WHAT’S HAPPENING
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Artist Talk – Mother Tongue
Monday, March 8 at 7:30 pm
Join us via the North Van Arts YouTube channel for a live conversation with the artists on International Women’s Day where Sara Khan, Laura Rosengren, and Katherine Duclos will talk about the exhibition as well as share the ideas behind their work. Follow this link... read more
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Mother Tongue
February 26 - April 10, 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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Culture Compass Treasure Hunts!
FEBRUARY 15 – MARCH 15, 2021 THE CULTURE COMPASS TREASURE HUNTS ARE BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! After the success of the Culture Days Treasure Hunts which took place in Fall 2020, the Culture Compass Treasure Hunts are back – this time, to celebrate the launch... 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
UPCOMING CLASSES
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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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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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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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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
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Dog Portraits
Aside from landscape, the subject most people want to paint is their pet, usually a dog. Fairly simple on the surface, but in practice pretty tricky. This class is designed to get you on the right track, covering aspects of palette, composition,... read more
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Mindfulness Through Art Journaling
When our minds are full of chaos and it’s hard to slow our thoughts, taking time to create with our hands can help us move into a more mindful space. In this class you will create a 5×7 art journal using whatever supplies you have on hand. Joyelle will... read more
Member & Instructor Profiles
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Lorn Curry
Oil
I’m a North Vancouver based oil painter. Inspired by the hyperrealism movement, my primary subject matter is the contemporary still-life. Through these works, I explore a long-held fascination with the interplay of light and dark, positive and negative space. I have... -
Gail Coney
Glass, Pottery, Ceramics
Vibrant, colourful, unique, handpainted stoneware and glassware for the home or for that special gift. Gail has an attention to detail, developing designs inspired by her life and the places she’s lived, and applying a consistently high standard to each and... -
Sande Waters
Acrylic, Acrylic Ink, Graphite, Oil, Photography
bio I received my BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and my MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, California. As a way to engage with my art community, I have volunteered as Vice President, Board of Directors at the Seymour Art Gallery, North... -
Guy Hollington
Glass
Guy Hollington has great fun experimenting with glass as well as using traditional Italian techniques in a modern way. Guy HollingtonGuy HollingtonGuy Hollington... -
Edme Focant
Acrylic & Oil Painting
Born in Belgium, my family passed along a strong appreciation for the art and music at an early age. We were always grateful to be surrounded by beautiful architecture and galleries containing remarkable paintings which cultivated a strong appreciation for the arts... -
Bev Ellis
Ceramic Sculpture, Printmaking, Acrylic Painting & Mixed Media
Winner of the SSICA Ceramics Biennial Peoples Choice Award, and a large scale Ceramic Installation for VanCity, Bev enjoys Painting, printmaking, drawing and sculpting highly textured surfaces with clay. Her favourite muse is nature, where beauty is found in... -
Joe Cash
Painter
I have been living in BC since 1980, and on the North Shore since 1994. For the most part I make paintings in oil on board, canvas or linen; sometimes using acrylic to speed the process when doing the underpainting, but always working over in oil. I like the finish in... -
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.... -
Jessamyn Box
Acrylic & Mixed Media Painting
Jessamyn is an abstract painter living in North Vancouver. She has been involved in the arts in one form or another from an early age, being a former drummer and trained actor. Jessamyn moved into working with clay and hand building, and from there landed on her... -
Libby Dybikowski
I think of my work as an extension of Visceral Me, a way of sharing my feelings and impressions, often calm, sometimes edgy. I paint in acrylic to create vibrant images of people, horses, landscapes and studies in abstract. For subjects, I draw on the unique... -
Brian Minichiello
Oil on Canvas
Brian Minichiello’s paintings provide a moment to appreciate the natural world. A place to unburden and find connection. “When I paint, my thoughts fall like snow flakes, muffling sound and quieting time. I strive to create spaces where it is safe to slow... -
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...
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