SCA | Quick News | March 9, 2026
Sound's Gussied Up – and more!
SCA alumnus 's exhibition Gussied Up is at the Ceremonial / Art gallery from March 7 – April 25, 2026. More . Also, Sounds' Range Road 100 (2024) and Swan River 150E (2024) have been recently added to the collection of the National Gallery in Ottawa. Download a PDF about the National Gallery's recent acquisitions from November 2025, including Sound's works, . And upcoming for Sound is the installation of Wherever You Are on the outside of the BC Hydro Dal Grauer Substation from April 1, 2026 – March 1, 2027, presented as part of the Capture Photography Festival. More .
Slade talks Famille Rose
The Audain Gallery + SCA's talked to The Source about her exhibition, Famille Rose, which is in The Cabinet (beside room 4390 here at the SCA at 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver) until April 30, 2026. Read it .
Stir on Chambers' & Brown's awards
Read Stir on the SCA's and SCA alumnus , who have been awarded the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts’ 2025 VIVA Award and Alan Balkind Curators’ Prize, respectively. Congratulations and much deserved! Read it .
Crimson Coast thanks Garay
The shared an Instagram post in appreciation of their support from a fund established by the SCA's Judith Garay through the Vancouver Foundation. See the post and make a donation to the fund .
Cinema and Media Studies in Solidarity with Palestine
The SCA's Laura U. Marks is part of the Scholars in Cinema and Media Studies in Solidarity with Palestine (SCMSSP) Conference Organizing Committee, presenting the "Cinema and Media Studies in Solidarity with Palestine" (CMSSP) 2026 Conference, running March 25 – 29, 2026, both online and at Northwestern University, shared as an alternative scholarly conference to the one by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. More .
Stir on Gagnon and Smulovitz's being
Read Stir Vancouver on 's Noam Gagnon and the SCA's collaborative performance, , running March 11 – 14, 2026, at the KW Production Studio (111 – W. Hastings St., Vancouver), presented by the Kokoro Dance Theatre Society and KW Studios. Read it .
TPE previewed (but past) and upcoming
Read The Source () on Turning Point Ensemble's previous concert, , which ran February 21 & 22 (and included world premieres of new works by the SCA's and , who is also TPE's conductor and Artistic Director). Also, get ready for TPE's next concert, Tubular Bells and El Amor Brujo, with the Bergmann Piano Duo, on April 12, 2026, at 2:30 PM, at the Annex Theatre. More .
Sxelxéles Te Tl'etl'áxel / Designs For Inviting
Working with the SCA's , Neven Lochhead, Pamela Reimer, Wesley Shen, and Anna Atkinson, SCA alumnus (and ) presented the concert, , on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at Montreal's Espace Orange | ?difice Wilder, which was part of the two-day , organized by Robinson, Candice Hopkins, and Raven Chacon.
Priest at The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network's symposium
The SCA's is presenting the paper "Earworms and the Fate of Useless Thinking" as part of "Session 4: Mental replay and distraction in inner music," at The Inner Music and Wellbeing Network's International Symposium on May 18 & 19, 2026, at Durham University in the UK. More .
Dream Factory wins!
According to Scout Magazine, the Chinese Canadian Museum’s exhibition , featuring work by SCA Adjunct Professor (developed partly while he was our Fall 2023 Audain Visual Artist in Residence), has been recognized with a . More .
Tabassinejad up for the Lind
Congratulations to SCA alumnus and the other finalists who are up for the 2026 Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize. Don't miss the Lind Biennial exhibition with all of the finalists at The Polygon Gallery from December 4, 2026, to February 7, 2027, or the announcement of the winner at a ceremony on January 21, 2027. More .
Silverfox interviewed and represented
Read an interview by Wahsontiio Cross with SCA alumnus in the National Gallery of Canada's magazine . In the interview, Cross and Silverfox talk about Silverfox's works that the National Gallery recently added to their collection, which she originally produced for the . In other Silverfox news, she's now being represented by Toronto's United Contemporary, where her exhibition, , runs to March 14, 2026. More .
Two 51社区黑料faculty appointed to the Order of Canada
Tessa Perkins Deneault, the Associate Director of Marketing & Communications for the Faculty of Communication, Art & Technology (our institutional home base at SFU), writes about new Order of Canada recipients Barry Truax, who is professor emeritus in the School of Communication and a good friend of the SCA (almost faculty!), and John Willinsky, who is a university research associate in the Publishing Program. Read it HERE.
The Chien-MacCaulls in the spotlight
SCA alumni & Chien-MacCaull, who are Co-Artistic Directors of ) are in The Dance Centre's "member spotlight," where they talk about their project , running as part of the 2026 edition of the , which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director. Read it .
More new B-Sides from VOCE
Adding to the Below the Radar podcast collection, check out new B-Sides featuring Ivana Filipovich and Farheen Haq. We miss you, VOCE!
Basanta's Database Paintings
SCA alumnus 's Database Paintings are on display at Espace Mach in the Law Library at the University of Sherbrooke until April 2026, curated by Myriam Yate. More .
New at the Gibson
Now on at the Gibson Art Museum: Hannah Rickards' and ?Maggie Groat's , both from March 7 – Jun 14, 2026. Also, don't forget to check out the Gibson's , too.
