Sophia Longo

Sophia Longo

Sophia Longo has been running our popular Continuing Watercolour class since 2023, attracting regular participants. A visual artist from Brazil, she teaches at North Van Arts and explores themes of interconnectedness through nature and memory in her work.

Francisco Berlanga

Francisco Berlanga

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...
Hoorasa Sahandpour

Hoorasa Sahandpour

Hoorasa Sahandpour was born in an artist family in Iran. Hoorasa’s father was a writer and theatre director. Hoorasa along with his father, his artist father became interested in painting and singing and making movies and theatre.   Hoorasa has had...
Polly Almond

Polly Almond

Hi, I’m Polly Almond! Originally from Russia, I now create art and write poetry in North Vancouver. My artistic journey started in arts-focused high school, evolved through university studies in journalism and literature, and took a major turn when I moved to Canada...
Cyd Eva

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...