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Upcoming
32nd Annual Powell Street Festival
Saturday, August 2nd and Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
NOTE: The Festival will be held in OPPENHEIMER PARK, 400 block Powell Street, AS USUAL! Oppenheimer Park is still slated for renovations but the current construction schedule will allow us to hold the festival here for 2008!
Download this year’s schedule or check it out here. Please note that this schedule is subject to change without notice.
For information about this year’s Festival, read more here…
Please contact Kristen at kristen at dkam.ca or 604.683.8240 for more information on any of the above.
Powell Street Festival Society presents
Spatial Poetics VII
OPENING Saturday, July 12th, 2008
with performances at 7:30pm at Hunt and Gather, 225 Carrall Street
and at 8:00pm at Nouvelle Nouvelle, 209 Abbott Street
Various poster-boards around Gastown
More information: 604.683.8240
Featuring premieres of collaborative pieces by
Vanessa Kwan & Diyan Achjadi: So long we miss you forever
Madoka Hara & Lee Hutzulak: Shizuku
Natalie Purschwitz & Kimberley Cooper: Street Surgery
These three groups will present an eclectic mixture of print-based works, textile art, dance, music and installation art in various sites throughout Vancouver’s Gastown and Downtown Eastside. Read more detailed info here or download the press release.
Ongoing Projects
Powell Street Festival Society is involved in these important community-building projects. Please check them out!
Lost and Found
www.vaarc.ca/lostandfound
The Lost and Found website is the second half of a collaborative project produced by the Powell Street Festival Society and Access Artist Run Centre in 2006. Lost and Found was originally a group exhibition featuring the work of Judy Chartrand, Wayde Compton and Haruko Okano. Through an artistic residency with the PSFS and VAARC the three artists were asked to consider lost and forgotten “histories” that both linger and disappear within the context of the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver, BC. Each artist produced new works that examined three particular neighbourhoods in the DTES: Japantown, Hogan’s Alley, and the area of land once attributed to the Squamish Nation.
2007 Anniversaries of Change
www.anniversaries07.ca
2007 Anniversaries of Change is a broad-based consortium of institutions and organizations that have come together to mark 2007 as an anniversary year in the quest for justice and a multicultural Canada. The years 1907, 1947, 1967, and 1997 each mark a watershed moment in the history of Asian migrants in Canada and in their struggles to fight discrimination and create the society of today. In commemorating them together in the year 2007, we acknowledge the great changes they reflect in Canadian history over the last 100 years.
Join Now!
What can you get for 12 bucks?
A Lifetime Membership to the Powell Street Festival Society!
You get two exciting issues of the PSFS Newsletter (Including a sneak preview of each year’s Festival)! And it’s a great way to support the Festival and keep in touch.
To become a member, please go to our membership page to print or download an application form.
Please donate
For the Powell Street Festival Society to continue its work producing a free festival and supporting artists and other community groups, we need to raise a lot of funds. We hope you can help us. Please click on the logo below to donate now!
Welcome!
The Powell Street Festival Society’s (PSFS) mission is to celebrate the arts and culture of Japanese Canadians and Asian Canadians, to encourage Asian Canadians to take a leadership role in the development of the arts in Canada, and to foster community development through cultural events. Our main activity is the presentation of the Powell Street Festival (PSF), an annual celebration of Japanese Canadian arts, culture and heritage. Find out more about us…
News
WE WILL BE IN OPPENHEIMER PARK (400 block of Powell Street) FOR THE 2008 POWELL STREET FESTIVAL!
Due to modifications in the construction schedule, we will be holding the Festival at Oppenheimer Park this year!
PSFS Summer 2008 Newsletter
Read all the latest news in the Powell Street Festival Society’s Summer Newsletter. Download a pdf of this newsletter by clicking on the following link: Volume 14, Number 2 – June 2008 (2.8 MB).
80th Anniversary
of Diplomatic Relations Between Japan and Canada
The Powell Street Festival will be one of many events celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Canada with the The Embassy of Japan in Canada.
Participate
Volunteers Needed!
Would you like to be involved in the Festival and/or Society events? It’s a lot of fun and a great way to be part of something exciting. Read more…
Ongoing Call for Proposals
We are always looking for new artists and projects to present. Read more…
Merchandise
Matsuri: A Collection of Works by Japanese Canadian Musicians and Composers
Launched in 2003, Matsuri is a diverse and eclectic collection of works by Japanese Canadian musicians, plus an exclusive live track by Japanese artist Noriko Tujiko. Get your copy for only CDN $15! Read more…
Check here for more great Powell Street Festival Society merch!
