SCA | Quick News | June 22, 2026
SMALL FILE MEDIA FESTIVAL 2026 is calling
Get crunching! The is calling for submissions: "We invoke our punk-chic call to action with a focus on the vibe-shifting, aura-casting potential of Small File Ecomedia. Artists, activists, media pirates, rogue technologists, and filmmakers alike are invited to take part in a revolutionary mode of creating and consuming moving-image media. This is a call-out, an all-out intervention to save the world one pixel at a time!" The deadline is July 1, 2026, at midnight. More .
Talking about Dancing Through to the Other Side
The SCA's and SCA alumnus joined dance artist and curator Jenn Goodwin and Vanessa (VK) Kwan, who's the Director + Curator of the Libby Leshgold Gallery, for a conversation with Charo Neville, the Curator at the Kamloops Art Gallery, presented in support of the exhibition , with Chambers, D’Anuncia??o, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Andrea Nann, and Dreamwalker, which runs to September 12, 2026. Watch the video .
Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental
The SCA's and SCA alumni and are in Fragments and Forms: Attending to the Monumental, curated by , which runs June 19 – August 16, 2026, at UBC's Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (1825 Main Mall, Vancouver). More .
Mark's text in Rewiring Narratives
The SCA's Laura U. Marks is a contributor to the new book, Rewiring Narratives: New Media Art from the Arab World, out now from Diriyah Art Futures and Hatje Cantz. More .
Okultistas Eldritch Priest + playing Halocline Trance's summer concert
The SCA's was the subject of an episode of the Lithuanian podcast Modus. Listen (in Lithuanian). Also, Priest joins Measure, FROTAE, and Wolfgang Gray for 's summer concert on Saturday, July 11, 2026, at 8:00 PM (doors), at Toronto's (12 Clinton St, Toronto). Get tickets .
Modest, artistic, and radical solutions to the environmental impact of image-generating machine learning
The SCA's Laura U. Marks, SCA PhD student , and 51社区黑料School of Computing Science student Ally Li are presenting their essay, “Modest, artistic, and radical solutions to the environmental impact of image-generating machine learning,” on Thursday, June 25, 2026, at 9:35 AM (PDT), online at LIMITS 2026. Read the draft of their essay , see the full LIMITS 2026 Program , and register .
The Peak on Earth Love: Intended Chiefly for Young Persons
Read SFU's The Peak on the SCA's Denise Oleksijczuk and Salena Wiener's "ecofeminist exhibition," Earth Love: Intended Chiefly for Young Persons, which was presented on May 28, 2026, in the Special Collections area at 51社区黑料Burnaby's W.A.C. Bennett Library. Read it .
Help TPE!
, which has the SCA's as conductor and Artistic Director, have launched their "first-ever Spring/Summer fundraiser," and are "aiming to raise $6,000 to keep Turning Point Ensemble thriving." If you're able to donate before June 30, 2026, TPE are able to take advantage of "a generous $3,000 matching fund from [their] supporters," so that "every dollar you give will be doubled." Donate .
Cringe in Chicago
The SCA's brought some "cringe" to 's "VIRAL" class at the . More .
Hill in Performing Conditions
SCA alumnus is part of the exhibition Performing Conditions: Artistic Labor and Dependency as Form, which is running to August 2, 2026, at the MIT List Visual Arts Center (20 Ames Street, Bldg. E15-109, Cambridge, Massachusetts). More .
Books for National Indigenous History Month
Because June is in so-called Canada, with on June 21, CBC Books shared "20 books to read for National Indigenous History Month and beyond," including by Billy-Ray Belcourt, which features work by SCA alumnus on the cover. See the whole list .
Gray in World at Hand
SCA alumnus joins Aileen Bahmanipour, Danan Lake, Christian Newby, and Kuh Del Rosario for the exhibition World at Hand, running June 12 – July 25, 2026, at Pale Fire (870 E. Broadway, Vancouver). More .
Ragas for a Ruptured World
Check out the full schedule for the 2026 edition of , with the curatorial theme "Ragas for a Ruptured World," which has SCA alumnus as Executive Managing Director and as Executive Artistic Director. More .
Apply to the VIFF Amp cohort
Applications are open for "emerging music professionals" to join the 2026 VIFF Amp cohort and attending the Music in Media Summit from October 3 – 8, 2026, in Vancouver. The deadline is June 29, 2026, at 12:00 PM (PT). More .
Tedlie-Stursberg and Karin Buba? in Under Pressure
Marking global football mania while "examining the emotional pressures behind the world of professional sport," SCA alumnus and Karin Buba? are in the exhibition Under Pressure at Livingspace Interiors (1706 W 1st Ave., Vancouver), presented by Monte Clark. More .
How Effective Is Anti-Fascist Art?
Frieze Magazine asks, "As the far right resurges, can contemporary exhibitions mount a meaningful form of resistance?" Find out .
vAct's 25th Anniversary Celebration
are having a 25th Birthday Celebration on Sunday, July 26, 2026, from 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, at the Chinese Canadian Museum (51 E Pender St, Vancouver). Space is limited so .
