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About Arts Education

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

CLASSES

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(s):  Paige Jung

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.

Date Night: Contemporary Kintsugi with Ilena Lee Cramer

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

Instructor(s):  Ilena Lee Cramer

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.

Intro to Figure Drawing (Online)

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

Instructor(s):  Clement Yeh

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

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(s):  Emma Fish

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.

Week 2 Camp Creative Spring Break: Exhibition Edition

Monday - Friday | 8.30 AM - 3.30 PM
March 24 -28, 2025
Maplewood House

Instructor(s):  Kamila Bashir

NEW! This exciting camp will culminate in a professional exhibition at CityScape Community ArtSpace, where participants’ works will be showcased to the public from April 19 to 26, 2025.

Week 1 Camp Creative Spring Break: Exhibition Edition

Monday - Friday | 8.30 AM - 3.30 PM
March 17 -21, 2025
Maplewood House

Instructor(s):  Paige Jung

NEW! This exciting camp will culminate in a professional exhibition at CityScape Community ArtSpace, where participants’ works will be showcased to the public from April 19 to 26, 2025.

Intro to Portrait Drawing (Online)

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

Instructor(s):  Clement Yeh

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(s):  Elena Senatorova

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.

Cityscape Date Night Mosaic Coaster with Ilena Lee Cramer

Thursday | 6.30 PM - 8.30 PM
Thursday, May 8 , 2025
Cityscape Gallery

Instructor(s):  Ilena Lee Cramer

In this workshop, you’ll design your own colorful mosaic coasters using pre-cut tiles, coaster bases, and all the materials provided, including glue, gloves, and tools. You’ll also learn how to grout your designs. While we’ll provide grout to finish one coaster during the workshop, you’ll take extra grout home to complete the rest after they’ve dried.

Intro/Continuing Watercolour

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

Instructor(s):  Sophia Longo

Adult & 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.

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(s):  Sandrine Pelisser

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...

Pro-D Camp Day: Illustration and Storytelling through Zines

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

Instructor(s):  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.

NORTH VANCOUVER COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL

CityScape Community ArtSpace
335 Lonsdale Avenue
North Vancouver, BC V7M 2G3
604-988-6844
info@northvanarts.ca

New HOURS starting
January 1, 2024

Gallery Hours
Wednesday- Saturday: 11am – 5pm

Art Rental Hours
Wednesday- Saturday: 11am – 5pm
Monday & Tuesday by appointment
Email artrental@northvanarts.ca

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With gratitude as guests, we acknowledge that NVCAC activities take place on the unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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