North Van Arts, founded in 1969 as The North Vancouver Community Arts Council, is a grassroots, social-profit, charitable cultural organization dedicated to maximizing the intrinsic value of the arts in all media.

Keep reading to learn more about

• Hours: Please see our NEW hours for Gallery and Art Rental

• Gallery: Anonymous Art Show Update & Contest Winner!

• Arts Education: A Poster for your Pleasure

• North Shore Culture Compass: Looking Back and Ahead

• Donations are Welcome: a fun Donor Quiz to Match your Personality

HOLIDA

HOLIDAY HOURS

We will be CLOSED

starting Friday, December 22, 2023

We OPEN again Wednesday, January 3, 2024

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*NEW GALLERY HOURS for JANUARY 2024

Monday & Tuesday: CLOSED

Wednesday to Saturday: 11am-5pm

ART RENTAL

Wednesday to Saturday, 11am-5pm

Monday & Tuesday, by appointment.

Please email: artrental@northvanarts.ca

Two gallery visitors to the Anonymous Art Show contemplate their picks!

Gallery

Anonymous Art Show: That's a Wrap!

This year was our 20th annual exhibition! What a feat to be doing this for that long!

While we did not quite make our goal, we are so happy with what was achieved.

Number of Artworks sold: 404

Money raised: $40,400

We appreciate all those that helped spread the word for this festive fundraiser online, by word of mouth and by visiting the gallery with friends in-tow. It's that type of community backing that makes these big fundraisers a success!

We are so grateful for every customer, artist, volunteer, and installer who has made these 20 years possible, bringing your energy and enthusiastic support each year. To celebrate this milestone, we had TWO contests running: The Ultimate Prize Pack & the Golden Tickets.

The Anonymous Art Show ULTIMATE PRIZE PACK winner was drawn on Wednesday, Dec 20. Congratulations to local North Vancouver resident Catherine Lee!! We would like to thank Vancouver's North Shore Tourism for generously donating the prize pack (worth approx. $850):

• 1 night stay with parking and breakfast at the Pinnacle Pier Hotel in North Vancouver
• 2 tickets to Grouse Mountain
• 2 tickets to Capilano Suspension Bridge
• $25 North Vancouver Brewery Gift Card
• Vancouver's North Shore Tourism merchandise

Golden Tickets

Hidden behind 11 artworks were some fabulous prizes generously donated by the following businesses:

• Two vouchers for the Bard on the Beach’s 2024 BMO Mainstage productions! 
• Two adult admission vouchers for Vancouver Lookout! 
• A voucher for a complimentary yoga intro month at Modo Yoga North Vancouver! 
• A gift certificate for a two-player outdoor game with Vancouver Mysteries! 
• A gift certificate for two-person admission to a Forbidden Vancouver Walking Tour! 
• A two-bottle carrier with a bottle of Italian white and Spanish red wine from Everything Wine!
• A $50 gift certificate to Browns Social House! 
• A $75 gift certificate to Burgoo! 
• A $50 gift certificate to Farina a Legna! 
• A $40 gift card to Windfall Cider & Co! 
• A 2024 You Are Here Calendar, tote bag, and pack of 12 art cards! 

Congratulation to everyone! Thank you to everyone who purchased an artwork and stopped into the gallery to marvel at the display this year. We are so grateful for the artists who put their hearts and souls into this fundraiser and a community that purchases and takes these artworks away into their own lives to cherish and enjoy. 

Picking up your artwork

Purchased artwork can be picked up at CityScape Community ArtSpace during gallery hours (Wednesday - Saturday). We will be open again after the holidays on January 3.

Artists are invited to pick up their work during gallery hours beginning in January.

Further information is available online.

North Van Arts offers arts education in the form of courses, workshops, and camp programming for all ages, interests and abilities.

Thinking ahead to February? March? Excited to become more creative? Try something new?

We have a poster for you to download and save if you would love to ponder these creative NEW classes and workshops. Oil Painting, Textiles, Sculpture, Online Creative Writing, Gel Plate Printing, a Camp Creative Pro D Day for Kids in February, and MORE!

 Go to our website to learn about all our Arts Education classes, workshops or Date Nights and check back often as more are being added.

Download our Arts Education Poster!

Wishing you happy holidays, enjoying traditions with friends and family.

This past year has been another busy one for the North Shore Culture Compass, here's a quick look back:

• added 63 new listings to the map, including schools, craft breweries, traditions, and welcoming new cultural organizations to our community
• shared over 500 current events listed on the map
• recognized with 3 awards

District of North Vancouver for Heritage Advocacy

District of West Vancouver for exceptional contributions to cultural diversity and vitality

Heritage BC for Education for Awareness and Communications

• presented fun and engaging activations like BINGO (Heritage Week), Tourism Challenge Treasure Hunt, Pub Trivia, Craft Beer Treasure Hunt
• connected with community at 5 events over the summer
• produced the You Are Here calendar and art cards, our annual fundraiser
• produced tote bags with animals in Coast Salish design

Looking forward to 2024, we're working on some exciting stuff:

• presenting a new look for the online map
• adding more animals with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) language and Downriver Hunq’eme’nem / hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (traditional language of Tsleil-Waututh)
• adding stories and original art by Xàlek’/Sekyu Siyam-Chief Ian Campbell

Watch for our 2024 Heritage Week activation, coming in February!

Answer a few short questions to find out which of our programmes match your personality!

As a charitable cultural organization, North Van Arts relies on the committed funding of our government partners and the generosity of local business, groups and individuals.

Your donation supports the variety of community programming by North Van Arts, ensuring that we can continue to positively impact the lives of members of our community through the arts, and support emerging and established artists. Many of our programmes and events are heavily subsidized or free, which encourages participation by the greatest number of people.

As a registered charity, we are able to provide a tax receipt for any gift of $20 or more. We also accept donations by mail, by phone or in person.

Thank you to everyone and have a wonderful holiday season! Be safe, be grateful and be kind.

With gratitude as guests, we acknowledge that North Van Arts activities take place on the unceded territories of the səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations.