Start with Art
March 24 – May 2, 2026
Start with Art is a unique exhibition that focuses on encouraging young people to appreciate, collect, and curate their own art collection – with a special price list just for kids 16 and younger!
For this 21st annual exhibition we’ve assembled a fantastic group of established artists who work in a variety of media and artwork in the gallery is hung at “kids-eye-view,” making Start with Art truly kid-centric.
In the gallery exhibiting artists also offer advice for budding artists and frequently spark the idea in kids that one day their work could be shown in a gallery, too.
Artists: Iwona Barylska, Amelia Butcher, Deb Chaney, Janet Comer, Annika McFarlane, Sarb Glaze, Hiller Goodspeed, Dawn Lo, Marika Morisette, Emilie Nunez, Leonid Rozenberg, Joan Tayler, Tannis Turner, and Alison Woodward
Exhibition Reception: Sunday, April 12, 2026 from 2 pm – 4 pm
Family Art Sunday with Svetlana Bardos: Sunday, May 29, 2026 at 11 am
Secret Room drawing by Alessandra Sian
Rhythm Workshop for Kids with Artist Len Rozenberg
Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 11 am
Appropriate for children of all ages – children must be accompanied by an adult
FREE, no registration required
A free workshop for kids with musician and exhibiting artist Leonid Rozenberg. In this fun session, kids will create and decorate their own percussive instrument and then rock out!
Presented in tandem with our annual Start with Art exhibition for young people, a truly unique show encouraging young people to appreciate, collect, and curate their own art collection – with a special price list just for kids 16 and younger! Exhibiting artists also offer advice for budding artists and frequently spark the idea in kids that one day their work could be shown in a gallery, too.
Born in Ukraine in 1968, Leonid (Len) Rozenberg immigrated to Canada in 1979. He finished high school in Cambridge, Ontario and received a Graphic Design Degree from Sheridan College in Oakville. He move to Vancouver from Toronto in 2009.
Leonid has over 30 year experience in the arts with various group and solo exhibitions in Canada and the US. In addition to exhibitions and commissions, Leonid delivers art courses for seniors through PARCLiving and for adults and with thorough North Vancouver Recreation and Culture Community Centers. LR is member of the Arts and Letters Club (Toronto), Seymore Art Gallery and the North Vancouver Community Arts Council.
Family Art Sunday with Svetlana Bardos
Sunday, March 29, 2026 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Appropriate for children of all ages
Admission by donation . Children must be accompanied by an adult
Join Svetlana Bardos for an afternoon of creativity and fun making a spring-themed project! Create an artwork yourself or collaboratively as a family.
Svetlana Bardos has always been passionate about visual arts and literature, and her primary interest is textile art. After the completion of the Textile Art Program at Capilano University, she got deeply interested in puppet design, fabric design and creating one-of-a kind pieces of clothing. She enjoys experimenting with unusual materials and combines them with hand printed materials and found objects.
