About Arts Education

North Van Arts offers arts education in the form of courses, workshops, and camps programming for all ages, interests and abilities.

Adult & Youth

Continuing Watercolour

Saturdays, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (4 weeks)
October 18 - November 8 | November 15 - December 6, 2025

Instructor:  Sophia Longo

Adults & Youth
Registration opens soon Two 4-week sessions — join one or both! Session 1: October 18 – November 8, 2025 (4 weeks) Session 2: November 15 – December 6, 2025 (4 weeks) These courses takes the beginner student to the next level. Fundamental techniques like wet on wet...

Intro/Continuing Oil Painting (supplies included)

Tuesdays | 6.00PM - 9.00PM
April 1 – April 22, 2025 & May 6- May 27, 2025
Maplewood House

Instructor:  Elena Senatorova

Adult & Youth

Oil painting is a timeless art form, offering a rich, expressive medium for creating stunning works of art. In this introductory course, you’ll learn traditional techniques and methods passed down through generations of artists, providing you with the foundation to create your own masterpieces.

Life Drawing: Classes, POP-UP SALE & SHOW

June 28, 2025, from 11am - 4pm 
Fall registration coming soon.
Maplewood House

Instructor:  Sandrine Pelissier

Adult & Youth // Fundamental
Life Drawing Pop-up sale & Show: Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 11am – 4pm AT CityScape Community Artspace. Original drawings made from the  Body Positivity, Diversity, and Inclusivity Life Drawing class. Featured artwork by Joanne White, Anna du Bois,...

Intro to Portrait Drawing (Online)

Tuesdays, 6.00PM - 8.00PM
April 1- 22, 2025
Online

Instructor:  Clement Yeh

Adult & Youth

In this course, we will cover some basic foundational lessons in deconstructing and creating portraits in graphite. In the final lesson, students will produce an original portrait of a friend or relative based on a supplied photo.

Intro to Figure Drawing (Online)

Tuesdays, 6.00PM - 8.00PM
February 18-March 11, 2025
Online

Instructor:  Clement Yeh

Adult & Youth

In this introductory class, we will break down the fundamental aspects of how to draw the figure.