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Annual Report

Highlights

2011 · Indian Summer Arts Society

is born

· Simon Fraser University joins as a festival partner & the festival hub is established at SFU Woodward’s

· Life of Pi author Yann Martel & Bollywood star Tabu meet for the first time on the ISF stage

2012 · Lit & Sound Cabaret

presents a Rungh Magazine retrospective, bringing together local South Asian thinkers and artists

· Dinner by Starlight is held at East India Carpets warehouse, with film icon Sharmila Tagore

2013 · Rajasthan Josh & East

Vancouver artists wow audiences with their collaboration

· Film legend Shabana Azmi gets an honorary degree from SFU & four declarations of love at ISF event

· Filmmaker Deepa Mehta & Booker Prize nominated author Jeet Thayil chat on stage about identity and art

2014 · Indian Summer Arts Society

becomes a registered charity & establishes a permanent office with year-round team

· Arundhati Roy comes to Vancouver for 1st time, and is received by sold out ISF crowd

· Graphic artist Orijit Sen’s mural showcases the folk tales, mythology & landscapes of Punjab – on display in Vancouver & Surrey

Mayor Robertson declares second week of July 2015 Indian Summer Festival Week

Nobel Prize-Winner Dr. Harold Varmus comes to Indian Summer Festival

Indian Summer Festival launches year-round Supper Club

Partnerships formed with major institutions: Vancouver Art Gallery, VSO, Banff Centre, Surrey Art Gallery & Vancouver Biennale

255 days of free public art

YA N N M A R T E L & T A B U S H A R M I L A T A G O R E R A J A S T H A N J O S H O R I J I T S E N

C E L E B R A T I N G D A R I N G A R T I S T I C C O L L A B O R A T I O N , I N S P I R I N G

C O N V E R S A T I O N , A N D C R E A T I V E E X P L O R A T I O N O V E R T H E P A S T 5 Y E A R S .

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Looking Forward O U R V I S I O N I S F O R A N I N C L U S I V E , D I V E R S E ,

A N D C U L T U R A L L Y - R I C H S O C I E T Y .

Indian Summer is a multi-arts festival where worlds meet in Vancouver. Founded in 2011, the festival features some of the finest artists and visionaries from Canada, South Asia and beyond, and is produced by Indian Summer Arts Society, a not-for-profit charitable arts organization. Our mission is to offer daring, multi-arts events that catalyze and inspire audiences and artists in a spirit of dialogue and global citizenship.

Anniversaries are a time to reflect on where we’ve come from and articulate goals for the future. Sirish Rao and I co-founded Indian Summer Festival in 2011 with bright eyes and big ideas. We saw an open space in Vancouver’s cultural landscape for smart, daring, contemporary global dialogue. After celebrating five years, it’s clear that Vancouver has embraced Indian Summer wholeheartedly.

Over five festival editions, we’ve grown by 400% overall. Our growth has not only been exponential, it has also been steady across all measures each year. We’re seeing that funders, patrons and partners want to invest more each year, and so do our audiences. Box office sales and attendance soar alongside this investment that the community makes in the festival. And the arts community, both here and internationally, has come to regard Indian Summer as one of their favourite forums for creativity and discussion.

Our success has been entirely fuelled by people who share our values for a diverse, inclusive and culturally-rich society. Propelling us forward are our incredible board, tireless staff, enthusiastic volunteers, supportive partners, visionary community shapers, and funders who recognize the value of cultural innovation.

I am often asked at the end of each edition: “How are you going to top this?” I take this not just as a compliment, but as a challenge to keep us moving forward with the same level of excitement and ambition that has brought us this far. See you at ISF2016!

L A U R A B Y S P A L K O ,

M A N A G I N G D I R E C T O R

This year marked the 5th annual Indian Summer Festival and we have another success to celebrate. It takes many people with diverse skills to make this festival the wonderful experience that it is, and we have the pleasure of working with many talented and committed individuals and organizations. As a Society, we have achieved much this year. We received charitable status from Canada Revenue Agency, which means we can issue tax receipts for individual donations. We also established a permanent office and hired staff to support fundraising and communications.

