| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
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 |
| 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 |
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)
"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