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

Life Drawing- Body Positivity, Diversity and Inclusivity (facilitated, but no formal instruction)

Sundays, (bi weekly) 11.00am : 2.00pm
January:12- June:15, 2025
Maplewood House

Instructor:  Sandrine Pelissier

Adult & Youth // Fundamental
Register: Spring Full Pass Register: Winter Full Pass Register: Drop-In Come join us to practice your drawing skills in a friendly, non-competitive environment. We alternate professional models that will pose unclothed, aiming for diversity in age, gender and body...

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/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.

Date Night: Recipes Zine with Paige Jung

Thursday | 6.30 PM - 8.30 PM
April 10, 2025
Cityscape Gallery 335 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, BC V7M 2G3

Instructor:  Paige Jung

Adult & Youth

Reconnect with the charm of magazines from yesteryear and reimagine them as vibrant, handcrafted zines! Join Paige Jung, a talented Chinese-Canadian illustrator, muralist, and artist, for a creative evening at CityScape.

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.

Intro/Continuing Watercolour

Saturdays, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
February 1st–22nd & March 1st–22nd, 2025

Instructor:  Sophia Longo

Adults & Youth

In each session, we’ll explore a watercolor technique using fall leaves. In the final session, students will apply their skills by painting real leaves from life. By the end, students will have a visual library of techniques applied to this subject.

Date Night: Contemporary Kintsugi with Ilena Lee Cramer

Thursday | 6.30 PM - 8.30 PM
February 13, 2025
Cityscape Gallery

Instructor:   Ilena Lee Cramer

Adult & Youth

Discover the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi, a method of repairing broken ceramics with gold to emphasize their cracks and history rather than hiding them.

Date Night: CityScapes at Cityscape with Emma Fish

Thursday | 6.30 PM - 8.30 PM
March 13, 2025
Cityscape Gallery 335 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, BC V7M 2G3

Instructor:  Emma Fish

Adult & Youth

Join Emma Fish for a creative Date Night at CityScape, where you’ll explore the dynamic world of urban landscapes framed by the beauty of nature.