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Visual Edge Comes to North Vancouver by Derek Simons orth Vancouver will be welcom ing almost 200 visual artists and their work in a wide-ranging exhibition to take place February 13 to March 3. Called Visual Edge `96, the exhibition features work ranging from the inno vative and surprising to the traditional and comforting in all disciplines, including painting, sculpture, installa tion, photography, textiles and crafts. Participating artists will come from the "Sea to Sky" region, which includes everywhere from Deep Cove to Pemberton, as well as Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast. Sponsored by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council, Visual Edge `96 provides a unique opportu nit' to see new directions in the visual arts by emerging artists. Held in a different community in the region each year, the exhibition always attracts big crowds, and this will be especially true this year as part of the exhibition will take place during the B.C. Winter Games in North Vancouver. The show will open February 13 at Pier `96 on Esplanade, specially renovated for the occasion. A public reception, with many of the participating artists in attendance, will be held in the evening of February 17. The main exhibition ends on the 18th, but particularly outstanding work will be moved to storefronts throughout Lower Lonsdale from February 29 to March 3. A select number of works will be chosen from the exhibition to be included in the annual provincial exhibition, Images and Objects, to take place in Penticton this spring as part of the B.C. Festival of the Arts. In the past, the best works have been chosen by professional artist jurors from outside the region, and several works will be selected by this method again. An exciting new feature of this year's show, however, is that an equal number of works will be selected by the participating artists themselves, and one piece will be selected by popular vote of everyone who comes to see the exhibition. So, you can be the judge! Other new features being devel visual arts oped by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council for this year's exhibition are a drive-in gallery. with outdoor projections of the art work, and Internet workstations, providing resources for artists and on-line infor mation on the exhibition and the arts. There will also be workshops for artists held in conjunction with the exhibition. Topics covered will include copyright, taxation and other legal issues for artists; different exhi bition and other marketing opportunities for and sustaining yourself as an artist. art art; This exhibition will be a unique opportunity to savour new and chal lenging art, and to have a voice in separating the good from the bad and the ugly. Most importantly, it's a chance to meet a Itit of interesting new people, be exposed to some exciting, innovative ideas and to have a lot of fun! Derek Simons is the executive director at the North Vancouver Community Arts Council. > a) 7 New Project ConnectsYouth and Heritage by Jill Baird West Vancouver students measure exterior of Gertrude Lawson House as part of the Artists in the Community Project for the West Vancouver Museum and Archives. do you get students interested in arts and heritage? How do cultural organizations and artists connect to youth? With the support of the North Shore Arts Commission, a team of artists and educators are addressing those crucial questions in a pilot pro gram now underway at the West Flow -:: Vancouver Museum and Archives. In collaboration with two West Vancouver artist/architects, Sentinel Secondary, Chariwell Elementary and the West Vancouver Cultural Services, students are exploring, drawing, measuring and photograph ing the historic Gertrude Lawson House on 17th and Esquimalt. The goals of the project are to introduce students to arts, heritage and architecture through hands-on work with artists and architects. Over a five-week period, secondary stu dents will create scaled and perspective drawings of the interior and exterior of Gertrude Lawson House, draw' details of the building which intrigue them, photograph aspects of the building and to recreate the house's past uses from the floor plans. try heritage. Gaining an understanding of design and an introductory course in watercolour painting are also part of the student project. Fred Hollingsworth and Carole Arnston are the artist! architects working with the students at the museum and in the classroom. As well, elementary students will learn the fundamentals of design and geometry while building a structure in the classroom with the assistance of an artist/architect. All the projects will come together in an exhibition February 13--24, at the West Vancouver Museum and Archives. The last week of the stu dents' show coincides with Heritage Week, February 17--24. Not only will the students be hooked on heritage, the community at large will be able to see the work of this talented group.Jill Baird is the School Programmes Curator at the West Vancouver Museum and Archives z_, A variety of lesson plans assist students in looking at buildings and introduce students to concepts of built