About Arts Education

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

ART EDUCATION

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... read more

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.

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Camp Creative | July 7–11, 2025 (Week 1)

Monday–Friday, 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
July 7–11, 2025
Maplewood House

Instructor:  Kamila Bashir

Creative arts camp for kids aged 6–11, with nature walks, hands-on projects, music, drama, and weekly art exhibitions.

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Camp Creative | July 14–18, 2025 (Week 2)

Monday–Friday, 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
July 14–18, 2025
Maplewood House

Instructor:  Kamila Bashir

Creative arts camp for kids aged 6–11, with nature walks, hands-on projects, music, drama, and weekly art exhibitions.

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Camp Creative | July 21–25, 2025 (Week 3)

Monday–Friday, 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
July 21–25, 2025
Maplewood House

Instructor:  Emma Fish & Paige Jung

Creative arts camp for kids aged 6–11, with nature walks, hands-on projects, music, drama, and weekly art exhibitions.

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Camp Creative: Summer Break Overview



Maplewood House

Instructor:  

North Van Arts runs Camp Creative through-out the year on select Pro-D Days, Spring Break and Summer months at Maplewood House. Nestled within the trees, next to the Seymour River, this light- filled space is the perfect location for campers to connect with creativity... read more

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
Life Drawing Pop Up One Day Sale Saturday, June 28, 2025 | 11am – 5pm 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, Sandrine... read more

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.

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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.

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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.

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Pro-D Camp Day: Illustration and Storytelling through Zines

February 14, 2025
Friday 8:30am – 3:30pm
Maplewood House

Instructor:  Paige Jung

Children // Camp Creative

In this fun and creative workshop, kids will make their own zines, inspired by Paige Jung, a Chinese-Canadian illustrator and muralist known for her vibrant use of color and storytelling. Paige’s work focuses on connection, community, and what makes us human.

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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.

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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.

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