Our goal is to expand our brand reach and make this a “destination” event. This year, we moved closer to that goal when Westjet Magazine named Indian Summer Festival as one of five in Canada “worth planning your travels around.” We also expanded our visibility and reached new audiences with several public art exhibits throughout Metro Vancouver, including a travelling photo booth and a Translink bus wrapped in Indian and Pakistani truck art.   

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to acknowledge the dedication and commitment of our staff. Without their vision and hard work, Indian Summer Festival would not be the unique and exciting event that it is.

I also want to thank our dedicated volunteers, including my fellow board members, our partners, patrons, sponsors, and members. We couldn’t do it without all of you.

C A R O L I N E N E U F E L D ,

B O A R D C H A I R

Curatorial Vision R I S K T A K I N G . E C L E C T I C . D I V E R S E . E N G A G I N G . A C C E S S I B L E .

“By far the most meaningful event that I have done since The Ever After was published. To be able to speak frankly and in depth about these subjects, before a well-informed audience, was an enormous and rare privilege, an opportunity that I don’t even think I realized I was craving until it presented itself.” – P A D M A V I S W A N A T H A N , W R I T E R

Abhijeet BanerjeeAbhishek RoyAdham ShaikhAmaan Ali KhanAmber DawnUstad Amjad Ali KhanAnupam KherAradhana SethArcoiris SandovalArunachalam MurugananthamAyaan Ali KhanChris Duggan

Christian ColemanCurtis AndrewsDavid Robertson Devyani SaltzmanDJ AnjaliDJ Goddess Dr. Harold VarmusDr. Patrick StewartFrank PabstGreg Van Poppel Gurpreet ChanaHelen PotrebenkoJacob Varmus

Jagdeep MangatJagdeep RainaJames ColeridgeJason Apple Jason KamohJason RigbyJaspreet SinghJeanette Bernal SinghJessica JackleyKalyani PandyaKeith McKellarLarry ClaypoolMandeep Patrola

Marco Panascia Meeru DhalwalaMohamed AssaniNaresh FernandezNaveen GirnNicole LiNish ThaverNisha SembiOrijit SenPadma ViswanathanPav NagraReena Saini KallatReza Aslan

Rup Sidhu Sirish RaoSurya Brass BandSuzanne Siemens Tai Keattivanichvily Tim Cuff Uwe NeumannVikram VijVineet VyasYule Ken Lum

Our programming is rigorous and quirky, with an appetite for deep thinking, curiosity and experimentation. We offer a model for dialogue, a possibility for an inclusive community that is unafraid of striking up conversations – both cheerful and difficult ones. Together, we hope to shape a society that is robust, creative and just.

The festival’s byline, ‘Where Worlds Meet,’ speaks to our focus on artistic collaboration. We create what we like to call ‘good friction’ by looking beyond the easy middle ground in order to foster true curatorial risk-taking.

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Celebrate & Collaborate I N D I A N S U M M E R F E S T I V A L I S A H U B F O R A R T I S T I C C O L L A B O R A T I O N S

B E T W E E N M U S I C I A N S , A R T I S T S , A U T H O R S , T H I N K E R S , D J S , C H E F S ,

A N D C U R A T O R S F R O M A R O U N D T H E W O R L D .

Over 10 days, thousands of audience members and visitors from near and far experienced a multifarious mix of arts events around Metro Vancouver. This year, we developed new relationships to present a mix of literary, musical and public art programming with some of the country’s leading institutions:

“ISF has a curatorial vision that is unique, eclectic and as delicious as the food conjured up by the master chefs at the gala. The festival deftly destroys any divides between high art and popular culture, and initiates a creative and whimsical conversation with the city.” – A R A D H A N A S E T H , A R T I S T

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Catalyze & Inspire O U R P R O G R A M M I N G H A S T H E P O W E R T O S P A R K D I A L O G U E ,

T O I N S P I R E , A N D T O T R A N S F O R M .

Brainy, electric and creative, Indian Summer’s Ideas Series presents some of the brightest minds from Canada, South Asia and around the world. Featuring thinkers, authors, tastemakers, and artists in thought-provoking discussions, from social entrepreneurship and genetics, to sub-continental jazz and the future of the Middle East, and much more.

