North Shore Cultural Vignettes
Celebrating the creativity of the flourishing arts scene in North Vancouver, these video vignettes have been created to generate awareness of the unique arts, cultural and heritage attractions right here on Vancouver's North Shore.
North Vancouver is home to over 100 public works of art spread across the North Shore. Public art can be found in libraries, along nature trails and public walkways, in parks and shopping plazas. Enjoy this video produced by Vancouver North Shore Tourism.
Word to Your Motherland mural is a large outdoor mural that has transformed a cement wall at a North Vancouver homeless shelter into a community showpiece that celebrates multiculturalism and explores the importance of respecting our cultural roots.
Site Memories: Murmuring Crows by artist Ingrid Kiovukangus creates connection from the past to the present, from the natural world to the industrial, from the world of site memories to the present day. The crows and corresponding text, sand blasted onto boulders along Spirit Trail, share Crow mythology while leading viewers through the park to the memory of a ship, the Benjamin Sewall.
Located at the entrance to Lynnmouth Park and connected to the Spirit Trail, North Vancouver's newly re-opened Mountain Equipment Co-op unveiled a beautiful work of public art entitled Swale in a public ceremony in June 2012. MEC partnered with the City of North Vancouver to commission artists Veronica and Edwin Dam de Nogales, the same artists that created The Long Ascent, the horse art work located in Victoria Park on Lonsdale Avenue.
The City of North Vancouver’s Public Art Program donated over 30 new books and dvd's on a wide range of subjects relating to public art to the City of North Vancouver Public Library's collection. The North Vancouver Public Art Advisory Committee sourced the materials and gave them to the library enabling the public to access more information about public art and artists worldwide.
A wide array of Public Art can be found in Jack Loucks Court in North Vancouver's bustling Lower Lonsdale neighbourhood. Centrally located and close to the Lonsdale Quay Market and SeaBus, North Van residents and visitors can delight in the ambiance of the area while taking a self-guided public art walking tour. Find walking tour details on the Arts Office website under Public Art.
Public Art is a reflection of a community's sense of place and of its history. Artists Paul Slipper and Kevin Head talk about their artworks that are located in North Vancouver's Lynn Valley neighbourhood.
A great source of civic pride, North Vancouver's arts and cultural activities and public art works celebrate the full spectrum and diversity of the region.