Public Art - Collection

This gift from Korea is similar to sculptures commonly found on Chequ Island to serve the dual function of guardian and boundary marker. The tradition has been derived from native shamanism. This f...

The two-story windows bear the image of the first Lynn Valley General Store which was at one time located within feet of the new library site. This heritage image from the Archives has been digital...

NS Stream Keepers

This human figures protect and display vessels planted with greenery as an outward expression of man's responsibility to the natural environment.

The artist's goal was to develop a single surface that would absorb and reflect the main surrounding natural elements. The surface divisions that were used as graphic element and were to become...

This etched glass was created to raise awareness about violence against women and to help create safety. Two figures represent a small woman in a confined space and a figure In a strong and confide...

These colourful banners were created by local residents as a way of personalizing the street frontage around a newly opened community centre.

The sculpture makes reference to a figure in local history. In 1900, Joe Bustemente, a one armed Chilean mariner, was retained to blow his trumpet to direct the ferry captain to the North Vancouver...

Landscape painting of local Gulf Islands

This sculpture acknowledges the site’s transformation, from a workplace for men and women who pioneered the community, to a place for the next generation to build upon.

LightWave is a twenty-five foot tall sculpture consisting of upward spirals that softly pulse with waves of colour. The intricate filigree waves sequentially glow revealing hidden patterns within t...

‘Living Ruin' is a low-to-the-ground, free-form, geometric shape constructed of split granite. It forms a semi-enclosed, safe place for play and resembles a living room..

5 stylized figures in various log riding poses remind us of the early years in North Vancouver, when logging was the primary industry.

Various Wood Carved Pieces

The City of North Vancouver, the Trans Canada Trail Foundation, along with other organizations are pleased to have worked in partnership with Squamish Nation artist Darren Yelton in the creation of...

Bus Shelter

Mural incorporated into the north-west architectural feature of the building.

During the summer of 2002 over 500 community volunteers helped to carve this 50 foot log into a new entrance sign for William Griffin Park. With grooves running like streams down the length of th...

Artistic impression of the public art piece North Shore Rhapsody

A harpist plays her harp that has been engraved with historical scenes; the first local saw mill, tramway, ferry, fishing industry and musical conerts. Thereby she creates the North Shore Rhapsody....