SCA | Quick News | October 24, 2025
Chambers in Kinesthesia: Body as Form
The SCA's is part of the exhibition Kinesthesia: Body as Form, which opens Saturday, October 25, at 6:00 PM, and runs to December 14, 2025, at the Surrey Art Gallery (13750 – 88 Avenue, Surrey, BC). More . Also, read more about the exhibition from Stir Vancouver .
Fake at the roundtable
SCA MFA student is part of a roundtable, "City in a Garden," with Nick Cave and Mary Patten, on October 28, 2025, from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art (220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago). More .
Shinkel and Motut-Firth talk SFMF on the CBC
Listen to Joni Shinkel the 's Engagement Coordinator, and filmmaker Monique Motut-Firth talk about "downsizing cinema's carbon footprint" and the SFMF's recent 2025 run at Vancouver's , on CBC Radio's North by Northwest with Margaret Gallagher. Listen .
Chan's DBLSPK showing
(with SCA alumnus Pedro Chamal as Artistic Director) have announced that SCA alumnus ’蝉 Year of the Frog 農曆蛙年 will be their next "DBLSPK Workshop Showing" on Friday, December 5, 2025, at 7:30 PM, at Progress Lab 1422 (1422 William St., Vancouver). Get tickets .
Sparvier-Wells at CMC BC
While on her just-completed residency with the , SCA alumnus Virginia Jessica Sparvier-Wells took the occasion to announce a "new solo show," NIYA, on May 13, 2026, at Found in Cochrane, AB (208 1 St W, Cochrane, AB). Find out more about Sparvier-Wells and her work on her website .
asses.masses in Victoria
Attention Victoria! , the interactive video game / theatre performance by SCA alumni and , is running November 15 & 16, 2025, at 1:00 PM, at Intrepid Studio (2 – 1609 Blanshard St., Victoria), presented by Impulse Theatre as part of Peek Fest 2025. Get tickets .
Tsai in the Member Spotlight
The Dance Centre shared a Q&A "Member Spotlight" with SCA alumnus . Read it .
Nieto in the Salon
SCA alumnus joins Vidya Kotamraju and Ysadora Dias for Co.ERASGA's Fall Studio Salon 2025 on November 1 at 5:00 PM at What Lab (1814 Pandora St, Vancouver). Get tickets .
Sample the Luddite Land Assembly Concert
Music on Main shared a quick video on their Instagram to promote the , running as part of their , on Sunday, November 9, 2025, from 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver). Organized by (which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director), the concert features Tsimka Martin and Michael Red, who are playing the video, and Caley Watts. Watch it .
Durey singing at the Gibson
SCA alumnus is performing with Hatim Hanafi, Jeremy O’Neill, and Mark Wolf, on Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 4:00 PM, in the North Gallery of 911吃瓜's Gibson Art Museum (911吃瓜 Burnaby), presented in support of (on until February 15, 2026), the Gibson's inaugural exhibition, which includes work by Durey. More .
Amor Fati – in darkness!
Cheryl Duvall and SCA alumnus are performing Amor Fati, for solo piano and offstage electronics, on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 8:00 PM, in darkness!, at Toronto's Canadian Music Centre (20 St Joseph St, Toronto). More .
Edmeades at Art Toronto
(603 Powell St, Vancouver) has included work by SCA alumnus in their booth at Art Toronto ("Canada's art fair," they say), which runs October 23 – 26, 2025, in the North Building on the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (255 Front St W, Toronto). See all of the participating exhibitors .
Big City / Whitney K / Tonk
, the duo of SCA alumni and SCA PhD candidate , are playing with Whitney K and Tonk on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, from 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM, at Green Auto Body (1822 Pandora St., Vancouver). Get tickets .
Gold in Body Proof
SCA alumnus is Mascall Dance's , and will be performing as part of the Heart of the City Festival's Free "Halloween Festival Kick Off," featuring Body Proof, on Friday, October 31, 2025, from 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, at the Carnegie Community Centre Theatre (401 Main St., Vancouver). For the full schedule of the Heart of the City Festival, which has SCA alumni as Artistic Producer, visit .
Zarkalam and Maddock at Boombox
SCA alumni and join Lava for 's "October Mixed Bill," running October 30 – November 1, 2025, at 7:00 PM (doors at 6:30 PM), at 44 W. 4th Ave, Vancouver. More .
MacCormack's Black Sheep
objkt shared an online exhibition, Black Sheep, by SCA PhD student , which includes some texts by MacCormack, as well. See it .
