NVRC's art display program offers opportunities for local artists to showcase their work.
NVRC's art display program is designed to encourage emerging artists - both solo and groups - to exhibit their artwork within public facilities. While we prioritize North Shore-based artists, we welcome applications artists from other local communities. Program goals are to:
- Encourage the pursuit of lifelong learning
- Create opportunities for artists to connect with their community
- Promote cultural awareness and dialogue
- Showcase the wealth of creative talent in North Vancouver
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Delbrook Community Recreation Centre – 851 West Queens Road
Located on the top floor hallway, the gallery offers 70 linear feet of hanging space and is ideal to display 2D artwork of all types and sizes.Lions Gate Community Recreation Centre - 1733 Lions Gate Lane
Located off the main lobby, there are two black walls suitable for hanging framed artwork. Both walls are 8 ft 9 in high but the preferred maximum height for the artwork would be 40". The first wall is 15 ft 2 in wide and the second wall is 10 ft 5 in wide.Parkgate Community Centre – 3625 Banff Court
Located in the main lobby, a glass display unit is available for handcrafted art, small sculptures, and pottery. Other artwork will be considered pending space availability. Estimated sizing: two tiered display cabinets 6 ft x 2 ft x 2 ft.Ron Andrews Community Recreation Centre – 931 Lytton Street
Located in the main lobby, two glass units are available for a variety of handcrafted and 2D artwork and pottery. Other artwork will be considered pending space availability. Estimated sizing: two tiered display cabinets 4 ft x 11 ft x 3 ft and 6 ft x 9 ft x 2 ft.Centennial Theatre – 2300 Lonsdale Avenue
- South lobby - the exhibit space is ideal for 2D artworks. Up to 175 linear feet high mounted nearer the ceiling. Depending on the size of the work, space is available for up to 15 pieces. Artwork must be stretched with finished sides and properly wired for hanging. Due to the location of the gallery, theatre staff may be engaged in mounting the work.
- West lobby - up to 20 feet of linear space available for 2D art including photographs. Must be fully framed and ready to mount by the artist.
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Apply using the online application form. Or you can email your name, address, five images of your artwork (max. size 1 MB .jpg format) and your artist statement/bio or link to an online portfolio and/or website that includes examples of your work. Please indicate where you have previously exhibited.
There is no cost to the artist to participate. Selected displaying artists will be directly responsible for any purchasing inquiries and sales.
When to apply
There are two intakes each year and the art will be displayed for a six-month period. Display periods are mid-February to mid-August and mid-August to mid-February.- The application deadline for artwork exhibited from February to August: the first Wednesday in January.
The application deadline for artwork exhibited from August to February: the first Wednesday in July.
Selection criteria
The work is adjudicated by NVRC Cultural Services staff and selected artists will be notified.More information
Please reach out to Neil Scott, Theatre Supervisor and art display program lead, at 604-983-6455 or art-display@nvrc.ca. - The application deadline for artwork exhibited from February to August: the first Wednesday in January.
Art currently on display
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Display: February to August, 2026
Artist Statement
I am a painter with a lifelong love of creative expression. By drawing, painting, and sketching I’ve consistently been drawn to creating art as a way of observing and interpreting the world around me.
After returning to painting following a break, I found myself drawn back to landscape painting —especially scenes in our beautiful province of British Columbia. Forever grateful to live somewhere so awe inspiring, I love to make use of all that our backyard playground offers in constant inspiration. Spending time in our local forest trails, river edges, and familiar paths reveals something new each time.
Re-engaging with landscapes has allowed me to connect with nature in a different way. I’m interested in the subtleties that might otherwise go unnoticed and enjoy translating them onto the canvas. As a painter, with endless amounts of artistic license, I really love to introduce a creative twist—altering colours or softly bending forms—to express the sense of movement, rhythm, and something a little unique and personal to my work. I hope you enjoy it.
Biography
Shannon Taylor is an artist rediscovering painting after a break, though art has always been an integral part of who she is. She holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from Wilfrid Laurier University, grounding her creative practice in both formal learning and lifelong curiosity.
Shannon has spent years travelling the world, experiencing new cultures, amazing cities and sites often bringing her sketchbook along the way. She’s been fortunate enough to have collected many moments of awe along her travels. She adores finding them now in the beauty of the West Coast. Living on the North Shore, she spends much of her time observing nature and all its amazing details along with her dog, and hiking buddy, Jax.
Instagram: @commoner_art
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Display: February to August, 2026
Artist's Statement
George Weston is a painter and arts educator working out of North Vancouver. He often draws similarities between art and chess, finding himself trusting his creative intuition despite the temptation to over-calculate. His oil paintings juxtapose softly blended, fluid shapes against hard edges and chess-like perspectival backdrops, generating geometric and surreal compositions that speak to mental processes, logic, and the calculated chaos they cause.
