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Archive for 2010

Mariano Pensotti: Reflections on La Marea

December 29, 2010

At night and in real time, moving from the pavement to illuminated windows, from balconies to café terraces, La Marea presents nine different stories—intimate snapshots that bring the zero hundred block of Water Street in […]

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Dine Out Vancouver: 3 course meal + a PuSh Show = Ultimate Bliss

December 23, 2010

Act I, Eat 1 – The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival & The Irish Heather Gastropub January 28Dinner served 6.30pm – please arrive 15 minutes earlyCost: $45 – Includes 3 course meal and show. Beverages, tax […]

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Donor Profile: Tanya Marquardt – Patrons Circle Member

December 23, 2010

Every year, as January approaches, I become a kid in a candy shop. I start randomly visiting the PuSh website, wondering when I will get the catalogue announcement. I think about all of the beautiful […]

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Bonanza & Iqaluit – Curatorial Statement

December 22, 2010

by Sherrie Johnson, Senior Curator. The group Berlin, based in Antwerp, started their project Holocene (current geological period), a series of city portraits, in 2003.  The series focuses on four cities and towns:  Jerusalem (2004), […]

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100% Vancouver – Meet 69%

December 22, 2010

Name: 69% Patricia MorrisNeighbourhood: Downtown East SideMother Tongue: EnglishBackground: Caucasian / JewishQuestion: What would you like to ask 100 people?Answer: “What are your views on the city? What secret treasures of this city do you know?” When […]

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City of Dreams – Curatorial Statement

December 21, 2010

by Caleb Johnston, Artistic Director, Urban Crawl The opportunity to adapt City of Dreams in Vancouver was not to be missed. I began to form a sense of this piece as my conversations with London-director […]

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100% Vancouver – Meet 6%, 79% & 29%

December 14, 2010

Name: 27% Serene Mitchell Neighbourhood: Kensington-Cedar Cottage Mother Tongue: Mandarin Background: Taiwanese & Scottish Canadian Question: What are you obsessed with? Answer: “TV: I could watch for as many hours as there are in a day.” Name: 6% Annie Low-Beer Neighbourhood:  Kerrisdale […]

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Donor Profile: Max Wyman, OC.- Curators Circle Member

December 14, 2010

By any standards, the recent growth of PuSh has been remarkable. In a bad-news arts economy, PuSh has bucked the trend, with healthy audiences, a balanced budget, organizational stability and a financial reserve that will […]

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