Mother Tongue
CityScape Community ArtSpace | Feb 26 – Apr 10, 2021
Treasure Hunts
online & in-person | until Mar 15, 2021
Arts Education
Register now for spring classes
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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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... -
Thom Harvey Kline
Photomontage
“I entered the Vancouver School of Art in 1969 to pursue my continuing photography work. Here I was introduced to sculpture and found the world of 3D. BCIT led to a career in the building environment and working with major architectural firms in Vancouver.... -
Linda Mae Stoddard
Painter and Photographer
Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, raised by my Russian/Ukrainian grandparents. My father’s side of the family is Northern Cree Native from the Lake Montreal Reserve. I started my art career at the early age of 6 years by receiving First Place in the Saskatoon... -
Michele Mateus
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Helen Barke
Oil, Watercolour Painting
Helen, a native of the UK, is an emerging artist resident in West Vancouver, BC. Helen has had a lifelong interest in gardens, wild flowers and animals and is fascinated by our wonderful natural environment in BC. Largely self-taught, she has studied under some... -
Hilary Grist
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Billy Would Designs (Adea Chung)
Jewellery, Mixed Media
Craving sustainable fresh jewelry, Adea Chung created Billy Would designs in 2007. Offering beautiful and chic designs not found anywhere else. Each unique piece is handmade using recycled and reclaimed hardwood. Rescuing exotic hardwoods from various local... -
Margaret Joba-Woodruff
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Zaiwei Zhang
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Effat Mirnia
Paintings
Born and raised in Iran, Effat was part of an art-loving family. From childhood, she expressed her feelings and thoughts through her art – painting, writing and poetry became a form of release for her. From the age of 15, she gave her time and efforts to several... -
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... -
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...
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