Culture Compass

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Support the North Shore Culture Compass! This online culture map is a treasure trove of stories, history, events and more. For the community, by the community.

A fundraiser for the North Shore Culture Compass

This calendar tells the story of the region through artistically rendered images of locations, places, or scenes that are recognizably in North Vancouver or West Vancouver, on part of the territories of the Squamish Nation and Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

2024 You Are Here Calendar

$10 each – sale!

proceeds support the North Shore Culture Compass

These unique calendars contain 12 images created by local artists depicting North Shore scenes.

We thank the following artists for their generosity in providing their work to support the 2024 calendar: Biljana Jones, Ian Cunliffe, Terri Connelly, Akemi Emma Ito, Rick Cuff, Natasha Dash, Alfonso L. Tejada, Dilys Huang, Mara Dias, Sahar Bani Soltan, Stella Kent, Riitta Peirone.

Calendar pages are 10″ x 14″ (25cm x 36cm).

Art cards featuring the calendar images are also available.
Single cards $5 each. Set of 12 cards $50 (1 of each month).

Folded cards are 5″ x 7″, blank on inside with art title, medium, artist name and description of place on reverse. Envelopes included. Art cards are not dated and available year-round

buy calendars & art cards online

1 JAN BiljanaJones SnowDay Web

Snowy Day by Biljana Jones

2 FEB IanCunliffe ALightInThePark Web

A Light in the Park by Ian Cunliffe

3 MAR TerriConnelly The Spirit Of Seylynn Park Resize Web

The Spirit of Seylynn Park by Terri Connelly

4 APR AkemiIto ChesterfieldAvenue Web

Chesterfield Avenue by Akemi Emma Ito

5 MAY RickCuff Elevators 742×364 Artist Crop Web

Elevators 1 by Rick Cuff

6 JUN NatashaDash WestVanSeaWall2024 Web

West Van Seawall by Natasha Dash

7 JUL AlfonsoLTejada LYNN CREEK Diving Rock DNV Web

Lynn Creek Diving Rock by Alfonso L. Tejada

8 AUG Dilys Huang Horseshoe Bay Web

Horseshoe Bay by Dilys Huang

9 SEP Mara Dias Deep Cove Web

Deep Cove by Mara Dias

10 OCT SaharBanisoltan Fall In West Web

Fall in West by Sahar Bani Soltan

11 NOV StellaKent Dusk At Shipyards Pier 14 X 10artist Crop Web

Dusk at Shipyards Pier by Stella Kent

12 DEC RiittaPeirone Seymour Trails Web

Seymour Trails by Riitta Peirone

Visit the StoryMap to learn more about the artists and find the places that inspired them.

Sample inside page layout

Full colour images depict locations in the North Shore region, with a map showing where to find the spot. Holidays and religious observances included in the calendar were researched in collaboration with the North Shore Immigrant Inclusion Partnership to reflect the cultural make up of our communities.