Cathy Edwards
Photo: Ken Arnold
Cathy Edwards
Born in 1965, Cathy Edwards is Director of Performance Programs at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven, Connecticut. She also serves as the guest artistic director of the Time-Based Art Festival in Portland, Oregon, an annual program of the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, where she is curating the TBA Festival for 2009, 2010 and 2011. At both festivals, Edwards is responsible for programming festival performing arts events. Prior to joining these festivals, Edwards’ international reputation was cemented during her years at Dance Theater Workshop in New York City, where she was named co-artistic director in 2001 and artistic director in 2003. While she was with that organization (which she left for her current jobs), The New York Times wrote that her “daring curatorial choices showed her to be as creative and imaginative as many of the artists she booked.” Before joining the staff of Dance Theater Workshop, Edwards was co-director of Movement Research, Inc., a dance and performance art-presenting organization in New York City, from 1990 to 1995. She is a graduate of Yale College and the mother of two children.
International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven