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Public Art - Collection
This website features over one hundred artworks located right here in North Vancouver. The artworks are one-of-a-kind pieces that were created through one of three public art project streams; civic, community or developer. Each public artwork has a story to tell about our unique corner of the world. The Arts Office invites you to explore this outstanding collection and discover more about our people, our history, our environment and our culture.
The 22 ½ inch bronze medallion laid into the foyer floor graphically captures the climate and the cycle of water in North Vancouver from sun and clouds, to rain, to bodies of water. Half o...
These four Salish designed salmon represent mature male and female salmon that are born in local rivers, make their way to the sea as fingerlings, then after four years return to the waters of thei...
This sculpture was created with legacy funds recieived by the municipality after hosting the BC Festival of the Arts. The funds were used to commission an artwork that would complimen...
An installation of over-sized book stacks, each one hand-carved from local BC granites and other stones. Two of the taller stacks mark the entrance to the public plaza at Mountain Highway, while se...
Artists were invited to hand-paint nylon banners. The banners were painted on site at the Lonsdale Quay over a two day event. The banners were then on display at the Quay over the summer months.
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Squamish Nation artist Jody Broomfield won this public art commission, which challenged artists to propose artworks specifically designed to discourage spray paint tagging on the newly built Mackay...
This Salish salmon house post marks the entrance way to the
City of North Vancouver.
The four Salish heads on the house post represent the four species of salmon, sockeye, pink, coho and chum...
School of Ceramic Fish, both created by the artist and by the students at Westview School
This sculpture depicting a male and female figure brushing past each other, is located at the front entrance to the District of North Vancouver Operations Facility.
Created by: Cascadia Society Participants (special needs) with the leadership of a visiting artist
Viewed from the rear lane way, a zodiac mosaic pattern with a 29 foot diameter has remodeled the Cascadia Society's backyard.
Site Memories: Murmuring Crows creates a 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 cor...
'SK8 Wave' is a colourful skateboard structure integrated into a 16,000 square foot Street Skate Park. The Park resembles an urban plaza complete with curbs, walls, rails and ramps. 'Sk...
Walk down the backs of snakes. Clumb up the rungs of ladders. When you visit this location, find 7 snakes and 5 ladders.
Living Ruin has two parts: a suggested living room made from slabs of granite and illustrations of family mounted as if photographs in the living room. Community children were invited to draw expre...
A bridge spans a small pond and stream becoming a metaphor for connections with the past and future and a reflection on the life cycle and remarkable journey salmon endure. The bridge was inspire...
This equestrian sculpture with the historic water trough pays homage to those who trod before us. Horses, ascending from the waterfront on the left side, hauled supplies up the steep incline to dev...
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