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 suitable as a community arts centre, West Vancouver’s chief administrator officer Brent Leigh said.
“Some earlier investment in that facility would have allowed it to continue to be used, but it’s becoming a public safety concern to us,” he said.
One of the District’s official cultural facilities, Klee Wyck – named by Trapp in honour her good friend Emily Carr — is home to children’s performing arts programs, adult visual arts programs and is also rented out as studio space for artists. But after years of neglect, the building does not meet the District of West Vancouver’s safety standards, Leigh said.
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