Stir on Dancing on the Edge
Stir Vancouver shares some reviews of the 2026 edition of the , which ran June 4 – 13, and had SCA alumni on and off the stage, including , , , , , , , and . Read it .
In a world with a trillionaire and 3,428 billionaires
Read the Guardian on 's 2026 , which "attempts to set out a new vision for global progress in the 21st century: grounding human development and equality in planetary habitability." Read it .
Stir on the Rumpus Awards
Read Stir Vancouver on the inaugural , presented by Neworld Theatre, which included some SCA alumni as recipients: (Most Perimenopausal Jokes in a Single Season Award), (The Marcus Youssef Shit Disturber Award), (sharing the Unsung Hero Award), (Progress Lab Presents the VIP Award for Very Important Person), (sharing as part of Boombox with Francesca Frewer, Sierra Megas, and Kira Radosevic for the Shoebox Award), (sharing the Multilingual Award for Excellence in More Than One Language), and (What the F*ck Do You Do? Award for Excellence in Dramaturgy). And for good measure, SCA alumnus performed some tap dancing at the award ceremony on June 1, 2026, at Progress Lab, too. Read it .
Baber in Bridge's Above the Hospital
SCA alumnus is part of the cast for SCA alumnus 's Above the Hospital, which is part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, running July 2 – 12, 2026. More .
Warren at New Works
Nice! SCA alumnus is the 2026 Summer Production Intern for . More .
Basanta's Désobéissance algorithmique
SCA alumnus 's new book, Désobéissance algorithmique, out now from , "reimagines law through the lenses of computation, evolution, and art," and includes contributions by researcher and curator Martin Zeilinger and legal scholar Maxime St-Hilaire. More .
Ocean Falls in the VIFF Collection
The Vancouver International Film Festival have launched VIFF Collection, "a permanent online exhibition of short films from the next wave of leading Western Canadian storytellers," including Ocean Falls (2015) by SCA alumni and . More .
Obuwoma and Snack Witch in Pathway to Diversity
SCA alumni and are part of Pathway to Diversity, "a national arts project" that includes "exhibitions and workshops across BC, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec" to mark "50 years since Canada’s 1976 Immigration Act," presented by City in Colour Cooperative. More .
BC Arts Council calling
The BC Arts Council are calling "artists, arts organizations, service organizations, funders, and sector partners from across British Columbia to help shape its future Strategy and Action Plan" by completing an "online survey by July 31, 2026." More info and link to the survey .
Queer Printmakers Meet-Up
SCA alumnus and Christina Radvak are holding Queer Printmakers Meet-Up, a free "afternoon of collaborative, low-pressure printmaking," on Saturday, June 27, 2026, from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM, at Dundarave Printshop & Gallery (1640 Johnston St., Vancouver). More .
DREAM TECH schedule
Co-curated by SCA alumnus and The Only Animal (with SCA alumnus as Artistic Director), DREAM TECH is "a series of interdisciplinary performances and workshops inspired by Kanyen’kehà:ka dream technology, unfolding on BC’s Sunshine Coast." See the whole schedule of events .
GutterClown Cabaret #12
SCA alumnus is performing as part of GutterClown Cabaret #12 on Friday, June 26, 2026, at 7:00 PM, at the Revue Stage (1601 Johnston St, Vancouver), presented by Savage Creampuff Productions. More .
Sundin's Other Days
SCA alumnus 's Other Days ran May 23 – June 20, 2026, at Monte Clark Gallery (#130 – 1706 W 1st Ave., Vancouver). More .
U's Us Beneath the Currents
SCA alumnus developed her interactive performance-installation, Us Beneath the Currents, during her Plug N Play residency at Toronto Dance Theatre. More .
Goodman and Martin are Inverso's PRP guests
Inverso Productions announced that SCA alumnus and Josh Martin are their 2026 Performance Research Project (PRP) Guest Artists, and, with Lesley Telford, will be holding a 10 week intensive from September 21 – November 27, from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, at The Dance Centre (677 Davie St., Vancouver). The deadline to apply to participate ends June 30, 2026. More .
Blessing & a Curse & a Practice – open studios
SCA alumnus , Romi Kim, and Xinwei Che, who are participating in Centre A's Blessing & a Curse & a Practice, their "second biennial residency program supporting local emerging 2SLGBTQIA+ BIPOC artists," are holding open studios from 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM on Thursdays from June 18 & 25. July 2, 9, 16, & 23, 2026, at Centre A (205-268 Keefer St., Vancouver). More .
Sparvier-Wells at The Venue and in HOME
Performing under the name VEE, SCA alumnus is playing on Saturday, June 27, 2026, at 7:00 PM, at The Venue (125 5th Avenue SW; High River, Alberta). More . Also, participated in HOME, ArtistSpeak*'s "pop-up" event at cSPACE Marda Loop (1721 29 Avenue SW, Calgary), on Thursday, June 18, 2026. More .
