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.

Lauren James-Davies

Lauren James-Davies

  BIOGRAPHY  Lauren James-Davies (b. 2003) is a visual artist living and working in Vancouver, BC, on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Her work explores...

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Janet Strayer

Janet Strayer

My art celebrates life in its variety, focusing on the vital intersection of worlds within and around us, the impact of imagination and memory, and the imperfect beauty of being human in a changing reality. It is inspired by experience and imagination, by cultural...

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Tim Bennison

Tim Bennison

Tim was born in England in 1963 and moved to Canada in 1970. Growing up in Ottawa, he began painting with watercolours in high school. Tim has painted in this medium ever since. He is continually improving and evolving his technique, taking courses at Emily Carr and...

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Elisabeth Sommerville

Elisabeth Sommerville

Elisabeth Sommerville graduated from the Alberta College of Art in Calgary winning the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize. She moved to Vancouver in 1965 to start her own award-winning graphic design business, Sommergraphics. In 1985 she was hired as design consultant...

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Phyllis Schwartz

Phyllis Schwartz

Phyllis Schwartz is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator who works in photography, ceramics and publishing. She is an Emily Carr University of Art + Design graduate with a concentration in photography and the recipient of the Canon Photography Award. Her...

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Steve Rayner

Steve Rayner

Steve was born and raised in England and trained to be an architect at Cambridge University. His interest in the profession grew from watching his architect father at work and he also inherited from him and other Rayner forebears, some of whom were noted Victorian...

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Jennifer Lamb

Jennifer Lamb

"My photographic approach to and reaction to the natural and built environments are summed up in three phrases: · fuelled by curiosity · delighted by discovery · inspired by beauty Colour, line, texture and light attract my eye.  I invite you to share the delight...

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Anastasia Kondratovich

Anastasia Kondratovich

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...

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Thom Harvey Kline

Thom Harvey Kline

“I entered the Vancouver School of Art in 1969 to pursue my continuing photography work.  Here I was introduced to sculpture and found the world of 3D.  BCIT led to a career in the building environment and working with major architectural firms in...

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Effat Mirnia

Effat Mirnia

Born and raised in Iran, Effat was part of an art-loving family. From childhood, she expressed her feelings and thoughts through her art – painting, writing and poetry became a form of release for her. From the age of 15, she gave her time and efforts to several...

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