Lynda Fownes: Windfall

Lynda Fownes: Windfall

Feb 23, 2022

North Van Arts presents an exhibition by Lynda Fownes as part of its Art in the Community Programme. Lynda Fownes’ earlier work focused on soft sculpture and fibre art. In recent year she has returned to the idea of exploring patterns and textures—in both choice of...
Call for Artists: Exhibition Proposals Art in the Community

Call for Artists: Exhibition Proposals Art in the Community

Feb 7, 2022

North Van Arts (North Vancouver Community Arts Council) is currently accepting submissions for our Art in the Community Programme for 2024 Season. Currently this exhibition programme takes place at two venues:  District Library Gallery / Located at the Lynn...
Printmaker’s Mark

Printmaker’s Mark

Aug 10, 2021

Printmaking dates back thousands of years: Sumerians used clay printing wheels in 3000 BCE, Chinese used stone rubbings in 200 CE and Egyptians used woodblocks for printing fabric in 600 CE. In 1400 CE movable type and the screw press created an explosion of...
Mother Tongue

Mother Tongue

Aug 10, 2021

What is motherhood? What does it mean to be a mother? These questions are explored in Mother Tongue, the upcoming exhibition at North Van Arts. “Our mother tongue is the first language we learn, the sounds we hear and know to repeat and attach meaning. Perhaps...
Visions of the North Shore

Visions of the North Shore

Aug 10, 2021

This series of prints is an arts and heritage millennium project that commemorates and links 12 historically significant sites with interpretive prints. Every day we walk or drive in our community and yet we see only the surface. We are blessed to live in a beautiful...