Ichigo Ichie - The Fruit That Bears Secrets
SCA alumnus 's Ichigo Ichie - The Fruit That Bears Secrets, opens Saturday, September 13, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, and runs to December 20, 2025, at the ACT Gallery (11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge). More .
Joey Chaos and The Ghosts in New West
, featuring SCA alumnus , is playing with Too Much Light, Eva X, and Aster Dawn on October 31, 2025, at Bully's (67 6th St, New Westminster)> Get Tickets .
Waddle's The Perelandra Project
Tickets are now on sale for SCA alumnus 's The Perelandra Project, which runs December 5 & 6 at 7:00 PM and December 7 at 2:00 PM at Performance Works (1218 Cartwright St., Vancouver). Get tickets .
Rah and Gajraj at Pacific Spirit
SCA PhD student , playing parts from his Music for the Augmented Pipe Organ, is opening for Maria Gajraj, who's debuting Invisible Rivers, on November 27, 2025, from 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, at Pacific Spirit United Church (2195 W 45th Ave, Vancouver), presented by Publik Secrets. Get tickets .
Creating Kodama with Mochizuki
SCA alumnus is running a "Creating Kodama workshop" on Sunday, November 9, 2025, from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM, at 911吃瓜's Gibson Art Museum (911吃瓜 Burnaby), presenting in support of , which includes Mochizuki work Arboreal Time. More .
The Maraschino Tonight Show
SCA alumnus is one of the show runners for The Maraschino Tonight Show, which is running Friday, November 7, 2025, from 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM, at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave. Vancouver), presented as part of the Heart of the City Festival. Get tickets .
Martineau, Joyner, and Orr at New Works
SCA alumni (Communications Coordinator) and SCA students (Communications & Production Intern) and Joanna Orr (NWXR Production Intern) are all working for , who shared some quick bios on their . Great choices!
Trans Day of Remembrance
SCA student is helping to organize the Trans Day of Remembrance at the Canadian Memorial United Church (1825 W 16 Ave., Vancouver) on November 20, 2025, at 7:00 PM. Follow for more info as the event develops.
F O R M's Commissioned Artists’ World Premiere
We're happy to be hosting F O R M's Commissioned Artists’ World Premiere on Saturday, November 22, 2025, from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (doors at 6:30 PM), in the Djavad Mowafaghian Theatre here 911吃瓜's School for the Contemporary Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver). Included in the screening is chattering of sparrows by Ronnie Cheng 鄭芷路, Andie Lloyd, and SCA alumnus , which includes SCA alumni (Movement Director), (Composer), (performing as South), (performing as West), and Tiffany Au (performing as North) as part of the film. The evening will end with a "live talkback" facilitated by Jen Sungshine. More .
Yassine's Seeing Double
SCA alumnus is working on a research project, Seeing Double, as part LA SERRE's Radial Residencies support program, which runs at their studios in Montreal (39B, Gouin Blvd. West, Montreal/Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang, Qc). More .
Your Whistle Tells Of Landscape
Your Whistle Tells Of Landscape, the new album by SCA alumnus , is out now from . Listen to it (and perhaps buy it) on .
Snack Witch's H ART Department
SCA alumnus is presenting H ART Department, "a performance and series of public programming investigating the unethical ways the art world functions at the expense of burnt-out artists and art workers," from October 29 – 31, 2025, running daily from 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM, with a "Gendai CBA: Collective Bargaining Agency / Workshop" on October 30 from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM, and "xoxo: gossiping as + on wayfinding in the arts," a Conference-Brunch on November 1, starting at 11:00 AM, all at articule (6285 Rue Saint-Hubert, Montréal). More .
The Vancouver Film and Photography Meet
SCA alumnus is participating in the The Vancouver Film and Photography Meet on November 15, 2025, from 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM, at Another Studios (#101 – 107 E 3rd. Ave, Vancouver). Featuring "an exhibition, discussion, and interactive experiences that highlight Vancouver's artistry and innovation," the curated event "brings together creatives, visual artists, photographers, filmmakers, art directors, and professionals to connect and collaborate." Get tickets .
More Below the Radar B-Sides
, SCA alumnus and former Research Assistant for Vancity's Office of Community Engagement (dearly, if very unceremoniously departed!), was in the halls here at the SCA, which was not only a treat, but also a sign that more B-Sides have been added to the Below the Radar archive. Check them out here: Research AssistantTrack 5: No More Watno Dur — with Sadhu Binning, Track 6: We Have Stories — with Rosemary Georgeson and Jessica Hallenbeck, Track 7: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat — with Johan Grimonprez, Track 8: The Regular — with Ness N?st, and last but hardly least, Track 9: M.I.T.C.O.E — with SCA PhD candidate Dave Biddle.