EVENTS
Thriving Artists: Professional Development for Creatives
PoMoArts introduces Thriving Artists: Professional Development for Creatives, a new workshop series designed to empower artists of all disciplines. Led by experienced artists and industry professional, these info sessions cover essential skills like grant writing, financial management, and project development -- helping you grow your practice, secure funding, and thrive as a working artist.
Visit our registration page to learn more and register. Keep an eye out as we add more workshops this spring!
(PoMoArts, 2425 St Johns, Port Moody, Feb. 1, Feb. 8, Mar. 23)
Camp Creative: Illustration, Drama, and Storytelling for Kids Choose from Multiple Sessions to Fit Your Schedule Session 1: Pro-D Camp Day (February 14, 2025)
Your young performers will explore the art of storytelling through drama and performance. They’ll dive into creative techniques to bring stories to life, from crafting their own puppets and masks to staging puppet shows and mini-plays. Inspired by theater and the magic of storytelling, participants will experiment with costume and set design, as well as the basics of filming their performances, all while preparing their work for at end of week show at Maplewood House.
Note: There will no longer be an additional exhibition at CityScape.
About the Camp:
At North Van Arts, our camps go beyond traditional kids’ programming. We encourage young artists to think beyond the walls of the venue and explore how their artistic ideas can create meaningful change. Through engaging themes like eco-art, environmental stewardship, and public art, participants will explore a range of mediums such as storytelling, music, and foraged materials, all while developing a personal artistic voice.
Available Sessions 1. Pro-D Camp Day o Date: February 14, 2025 o Instructor: Paige Jung o Cost: $95 2. Spring Camp – Murals & Stories (Week 1) o Date: March 17–21, 2025 o Instructor: Paige Jung o Cost: $395 3. Spring Camp – Drama & Stories (Week 2) o Date: March 24–28, 2025 o Instructor: Kamila Bashir o Cost: $395
(Maplewood House 399 Seymour River Pl, North Vancouver, Feb. 14 - Mar. 28)
Mother’s Day: Cedar Bark Weaving with Rita Kompst
Celebrate Mother’s Day with a special, hands-on weaving workshop led by Rita Kompst of the Musqueam Nation. This beginner-friendly session introduces the traditional Coast Salish art of cedar weaving in a welcoming and accessible way.
Rita will share the cultural significance of cedar and guide participants step by step as they weave their very own cedar heart. Using cedar bark that Rita has harvested and prepared, you’ll create a beautiful handmade piece to keep or gift to someone special.
No experience needed—this workshop is open to all! All materials are provided.
Come learn, create and connect in this meaningful workshop. Space is limited, so register early!
(1100 Chestnut St, May. 11, 10:30 a.m - 12:00 p.m)
Spring Break Heritage Camp
This spring break we are offering full-day camps at Mackin House for kids ages 5-8. These day camps will allow your child to be fully immersed in the museum experience, and learn through activities involving local history, art, music, cooking, gardening, and more! They will be given the chance to interact with artifacts, create their own collections, and try out heritage-based cooking and art projects.
(Coquitlam Heritage at Mackin House, 1116 Brunette Avenue, Coquitlam, Mar. 17 - 28)
Chutzpah! Plus Spring Edition - tickets on sale now!
The Chutzpah! Festival returns with a special spring edition, offering a vibrant lineup of performances featuring artists from Canada, Israel, Spain, and the United States. Chutzpah! Plus will present concerts ranging from middle eastern world music to family entertainment, innovative dance work, theatre, and hilarious comedy. In addition, there will be workshops and stimulating conversations.
(Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre and other JCC venues, 950 W. 41st Ave, Mar. 19 - 23)
Thriving Artists: Connect with your Grant Project
Knowing and communicating the value of your project is the key to getting it funded! Learn how to capture the essence of your project and articulate it compellingly in a grant application. Led by Inuit artist and arts administrator Jessica Miinguuaqtii, this workshop takes a decolonial approach to a traditionally-structured process, helping you connect deeply with your project to convey its value. The workshop will also touch on writing assets like Artist Statements, CVs, and Bios. Open to all artists seeking to fund a project.
(PoMoArts, 2425 St Johns, Port Moody, Mar. 23)
NWXR 2025 Beyond the Stage - Open Studio Sharing
This season, NWXR invited artists, technologists, and creatives to reimagine Vancouver as a living canvas. Led by XR Program Coordinator Avideh Saadatpajouh, interdisciplinary workshops explored movement, XR, and sensory experiences in urban spaces. From January to March, artists engaged in workshops and gatherings, culminating in an Open Studio Sharing at the Roundhouse. Join us the afternoon of March 30th to glimpse the work this passionate group has developed over the past three months.
