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PuSh and Sydney Festivals announce multi-year exchange

March 23, 2017

Sovereignty. Installation view, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Melbourne, 2016-17. Photo: Andrew Curtis

While the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival brings live performing art from around the world to Vancouver audiences each year, it also links our city with an international network of presenters through performing arts industry […]

A night worth fighting for: dirtsong—A curatorial statement by Norman Armour

February 02, 2017

Every two years, I travel to Australia in February for the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM). It’s a showcase for Australian work and artists. Other internationals, such as New Zealanders and Koreans and the odd […]

Fusebox Festival 2017—A field report by Joyce Rosario

April 26, 2017

Waffle Chat #1 at ICOSA. An overview from artistic director Ron Berry (far right) and discussion with Fusebox artists-in-residence, Ernesto Walker (middle left) and Selina Thompson (middle right). Curator Leslie Moody Castro (far left) co-moderates. Artwork by Matt Rebholz and Kate Csillagi.

In April, Norman Armour, the Artistic Director of the PuSh Festival, and I had the very rare opportunity to travel together, to Austin, capital of Texas, for the inimitable Fusebox Festival. We joke that Norman […]

The Arts in a Digital World Summit—A field report by Trey Le

April 06, 2017

Back in March, the Canada Council for the Arts, Canada’s national public arts funder, hosted The Arts in a Digital World Summit in Montreal. As the PuSh Festival’s Digital Communications Coordinator, I was invited to […]

IBT17 Bristol International Festival—A field report by Joyce Rosario

March 02, 2017

The day after the 2017 PuSh Festival wrapped up, I jumped on a plane to Bristol, England to attend In Between Time 2017: Bristol International Festival, a performing arts festival not unlike PuSh that tells […]

Town Choir: Field notes from Iceland—A curatorial statement by Maiko Yamamoto

February 01, 2017

Hrísey Island in northern Iceland is home to around 100 people year round. To get there, you take a 15-minute ferry across a stunning fjord. As the ferry nears the island, you see a neat […]

Illuminating inspiration: Putting the spotlight on art

January 31, 2017

Queen Elizabeth Theatre , CDm2 LIGHTWORKS, 2017 PuSh Festival

For three years running, CDm2 LIGHTWORKS has been a proud sponsor of the PuSh Fesitval. This year, they are the presenting sponsor of Black Arm Band’s dirtsong, February 4 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Here, […]

Curators in Conversation: January 22, 2017

January 26, 2017

We asked Associate Curator Joyce Rosario and Club PuSh Curator-in-Residence Jordan Tannahill to to discuss their impressions of the first week of the 2017 PuSh Festival. They reflected on the works and the artists of […]

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PuSh and Sydney Festivals announce multi-year exchange

A night worth fighting for: dirtsong—A curatorial statement by Norman Armour

Fusebox Festival 2017—A field report by Joyce Rosario

The Arts in a Digital World Summit—A field report by Trey Le

IBT17 Bristol International Festival—A field report by Joyce Rosario

Town Choir: Field notes from Iceland—A curatorial statement by Maiko Yamamoto

Illuminating inspiration: Putting the spotlight on art

Curators in Conversation: January 22, 2017

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