Art Instructors
Anastasia Kondratovich
Painter
Anastasia Barabanova is a professional artist painter with a strong artistic background. She holds a Masters degree in Arts, within specialization in oil painting from Academy of Fine Arts in Saint-Petersburg, Russia and a Bachelor of Education 2nd degree from Simon...
Anna du Bois
Multi-Media Artist
Largely self-taught multi-media artist with interest in life drawing, as well as what is generally considered craft rather than art: creating items from yarn and repurposed or upcycled fabric; refinishing or repurposing furniture and other objects, and...
Cyd Eva
Is a queer visual artist, fashion designer, Art Teacher, podcast host, dancer, installation artist and surface pattern designer from Coquitlam so-called BC Canada. She has a BFA in visual art from Simon Fraser university, a degree in Fashion Design from Cape town...
Francisco Berlanga
Textile
Francisco Berlanga is a Vancouver-based artist with a BFA from Simon Fraser University and an MFA from the University of British Columbia. His practice reflects on his relationship to his Mexican identity as a second-generation immigrant through the lens of craft. He...
Isabelle Kirouac
Interdisciplinary Choreographer, Performer, Movement Educator
Isabelle Kirouac is an interdisciplinary choreographer, movement artist, and educator born in Quebec, on the traditional lands of the Abenaki, and currently living in Vancouver, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh...
Kamila Bashir
Industrial Designer
Kamila Bashir is a nature enthusiast pursuing industrial design from Emily Carr University. She moved to Vancouver last year from India. Her work is mostly driven by nature and she continues to embrace, come closer to, be inclusive of, and mindful of the natural...
Kim O’Brien
Felting
Kim O’Brien is a self-taught textile artist who has worked with wool since 2005. She sees the world through a joyful, quirky lens and uses her art practice to explore both amusing observations and complicated experiences. Since 2016 Kim has worked with wool...
MJ Holec
Multidisciplinary
MJ Holec is a lesbian writer, painter, and explorer across mediums. As an artist and educator, she believes in creating a space for students to explore, play, and discover their own unique modes of expression. One of her primary interests is in multi-media responses...
Sandrine Pelissier
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Watercolour
Originally from France, Sandrine Pelissier is a North Vancouver based Artist. Working from her studio, part of Welch street studios, she explores creating art in a variety of media : acrylics, watercolor, drawing and printmaking. Her work has been collected and...
Stephanie Blundell
Multi-disciplinary
Stephanie Blundell is a Vancouver-based visual artist who moved from London, UK, in 2019. She works on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and serves as the Arts Education Manager at North Van Arts. Stephanie’s art brings...
Surnoor Singh
Painter
Surnoor is an Indian born artist now living in Vancouver. He draws inspiration from the very life surrounding him. City, land, and people are reoccurring themes in his paintings. He is most passionate about painting ‘en plein air’ (painting outside from life) which...
Sydney Tough
Bassist, vocalist, composer and educator Sydney Tough graduated from Capilano University in 2019 with a Bachelor Degree in Jazz and Education. Sydney sings and plays bass in a variety of musical projects ranging in style from jazz, R&B and folk. Her visual art...
Willoughby Arevalo
Mycologist, Artist, Educator
Willoughby Arevalo is a interdisciplinary artist, mycologist and educator working on community-engaged projects that build relationships between humans, fungi and other members of our interspecies community. Willoughby’s goals as a community-engaged artist...