WHAT’S HAPPENING
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2022 North Shore Art Crawl Registration Postponed
The North Shore Art Crawl will be rescheduled for Fall 2022 Due to the recent changes to community health and safety with the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases in BC, we have made the decision to reschedule the in-person North Shore Art Crawl to a Fall 2022 date, to be... 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 -
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 -
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 -
Zap! Pow! Bam!: Writing for Comics (Cancelled)
This class has been cancelled. An introductory course to the literary world of comics and graphic novels. Through exercises, examples and feedback, students will learn the elements of story arc, methods of brainstorming, and the writing process. At the end of the... read more
Member & Instructor Profiles
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Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki
Acrylic Painting
Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki is an award-winning Canadian landscape painter based in Port Moody, British Columbia. She emigrated from Serbia in 1994 after graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and pursued a Hi-Tech career while studying and... -
Suzanne Thomson
Acrylic Painting
Born and raised in Vancouver, Suzanne’s vivid imagination and artistic eye has made its’ mark in many ways. After years of event planning, her own flower design business and adding sparkles to figure skating dresses, her talents are now focused on the... -
Eva Francis
Mixed Media
I live by the ocean at the edge of the Pacific Northwest temperate rain forest. I love the beauty of this place in any weather. I spend a lot of time outdoors on the hiking trails of Vancouver’s North Shore and out on the water. My observations of the natural... -
Rhonda Honing
acrylic painting
I have had the wonderful opportunity to live in some very beautiful places, Grand Cayman being the last place, before moving to North Vancouver in 2000. On a grey day in November 2006, I was inspired to start painting some of my favourite places in the Caribbean,... -
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... -
Sydney Tough
Bassist, vocalist, composer and educator Sydney Tough graduated from Capilano University in 2019 with a Bachelor Degree in Jazz and Education. Sydney sings and plays bass in a variety of musical projects ranging in style from jazz, R&B and folk. Her visual art... -
Sharon Quirke
Acrylic, Pottery/Ceramics
Canadian artist, Sharon Quirke, explores her vast country by layering colour and emotion on canvases brushed with fresh air. Her acrylics are bold and dynamic. “The rush of beauty that infuses each captured moment sustains & directs us.” In bold and dramatic... -
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... -
Joyelle Goldbard
Joyelle Goldbard is the Arts Education Manager at North Van Arts. In her personal art practice, Joyelle is a multi-disciplinary artist, creating paintings, writing, and performing as a singer/songwriter. As a fat, queer woman with mental health disabilities, her work... -
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... -
Jilly Watson
Acrylics
Jilly Watson paints happy colourful acrylic paintings. Artist statement: “You will very often see paths or trails in my work which are symbolic of the choices we make in life. My present path as an artist has brought me great joy. I have a passion for bright... -
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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