CITYSCAPE COMMUNITY ARTSPACE - EXHIBITIONS North Van Arts has operated this City-owned facility since 2001, featuring group-based, themed exhibitions. The mission of CityScape Community ArtSpace is “to celebrate and promote art and artists through quality experiences in a unique and inviting gallery space, and to create an inclusive environment which enriches and encourages interaction in the community”.
50 July 26 – September 7 Exhibition Opening: Thursday, July 25 Creativescape: Stitched Photo Collage with Amelia Guimarin, September 5 Celebrating 50 years of North Van Arts as well as art and community in North Vancouver. Exhibiting artists Alexandra Phillips, Amelia Guimarin, Amy Liebenberg, Bev Ellis, Biliana Velkova, Grace Gordon-Collins, Mehran Modarres-Sadeghi, and Taehoon Kim considered significant events, experiences, and influences that have helped shape them as artists in North Vancouver and beyond.
Art Rental Show September 20 – October 12 A semi-annual salon-style exhibition of artworks from the Art Rental collection. All artwork was available for rent and sale right off the gallery walls!
Pushing Boundaries October 10 – November 16 Exhibition Opening: Thursday, October 9 This biennial group exhibition showcased and celebrated contemporary Indigenous artists. Indigenous cultures across North America use blankets in symbolic ways throughout their communities. These artists referenced the narratives rooted in their own nations and relate them back to pattern, textile, shape, form, or material. The blanket metaphor represents a way that we can use the deep connections of spirit while pushing a contemporary perspective on Indigenous ways of knowing. James (Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun) Harry, guest curator Participating artists: Cheximiya Allison Burns Joseph, Krystle Coughlin, Ocean Hyland, Atheana Picha, Michelle Sound, Manuel Axel Strain, Xwalacktun, Richard Heikkilä-Sawan, and Tiyaltelwet Melanie Rivers.
Freedom Flag, Richard Heikkilä-Sawan (centre) Didn’t make Cents, Xwalacktun (right)
Supported by Deux Mille Foundation Exhibitions | CityScape Community ArtSpace | 5
