About the North Shore Art Crawl

The North Shore Art Crawl is a free community event that celebrates the creative energy of local artists. The event features artists in approachable venues all throughout the North Shore, inviting community to engage with and learn about their practices. The North Shore Art Crawl energizes and inspires community through uplifting the arts.

Alison Tedford

Alison Tedford

Alison Tedford is an Indigenous freelance writer and marketing consultant from Abbotsford, BC. Her personal essays have been published on CBC, Al Jazeera, Today’s Parent, Upworthy, Good Men Project, Scary Mommy, in print publications and more. Her debut book, Chronic...

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Katie Rodgers

Katie Rodgers

Katie Rodgers developed her artistic practice building upon experiences images and insights during earlier travels in South East Asia.  The paintings consist of drawings and photographs presented in abstract form to suggest atmosphere and emotions associated with...

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Donna Giraud

Donna Giraud

Committed to creating artworks that evoke intense emotions that we can all relate to, my heavy use of texture and subtle layers of paint often offer the viewer a moment of pause. I create gestural shapes and moods that make people reflect and feel tranquil at the same...

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Dana Johnson

Dana Johnson

Dana Johnson is a Vancouver-born artist. As long as she can remember she has been consumed by art. Earlier on she lived in London, England and this was when she got her first taste of European history, art and culture. She has travelled extensively and these...

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Riitta Peirone

Riitta Peirone

I studied Interpretative Illustration at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario and took courses in drawing and painting at the Ontario College of Art. I worked in Toronto as a graphic artist, mainly in educational publishing.  In 1986, I moved to...

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Leah Gies

Leah Gies

As a Youth Worker and Student Support Worker with the Vancouver School Board for the past 14 years, Leah discovered a passion for using art to inspire creativity and self-awareness in the students she works with. She is a life-long lover of drawing, writing and...

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April Lacheur

April Lacheur

Back in 2007, April was creating art as a hobby while working as full time Registered Nurse in post open heart surgery in Victoria, BC, Canada. Fast forward 10+ years and April is now working as a full-time artist, having traded in her in stethoscope for a paintbrush....

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Hilary Grist

Hilary Grist

Hilary Grist’s signature brand of firefly folk dipped in dreamy, art pop envelopes her dulcet, often delicate vocal delivery. A diverse artist, her poignant and playful songs have been featured regularly on CBC Radio and heard on TV shows like: Grimm (NBC), Being...

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Taslim Jaffer

Taslim Jaffer

Taslim Jaffer is a freelance writer and writing instructor with a special interest in culture and society. Her writing has appeared in Maclean's, Huffington Post Canada, Unearth Women, CBC Parents, WestCoast Families and others. As the cultures columnist for Peace...

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Sue Damen

Sue Damen

Sue Damen is an artist, illustrator and educator. She was born at Grace Hospital in Vancouver but grew up in the small farming community of Yarrow, BC. Later, she came back to Vancouver attending the University of British Columbia, where she graduated with a BFA...

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