WHAT’S HAPPENING
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lgbt Q+A
Wednesday July 28, 2021
QUESTIONs + ANSWERs ABOUT THE 2SLGBTQ+ COMMUNITY Maybe you have questions that you’re not sure how to ask. Maybe you don’t know any queer or trans people, or you do, but you’re not quite sure how to connect with them. Are you looking to learn more... read more -
Inspiring Connection and Friendship
Let’s Stop Racism In Our Community In response to the Anti-Asian graffiti in Lower Lonsdale last month, North Van Arts collaborated with local artist Esmie Gayo McLaren, North Shore Multicultural Society, North Shore Immigrant Inclusion Partnership, and Centre... read more -
Conspicuous Collapse
June 4 - July 18, 2021
Conspicuous Collapse is an exhibition of artwork from Biliana Velkova, Erika Mashig and Sunshine Frère. Works in this exhibition explore the thematic of breakdown across a range of media: painting, drawing, printmaking, photography and video. “This exhibition was... read more
CityScape Community ArtSpace
UPCOMING CLASSES
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Camp Creative 2021 Week 1
Week 1: July 5-9 Inspired by Nature with Sydney Tough Welcome to Camp Creative at Maplewood House, the summer camp where kids explore nature and the arts. Our 16 campers will be divided into two groups that will alternate between indoor art activities with our Art... read more
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Camp Creative 2021 Week 2
2Week 2: July 12-16 Imagination Exploration with Sydney Tough Welcome to Camp Creative at Maplewood House, the summer camp where kids explore nature and the arts. Our 16 campers will be divided into two groups that will alternate between indoor art... read more
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Camp Creative 2021 Week 3
Week 3: July 19-23 The Art of Stories with Margaret Joba-Woodruff This week is now sold out. To be added to the waitlist for Week 3, please email joyelle@northvanarts.ca with your child’s name and age. Welcome to Camp Creative at Maplewood House, the summer camp where... read more
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Camp Creative 2021 Week 4
Week 4: July 26-30 Shibori and Tie-Dye with Mariana Frochtengarten This week is now sold out. To be added to the waitlist for Week 4, please email joyelle@northvanarts.ca with your child’s name and age. Welcome to Camp Creative at Maplewood House, the summer... read more
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Camp Creative 2021 Week 5
Week 5: August 3-6 (4-day week) The Magical World of Colour with Kirith Bains Welcome to Camp Creative at Maplewood House, the summer camp where kids explore nature and the arts. Our 16 campers will be divided into two groups that will alternate between indoor art... read more
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Camp Creative 2021 Week 6
Week 6: August 9-13 Drama Games with Ideet Sharon This week is now sold out. To be added to the waitlist for Week 6, please email joyelle@northvanarts.ca with your child’s name and age. Welcome to Camp Creative at Maplewood House, the summer camp where kids explore... read more
Member & Instructor Profiles
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Shakun Jhangiani
An intuitively creative contemporary artist, Shakun’s signature style and distinctive use of mixed media is well known and easily recognizable in all of her abstract paintings. The versatility of using acrylics as a painting medium opened the... -
Mariana Frochtengarten
I have been teaching textile related courses and workshops since 1995. As an instructor, I have taught mainly batik on paper, batik on fabric, and shibori. After all these years in the field, I have adapted the content of my courses to different lengths of time,... -
Stephen Corcoran
Born and raised in Vancouver, Stephen trained at the Vancouver Art School (Emily Carr) in the 70s. Woodworking and welding skills transfer into the pastels giving them grain and structure. At his exhibit, ‘Dancing on the Interface’ at Basic Inquiry Gallery and Studio... -
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... -
Thompson Brennan
Paint, mixed media, drawing, sculpture, conceptual design
My new work is titled “Solastalgia Story”. Solastalgia was coined to describe a feeling of displacement from one’s own home environment. The word referred to those who have experienced a radical change in the eco-environment: loss of glaciers, for... -
Michael Binkley
Stone Sculpture
Michael Binkley is a professional artist with 40 years experience working as a sculptor in a wide range of scale, stone type and idiom. His gallery and studio are located in the warehouse district of Squamish, BC, Canada – a 50 min. drive from North Vancouver.... -
Sue Daniel
Oil
Sue Daniel was born in Hungary in 1948 and came to Canada during the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. She now makes her home in West Vancouver with her husband of 30 years. Since the 1980s, Sue has been under the influence of abstract impressionism, believing the axiom... -
Janet Strayer
Painting
My art celebrates life in its variety, focusing on the intersection of worlds within and around us and on the imperfect beauty of being human in an ever-changing reality. It is inspired by experience and imagination, by cultural lore, nature, life-long travels, and... -
Ann Eynon
Acrylic, Mixed Media
I recently returned from Vancouver’s west side and a life in financial planning to my cottage and my artistic roots. My work is done in acrylic and is generally landscape. Plein air is a favourite – so many paintings are done on location throughout the... -
April Lacheur
Back in 2007, April was creating art as a hobby while working as full time Registered Nurse in post open heart surgery in Victoria, BC, Canada. Fast forward 10+ years and April is now working as a full-time artist, having traded in her in stethoscope for a paintbrush.... -
Presentation House Theatre
Intergenerational Professional Theatre
Presentation House Theatre Nestled in the heart of North Vancouver’s Lower Lonsdale, Presentation House Theatre has become a neighbourhood cultural hub, providing the community with a dynamic mix of professional theatre, music, and dance productions — all just a... -
Kirith Bains
Born and raised in Vancouver, I have grown up appreciating the diverse and colourful landscape. My love for the arts began early and lead me to a major in Art History with a specialization in Asian Art and a minor in Sociology at UBC. I enjoy sharing my love for the...
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