Our Services

We currently operate six store locations for customers across Western Canada. To view our store locations, visit Locations. Our stores are full of a large selection of art supplies which includes hundreds of fine art and digital papers, student and professional paints, brushes, printmaking materials, specialty items, studio furniture and much more....Read more

For our customers who may not be located near one of our stores or prefer to have items shipped directly to their studio or business, we offer a mail order service. You can order by telephone or shop online, whatever you prefer. ...Read more

We have creative solutions for your creative business!

If you are a commercial art or related business, we are pleased to offer you access to our exclusive sales support. If you typically orders product in larger quantities, or requires specific product needs or services, then this option may be for you. ...Read more

At Opus, we have always maintained an active profile in supporting art education. We do this by providing an educational discount on supplies purchased for classroom use....Read more

Our do-it-yourself framing and matting services are extremely popular with individual artists as well as many Canadian galleries and museums. The reason? You save money by doing it yourself!...Read more

We currently offer a number of different options for custom-made stretched surfaces and boards, including bare stretcher frames, stretched canvas, stretched linen, cradled exhibition panels and artboard.

All our custom surfaces are manufactured right here in British Columbia. We are proud to be able to offer locally-produced products which are made to your exact specifications. ...Read more

We are passionate about art and art education, and all the benefits it provides to us as individuals and as a society. As such, we wanted to create a way to make it easy for anyone interested in art to connect with anyone who teaches it. Our community workshops database is all about making that connection. ...Read more

For over 30 years we have worked hard to develop our business in a manner which provides adjunct resources and support to our customers and the art community.

One of the primary ways we do this is through our monthly visual arts newsletter, available online and by email or mail....Read more

Our goal is to help our community and our customers thrive and develop in all that they do. As a result, we have always maintained a passionate focus for developing the arts & culture in our community. We believe that art education helps to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills, which leads to a healthier and more productive society for us all. ...Read more

Opus is pleased to provide a selection of our how-to resources in PDF format. Please feel free to download and print your own copy -- share them with friends or use in the classroom. ...Read more

At Opus, we offer a very popular monthly ‘Artist Series’ to inspire you through sharing, seeing and asking questions. Learn from other local artists, refine your skills, gain new techniques or just feel inspired by other artists sharing their techniques and ideas....Read more

At Opus, we believe in contributing to the arts community through a company-wide Donation Program. Our Donation Program supports non-profit visual arts organizations, societies and schools pursuing visual art and art education initiatives in their communities....Read more

Two of our Opus stores, North Vancouver and Kelowna, now have rental space available to serve the growing need in the local arts community for safe, secure and affordable space. ...Read more

Bring your digital illustrations and images to Opus Art & Design Media and let us turn them into canvas-based works of art that you can frame for display or take home to work even further. Our new service is available Monday to Friday at Opus Art & Design Media, 100-207 W. Hastings St. in Downtown Vancouver....Read more