Morelli's writings roundup
SCA alumnus shared a roundup of recent texts across a number of publications, including: entries on Sylvie Tourangeau and Tanya Mars for Routledge's , edited by T. Nikki Cesare Schotzko and Adriana Disman; a text on zipertatou for Galerie B-312's , which looks back over the history of the gallery on its 30th anniversary; the essay "" in the special issue on “Walking as Applied Critical Practices,” edited by Deidre Heddon, Stephanie Spinggay, and Harry Wilson, from RiDE: Research in Drama Education, The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance; and an essay in , the first monograph for the artist Lucie Rocher. Great work!
McKinney and Meyer on Mayor of the Village
Cait McKinney and Hazel Meyer are holding a "Saturday Session" on SCA alumnus 's on June 27 at 12:00 PM at the Contemporary Art Gallery (555 Nelson St., Vancouver). More .
Juneteenth (and Emancipation Day)
June 19 is recognized as in the USA, and is increasingly also recognized up here in so-called Canada, as well. Juneteenth marks the delayed reception of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. In Canada, August 1 is recognized as Emancipation Day, which "marks the actual day in 1834 that the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 came into effect across the British Empire." More .
Friedenberg's Talking Shit Show in Victoria
SCA alumnus is bringing The Talking Shit Show, the live version of her long-running podcast, Talking Shit with Tara Cheyenne (the features Maria Zarrillo, Managing Director of Rumble Theatre), to the Dance Victoria Studios (2750 Quadra St, Victoria), on June 26, 2026, at 12:30 PM. More .
Ross talks The Beginning Space
SCA alumnus is giving a free public talk, "The Beginning Space," on Saturday, July 4, 2026, from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM, at Centre A’ (205-268 Keefer St., Vancouver), presented as part of their 2026 Art Writing Mentorship program programming. More .
Langford talks Spontaneous Prayer in a Time of Polycrisis
SCA PhD student gave the online talk, "Listening to the Here and Now: Spontaneous Prayer in a Time of Polycrisis," on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, which closed the ’s 2026 Doikayt Speaker Series. More .
Reveal Yourself's love deluxe
Listen to love deluxe, the new album by , featuring SCA alumnus , on .
Saugstad in the Spotlight
The Dance Centre puts SCA alumnus in the Member Spotlight. Read it .
Klinke / Torres on Bandcamp Live
SCA alumnus did a Bandcamp Live performance on June 13, 2026, with Sam Torres, presented by . Let's hope a recording of it shows up somewhere! In the meantime, sample Klinke's work as Playback Head .
Kong at Movie Night
SCA alumnus will be leading a discussion after a screening of clips from "movies, short films, and videos that have influenced the work of Andrea Taylor," at "Movie Night" on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 7:00 PM, at 1129 East Hastings St., Vancouver. More .
Jury duty for Hubert
SCA alumnus joins Lorilee Wastasecoot and Hangama Amiri on the Jury Panel for the 4th Annual VIVA Alliance Exhibition on the theme of Plasticity, which is set to run September 9 – 16, 2026, at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver). And if you're reading this today (June 19, 2026), the submission deadline was extended to June 22 at 11:59 PM! More .
Sound's We all go home to the stars
SCA alumnus Michelle Sound's exhibition, We all go home to the stars, curated by Tyler Durbano, opens June 25 from 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, and runs to October 25, 2026, in the Janice Laking Gallery at the MacLaren Art Centre (37 Mulcaster St., Barrie, ON). More . Also, CBC Arts shared a clip on their Instagram of Sound talking about her work in the McMichael Canadian Art Collection's exhibition, Fresh Air: New Acquisitions in Context, which runs to July 5, 2026 (10365 Islington Ave., Kleinburg, ON). Watch it .
Postcards to My Younger Transexual Self (or YTS), Ages 0-119
Neworld Theatre just announced the World Premiere of Christina Cook's Postcards to My Younger Transexual Self (or YTS), Ages 0-119, with SCA alumni as Performer and Choreographer, on Live Scenography, and on Set Design and as Technical Director, running August 25 – 30, 2026, at the PAL Studio Theatre (300 – 581 Cardero St, Vancouver). More .
A Safe Distance screenings
After its World Premiere at in March, SCA alumnus 's A Safe Distance, with Mercer as Director and Co-Producer (with Nic Altobelli and SCA alumni ), and SCA alumni West as Screenwriter and as Cinematographer, the film has had a number of screenings, including its West Coast Premiere at and its Canadian Premiere at the . See the film's past and upcoming schedule .
Horror in Seconds calling for monsters
, the 60-seconds or less horror film fest for "filmmakers of colour," founded and directed by SCA alumnus , is calling for films on the theme of "monsters" to show in the Brooklyn, New York, or Vancouver edition of their next run, with a deadline of September 22, 2026. More .