vidya Kotamraju, Rebecca Margolick, Nasiv Kaur Sall, and AJ Simmons, Small Stage: Valentine's Edition runs February 14 & 15, 2026, from 5:00 PM 鈥� 7:00 PM, at the The ANZA Club (3 W 8th Ave, Vancouver). More .
Relieving Death
Listen to Relieving Death, a blistering new metal tune by first year SCA student on Bandcamp .
TRUTH is out now!
The latest issue of withintensions, the artist-run monthly founded by SCA alumni Opal McLean, , and , on the theme of TRUTH is out now! Get it .
Through the Flow of Summer Snow
SCA alumnus 's film Through the Flow of Summer Snow, produced as her 4th year grad film here, is an official selection for the Sundar Prize Film Festival 2026. More .
Patel's Studio Conversation
SCA alumnus was a guest on the Arrieta Art Studio's "Studio Conversations" podcast. Listen .
Malbon and Kong talk SFMF
Read an interview with SCA alumni and , who are also the Programming Director and Managing Director, respectively, of the , in Discorder Magazine. Read it .
FRIDAY and O'Callaghan in the Junos
SCA alumni (for ) and (albeit indirectly: his composition, in an archipelago, gave the title for their album that's nominated for ) are up for a Juno. See all of the nominees .
Sound Journey #2 with Ramos and Smulovitz
The SCA's Stefan Smulovitz and Alcvin Ramos are presenting (sharing? offering? holding?) a "sound journey" on Sunday, February 15, 2026, from 12:00 PM 鈥� 1:30 PM, at High Beam Dreams (350 Glassford Rd, Gibsons). More .
Elisa Ferrari: Alas (listening to Dennis Roberts' cassette tape collection)
The last event presented in support of , the inaugural exhibition at the Gibson Art Museum, featuring SCA PhD student talking about her work in the exhibition, Alas (listening to Dennis Roberts' cassette tape collection), on Sunday, February 15, 2026, from 2:00 PM 鈥� 4:00 PM, which is also the last day to see the exhibition. More .