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North Van Arts Garden 5

Garden 5 – Ethereal

Gardener: Susan Bath
954 Forest Hills Drive, North Vancouver

A 28-year creation of rooms of whimsy. The garden is abundant with plants, trees and chandeliers. It has been made with time and mostly found objects. Susan’s work conveys that a beautiful garden does not have to be made professionally, but can be achieved with time and resourcefulness.

 

Accessibility

There are plenty of street parking options near this location. Please remember to leave parking closest to the garden location available for those who need accessible parking.The 246 bus stops on Highlands a two-minute walk from the house.The garden is flat, with grassy areas and unpaved paths leading through the garden. There are some smaller spaces rounding the house to the backyard, while the front of the house is relatively open.

Visual Artists

Emily Picard
she/her
Create with Me - The World Around and Inside Us
Mixed Media
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Emily Picard is a multimedia artist, working in both dry and wet mediums. Often a focus on portraiture, she enjoys working with a range of materials from acrylic paint and ink, to resin and spray paint. Her work allows her to interact with both alternate realities and our own; bringing a part of these worlds into form on our side of existence. These “worlds” can be a certain time, location, an entire plane of existence, or even a culture. Drawing from the worlds learned about through a multitude of forms, Picard brings narratives into her body of work to span these different planes.
Bethany Pardoe
she/her
Painting Demonstration
Gouache
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Making things with her hands has been Bethany Pardoe’s greatest passion for as long as she can remember. Since leaving her home town of Nelson BC in 2021 to attend Emily Carr University of Art and Design, that passion has transformed into the sapling of a professional practice. These days, Pardoe is interested in anything and everything story and has made it the centre of her creative exploration. During her time in Vancouver, Pardoe has been an active member of the art community. She has participated in events such as Art Battle and BC Culture Days, exhibited paintings at locations such as POMO Arts, and won a handful of scholarships including the BCAC Scholarship in 2023. Along with Pardoe’s many creative goals and ambitions, she is currently developing her first ever hand-drawn graphic novel. You can find more about Bethany and her work on Instagram, where she regularly posts new art, sketches, works in progress, and art videos.
    Susan Bath
    Paper, rescued. Mixed media. Collage. Watercolor. Inks.
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    I am an artist of “ opportunity “. I create with found and rescued materials and garage sale supplies. These finds determine what I create. Books of fabric samples become handbags, totes and gift bags. Old linens and laces become children’s dresses and headbands. Boxes of matrix papers become gelli prints which can turn into collage paintings ,hand made paper beads, and mixed media cards. Old packaging, file folders,buttons, vintage and tacky jewellery , acetate food containers, aluminum cans, all have found a second chance in my artistic meanderings. For this event I will be offering up my mixed media cards and fabric gift envelopes. The cards are all floral as I miss my garden in the winter and find joy in making paper gardens.

      Visual Artists

      Emily Picard
      she/her
      Create with Me - The World Around and Inside Us
      Mixed Media
      READ MORE
      Emily Picard is a multimedia artist, working in both dry and wet mediums. Often a focus on portraiture, she enjoys working with a range of materials from acrylic paint and ink, to resin and spray paint. Her work allows her to interact with both alternate realities and our own; bringing a part of these worlds into form on our side of existence. These “worlds” can be a certain time, location, an entire plane of existence, or even a culture. Drawing from the worlds learned about through a multitude of forms, Picard brings narratives into her body of work to span these different planes.
      Bethany Pardoe
      she/her
      Painting Demonstration
      Gouache
      READ MORE
      Making things with her hands has been Bethany Pardoe’s greatest passion for as long as she can remember. Since leaving her home town of Nelson BC in 2021 to attend Emily Carr University of Art and Design, that passion has transformed into the sapling of a professional practice. These days, Pardoe is interested in anything and everything story and has made it the centre of her creative exploration. During her time in Vancouver, Pardoe has been an active member of the art community. She has participated in events such as Art Battle and BC Culture Days, exhibited paintings at locations such as POMO Arts, and won a handful of scholarships including the BCAC Scholarship in 2023. Along with Pardoe’s many creative goals and ambitions, she is currently developing her first ever hand-drawn graphic novel. You can find more about Bethany and her work on Instagram, where she regularly posts new art, sketches, works in progress, and art videos.
        Susan Bath
        Paper, rescued. Mixed media. Collage. Watercolor. Inks.
        READ MORE
        I am an artist of “ opportunity “. I create with found and rescued materials and garage sale supplies. These finds determine what I create. Books of fabric samples become handbags, totes and gift bags. Old linens and laces become children’s dresses and headbands. Boxes of matrix papers become gelli prints which can turn into collage paintings ,hand made paper beads, and mixed media cards. Old packaging, file folders,buttons, vintage and tacky jewellery , acetate food containers, aluminum cans, all have found a second chance in my artistic meanderings. For this event I will be offering up my mixed media cards and fabric gift envelopes. The cards are all floral as I miss my garden in the winter and find joy in making paper gardens.