(Roundhouse Community Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, Mar. 30, 2:00 p.m)
National Geographic Live: The Untold Story of Sharks with Dr. Jess Cramp
Sharks have roamed the planet’s waters since before the dinosaurs evolving into more than 500 species. Only recently have we begun to understand their lives—and how our actions can threaten their survival. Dr. Jess Cramp looks at the work of women leading shark science. Swim alongside her under the vibrant waters of the South Pacific to find out what it truly means to save sharks.
Dr. Jess Cramp is a shark researcher who specializes in conservation policy and engaging communities in the management of their ocean.
(Vancouver Playhouse, 600 Hamilton St, Vancouver, Apr. 2)
Spring Crafts at the Museum
Stop by the museum on Saturdays in April for some self-guided spring and Easter themed arts and crafts. Come by anytime during our open hours for colouring pages and craft making, all materials provided.
Free. RSVP Appreciated.
Drop-ins welcome.
(Coquitlam Heritage at Mackin House, 1116 Brunette Avenue Coquitlam, Apr. 5 - 26, 10:30 a.m - 3:30 p.m)
Mashup: Origami Nights
Spend your evenings at the museum and try your hand at some origami! Read about the history and cultural heritage of the craft and learn how to fold different designs.
We will have materials out along with various instructions of different difficulty levels. Start your visit by making something easy or test your skills with a more intermediate design. Drop in any time during our open hours on Thursday the 10th and Friday the 11th to participate.
(Coquitlam Heritage at Mackin House, 1116 Brunette Avenue Coquitlam, Apr. 10 - 11, 2:00 - 9:00 p.m)
Arts Whistler Live! presents: Spaced Out!
A stolen spaceship. A captain with zero control. A crew that doesn’t exist—yet.
Welcome to Spaced Out, the improv comedy adventure where even the actors don’t know what’s coming next. In this chaotic deep-space escapade, a ragtag group of accidental passengers wakes up mid-flight—no destination, no mission, and no idea why they’re even on board.
One thing’s for sure: if they want to survive the stars, they’ll have to unload their emotional baggage and step up as the ship’s crew. But what exactly are they running from—their pasts, their fears… or their feelings?
Strap in, space cowboys. This isn’t just a trip through the galaxy—it’s a wildly unpredictable ride into the strangest corners of the universe. And trust us, anything can happen.
Starting the award-winning actor, writer and filmmaker David C. Jones.
(Apr. 11)
TIFF: THELMA (2024)
ABOUT THE TIFF FILM SERIES
This season’s TIFF Circuit series focuses on families and unlikely heroes in extraordinary circumstances, celebrating resilience, personal growth, and unconventional adventures.
ABOUT THE FILM
When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
Rated PG-13 for strong language.
(The ACT Arts Centre, 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, Apr. 12)
N.Ormes
N.Ormes is a circus show where the duo Agathe and Adrien pushes the limits and expectations of their own bodies and gender norms. Provocative, dysfunctional and tender, the piece brings the viewer to question their own assumptions.
The story features two protagonists and their relationship navigating between complicity and power struggles. Skilfully combining hand to hand, Icarian games and dance, the stage becomes an arena. One by one, the archetypes fall in battle, giving way to a quest for friendship and fairness through power and fluidity.
(Historic Theatre, 1895 Venables, Apr. 24 - 27)
The Knitting Pilgrim
The Knitting Pilgrim, featuring actor and knitter Kirk Dunn, is a multidisciplinary one-man show that combines personal storytelling, image projection, and three huge knitted panels that look like stained glass windows, to explore the connection amongst the Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The play recounts Kirk’s fifteen-year artistic and spiritual journey of hand-knitting the ambitious project, and looks at why people struggle to get along today, the meaning of art, the hell of grant-writing and the power of love to overcome major obstacles (and minor mishaps).
(The ACT Arts Centre, 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, Apr. 25)
VCT presents Silent Movie Mondays: Piccadilly
A young Chinese woman working in the kitchen at a London dance club is given the chance to become the club's main act, which leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love, and murder. Anna May Wong is mesmerizing as Shosho, the dishwasher who overnight becomes the toast of the town - and the object of every man's desire.
Escape to the 1920s silent movie era! VCT is thrilled to present classic silent films accompanied live on the historic Wurlitzer organ
(Orpheum, 601 Smithe St, Vancouver, Mar. 10)
VCT presents Silent Movie Mondays: The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin's comedic masterwork - which charts a prospector's search for fortune in the Klondike & his discovery of romance (with the beautiful Georgia Hale) was an immediate success on its release and continues to be one of Chaplin's most celebrated works. The Gold Rush is an indelible work of heartwarming hilarity, featuring such timeless gags as the dance of the dinner rolls and the meal of boiled shoe leather.
Escape to the 1920s silent movie era!
(Orpheum, 601 Smithe St, Vancouver, Jun. 2)
