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.

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. She studied painting at Emily Carr University of Art and Design after a successful career in fashion design and teaching. Her love of European landscapes, history, historical costume and nature comes across in much of her work....

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Riitta Peirone

Riitta Peirone

Riitta graduated from Sheridan College of Art and Design in Oakville Ontario and continued to take courses in drawing and painting at the Ontario College of Art. Riitta worked in Toronto as a graphic artist, mainly in educational publishing. After spending some time...

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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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Sydney Tough

Sydney Tough

Sydney Tough is the longest-running children’s camp instructor at Camp Creative, bringing years of leadership to its Summer Camps, courses, and workshops. A graduate of Capilano University with a Bachelor of Jazz and Education, she is a bassist, vocalist, composer, and visual artist passionate about inspiring young creators through music and fine arts.

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Sonia Mocnik

Sonia Mocnik

Sonia Mocnik is inspired by her surroundings; from cityscapes to the great outdoors. Vancouver born, she has always enjoyed creating some type of art. She paints with the colours that move her from an urban scene to nature’s blooms. The energy of each captured moment...

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Shae Salmon

Shae Salmon

Contemporary semi-abstract mixed media artist who incorporates her photography into her work. Through textural layers and translucent colour, Shae builds on her images creating an abstract world in hopes of captivating the viewer's imagination.   [gallery...

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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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