As you enter the building, you immediately smell the distinct aroma of oil paint.
A far-off stereo plays faint music. Walking down a slightly darkened hallway, a series of studio doors come into view, some with names and some with titles like "Artist," or more specifically, "Painter" or "Sculptor."
Any day of the week, you can find a number of creative people working on their respective projects in the 3,000 square feet of space that make up 195 Studios -Artists on Pemberton.
In most cases, a sample of the resident artist's work, a box of business cards or a personal note decorates the entrance to each studio. If a door is ajar, chances are one of the creative types is at home, or at least at their home away from home, no doubt working on a canvas or assembling a threedimensional piece of some kind. This collection of artists' workspaces is housed in one North Vancouver commercial building that was first opened in 2010.
Each artist works in their own medium and in their own style. With painters, sculptors, a jeweller and a knotting artist as members, the group creates work to share and enthusiastically engages with each other and the community at large.
The public is invited into the space April 26 and 27, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., as part of the fourth annual North Shore Art Crawl. Community members are invited to come by and witness for themselves the energy created by so many talented artists working in such close proximity to one another. 195studios.ca nsartcrawl.ca
