Stevens was a member of the Atelier Sketch Club, a group formed by art students taking Evening Classes at the Vancouver School of Art. The group put together an exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1940.

She exhibited work in B.C. Artists' annual exhibitions from 1942 to 1950 and in 1958, held at the Vancouver Art Gallery, and in the 1944 British Columbia At Work exhibition.

She married artist Clive Cope on March 26, 1943 in Vancouver. His occupation was noted as "commercial artist - advertising" and hers was "industrial artist - woodenware."

She had a solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1949.

She exhibited as Dorothy Stevens-Cope in the 1945 B.C. Artists exhibition, and as Dorothy Stevens Cope (no hyphen) in the 1946 and 1948 Atelier Club Annual Exhibitions.

She exhibited work with the B.C. Society of Artists from 1950 to 1968.

She exhibited in the Seattle Art Museum's annual Northwest Artists exhibition from 1961 to 1964.

She died in West Vancouver at the age of 60 from skin cancer. Her occupation was noted as "housewife - at home."

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

DATE	EXHIBITION	LOCATION
1949 Aug. 23 - Sept. 11	17 Watercolours	VAG

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

DATE	EXHIBITION	ARTWORK
1940 April 2 - 14	Atelier Club   Group exhibition	Under The Bridge
		Phyllis
		George
		Beulah
		Marjory
		Study
		On The North Shore
		Nude
		Fisherman's Shack
1940 Sept. 20 - Oct. 13	VAG   B.C. Artists 9th Annual	On Twigg Island
		Sketch
1941 Sept. 26 - Oct. 19	VAG   B.C. Artists 10th Annual	Cliffhouse
1942 Sept. 25 - Oct. 18	VAG   B.C. Artists 11th Annual	Across the Road
		Homestead
1943 Sept. 25 - Oct. 20	VAG   B.C. Artists12th Annual	Landscape
		Woman and Screen
1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22	VAG   B.C. Artists 13th Annual	Late Hour
		Jen
		Walker's House, Toronto
1944 Nov. 21 - Dec. 10	Labour Arts Guild   1st B.C. At Work	Cleaning Up
1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21	VAG   B.C. Artists 14th Annual	Marge
		Crossroads
1946 June 11 - 30	Atelier Club   7th Annual	After Curtain Call
		At the Cross Roads
		Winter Tree
		Concession
1946 July 2 - 28	VAG   Jubilee Exhibition	Walker's House
1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13	VAG   B.C. Artists 15th Annual	Old House, Vancouver
1946 Oct. ? - ?	FCA    40 Selections from 15th BCA	Old House, Vancouver
1948 Mar. 23 - Apr. 1	Atelier Club   9th Annual	The Valley
1949 Oct. 8 - 30	VAG   B.C. Artists 18th Annual	Near Whytecliff
1950 April 25 - May 14	BCSA   40th Annual	House on Broadway
1950 Nov. 28 - Dec. 17	VAG   B.C. Artists 19th Annual	Doctor's House
1951 Summer	Park Royal    BCSA Summer Exhibition	House on Broadway
		Gleneagles
		On Bowen Island
1952 April 1 - 20	VAG   BCSA 42nd Annual	Country Church
		North Shore House
1952 Oct. 21 - Nov. 16	VAG   B.C. Artists 21st Annual	House With Three Towers
1953 May 5 - 31	VAG   BCSA 43rd Annual	Clubwoman
		House with Red Gables
		Green Door
1953 Sept. 15 - Oct. 4	VAG   B.C. Artists 22nd Annual	House on Cedar
		House With Two Verandahs
1954 May 25 - June 13	VAG   BCSA 44th Annual	House on Pine
		Landscape
1955 April 26 - May 15	VAG   BCSA 45th Annual	Bottles No. 21
		Bottles No. 27
		Bottles No. 30
1955 Sept. 20 - Oct. 9	VAG   B.C. Artists 24th Annual	Still Life
1956 Feb. 28 - Mar. 18	VAG   BCSA 46th Annual	Still Life No. 1
		Still Life No. 2
1956 Oct. 23 - Nov. 11	VAG   B.C. Artists 25th Annual	Still Life No. 5
		Still Life No. 7
1957 March 5 - 24	VAG   BCSA 47th Annual	Carnival No. 1
		Carnival No. 2
		Regatta
1957 Oct. 23 - Nov. 11	VAG   B.C. Artists 26th Annual	Beach Carnival
		Red Still Life
1958 Feb. 4 - 22	UBC   BCSA 48th Annual	Vertical Pink
		Two Objects and A Group
		White on Orange
1958 Oct. 22 - Nov. 16	VAG   B.C. Artists 27th Annual	Harsh Orange at Varying Depths
		Objects in a Vertical Pink Space
1959 June 2 - 21	VAG   BCSA 49th Annual	White and Yellow to Grey
		Two Groups Joined
1960 May 22 - June 12	VAG   BCSA 50th Annual	White Shapes With Irregular Browns
		Vertical Strips in Blue and Brown
1960 Oct. 12 - 30	VAG   B.C. Artists 29th Annual	White Between Orange
1961 Oct. 11 - 29	VAG   B.C. Artists 30th Annual	Circular Pink Objects
1962 May 8 - June 3	VAG   BCSA 52nd Annual	Landscape
		Still Life
1962 Oct. 17 - Nov. 4	VAG   B.C. Artists 31st Annual	Silver and Pink
		Quisitis
1966 May 10 - June 5	VAG   BCSA 56th Annual	Red & Silver on Red & Gold
1967 May 3 - 28	VAG   BCSA 57th Annual	Space Between Green

References

100 YEARS OF B.C. ART (refer to VAG58)

B.C. ARTISTS 27th ANNUAL (refer to BCA58)

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM - NORTHWEST ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS 1914 - 1975
     Refer to NWA BC artists by exhibition
     Refer to NWAA BC artists alphabetically

ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)

BRITISH COLUMBIA WOMEN ARTISTS 1885-1985 (refer to AGGV85)

MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - SPRING EXHIBITIONS 1880 - 1970 (refer to MM88)

A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)
      Short reference to Cope

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
      5 references cited for Cope.

B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE marriage, death (refer to BCVS)

Clippings

"Art Group, Youth Share City Gallery"
      Vancouver Province, April 4 1940

"Atelier Sketch Club Takes A Bow"
      News Herald, April 3 1940

"Among the watercolors noted ... Dorothy Stevens' two sketches for their free, bold handling."
      From "Speaking of Art" by Browni Wingate
      News Herald, September 28 1942

"Some of the present regular members are, Dorothy S. Cope, a decorator of wooden ware, ... "
      From "Office, Shipyard Workers Find Relaxation In Drawing"
      News Herald, April 17 1943

"There is strength also ... in Dorothy Stevens-Cope's "Crossroads," vitally expressive of rural British Columbia."
      From "Graphic Arts and Sculpture Place in Gallery Exhibition" by Palette
      Vancouver Province, September 24 1945

"Other painters in this medium include ... Dorothy Stevens Cope with "House on Broadway"; ... "
      From "Watercolors Highlight of Art Showing" by Mildred Valley Thornton
      Vancouver Sun, May 3 1950