Textural experimentation is complemented by rigid structures and strict rules in Weston’s work, resulting in precise yet playful artworks that walk the line between the conscious and subconscious. Through his meticulous approach to painting, he aims to create a pensive, impactful, yet calming space that acts as a visualisation of memory and trauma, with the intention of inspiring viewers to deliberate over how their own setbacks and passions have impacted their way of thinking and how they experience the art of play.Biography
George Weston received a BFA in Visual Arts from Emily Carr University of Art & Design in 2021. He has since immersed himself in art education, teaching in high schools, private studios, and recreation centres. Currently working as North Vancouver Recreation & Culture’s Visual Arts Instructor, he holds consistent weekly classes out of Parkgate Community Centre. Weston finds the same joy from painting whether he is the one holding the brush or not, and has found that aspiring artists of all ages - be it five year olds learning watercolour for the first time, to adults rediscovering their passion for oil painting - have benefitted from both his technical knowledge and contagious enthusiasm for art-making.
Weston’s artwork has received recognition from several exhibitions and competitions, including from Royal Academy of Arts, London (2016), Outsiders and Others (2023), Art Battle (2023), and Bravo Art Projects (2025). Several of his original artworks can be found in private collections across England, Ireland, Canada, Malaysia, South Korea, and Peru.
If you would like to inquire about purchasing an artwork you see, or commissioning a piece, please get in touch via email or through his website: www.georgeweston.art.Instagram: @georgewestonart
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Display: February to August, 2026
Artist statement
My art explores the medium where everyday reality begins to blur into fiction. Approaching art
from a contemporary perspective, I place digitalization at the core of my artistic process. Using
multimedia tools, I transform photographs, textures, color, light and found visuals from daily
life into layered visual narratives that I define as digital collages.As an interior architect and environmental designer, light, figure, space and environment are
essential components while constructing each scene. Familiar imagery becomes a point of
departure for questioning what lies beneath the surface of the image—what is real, what is
constructed, and how meaning is shaped through visual language.Through this series of work, I aim to create visual stories that resonate emotionally, touch the
human soul, and invite audience to think about digitalization concept at art practice.I am open to collaborations and commissioned projects; you can send me an email. I view my practice as an ongoing dialogue with individuals, communities and creative partners who value thoughtful, concept-driven visual stories.
Instagram: @dmlulukan -
Display: February to August, 2026
Artist statement
My passion for photographing our beautiful surroundings is rooted in growing up in multiple cultures. I have always been drawn to the majesty of our mountains and landscapes, the vastness of our galaxy and the stars, the interplay of our sun and the moon, and the amazing dance of light over our world. My vision is to inspire a mix of wonder, humility, and responsibility - a reminder that the world is still wild, still beautiful, and still worth fighting for.
Instagram: @platypus.arts
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Display: February to August, 2026
Beth W. Stewart is an abstract artivist who creates colourful and complex abstract acrylic paintings inspired by social justice.
Having begun painting expressively in the midst of conducting research in post-conflict northern Uganda, Stewart’s creative practice is consequently rooted in an ethic of bearing witness. Now, as a history and social justice editor and researcher, she draws inspiration from past and present stories of resistance, resilience, and revolution.
Influenced by postwar expressionism, Stewart’s process begins with active painting, producing expressions of her raw emotional responses to the powerful stories she encounters. Using putty knives and large paintbrushes, this initial phase produces bold gestural compositions with jolting colour combinations. As a painting progresses, Stewart transitions to focused mark-making. This detailed work is intuitively guided by the architecture of the initial composition and expresses Stewart’s contemplative engagement with the stories and ideas that move her.
The complex, incomprehensible line work layered atop vibrant, emotional gestural compositions creates a tension suggestive of the intensity in Stewart’s subject matter. The resulting artwork is always embedded with meaning, emotion, and audacious hope.
Instagram: @artbybws
Website: artbybws.com -
Display: February to August, 2026
Artist statement
Annika McFarlane is a Chinese-Canadian illustrator, designer and screen printer whose work combines poetic storytelling with a love for the natural world. Born and raised in North Vancouver, she draws on metaphors from nature to explore identity, connection and emotion. Her organic style connects with clients across editorial, publishing and environmental projects.
If you would like to purchase a print, commission artwork, or just say hello, get in touch!
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Display: February to August, 2026
Artist statementI create art that draws on and explores my life experiences and emotions. Much of my art is
inspired by the natural world; I also create pieces based on feeling, imagination and storytelling.I let the subject and message direct the choice of technique and style. This flexibility provides
me with the freedom to fully express my vision. My body of work includes paintings, mixed
media, textiles, and lino cut prints.Biography
Karen lives in North Vancouver and has been creating art since 2018. She expands her creative skills and techniques through courses offered by the Emily Carr University of Arts & Design, and online learning opportunities. She is an Exhibiting Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) and several community groups.Instagram: @karensheehanarts
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Display: February to August, 2026
Exhibition: Nature in Motion
Artist statement
Nature is always shifting—water falling, light drifting, reflections trembling
across the surface of a city or a quiet shore. This exhibition brings together
twelve paintings that explore those moments of transition, where movement
becomes a way of seeing.From the rush of waterfalls to the gentle sway of boats and the shimmering
geometry of urban reflections, each work captures a world in flux. These
paintings invite you to slow down and notice the subtle rhythms that shape
both the landscape and our inner lives.As you move through the gallery, let the changing energies—calm, vibrant,
turbulent, serene—guide your own sense of motion. Each piece offers a pause
within the flow, a moment to feel the living pulse of the natural world.Instagram: @m.sharilliart
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