As if Mother Nature hadn’t done a bang-up job of making Vancouver’s North Shore a breathtaking sight to behold, the cities have upped the game with a generous public art program reflecting North Van’s rich heritage and culture. Grab a map and explore over 150 outdoor pieces, in between visits to the many galleries, theatres and gardens that make the North Shore more than just a pretty place.
Since opening in December 2021, MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver has been engaging the community by exploring the past, present and future of North Vancouver and its people. And soon,
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Since opening in December 2021, MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver has been engaging the community by exploring the past, present and future of North Vancouver and its people. And soon, it will connect with the community in new ways with the opening of its Feature Exhibit Gallery.
Opening December 8, 2022, MONOVA’s newest feature exhibition, You Are Here @ The Shipyards, invites visitors to imagine the area around the Museum in its earliest days as North Vancouver – on the site of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) village of Eslhá7an – and follow its evolution as a vibrant waterfront community.
Meet Me at The Gallery is a new daytime art program dedicated to enriching the lives of adults and seniors in our community with monthly get-togethers inspired
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Meet Me at The Gallery is a new daytime art program dedicated to enriching the lives of adults and seniors in our community with monthly get-togethers inspired by the gallery’s current exhibitions. Visitors are invited to drop-in on the first Wednesday of every month at 10:00 am to make new connections with art, and each other! A different activity will greet visitors every month, with social time to follow.
Coffee is on us!
Advance registration below is appreciated, but walk-ins are always welcome.
Upcoming Meet Me at The Gallery Dates
Wednesday, January 4
Wednesday, February 1
Wednesday, March 1
Wednesday, April 5
Wednesday, May 3
Wednesday, June 7
Wednesday, July 5
Wednesday, August 2
Wednesday, September 6
Wednesday, October 4
Wednesday, November 1
Wednesday, December 6
Time
January 4 (Wednesday) 10:00 am – December 6 (Wednesday) 12:00 pm
Come join us to practice your drawing skills in a friendly, non-competitive environment. We alternate professional models that will pose unclothed, aiming for a diversity in age, gender and body
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Come join us to practice your drawing skills in a friendly, non-competitive environment. We alternate professional models that will pose unclothed, aiming for a diversity in age, gender and body shapes. This group is for both amateur and experienced artists, and we welcome all skill levels.
The 3-hour session will have a series of short poses to warm up ( 1 and 2 minutes) and a few long poses (5 minutes to 15-25 minutes).
What should I bring?
We have the life drawing essentials : chairs, many easels and a few drawing donkeys, music…
Bring your drawing materials, paper and a board. Our artists are using pencils, charcoal, ink, pastels, watercolor… The poses in the regular sessions are too short to have time to paint with acrylics or oils.
We will have a break in the middle of the session so you are welcome to bring some food for yourself or even something to share.
If you have a light portable easel, you can bring it too.
Time
February 5 (Sunday) 11:00 am – June 11 (Sunday) 2:00 pm
The work of Nigerian-born artist Abraham O. Oghobase meditates on the legacies of mining across Africa, as well as the resulting displacements and migrations of people. His visual montages lift
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The work of Nigerian-born artist Abraham O. Oghobase meditates on the legacies of mining across Africa, as well as the resulting displacements and migrations of people. His visual montages lift schematic diagrams of metal-refining processes from A Text-book of Rand Metallurgical Practice, a handbook published in 1912 that heavily informed early extractive industries in South Africa and elsewhere. Presenting these drawings outside of their original context, and super-imposing them upon images of his own body, Oghobase studies the mechanisms of colonial exploitation while also visually disassembling them.
Time
May 5 (Friday) 10:00 am – July 30 (Sunday) 5:00 pm
