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Gift Giving Guide 2021
Holiday Gift Ideas starting at $10
We’ve got you covered this holiday season. Give the gift of experience, original art, handmade gifts and more. Starting at $20, there are gift ideas for all budgets. Anonymous Art Show Online Choose from hundreds of 8″x 8″ artworks to start or... read more -
Nomi Stricker: ELSEWHERE
November 4, 2021 – January 24, 2022
Artist Statement: My recent oil and mixed media works depict curious, dream-like scenes. They are inspired by sites explored while traveling abroad (pre-pandemic) and by landscapes discovered around British Columbia. Memories, imaginings, and my own photography are... read more
District Library Gallery -
Anonymous Art Show 2021 Online Fundraiser and Sale
November 25 - December 18, 2021
VIEW ALL THE ARTWORK Online Sale until Saturday, December 18 at 5pm We are thrilled to host the 18th Anonymous Art Show showcasing original artwork from emerging and established artists. 365 local artists have created 740 original artworks for the North Van Art’s... read more
CityScape Community ArtSpace & Online
UPCOMING CLASSES
registration opens soon
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Playing with Screen Print
Welcome to the world of screen printing! This four week course will introduce students to the many possibilities of working with screen printing. By utilizing a variety of materials and mediums, students are invited to experiment and play in order to develop a well... read more -
Writing for Mental Health
Register for one session, or all three. Each session will run independently. so choose the topic of interest to you. Writing Your Way Calm Online class Thursdays 7pm-8pm Jan 20 – Feb 10, 2022 $68/$48 Join writing instructor, Taslim Jaffer, in writing sessions designed... read more -
North Shore Art Hive
North Shore Art Hive is a place to build community while making art. Do you feel called to make art, but not sure what to do? Find your inspiration at the North Shore Art Hive; where everyone is an artist. Learn how you can use art to manage stress in your everyday... read more -
Creative Writing Club
Explore different styles of storytelling, including short stories and graphic novels. Our instructor is a writer and illustrator, who is excited to lead this journey into the unknown. Learn about character development, story structure, and principles of graphic... read more -
From Page to Stage
From Page to Stage is designed to explore all of our favourite books and stories with the goal to bring them to life every week in a fun, energetic, and collaborative way while we learn through drama, voice, improvisation, and stage directions. We will focus on... read more -
Arts & Culture for All: Creating more inclusive spaces
North Van Arts and Presentation House Theatre present a free Culture Days event: This panel presentation will explore how we can create more safety and inclusion in arts and culture programming. Each speaker will share an initiative that they have been stewarding, and... read more
Member & Instructor Profiles
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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... -
Zaiwei Zhang
Zaiwei Zhang is an illustrator based in Metro Vancouver, Canada. When he is not drawing, he is probably thinking about opening up a ramen shop. His work has been recognized by American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, 3×3, and Creative... -
Sonia Mocnik
Watercolour Painting
Sonia Mocnik is inspired by her surroundings; from cityscapes to the great outdoors. Vancouver born, she has always enjoyed creating some type of art. She paints with the colours that move her from an urban scene to nature’s blooms. The energy of each captured moment... -
Shirley McKell
Acrylic, Oil
Art has always been a part of Shirley’s life, but her career took her into Horticulture and Arboriculture where artistic whims were not on canvas! She’s always looked at light, texture and colour in her gardens. In semi-retirement in 2014, Shirley began to... -
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.... -
Isabelle Kirouac
Interdisciplinary Choreographer, Performer, Movement Educator
Isabelle Kirouac is an interdisciplinary choreographer, performer, movement educator currently living in Vancouver, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations. MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts (SFU); BA in Literature... -
Meghan Sharir
Oil, Watercolour
Meghan draws from her own life and travels to capture and communicate moments of whimsy, quiet beauty and quirky humanity. She works primarily in oil in a realist manner, though her paintings range from impressionist renderings of the figure in city/landscape, to... -
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... -
Clement Yeh
Instructor in Watercolour
Clement Yeh is a studio artist, instructor, science-fiction nerd, husband, father, and a lousy singer. He has a BFA in Drawing (2002) from the Alberta College of Art and Design and an MFA in Sculpture (2009), and has been teaching at Thompson Rivers University since... -
Dave Biddle
Dave Biddle is an artist and teacher working and living on unceded Coast Salish territories. As an artist he likes to make animations, videos, music, paintings, and sometimes do performances too. As a teacher he doesn’t worry too much about technical perfection,... -
Victoria Mitchell
Acrylic
Victoria Mitchell has had life long passion for creating visuals to emotions, inspired by what comes from within. Having studied body structure & kinetics extensively over the years has influenced her painting representations of many natural and environmental... -
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...
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