Turning Trash Into Treasure
A travelling environmental art exhibit at CityScape Community Art Space until September 3
District Library Gallery
View the original artwork for the 2023 You Are Here calendar, on until September 19
Art Rental Art Fair
View the 2022 Art Rental Collection in 4 virtual galleries
WHAT’S HAPPENING
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The Anonymous Art Show 2022 | Call for Artists OPEN
North Van Arts is thrilled to announce the 2022 Anonymous Art Show. This 19 year old group exhibition and fundraising event will include emerging and established artists working strictly on unframed 8”x8”x1½” canvas or wood panels. This is the third year the... read more -
Art Rental Art Fair 2022
April 14 to October 5
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... read more
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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... read more
UPCOMING CLASSES
REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER CAMP NOW OPEN
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Camp Creative Overview 2022
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Summer Camp: Emerging Artists Inspired by Public Art on the Northshore, July 4-8
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Summer Camp: Eco Makers Inspired by Nature, July 11-15
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Summer Camp: Impressions and Expressions, inspired by personal stories and daily life, July 18-22
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Summer Camp: actOUT! Inspired by farm animals, July 25-29
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Summer Camp: Memory on Cloth inspired by Traditional Textile Cultures from Around the World, Aug 8-12
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Summer Camp: Imagine, Create, Perform Inspired by Music, Aug 15-19
Member & Instructor Profiles
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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... -
Shakun Jhangiani
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Ideet Sharon
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Margaret Joba-Woodruff
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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... -
Sharka Leigh
Acrylic
Sharka Leigh is an acrylic painter from North Vancouver. She paints varied subject matter, though she most often focuses on her favourite animal, cows. Her work is recognizable by its combination of composition, unusual subject matter and detailed style. Sharka paints... -
T’uy’tanat-Cease Wyss
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Sally Clark
Oil & Linen on Canvas
“I paint to get at the essence of my subject, to understand its mystery. I want to create the feeling one has, when light suddenly hits a surface and there is a moment of illumination. I wish to engage the viewer in this sense of mystery, these apparitions of... -
Gabriele Maurus
Painter & Collagist
My main interest is in the interplay of colour and composition. I’m painting, drawing, photographing, sculpting and everything else senses are used for. “Trauben unter Aalen”, acrylic + collage, 30”x30”, $1300 “Reunion”, acrylic... -
Jane Lowery
Mixed Media Artist
I am a graduate of Langara College and Emily Carr University of Art and Design/ Fine Arts Studio, Drawing and Printmaking. I tried to stop focusing on nature but I couldn’t. I like what’s going on under the ground. Life and Nature has its dark moments, its... -
Phyllis Schwartz
Photography
Phyllis Schwartz is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator who works in photography, ceramics and publishing. She is an Emily Carr University of Art + Design graduate with a concentration in photography and the recipient of the Canon Photography Award. Her... -
Cameron McLellan