“I should be able to explore, be able to break conventions, be able to test things.” – D R . P A T R I C K S T E W A R T

“Here in the Downtown Eastside, poetry is used as a means to resist erasure.” – A M B E R D A W N

“Only a fool would look for advice in a samosa!” – K A L YA N I P A N D YA

“I never got educated, so my mind is always clear.” – A R U N A C H A L A M M U R U G A N A N T H A M

“80% of the world’s population eats bugs. Protein, iron, zinc, Omega oils. Crickets are healthy!” – M E E R U D H A L W A L A

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Engagement M A K I N G A R T A C C E S S I B L E T O C O M M U N I T I E S A C R O S S M E T R O V A N C O U V E R .

“I just want to thank you once again for offering such a wonderful opportunity to our community. It brought me so much joy last night to see so many of our kids and their families present. It was such a treat for them and you could tell how special they felt. It was such a brilliant show. [Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and sons] had so much class and musicianship. Anyways, you’re all so kind. Thank you thank you thank you for your generosity and love!” – S H A D I T O L O U I - W A L L A C E , S A R A H M C L A C H L A N S C H O O L O F M U S I C

Building new relationships and being part of the community is an important part of our work. This includes presenting free public programming, inviting new audiences to the festival, and making our events more accessible to diverse audiences.

This year we made sure all venues were wheelchair and scooter accessible, and we shared this information in our event program and on our website. We provided complimentary tickets to community groups who face financial and social barriers, and we offered a special prayer room for those observing Ramadan so they could break their fast.

For 2015, Indian Summer Festival presented five free public art projects across Metro Vancouver that took art out of traditional galleries and to unexpected places. These ranged from a Vancouver city bus dressed in riotous Indian graphics; to a curious travelling photo booth by a Hollywood set designer; to young artists reimagining Chinatown’s history and South Asian resistance movements.

· 144 volunteers

· 5693 volunteer hours for the festival

· 314 tickets donated to community organizations

· 50% discount offered to SFU students

· 113,338 people engaged in the festival

· 68 community, government & funding partners

· Estimated 5.9 million exposures to 5 free public art projects

· 3 free dance classes

The Table is Set

Visual Arts Ideas Music Food Free Events

Indian Summer is an annual festival where worlds meet dedicated to promoting, showcasing and building public awareness of artists of South Asian origin in the performing, visual, literary and folk arts

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Creating Dialogue P R O V O K I N G C O N V E R S A T I O N S T H A T E C H O I N T O T H E D I G I T A L R E A L M .

We take the conversation beyond our events and into the digital world with dedicated social media campaigns, online engagement, and media relations targeting ethnic and mainstream media. Timed with our 5th anniversary, this year we saw our brand evolve with an updated logo, a new website, and an innovative approach to visual marketing, which brought elements from the Sound Horn OK Please public art project to life across the city with bus shelters, posters, postcards, event programs, and social media. 

“One of the city’s most ambitious cultural festivals, bringing in literary stars and intellectuals from around the world, as well as some stunning musical events. Artistic Director Sirish Rao consistently surprises audiences with a smorgasbord of delights.” – T H E G E O R G I A S T R A I G H T

@ J E S S I E K A U R1

Last night’s Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and @VSOrchestra concert was magnificent. # S O U L S T I R R I N G

@ N A V E E N _ G I R N

The great @AnupamPkher regaling us with his stories # N O T A M R I S H P U R I # N O T P R E M C H O P R A

@ C U L T U R I T E

Spellbound by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan & his sons, who played the most incredible concert tonight

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@ L I N T R O P Y

Just watched @Kiva founder Jessica shed light on myths in narratives of poverty and entrepreneurship. Wow! # W H E R E W O R L D S M E E T @ S F U _ W

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“Memory and forgetting is about power and manipulated by political leadership” –Jaspreet Singh

# I S F I D E A S # W H E R E W O R L D S M E E T

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Terrorism, as a term, says more about the term’s user than the act itself @ R E Z A A S L A N @ I N D I A N S U M M E R C N D

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@ A N I T A B A T H E

Wonderful night celebrating #Whereworldsmeet at the #ISFGala @IndianSummerCND. #TheTablaGuy is unreal!!