          MUSICIANS

          Clara Cloud
          she/her
          Pop, Folk
          Both Days, 11:00am - 1:00pm
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          Clara Cloud is BC’s Kootenay fairy songstress. Weaving sounds of Celtic, folk, alternative, and dreampop music; drawing inspiration from nature and mythology; and alchemizing songs with storytelling at their core. She believes that music is magic.

          Clara MacLeod, who releases music under the name “clara cloud”, is a Canadian singer-songwriter originally from the small town of Kimberley, BC and currently based in Vancouver. Having her background in musical theatre performance and composition, storytelling has always been at the heart of everything she does.

          Madelyn Read
          she/her
          Alt-country, Americana, Folk
          Both days, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
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          Although she grew up in Vancouver BC, Madelyn’s heart is in the rural tales of Americana music. This duality of urban and country is ever present in her work, as she pulls inspiration from groups like I’m with Her, Joni Mitchell, and First Aid Kit and blends these sounds with lyrics about growing up in an urban centre.

          Praised by Americana UK as “a wonderful example of grafting new perspectives onto folk and country roots,” Madelyn’s debut album Concrete Country was released in May 2023. With haunting vocals and lyrics that are astute and earnest, Concrete Country evokes a nostalgia for the city while exploring the challenges of urban life: gentrification, increasing cost of living, and loneliness. An ode to home that is full of love and frustration, Concrete Country is a striking, thought-provoking, and heart-warming collection for lovers of folk anywhere.

            MUSICIANS

            Clara Cloud
            she/her
            Pop, Folk
            Both Days, 11:00am - 1:00pm
            READ MORE

            Clara Cloud is BC’s Kootenay fairy songstress. Weaving sounds of Celtic, folk, alternative, and dreampop music; drawing inspiration from nature and mythology; and alchemizing songs with storytelling at their core. She believes that music is magic.

            Clara MacLeod, who releases music under the name “clara cloud”, is a Canadian singer-songwriter originally from the small town of Kimberley, BC and currently based in Vancouver. Having her background in musical theatre performance and composition, storytelling has always been at the heart of everything she does.

            Madelyn Read
            she/her
            Alt-country, Americana, Folk
            Both days, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
            READ MORE

            Although she grew up in Vancouver BC, Madelyn’s heart is in the rural tales of Americana music. This duality of urban and country is ever present in her work, as she pulls inspiration from groups like I’m with Her, Joni Mitchell, and First Aid Kit and blends these sounds with lyrics about growing up in an urban centre.

            Praised by Americana UK as “a wonderful example of grafting new perspectives onto folk and country roots,” Madelyn’s debut album Concrete Country was released in May 2023. With haunting vocals and lyrics that are astute and earnest, Concrete Country evokes a nostalgia for the city while exploring the challenges of urban life: gentrification, increasing cost of living, and loneliness. An ode to home that is full of love and frustration, Concrete Country is a striking, thought-provoking, and heart-warming collection for lovers of folk anywhere.