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 August to February is the first Tuesday in July: Tuesday, July 7, 2026
- The application deadline for artwork exhibited from February to August is the first Tuesday in January: Tuesday, January 5, 2027
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.
Art currently on display
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Display: August, 2026 to February, 2027
About
Since 2007, Adea Chung has been creating one-of-a-kind pieces using recycled skateboards and discarded offcuts. Under the name Billy Would Designs, Adea hand makes each piece creating unique wooden jewellery and accessories. With a strong focus on sustainability and clean design, she aims to change how we look at waste and our relationship with this discarded precious resource. In 2022, Adea opened the flagship store in East Vancouver. A beautiful space to showcase her line as well as other curated local artists and designers.
Growing up in the interior of British Columbia, self-expression and creativity were a way of life. As the oldest of 6 obnoxiously talented siblings and influenced by parents whose life mission was to make art, music, and babies; Adea is self-taught and always learning. The name Billy is after her daughter, a constant source of inspiration and joy.
Artist Statement
As an artist, I’m always striving to create art that brings a sense of connection to the viewer. I make jewellery that I want to wear. Each piece is carefully handmade using selected reclaimed offcuts or old skateboards. I collect, clean, design, cut, and finish each piece in limited batches using various tools. Wood is such a beautiful medium to work with; often the colour, grain and natural markings will help shape the piece.
About work
Established in 2007, Billy Would Designs offers unique jewellery, accessories and art handmade in North Vancouver, BC. Each piece is carefully designed and created using only recycled skateboards and reclaimed hardwoods. A west coast minimalistic feel that's anything but simple. Special care is given to design, creating as little waste as possible. Jewellery is accented with sterling silver, 14k gold fill, brass or stainless steel.
Website: billywould.com
Instagram: @billywoulddesigns
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Display: August, 2026 to February, 2027
Artist statement
The Weight of Blue
The Weight of Blue is a tribute to solitude.
For me, solitude is not loneliness. It is a place of safety; a quiet space where I can slow down, observe, recover, and simply feel what I am feeling.
These portraits explore the quiet places we return to when the world becomes too loud. They emerge after the exhaustion of carrying more than can be seen. Layers of blue become emotional landscapes, marking cycles of stillness, reflection, and renewal.
Healing often begins when we feel safe enough to stop resisting and simply be.The light within is always there, even if, at times, it feels hidden beneath layers of blue.
Perhaps, for a little while, you can rest here too.Sensory Maps
Sensory Maps is an ongoing series I have been developing over the past two years.
For me, autism is a lens through which I perceive the world. Created from my perspective as an artist on the spectrum and a new immigrant, these paintings explore the layered emotional landscape of navigating an unfamiliar world. The experiences of immigration, identity, and belonging add further depth to the way I perceive and process my surroundings.
Emotions do not always arrive clearly for me. They often overlap, unfold in layers, or emerge long after a moment has passed. Through this series, I explore those internal landscapes while gradually learning to better understand myself.
I chose alcohol inks on Yupo paper for their fluidity and unpredictability. As pigments flow, merge, and resist control, they mirror experiences of emotional overwhelm, sensory overload, and meltdowns, while also reflecting my own process of navigating uncertainty and finding moments of balance within chaos.
As I began to understand the impact of masking on my well-being and sense of self, painting became a way of gently unmasking. Each work is both an exploration and a release, allowing me to express emotions that are often difficult to put into words.
With Sensory Maps, I hope to create space for conversations among people with autism, their families, and the wider community. My intention is to encourage curiosity, empathy, and a deeper appreciation of the many ways people experience and move through the world. I also hope to highlight art as a powerful tool for emotional expression, regulation, and connection.
Website: moojanazar.com
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Display: August, 2026 to February, 2027
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: georgeweston.art.Instagram: @georgewestonart
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Display: August, 2026 to February, 2027
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
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Display: August, 2026 to February, 2027
Artist statement
I have been practicing art for at least 25 years. I enjoy exploring various medias: mineral pigments, acrylic, watercolor, inks, oil, marks making, collage, washi and tissue papers, pastel. Art allows me to express emotions more than the reproduction of photographs does. I love the intuitive approach in my creative process. Unfortunately, my inspiration is fueled by the West Coast landscapes.
I am a member of the North Shore Artists Guild since 2023 and an exhibiting member of The Federation of Canadian Artists since 2026. I am working on the theme of “The Silence of Materials”.
This theme can encompass all the subjects of the nature here: rivers, creeks, waterfalls, woods, trees, rocks, beaches, mountains, cities, parks, birds, flowers, fishes, people, etc.
It could be a study in movement and light, capturing the quiet energy of each time reflections in a day. I am able to describe the emotional tone color palette, or an intention behind the work. It is an invitation to you to enjoy your life.
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Display: August, 2026 to February, 2027
Artist statement
My work explores the relationship between people, nature, memory and the emotions that shape our lives. Using ceramic, wood, metal, recycled materials and found objects, I create symbolic sculptures that invite reflection and personal interpretation.
Many of my words are inspired by resilience, migration, environmental change and the balance between fragility and strength. Rather than offering answers, I hope my sculptures encourage viewers to pause, look closely and discover their own meaning.
Originally from Iran and now based in North Vancouver, I spent over fifteen years creating and teaching visual arts. My background in sculpture, design, model making and woodworking continues to shape my artistic practice, combining craftsmanship with storytelling.
I believe sculpture has the power to make invisible emotions visible and to create moments of curiosity, empathy and connection.
Explore more of my work on my website and Instagram. For artwork purchases or inquiries, please contact me by email.
Website: miladart.com
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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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Display: August, 2026 to February, 2027
Artist Statement
Since 2011, Choi has been creating traditional Korean folk paintings. Choi draws inspiration from traditional techniques and symbols while adding Choi's own ideas and personal expression. Rather than simply reproducing traditional works, Choi reinterprets them to create something of Choi's own.
Choi's works are mainly created on Hanji, a traditional Korean paper made from mulberry trees, using Oriental watercolour. Choi also sometimes uses traditional pigments such as Bunchae and Bongchae. Choi especially enjoys painting subjects from nature, such as peonies, birds, and fish. In Korean culture, these subjects represent not only the beauty of nature but also meanings such as happiness, prosperity, and harmony.
Each piece goes through many stages, including sketching, outlining, layering colours, and adding details. Depending on the work, it can take several months to complete. Through this careful process, Choi hopes to preserve the beauty and spirit of traditional Korean folk painting while also bringing Choi's own style and a modern perspective to Choi's work.
Currently studying psychology in North Vancouver while continuing the artistic practice, Choi hopes to share the colours, symbols, and beauty of Korean folk painting with people from different cultural backgrounds through the works on display.
Instagram: @sunwoooooc