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O F D I V E R S E C U L T U R A L C O M M U N I T I E S .

F E S T I V A L A U D I E N C E A T A G L A N C E

· Young multi-ethnic influencers

· Engaged in arts and culture

· Active on social media

· Enjoy the festival buzz and red carpet experiences

· Highly educated and informed

· Writers, academics and media

· Interested in high quality content and discussions

· Attend concerts, talks and literary events

· High net worth executives and entrepreneurs

· Relish the opportunity to network with peers and entertain clients

· Enjoy one-of-a-kind experiences

· Attend the opening gala, concerts and high profile events

· Young South Asian professionals

· Value the festival as an opportunity for cultural reconnection

· Bring parents and/or children to events

· Highly educated and upwardly mobile

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· 258% increase in patronage since 2011

· 77% increase in sponsorship since last year

· 26% of this year’s sponsors were new to Indian Summer Festival

· 511% growth in government funding since 2011

· 1033% growth in audience attendance since 2011

This year, we’ve seen tremendous growth in investments from our funders, partners and patrons, which is reflected in an increase in box office sales and attendance. The expansion of our free public programming in 2015 resulted in soaring attendance since 2014. We continue to plan for consistent growth in 2016 and beyond, positioning our festival and organization as a sustainable and influential member of Vancouver’s arts & culture community.

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31% Partners

29% Government

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“It is you guys that we need to thank for:a. Putting Vancouver on the mapb. Making us proud of our 4000 years of cultural history and traditionc. Creating a platform where a variety of people can soak in such differing views/ideas

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Our Circle A R A P I D L Y G R O W I N G N E T W O R K O F C O M M U N I T Y L E A D E R S A N D S H A P E R S .

I am thrilled to support the Indian Summer Festival, which brings a unique diversity and culture to Vancouver. The selection of events were of varied interest and I particularly enjoyed the event

“The Wrath of God with Reza Aslan”, a truly passionate dialogue. — M O N T Y S I K K A , P A T R O N

“My husband and I started Nature’s Path Organic Foods over 30 years ago here in Vancouver, and we could not have nurtured and grown our family or business without this community and its shared appreciation and passion for global citizenship. These attributes are cultivated beautifully as part of the Indian Summer Festival and thus we feel the urge to support the festival.”R A T A N A S T E P H E N S , C O - C E O & C O - F O U N D E R O F N A T U R E ’ S P A T H F O O D S

We are fortunate to have the support of dedicated patrons, partners and funders, including several who have been part of our festival for five years. Our patronage and membership programs offer more benefits to our supporters, including our members-only Supper Club and other exclusive opportunities.

Board of DirectorsCaroline Neufeld Chair Baljeet Basi Treasurer Ayme Sharma Secretary Naveen Girn Mandeep R. Dhaliwal Shelly Dhawan

Staff Laura Byspalko Managing Director Sirish Rao Artistic Director

Shahaa Kakar Development Manager Manjot Bains Communications Manager Anna Bohn Communication Designer Anoushka Ratnarajah Festival Administrator Roopa Mann Production

Coordinator Alexandra Mackenzie Volunteer Coordinator

Alice Fleerackers Design Assistant

Bikki Sandhu Social Media Assistant Krysten Maier Social

Media Coordinator

Nitant Narang Content Writer

Paul Cohen Production

Assistant

Zain Mohsin Artist Services Coordinator

Advisory CouncilDeepa Mehta Jas Sandhu Michael Stevenson Pankaj Agarwal Ratana Stephens Sharon Davis Sukesh Kumar Vik Khanna Vikram Vij

VolunteersAbraham Cheng Ada Lee Ali Najaf Amar Menon Amy Jang

Our Community I T T A K E S A V I L L A G E T O S U P P O R T A M O V E M E N T .