Jupiter’s Moon: echoes in transformations
Could there be a better deal? SCA alumnus , working with (as an artist-in-residence), is sharing a "FREE/By donation" presentation of in The Fishbowl on Granville Island (#100 – 1398 Cartwright St., Vancouver), co-presented by Boca del Lupo (as part of their Micro Performance Series) and the , which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director. Described as an "immersive, interactive sound installation that invites audiences to experience sound as a living, spatial practice shaped by movement and attention," Jupiter’s Moon: echoes in transformations runs from March 10 – 14, 2026, daily from 2:30 PM –5:30 PM.
The Chromophiliacs reviewed
Read Michael Turner in Preview Magazine on , at the Richmond Art Gallery (7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond) until April 4, 2026, which includes work by SCA alumnus . Read it .
FRIDAY in Amplify
Amplify, the online magazine from Calgary's National Music Centre (NMC), shared a profile and interview with SCA alumnus . Read it .
Kotowich and Cheladyn in the Living Room
Read an interview with SCA alumnus by Ileanna Cheladyn, who's the Producer for the , which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director. Among other topics, Kotowich and Cheladyn discuss Kotowich's , which ran as part of the VIDF. Read it .
Stir on Fall(se) Circ(us)
Read Stir Vancouver on the world premiere of , choreographed by Isak Enquist, and with SCA alumnus as one of the performers, which is at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre on March 21, 2026, at 7:30 PM, presented by Little Room Productions, in partnership with New Works and the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre. Read it .
Malbon's Bill C-233: A Call to Action video
Watch a video produced by SCA alumnus for arguing why the Parliament of Canada "must pass , the End the Loopholes Act," which, Kwan notes, allows "a massive gap in our laws" for Canadian "military exports to the U.S. to bypass the oversight we apply to the rest of the world." Watch it .
Rahi's Saunica
SCA alumnus presented Saunica, a sound installation that transformed a sauna "into a resonant, listening space where sound and heat become entwined," presented by in their "mobile sauna pop-up" as part of the on March 7 & 8, 2026.
Hille and Yamamoto's End of Greatness
Upcoming: the world premiere of Veda Hille and SCA alumnus End of Greatness, featuring "Songs, music, dialogue, mythology, art, choreography and… cake!," runs April 16 – 19, 2026, at The Cultch's Historic Theatre (1895 Venables St, Vancouver). Get your tickets before they sell out .
Dai profiled
Read a nice profile of SCA alumnus by the Siminovitch Theatre Foundation, prepared because Dai was selected by (and SCA alumnus) , who selected Dai as her Protégé. Read it .
Feral Archive and 'Decompositional Writing'
UPDATE (March 10): Postponed! Follow for the new date and time. SCA alumnus 's free Feral Archive and 'Decompositional Writing' workshop on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, from 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM, meeting at What Lab (202 – 1814 Pandora St., Vancouver), presented as part of 's Slow Social Club programing, which is part of their version of What Lab's Exquisite Pressure series. Here's what they say: "Together, we’ll take a walk from What Lab to the nearby Feral Archive, where we’ll engage in decompositional writing inspired by our sensory encounters. Loose themes of decomposition and scale will guide a soft discussion. Please bring walking shoes, a notebook and something to write with. RSVP: Free to attend but space is very limited. Please RSVP to reserve your spot." More info, bios, and necessary links .
Nowruz: Golchin Vol. 03
Nowruz: Golchin Vol. 03, running March 19, 2026, from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, at The Polygon Gallery (101 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver), includes SCA MFA student (as part of the Ghamar Collective with Samira Banihashemi) and SCA alumnus as performers. More .
Morelli on Fuoripista
Read SCA alumnus for CBC Arts on , an exhibition that examined "the history, culture and politics of hockey, skiing, skating and more" that was presented alongside the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, .
Strom on Under Satellites, the Exploded View
SCA PhD student gave a talk, "Under Satellites, the Exploded View: Contemporary Art at the Edges of Expo 86," on March 2, 2026, presented as part of Emily Carr University of Art + Design's Art Forums series. More .
One Hundred Artists Deep
Upcoming: One Hundred Artists Deep, curated by SCA alumnus (developed during her year-long Curatorial Fellowship at the Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation for Young Artists), opening April 10, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, and running April 11 – June 20, 2026, at the Gordon Smith Gallery (2121 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver). Included in the exhibition are works by SCA alumnus , Corey Bulpitt, Andrew Dadson, Alex Gibson, Chantal Gibson, Tiziana La Melia, Bill Reid, Jack Shadbolt, Gordon Smith, Manuel Axel Strain, and Isabel Wynn. Valentine-Lewis will also be moderating "Artistic Approaches in Dialogue with Jack Shadbolt," a conversation between Alex Gibson and Chantal Gibson (no relation), on June 6, 2026, from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (doors at 12:30 PM). More .
LIVE IN HELL's JUST LIKE HEAVEN
Upcoming: JUST LIKE HEAVEN, a "perfect evening" and fundraiser with "performances by local artists, ethereal pole dancing, holy jello shots, a piss fountain, and an appearance from God herself," on March 22, 2026, from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, at Progress Lab (1422 William St., Vancouver), presented by LIVE IN HELL (SCA alumni , , and ). Get tickets .