WHAT’S HAPPENING
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Call for Submissions: You Are Here 2022 Calendar
North Van Arts is seeking art submissions for the You Are Here 2022 Calendar. The calendar tells the story of the region through artistically rendered images of locations, places, or scenes that are recognizably in North Vancouver or West Vancouver. By submitting your... read more
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Mother Tongue
February 26 - April 24, 2021
What is motherhood? What does it mean to be a mother? These questions are explored in Mother Tongue, the upcoming exhibition at North Van Arts. “Our mother tongue is the first language we learn, the sounds we hear and know to repeat and attach meaning. Perhaps... read more
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North Van City Mosaic & CityAlive
As working group members of The Mayor’s Healthiest Small City Social Resiliency Collective, North Van Arts is proud to present the North Van City Mosaic and CityAlive. The projects are two of five quick-starts to advance the City of North Vancouver’s social... read more
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New Works! from our Art Rental Collection
until March 31, 2021
Virtual Exhibition North Van Arts is pleased to present our first virtual exhibition of 2021 to showcase the quality and variety of artworks available from our Art Rental Collection. We assembled this small selection from the 213 new works recently added to the... read more
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Woodcut Prints by Rick Herdman
February 5 - April 6
This venue is currently closed Printmaking is the art of replication. Nature exists because it replicates. A seed and a woodcut plate live in parallel; they are born and are shaped by their environment. I conceive of my plates with a mind to encourage the... read more
District Foyer Hall and City Hall, North Vancouver -
Anonymous Art Show 2019
November 22 - December 18, 2019
This group exhibition and fundraising event includes the original work of over 300 emerging and established artists. The fun part is that the artist remains anonymous until the work is purchased. This is your chance to buy art for the love of art, and for... read more
CityScape Community ArtSpace
UPCOMING CLASSES
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Art & Mycology
Art & Mycology is a collaboration with artists and youth using various visual, experiential, movement, literary, and performance art practices focused on fungi to build awareness of how all our lives are connected in society and the natural world.... read more
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Camp Creative Summer 2021
Summer camp registration opens April 28! To be notified when registration opens, email joyelle@northvanarts.ca read more
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Drawing with Plants
This 4-week course will develop foundation skills of life drawing using plant life as a subject. Each class will focus on different materials, including graphite, charcoal, ink and mixed media. Each material will be explored in a variety of methods, using a range of... read more
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Imagined Worlds: Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Writing
This creative writing workshop will focus on speculative fiction (sci fi, fantasy, horror). Students will learn about the bones of speculative fiction and the practicalities of writing it. Each class will include a short prompt (to get the juices flowing), a lesson... read more
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Poetry for People
In this 6-week course local poet Andrew Warner will guide participants in weekly poetry prompts and writing activities for those who are beginning to write, currently writing, or who don’t identify as writers. Participants are encouraged to explore writing poetry... read more
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Stories of Home and Identity
Where is home? Is it where you’ve been or where you are now? And how does this influence who you are or who you become? What do the words ‘home’ and ‘identity’ mean to you and what stories do they hold? Explore these themes through guided exercises and writing prompts... read more
Member & Instructor Profiles
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Adele ᒪᐢᑿ ᐃᐢᑵᐤ Arseneau
Jewellery, printmaking and wood
A Nehiyaw Métis visual artist, Adele creates work to engage the audience to consider current social and environmental issues. Her intent is to educate from an indigenous perspective and counteract current stereotypes. She uses the mediums of wood carving, beadwork and... -
Valeria Ascolese
Valeria is a Peruvian-Italian multidisciplinary artist and educator born in Lima, Peru. A graduate of Capilano University, she has collaborated with theatre companies like Rumble Theatre, Bard on the Beach and Pacific Theatre, while simultaneously working in film and... -
Susanne Kestner-Aiello
Oil Painting
Travels have taken Susanne from Europe to South America, to USA and last to Canada where she has lived since 1979. Initially an art student at Atelier Josse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Susanne continued her formal education in the USA and in Canada. She attended... -
Connie O’Connor
Acrylic & Mixed Media Painting
As a prairie native who grew up in Manitoba, Connie O’Connor began painting expansive fields stretching to the horizon with vast blue skies. Her focus has recently shifted to abstract work which has been inspired by her 12-year meditation practice. She is creating a... -
Grace Gordon-Collins
Mixed Media & Photography
I have always been an observer and a storyteller, as a result, my work invariably starts in a narrative structure. My approach to photography has been clearly influenced by my studies at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at M.I.T The parallel and conceptual... -
Edward Peck
Digital Media
Edward Peck studied photography, fine arts, conceptual art, historical technics, film, and literature at the University of British Columbia. He then went on to work under a number of artists to develop his technical skills in photography, film, etching, watercolour,... -
Nilufar Moayeri
Painter, Art Instructor
Nilufar Moayeri is a painter and art instructor with more than 20 years of practice. Nilufar was born in Tehran but spent her life in Turkey, where she eventually became one of that country’s most prominent artists and art educators. She started studying art at a very... -
Nancy Draper
Jewellery - vintage and new beads, metals, glass, ceramic
My jewellery pieces are inspired by our beautiful natural surroundings – our beaches and mountains. I use natural stones, glass, vintage pieces, silver, copper, ceramics when creating my jewelry. All of my earrings are made using nickel-free ear wires, for those... -
Robert Wanner
Robert has spent most of his life enjoying the great outdoors, whether skiing and living in Whistler, or hiking and biking the North Shore Mountains. Often venturing to warm places to spend time in the ocean snorkeling amongst the beautiful creatures our planet offers... -
Katie Rodgers
Painting
Katie Rodgers developed her artistic practice building upon experiences images and insights during earlier travels in South East Asia. The paintings consist of drawings and photographs presented in abstract form to suggest atmosphere and emotions associated with... -
Moira Elliott
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Pastels/Conté
Moira Elliott is a North Shore artist who has exhibited in Vancouver, Montreal and throughout the U.K. One of her watercolours was selected by Tony Onley and Douglas Coupland to be part of a nation-wide watercolour exhibition. One of her acrylics was part of an... -
Ann Hamm
Oils, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Ink
Nature revitalises me and I fall in love with each dry twig, a moss covered rock, a glint of sunlight on water, the sparkle of light on snow or the dancing shadows from trees. A special delight is a close up view: grass at the water’s edge, pebbles worn smooth, leaves...
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