SCA | Quick News | July 6, 2026
Citing the World with Raymond Boisjoly
The SCA's , who's also a (yay!), is leading Citing the World: Points of Interreference, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art's 2026 Fall Institute, running September 14 – 26, at Plug In ICA (460 Portage Ave #1, Winnipeg, MB). Here's how the theme is presented: "This program explores interreference by staging encounters between distinct bodies of knowledge that generate new forms of understanding. When a distinct practice frames an encounter with the material world, what is being cited is both the world itself and the work which provides access to it. Moving beyond questions of representation, it considers how art establishes correspondences between disparate histories, materials, concepts, disciplines, and traditions. Rather than asking what an artwork stands for, the program asks how it connects, translates, transforms, and reconfigures existing forms of knowledge." Sounds good! If you'd like to attend this "free, international artist research program for professional artists and cultural workers in all disciplines and media," the application deadline is July 31, 2026, at 5:00 PM (CDT). More .
Emily does stand-up
The SCA's will be doing their first ever stand-up routine as part of the on August 13, 2026, at 9:00 PM on the Salazar Stage (Main floor) at the Little Mountain Gallery Comedy (110 Water St, Vancouver). Get Tickets .
Simorgh: a self-portrait reviewed
Read Jonah Lazar's review in 911吃瓜's The Peak of Simorgh: a self-portrait, featuring work by SCA MFA students , , , and , SCA alumnus , and the SCA's Andrew Curtis, at the SCA's Audain Gallery until July 18, 2026. Read it .
6xCone6xHuman
The SCA's is playing as part of 6xCone6xHuman – "six humans" sonically "bouncing between brick and wood, auditory texture will spring forth from behind closed doors, up stairways and behind nooks and crannies" – at the Conduit Gallery (165 E. Hastings St, Vancouver) on Sunday, July 26, at 6:00 PM. More .
Magpantay takes charge
Great news! SCA alumnus is the new Managing Artistic Director for Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (vAct). Congratulations, Anjela! More .
Why Whisper Summer Series
SCA alumni , , , , , and are all participating in What Lab's (1814 Pandora St., Vancouver) four-part Why Whisper Summer Series, which runs July 9 (with Broken Throat Theatre), July 23 (with Feedback Collapse Zone), August 13 (with Machine Memory Then Sound Clouds), and August 27 (with Mutant Body Protocol). More .
The Art of Soft Living
The Art of Soft Living: A dialogue of punch needle and ceramics, an exhibition by Rosanna Li Wei Han (李慧嫻) and SCA alumnus , runs June 26 – July 18, 2026, at the Tung Gallery (4/F, Lee Roy Commercial Building, 57-59 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong). More .
Eyes of the Beast in TOTE
Neworld Theatre's (with SCA alumni , , , , and as part of the Creative Team) will be at the 2026 edition of Theatre on the Edge (which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Producer), running June 27 at 7:30 PM and June 28 at 2:00 PM, at the (41 Hudson Ave NW, Salmon Arm, BC). More .
Congrats, Gabriel!
, who's part of 911吃瓜's media team (with Sam Smith and Hans Goksoyr) that produced a sweet video last term featuring now-SCA alumnus , was announced as one of the "creators" in the 2026 Documentary Cohort in Vancouver International Film Festival's Institute for the Moving Image artist development initiative. More .
Inherited Forms, Reimagined Futures
SCA alumnus joins Sujit Vaidya and Sasha Ashwini for Inherited Forms, Reimagined Futures, on Sunday, July 12, 2026, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (doors at 5:30 PM), at Ocean Artworks Pavilion (1531 Johnston St., Vancouver), as part of Indian Summer Festival's Tiffin Talks. ?More .
Casse-Tete
SCA MFA student and SCA alumnus are playing Casse-Tete: A Festival of Experimental Music, which runs July 10 – 12, 2026, at the Historic Stewart Farm (13723 Crescent Rd, Surrey). More .
Reflections of an arts student at 911吃瓜 prior to graduating
Read just-new SCA alumnus 's "Reflections of an arts student at 911吃瓜 prior to graduating" in 911吃瓜's The Peak. Read it .
Tang lights The Play That Goes Wrong
SCA alumnus is the Lighting Designer for the Arts Club Theatre Company's production of Henry Lewis, Henry Shields & Jonathan Sayer's The Play That Goes Wrong, running June 18 – August 16, 2026, at the Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island (1585 Johnston St, Vancouver). More .
Through the Wormhole Theatre Co.'s 2026 Summer Getaway Series + Thinking For Ourselves
's 2026 "" includes SCA alumnus 's (with SCA alumni , , , , , , and as part of the creative team and production) running July 25 in the "Skiers Plaza" at Whistler Village, and Paper Trails, running August 8 – 15, as part of the . In other news, Through the Wormhole Theatre Co. is also calling "anti-, pseudo-, and regular intellectuals" to join Thinking For Ourselves, an "AI-free symposium on anything and everything" on August 1, 2026. The submission deadline is July 15, and they're "capping it at 10 submissions, so get your ideas in!" Apply .
Artspeak is seeking an Associate Director
Go work at ! It's a permanent but part-time position, starting September 2026. See the full job description and application details .
Nieto and mojtabaei's residency update
SCA alumnus and elika mojtabaei ??????? ????? shared some feedback about their time New Works' at Q7 Studios. Read it .
Ionesco’s Cabaret
SCA alumni , , , and are all part of Rumble Theatre's presentation of Ionesco’s Cabaret, running July 23 – 25, 2026, at Progress Lab 1422 (1422 William St., Vancouver), produced by Theatre Conspiracy in association with Pi Theatre. More .
Hearse Chasing wins a Leo
SCA alumnus 's won for "Best Short Documentary" at the 2026 The Leo Awards. Congratulations, Teresa! See all of the winners .
Lim in Unknown
SCA alumnus is performing as part of Victor Lau Unknown, a "multimedia dance choreography showcase presented by Nonstop and Pulse," on July 18, 2026, 7:00 PM, at The Cultch's York Theatre (639 Commercial Dr, Vancouver). More .
U calling for musicians
SCA alumnus is calling for musicians to work on Us Beneath the Currents, "a dance installation performance project with set pieces and a real-time motion-to-visual system built in TouchDesigner," inspired by her "memories of growing up in Macau, China—an island city where flooding was a recurring part of life." The call ends July 10, 2026. Find out more .
Support Tara Cheyenne Performance
, run by SCA alumnus and namesake boss Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, is hosting an auction / fundraiser to "launch TCP into our 26-27 season," which plans to be "all about creating art, laughter and change through conversation!" With work by Alice Mansell and Mickey Meads up for grabs, bidding ends July 12, 2026, at 11:45 PM. Or just give TCP some cash! More .
Aoki's Medium/Witness
SCA alumnus was in town to run the workshop on Sunday, July 5, 2026, at Morrow, presented by the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF), which has SCA alumnus Deanna Peters (who was in the same cohort as Aoki!).
Franky's Curly Boys
Watch the video for Curly Boys, the new single by SCA alumnus , on YouTube .
Klinke at Active/Passive Vol.8
SCA alumnus is performing on Saturday, August 8, 2026, on the Slow Concert Stage at Galiano Island's Yellowhouse Art Centre, on day one of Active/Passive Vol.8. More .