Beatrice Ward McIvor is listed in Edan Hughes’ art resource book titled Artists in California 1786 – 1940.

Beatrice Ward McIvor was a member of the Los Angeles Art Association, and the Women Painters of the West.
She studied at Stickney School of Art in Pasadena, California, and at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California.
She was a sketching partner of California landscape and portrait artist, Elizabeth Borglum, American (1848 – 1922)
In the 1920s, Beatrice Ward McIvor maintained an art studio in Los Angeles. She also created commercial art for Grauman's Chinese Theater and Warner Bros.

Beatrice Ward McIvor exhibited her art in various locations including but not necessarily limited to the following:
Arcadia City Hall, Arcadia, CA
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles, CA
Greek Theatre at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA
Poulsen Galleries, Pasadena, CA
San Gabriel Fine Arts Gallery, San Gabriel, CA
Sierra Madre Arts Guild, Sierra Madre, CA