Events with ASL – Queer Arts Festival

The Pride in Art Society’s 2011 Annual General Meeting on April 19 was well-attended by board members, staff, artists and volunteers. Pride in Art is pleased to welcome Arli Nikkel as our newest board member! Returning board members have stepped up to new roles in the Executive: Joel Klein as president, and Sherri Charters as […]

Queer Arts Festival 2013: TransgressionNowJuly 24 – August 9 Welcome back! Summer may seem a long ways off, but the Festival team is already in full swing. So mark your calendars, because from July 24 – August 9, another incredibly diverse, cutting-edge, and exciting Queer Arts Festival is coming to Vancouver! About this year’s theme:Queer […]

Queer Arts Festivalcelebrating queer art & artistsJuly 31 – August 18, 2012 Birds do it, bees do it…February love-letter Spreadin’ the L.O.V.E. You know you love us. We know you love us. Make it ‘official’ by attending our AGM in April.So mark Tuesday April 10 down, because you have a hot date with us. Exciting […]

Baby It’s Cold Outside…… but things are warming up here at QAF. Festival dates announced:July 31 – August 18, 2012 28 weeks to go!That might feel like a long way off, but soon enough the Queer Arts Festival will be upon us, presenting three incredible weeks of visual art exhibits, theatre, music, dance, and workshops. […]

QAF welcomes new staffThe festival staff is growing! We have recently welcomed Meagan Thomas into the role of Administrative Assistant, and Kathy Atkins as our Volunteer Coordinator. Meagan is the Arts Director of CiTR radio, and a long time supporter of the arts. We are happy to have her on board! Kathy is a former PiA Board Member and […]

AGM announcement This will serve as official notification to Pride in Art Society members of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting to be held on TUESDAY APRIL 30, 2013 at the Roundhouse Community Centre, Room B, 181 Roundhouse Mews (Pacific and Davie). 7pm.Exciting festival updates, sizzling financial reports, and getting down to official business! (last year […]

Dear Minister Moore ; The Pride in Art Society has just received word that Canadian Heritage is withdrawing funding for the 2013 Queer Arts Festival (QAF), 3 months before QAF is scheduled to open. This is a devastating and startling blow to the festival, as Canadian Heritage has funded QAF through the Building Communities through […]

This year QAF lost $45,000 of federal funding, and regained $35,000 due to a groundswell of support. For the backstory, see our previous post. Huge thank-yous to everyone who advocated on the festival’s behalf. This is YOUR victory! QAF Programming and Legacy Fund Help us fill QAF’s $10,000 funding gap, and build a Legacy Fund to […]

QAF’s federal funding was cut by $44,000, without warning or explanation, just 3 months before the festival is due to start. We have asked the Minister of Canadian Heritage through a twitter campaign to restore our funding – and it seems to be working! He’s promised to take a second look at our file. We urgently need […]

Canadian Heritage funding victory!Most of you will be aware that the last month has been a roller coaster ride for us at QAF. In April, we received word from Canadian Heritage that they were withdrawing their funding of the 2013 festival. This came as a shock, without warning or explanation, after a very successful three-year […]

Vancouver’s Queer Arts Festival is anything but random The Queer Arts Festival (QAF) may be only five years old in its current incarnation, but it’s throwing a centenary birthday bash. The birthday boy, free-form experimental artist John Cage, will make a posthumous appearance along with his more structured contemporary Pierre Boulez in QAF’s Boulez Contra Cage, […]