“Our vision is for an inclusive, diverse, and culturally-rich society.”

ABOUT US

Where Worlds Meet

Indian Summer produces some of Vancouver’s most distinctive arts + culture events. We present acclaimed international and local artists, connecting Vancouver to itself and the world. We offer our audiences multi-arts experiences of exceptional caliber, curating through a South Asian lens and centering the exciting work of culturally diverse artists. Programming across literature, music, visual arts and the performing arts, we connect rich and complex pasts with the emerging future.

We strive to be loving and fierce, with an audacious curatorial punch that dismantles walls, plays with ideas and provokes necessary dialogue and debate. In doing this, we believe in the transformative power of the arts, and their ability to offer society’s most renewable resource: hope.

Indian Summer Arts Society (ISAS) is a Vancouver-based not-for-profit secular arts organization and registered charity.

Years in Review

We’ve Come So Far!

Curious about where we’ve been and how far we’ve come? Feel free to take a trip down memory lane and peruse our festival annual reports from 2011 to 2018.

Past Festivals

BEHIND THE SCENES

Our Team

Sirish Rao

Artistic Director (and ISF Co-founder)

Laura Byspalko

Managing Director (and ISF Co-Founder)

Gillian Cofsky

Finance & Payroll Manager

Laura June Albert

Grants & Community Initiatives Manager

Rob Eccles

Communications Designer

Pawan Deol

Events Producer

Aminah Khan

COMMUNICATIONS & DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Anya Rawla

FESTIVAL ADMINISTRATOR & OFFICE COORDINATOR

Join Our Team!

Job Opportunities

Production Assistant

The Production Assistant will help coordinate, manage, and execute all ISF2021 production and technical logistics for virtual and in-person events....

Production Liaison

The Production Liaison will be responsible for coordinating and communicating all ISF2021 production and technical logistics for virtual and in-person...