New digs for North Van art collection: Gordon Smith Gallery for Canadian Art to open 2012
Gordon Smith was visibly excited as he admired the masterpieces lining the walls of an improvised North Vancouver gallery Friday, safe in the knowledge that these treasured works are finally headed for a new home.
Mr. Smith co-founded the 400-strong collection of Canadian works - one of the province’s largest – with Bill Reid and Jack Shadbolt 20 years ago.
Two North Vancouver art teachers – Ken James and Bill MacDonald – had approached the three celebrated B.C. artists with an idea: An art program for kids sustained by the sales of artwork by Canadian artists.
The premise was simple. The artists would create an original piece, which the North Vancouver School District would then buy and house in an educational gallery. A set number of original prints would then be sold and the profits used to run a program called Artists for Kids.
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