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.

Edme Focant

Edme Focant

Born in Belgium, my family passed along a strong appreciation for the art and music at an early age. We were always grateful to be surrounded by beautiful architecture and galleries containing remarkable paintings which cultivated a strong appreciation for the arts...

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Susanne Kestner-Aiello

Susanne Kestner-Aiello

Travels have taken Susanne from Europe to South America, to USA and last to Canada where she has lived since 1979. Initially an art student at Atelier Josse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Susanne continued her formal education in the USA and in Canada. She attended...

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Warren Oneschuk

Warren Oneschuk

Working in acrylics, Warren Oneschuk (AFCA) is a realism artist/painter in North Vancouver, BC. His subject matter lies in historical interests – mainly abandoned/rusted vehicles and derelict buildings. He works in a multi-layered, glazing and dry brush technique to...

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Paula Barrantes

Paula Barrantes

                Paula Barrantes is a watercolour illustrator that brings the study of plants and their surrounding ecosystems to the center of her practice. After leaving her native Costa Rica to study in Canada, she went on to...

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Stuart Browning

Stuart Browning

Stuart was born in Vancouver, living much of his life on the West Coast. Recently returning to the North Shore from Richmond he is inspired by our massive West Coast forests, streams, rivers and water scenes. An ongoing interest in both Asian and North West Coast...

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Thompson Brennan

Thompson Brennan

My new work is titled "Solastalgia Story". Solastalgia was coined to describe a feeling of displacement from one's own home environment. The word referred to those who have experienced a radical change in the eco-environment: loss of glaciers, for example, to a...

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Marcia Meyer Music

Marcia Meyer Music

Currently as Co President of the North Shore Branch of the Registered Teachers’ my main focus these days is on private piano instruction. As a piano instructor, I teach all styles of music, RCM exam preparation, jazz, pop and improvisational techniques. Emphasis is on...

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Chelsea Yuill

Chelsea Yuill

Chelsea Yuill is an emerging curator and textile artist based in Vancouver, BC. As a textile artist, her hand sewn appliqués are wearable embellishments of glamour, costume, and kitschy romance while her weaving focuses on community engagement. In 2018, she completed...

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Melanie Rivers

Melanie Rivers

Melanie Rivers, Tiyaltelwet, is an Indigenous mixed media artist who teaches online and in person art classes to women around the world. She helps women build a joyful and self-compassionate art practice. Melanie says, “Creating art brings me into the present moment,...

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Suzanne Thomson

Suzanne Thomson

Born and raised in Vancouver, Suzanne's vivid imagination and artistic eye has made its' mark in many ways. After years of event planning, her own flower design business and adding sparkles to figure skating dresses, her talents are now focused on the colourful world...

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