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Arts in the Garden

a self-guided tour of twelve North Shore garden spaces taking place May 28 & 29, 12pm-5pm. Buy advanced passes now!

Camp Creative

Registration is open. Sign your kids up for 7 weeks of nature, arts, and fun!

A Response to Place

Ronna Ander, Anthea Cameron, and Carol Demers

Art Rental Art Fair 2022

4 virtual galleries featuring the new works of the Art Rental collection

WHAT’S HAPPENING

FEATHERS & FUNGI

ARTS IN THE GARDEN 2022

CANCELLED: Smoke Fire Ceramics Discussion

Thursday May 12, 2022
Cityscape Community ArtSpace

Learn more about ‘A Response to Place’ The discussion has unfortunately been cancelled due to health issues. The gallery is still open, Thursday until 8pm, however none of the artists will be in...
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Art Rental Art Fair 2022

April 14 to July 5
Online

Art Rental Art Fair 2022 features the new artworks recently added to the North Van Arts Art Rental Programme. In four virtual galleries you’ll see original works by local artists. Created using an impressive range of media and techniques, these 2-dimensional works...
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Calls for Artists

Every year, North Van Arts seeks visual artists, musicians, performers, and instructors for exhibitions, events, education, and other creative projects and initiatives. The table below lists calls for artists in various programme areas. When the call is active, the...
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Member & Instructor Profiles

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...
Sarah Rogers

Acrylic Painting, Photography

“If we are lucky, a moment in life can take root in our memory, be visited repeatedly in our thoughts, conjured and re-imagined in our dreams and captured on canvas.” Born and raised on the North Shore, Sarah Rogers is a new acrylic artist and member of North Van...
North Vancouver Chamber

North Vancouver Chamber is dedicated to helping local businesses thrive by supporting, connecting and leading employers in our community. The NV Chamber offers a variety of services, benefits and programs to help members grow and promote their businesses, develop...
Margaret Joba-Woodruff

Using the techniques of drawing, bookbinding, and printmaking, my art practice focuses on patterns, nature and the body. The materials I work with such as fabric, paper, ink, copper, limestone, wood, and water all help guide the direction of each piece. Ultimately, I...
Roman Rozumnyj

West Coast Modern Artist

Born June 4th, 1964 in Sudbury, ON, raised in Winnipeg, MB, currently residing in West Vancouver, BC, Canada, graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B.A. in Economics (’85) / Bachelor of Interior Design (’89). A practicing artist, interior architect and set...
Elisabeth Sommerville

Stone Lithography

Elisabeth Sommerville was born in Calgary, Alberta and graduated from the Alberta College of Art in 1963. She moved to Vancouver, B.C. and established Sommergraphics, an award-winning graphic design studio. In 1998 she became interested in printmaking and studied at...
Peter Tam

Jazz Singer / Pianist / Song Writer

My mission, my calling, and my express purpose is to contribute to everyone’s enjoyment. I love to sing and play the piano to make people happy. I want to reach out to people in ways words alone cannot, but music is a joyous gift I have and I am glad to share with...
Donna Giraud

Acrylic on Canvas

Self taught, abstract painter Donna Giraud’s large scale acrylic on canvas works are richly textured and rendered in thick expanses of pigment. Interested in capturing the “authentic” stories of human existence, her horizontal compositions fuse an abstract 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...
Diana Zoe Coop

Visual Artist

Diana Zoe Coop’s paintings on paper and canvas reflect an intimate exploration of the Japanese Garden, water features, seasons, and diverse plant life that make this an art form unto itself. Contemporary expressionist botanical works are her focus, and her...
Lori Bagnérès

Mixed Media

Lori’s mixed media artwork derives its depth from the interconnectedness of spaces that humans share with the environment. Images of serene landscapes meld with an edgy, cultural world. Lori exposes the dichotomy between urban, graffitied surfaces and her natural...
Axel Breutigam

Fine Art Photography

Axel Breutigam is an international award-winning photographer; a German-born Canadian, located in Vancouver, BC. Among others Breutigam studied under Alan Ross, Ansel Adams’ former assistant, and the exclusive printer of Adams’ Yosemite Special Edition Negatives....