“In these times, more than ever, we need the arts. Art has the power to create greater understanding, to build bridges of peace. The Indian Summer Festival has a great vision and has achieved so much to make this happen. I am proud of what they have done, and will always be associated with the festival.” – U S T A D A M J A D A L I K H A N

Ananya Bhattacharya Angelo Esguerra Angelynn Zhang Anjlee Parmar Ann Cheng Annalisa Pareja Anne Wittman Asrar Ahmed- Flores Audrey Joanne Briana Tong Brittney Lau Can Atalay Carina Hutter Chelsy Greer Chloe Liu Christelle Dychangco Constanza Munoz Gonzalez Dalwinder Kang Darcy Zhang Divya Mukkavilli Esther Gee Evelyn Dias Grace Zhang Gurleen Kheeva Gurpreet Dhillon Hobson Lin Ishita Kalia Hayer Jade Herrman Janet Bisset Jennifer Au-Yeung Jennifer Dolnik Jianan Wang Jihan Zhang Jim Huang John Oman Jonny Ostrem Jozef Kowalewski Jyoti Dhawan Kendal Crawford Lauren Hutchison Lina Lin Lu Li Maika Nguyen Matthew Battocchio Megan Mattock Melinda Lim Melissa Norris-Jones Ming Tang Miriam Eriksson Mulayam Singh Nicole Choi Nisha Mainra Peter Tang Piero Castelo Arteaga Prajay Mehta Puneet Sooch

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Sacha Rudenko Sara Hammoudeh Satwinder Gill Serena Bertola Shalini Sant Shiyue Wu Sienna Gan Sophie Ni Stuart Mackinnon Tajinder Gill Taqdeer Grewal Vivian Dang Wesley Chin Yoyo Liang Yurika Ono Patron’s CircleL U M I N A R I E S Monty Sikka Ratana & Arran Stephens Rita & Pankaj Agarwal Sandy Garossino Sunita & Sukesh Kumar Zena Henriquez

B E N E F A C T O R S Caroline Neufeld & Dan Jackson (Honorary) Jessie & Jas Sandhu Ramesh Sahjpaul Richa & Vik Khanna Rick Brar

F A M I L Y F R I E N D S Aarti & Shawn Goyal Andrea Hawkes & Hitesh Kothary Anuja & Praveen Varshney Ashwin Sood Ayme Sharma & Noel McNally (Honorary) Jaginder Girn (Honorary) Jan & Dave Ratnarajah Jan Whitford & Michael Stevenson Kush Malhotra & Sangeeta Kakar Lynn & Ashok Katey Nishi & Pankaj Dhawan Nomita & Manish

Bharadwaj Rana & Rupa Vig Sujata & Praveen Gupta Tracey & Anibal Valente

F R I E N D S Carol Dey Dana & Joel Solomon David Pais Farida & Gulnaaz Lalji Feisal Dedhar Fernanda Selayzin D’Souza Laurie Neapole & Peter Beresford Lindsay Brown (Honorary) Mandeep & Koml Dhaliwal Priya Anand Randy Garg Rupa Gopinath & Dr Hiretkaur Sudha Kshatriya PartnersP R E M I E R P A R T N E R Simon Fraser University

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P A R T N E R S CBC Georgia Straight Spice Radio

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P A R T N E R S Nature’s Path UBC Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing (SFU) Nanak Foods

M E D I A P A R T N E R S Telus Omni Tourism India Vancouver Observer Darpan Magazine

H O S P I T A L I T Y P A R T N E R S My Shanti Volcanic Hills East India Carpets Kalala Winery

A S S O C I A T E P A R T N E R S US Consulate Asia Pacific Foundation Genome BC LFG

S U P P O R T I N G P A R T N E R S Creative BC VIA Rail Indian Consulate Hari Sharma Foundation BCCIE

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C O M M U N I T Y P A R T N E R S VISAFF Banff Centre Tyee Banyen Books Asian Television Network Kamal’s Video Palace TiE Luna Pads Vancouver Biennale SFU English VIBC Caravan World Rhythms Vancity Office of Community Engagement Room to Read Centre A Gallery Queer Film Festival Surrey Art Gallery Surrey Fusion Festival Vancouver Asian Film Festival Vancouver Art Gallery Vancouver Civic Theatres Vancouver Writer’s Festival Westbank Corp

F U N D E R S City of Vancouver Heritage Canada Citizenship & Immigration Canada BC Gaming Commission BC Arts Council

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