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Congratulations & Best Wishes to our Friend & Colleague: Kaen Valoise

October 22, 2020

This is a bittersweet announcement. Today, we give immense thanks and heartfelt congratulations to Kaen Valoise, the PuSh Festival’s beloved Operations Manager, who will be moving on to a wonderful new career opportunity with Capilano […]

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Moving Forward With JEDI Values

September 30, 2020

Hi, My name is Camyar. I’m a member of the Advisory Group that is helping PuSh navigate its way out of the storm it found itself in. Why did I agree to enter this conversation?  […]

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A Note From Nicki Kahnamoui

September 25, 2020

PuSh is a cornerstone of Vancouver’s arts community. It provides a vital platform for emerging artists to establish their voices and careers, for established artists to thrive and share their vision, and for patrons to […]

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Advisory Group to Reflect, Assess & Guide PuSh Restructuring

September 17, 2020

These are challenging times. We are learning to live with COVID-19. Our skies are smoky from the climate emergency. The reckoning with structural racism continues around the world. The arts sector faces greater instability than […]

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Message from the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Board of Directors

July 02, 2020

We, the Board of the Directors of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, are deeply sorry for the distress, anger and disappointment we have caused the PuSh and broader arts communities. We hear your concern […]

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PuSh Announces Departure of Associate Artistic Director Joyce Rosario

June 22, 2020

Portrait of Joyce Rosario

To Our PuSh Family, Friends and Supporters, The COVID-19 pandemic has raised critical and unprecedented issues for arts organizations of all sizes – to which PuSh is not immune. Due to the far reaching impacts […]

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It’s official – PuSh veteran Kaen Valoise is new Operations Manager

April 22, 2020

Kaen has been serving as our Interim Operations Manager since the close of the festival. This week we are thrilled to announce that she is now the permanent Operations Manager on our team. Here’s her […]

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Franco Boni Appointed Artistic and Executive Director of PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

February 26, 2019

Portrait of Franco Boni

Vancouver, BC – Following an extensive national search, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival’s (PuSh) Board of Directors announce the appointment of Franco Boni as Artistic and Executive Director. Boni will assume the role on June […]

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