North Vancouver arts
North Vancouver: Expose your art with NV art rental program
Visual artists in the community are encouraged to contribute to the North Vancouver Community Arts Council’s art rental program. The program allows individuals and businesses to rent paintings, photography and mixed media works by local artists for an affordable price. Meanwhile, artists gain exposure and revenue — royalties are paid semi-annually. New works will be [...]
North Vancouver: City aids funding-starved theatre: $25,000 gift helps Presentation House cope with gaming grant cut
The City of North Vancouver has produced $25,000 to help bail out Presentation House Theatre after the provincial government doubled back on a commitment to give the arts group gaming money. The theatre will be approaching the District of North Vancouver for the same amount. In his written report to city council, Ian Forsyth, director [...]
North Vancouver: Dying arts B.C.’s funding cuts are pushing already precarious programs to the brink
In a white, mirrored dance studio on Capilano Road, 13 dancers stand facing the barre in perfect first positions: heels touching, feet turned out to make 180 degrees. Thirteen pairs of clear eyes look ahead, 13 necks are extended, 13 pairs of knees are pulled up straight. Typical of high-level teenage ballet students, their concentration [...]
Replicas of squatters’ shacks find home across Burrard Inlet, Ken Lum’s installation to move closer to community that inspired it
An art work that plays around with the meaning of Shangri-La is moving closer to the local spot that inspired it. Earlier this year, artist Ken Lum’s from shangri-la to shangri- la was installed at Offsite, the Vancouver Art Gallery’s public art site at the Shangri-La Hotel on West Georgia. Works installed on the site [...]
North Vancouver: Public art initiatives in North Van create controversy
The City and District of North Van have collectively spent close to $152,000 purchasing two beads in an inter-municipal public art initiative known as The Necklace Project. While at least half of the other eight participating Metro Vancouver municipalities have installed their portion, North Van’s art pieces have yet to be threaded because of public [...]
North Shore artists pull out their paint brushes for Pakistan fundraiser
Growing up, Sarah Ella Bastien lived her life in halves. Six months of the year, the young girl spent her days running through rolling fields of sunflowers and poppies in the picturesque countryside of Central France. The other six months she was on the rugged North Shore, studying, painting, and sailing the waters of Howe [...]
North Vancouver: Fancy footwork festival taps into dance form’s growing popularity, International tap dance artists shuffle into Vancouver
Tap dancers who have performed with Gregory Hines, in a Spike Lee movie and on So You Think You Can Dance will tap their heels and toes to dizzying syncopated rhythms at the 2010 Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival, Sept. 3 to 5. Sas Selfjord, executive director of the Vancouver Tap Dance Society, which presents [...]
North Vancouver: Petition launched against Deep Cove sculpture
Deep Cove residents are up in arms over a plan to plunk a public-art sculpture in their midst. More than 150 locals have signed a petition in a bid to prevent the five-metre-high stainless-steel obelisk with an LED light on top, called Mirare, from being installed in Deep Cove Park. Petition organizer Karen Willliams says [...]
WV’s Klee Wyck faces closure, Arts programs may be forced out
One of West Vancouver’s historic estates used by a number of arts and cultural groups may close its doors to the community next year due to safety concerns. The main building at Klee Wyck – a property on Keith Road once owned by renowned doctor, cancer researcher and humanitarian Ethlyn Trapp — is no longer [...]
North Vancouver: Under the Volcano erupts for last time, After 20 years of arts and activism, the by-donation event is pulling up its roots
As Woody Guthrie would have put it — to music, of course — so long, it’s been good to know you. The 20th annual Under the Volcano Festival will be the last of these unique events, which take Cates Park near Deep Cove and make it, for one day, a haven for those on the [...]
North Van seeks cultural revolution, Consultant recommends new homes for Presentation House’s three tenants
Three of the North Shore’s foremost cultural institutions should be moved into new, multi-million-dollar buildings over the next two decades, according to a year-long study commissioned by the City of North Vancouver. The purpose of the study was to determine the best way to house the Presentation House Gallery, Presentation House Theatre and the North [...]
North Vancouver: The ‘Lower Lonsdale Cultural Facilities Study’ is a new comprehensive planning study to relocate three of the community’s most important arts, heritage and cultural facilities
Under the guidance of the Arts Office, the ‘Lower Lonsdale Cultural Facilities Study’ was prepared for the City of North Vancouver by the consultant team of Proscenium Architecture & Interiors together with Lydia Marston-Blaauw (Cultural Consultant). In its most basic terms, the ’Study’ provides a flexible, broad-based planning framework to guide the City’s future planning and decision-making in respect of three [...]
North Vancouver: Under the Volcano Festival waves farewell
It was a nice ride, but it’s come to an end. This year’s Under the Volcano Festival marks its 20th year as well as a finale, festival spokesperson Meegan Maultsaid said. “I know a lot of people are sad and disappointed,” she said. “I will probably cry, I am sure.” Last year’s rainy weather took [...]
North Vancouver: Sustainability showcase
Sustainable and socially responsible designs dominate the Capilano University Textile Art Grad Show this year. On now at North Vancouver’s CityScape Community Art Space, the show exhibits a wide range of work by the program’s 18 graduating students. The display includes sculptural works, garments, costumes and textual wall pieces, with many pieces exhibiting an environmentally [...]
North Vancouver: Brand New Look
The North Vancouver Office of Cultural Affairs (NVOCA) changes its name to The Arts Office; introduces on!, a snazzy new cultural events calendar that replaces the monthly Arts Alive North Shore insert; and launches a dynamic new website with enhanced functionality and social networking capabilities for both creators and consumers of culture on Vancouver’s North [...]
