
“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.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Our Team



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

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AT THE HELM
Our Board of Directors


Am Johal
Chair

Neeta Soni
Director

Vishal Hiralal
Treasurer

Meena Dhillon
Secretary

Abhishaek Rawal
Director

Anna Ling Kaye
Director

Sambriddhi Nepal
Director

Angie Osachoff
Director

James Wright
Director
Advisory Council

Aradhana Seth
Filmmaker, Visual Artist, Designer
Cynnie Woodward
Pillar of the Community
Deepa Mehta, OC
Film Director
Jas Sandhu
President, Brixton Properties
Mandeep Dhaliwal
Partner, Lawson Lundell, LLP
Michael Stevenson
President Emeritus, Simon Fraser University
Pankaj Agarwal
Founder & Managing Partner, Optimus Information Inc.
Prem Gill
CEO, Creative BC
Ratana Stephens
Co-CEO Nature’s Path
Sandy Garossino
Former Crown Prosecutor, Media Commentator
Sukesh Kumar
Partner, KPMG LLP, Canada
Vik Khanna
CEO, National Education Technologies Inc.
Vikram Vij
Chef, Restaurateur, Author