About Pangaea Arts

Pangaea (pan-jay-ah)
n. a hypothetical single continent of the Triassic period (200 million years ago). From the Greek pan (all) + gaea (earth).

Pangaea Arts
n. a tool used to bring the world closer together, engaging the senses, the mind, and the heart.

Mandate

Pangaea Arts is an intercultural, interdisciplinary world arts organization based in Vancouver. Pangaea Arts was formed to promote cultural interaction and the exchange of ideas between diverse communities and to introduce Canadian audiences to performance traditions from around the world. Pangaea Arts creates productions that educate by participation, encouraging audiences and artists to actively investigate different cultures and ideas.

Supporters

Pangaea Arts would not exist without the support of a large number of individuals and organizations.

• 2010 Legacies Now
• Arts Partners in Creative Development
• ArtsNow Innovations Program (Olympic Legacy)
• Assembly of BC Arts Councils (BC 150)
• Axis Theatre Company
• BC 2000 Millennium Fund
• BC Arts Council
• BC Gaming Commission
• BC Hydro
• BC Teachers Federation
• Britannia Secondary School Support Society
• Canada’s Year of Asia Pacific
• Canada Council of the Arts (Inter-Arts and Theatre Sections)
• City of Richmond
• City of Vancouver Cultural Affairs
• CORE Digital Pictures
• Fraser Wharves
• Fraser River Port Authority
• G & F Financial Group
• Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site
• Gateway Theatre
• Hamber Foundation
• Japan Canada Fund
• Japanese Canadian National Museum
• Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation
• National Association of Japanese Canadians
• National Nikkei Heritage Centre
• Presentation House
• QM/FM ArtsFACT
• Richmond Sister City Committee
• Richmond Museum
• Richmond Cultural Centre
• Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre
• Royal Bank of Canada
• Spirit of BC (Olympic Legacy)
• Science World
• UBC Asian Studies
• UBC Theatre Dept.
• Unesco
• Vancouver Film School
• Vancouver Foundation
• Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
• Vancouver School Board
• Vancouver Multi-Cultural Society
• YVR – Vancouver International Airport Authority