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City of New Westminster Arts + Heritage Services  

The many cultural divisions based out of the Anvil Centre strive to provide unique, exciting and thought-provoking programs, performances, events and exhibitions.  We hope you enjoy this month's offerings!  

What to Know Before You Go

Cultural Services at Anvil Centre is open to limited in-person visits & programs.
Click here full details.


Our galleries are still open by appointment!

  • New Media Gallery Exhibition Bookings - https://newmediagallery.ca/
  • New Westminster Museum Tours Book your tour
  • Irving House Tours Book your tour
  • Community Art Gallery is drop in, no booking required
Most activities at the Anvil Centre will require pre-booked appointments, pre-registration or event tickets: Courses may be cancelled due to insufficient registration or changes to Public Health Orders.

Spring 2022 Program Brochure

Click Here for Spring Session!
The Winter 2021-2022 Arts & Heritage Brochure is live on our website here and registration is open!

Sign up for a variety of wellness, heritage, arts and technology courses.
Register early to avoid disappointment!
Courses may be cancelled due to insufficient registration or changes to Public Health Orders.

Spring Break 2022 Brochure

Click Here for Spring Break Camps!

Community Art Gallery

Community Art Gallery

Art Services Winter 2022 Programs

Ukulele & Music Camp (6-8 years) 
Try out the ukulele and learn more about music in this fun-filled camp. Learn basic chords and strumming patterns for current pop songs and participate in a final performance at the end of the week. all supplies included. no previous experience necessary
Anvil Centre Studio 417              604.527.4640   Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 4:00 pm   138545
March 14 to March 18
Registration Fee: $94.00

Printmaking and Technology Camp  (6-8 years) 

Printmaking has a rich tradition and an exciting future. Learn a myriad of printmaking techniques and experiment with different inks and mediums in this half-day camp that teaches print technology from the past, present and future. Activities such as stenciling , screening, relief, 3D printing and circuitry with conductive ink. Learn the ins and outs of printing through creative experimentation and play.
Anvil Centre Studio 411             604.527.4640   
Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 12:00 pm   129480
March 14 to March 18
Registration Fee: $140.00

Theatre: Take the Stage All Day Camp! (9 - 12 years) 

The play's the thing! Whether your first or hundredth time, this drama class will open your eyes to character and script work, strengthen ensemble building and help you find your confidence onstage. Learn to create a character from scratch and explore a story from your own imagination while deepening your fundamental skills of drama. All supplies and equipment included. Instructor: Seamus Fera.
Anvil Centre Studio 411             604.527.4640   
Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 4:00 pm   129210
March 21 to March 25 

Registration Fee: $280.00

 

Draw & Sketch on Samson V Day Camp (9 to 12 years)
Board the Samson V Maritime Museum! Explore this paddle wheeler form 1937 and discover how to draw en plein air style. Easels and drawing boards will be on deck while students learn the fundamentals of art and design by learning to draw what they see. Spend time outside on the boat and inside the studio at Anvil Centre. All supplies included. 
Anvil Centre Dance Studio 413   604.527.4640
Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 12:00pm   129479
March 14 - March 18

Registration Fee: $140.00            

Life Drawing: Open Studio (19+ years) This is a non-instructional session with live, draped and undraped model(s). The night begins with a number of 1 minute poses to 3 minute, 10 minutes and end the class with two or three 30 minute sittings. These weekly sessions are an unusual opportunity to practice drawing the most complex and inspiring of subjects in our purpose built studios that will have alternating models depending on the night you register for. Sign up for one open studio or more. Please bring your own materials. Easels, drawing boards and basic material will be provided.
Anvil Center Dance Studio 411  604.527.4640  
Saturday, 12:00 - 3:00 pm 
March 5           124179
Registration Fee: $25.00 / open studio  

New Westminster Museum & Archives

New Westminster Museum at Anvil Centre
Open Wednesdays-Sundays, 10 am to 5 pm.
Admission by appointment: http://booking.nwmuseumarchives.ca/

Irving House Hours
Saturdays & Sundays, 12 pm to 4 pm.
Admission by appointment: http://booking.nwmuseumarchives.ca/

New Westminster Archives at Anvil Centre
Archives Reading Room and Reference Services by appointment.
E-mail archives@newwestcity.ca
for appointments, historical inquiries and reproduction requests.

Samson V Hours

Closed

For registration or more information
call 604.527.4640 or e-mail museum@newwestcity.ca

www.nwmuseumarchives.ca     |     @NWMuseumArchive
Facebook: NWMuseumArchive     Instagram: NWMuseumArchive
Youtube: NWMuseumArchive     Twitter: NWMuseumArchive

Feature Exhibitions

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY IN CANADA THROUGH TESSELLATION AND PORTRAITURE

Gallery 2 (Anvil Centre)
February 2 – June 19 2022

Moved by a push for greater social justice, NWSS Art students researched prominent figures from Black History in Canada and share their contributions in black and white tessellation patterns and portraits. Equal parts ‘black’ and ‘white’ in these works challenges a Eurocentric-lens that is too often applied when discussing history by featuring People of Colour (POC) and Black Canadians in an equally starring role. Each student provides a thoughtful artist statement with their portrait.

Book your visit to see Celebrating Black History in Canada Through Tessellation and Portraiture

 

RECONCILING

Gallery 7 (Anvil Centre)
February 16 – June 26 2022

Through three installations, Reconciling addresses truths attached to acts of reconciliation. Haida/Nisga’a artist Luke Parnell explores a feeling of disenchantment through his piece Neon Reconciliation Explosion; the downed statue of Judge Begbie addresses the imposition of foreign laws on a land; and the 215 shoes placed at New Westminster’s cenotaph reflects our community’s response to the Residential School legacy in Canada.

Book your visit to see Reconciling

Heritage Programs

Anne of Green Gables (Ages 8-12)
Meet one of Canada’s most beloved literary characters! Kids will explore Irving House, create and imagine what spunky Anne with an “e” and the Irving children had in common.
Irving House    604.527.4640 
Saturday, March 5
10:00am – 1:00pm
Register: Course ID 123817
Fee: $19.95  

Herstory Photo Tour: Celebrating International Women's Day (All Ages)
International Women’s Day is celebrated each year on March 8. Join museum staff to learn about the important and fascinating contributions of women of our community – past and present.
Virtual via Zoom 604.527.4640 
Tuesday, March 8
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual via Zoom
Register: Course ID 123821
Fee: Free

Victorian Book Club (14+ years)
Every two months, discuss literature and culture as you sip tea and chat with the club at Irving House.  We read literary works by the Brontes, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, H. G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, Mark Twain and others.  This is the perfect opportunity to join other enthusiasts in your community.
Contact us for dates at museum@newwestcity.ca 


Virtual Presentations Online
Did you miss one of our virtual presentations or would you like to watch it again? A recording is available to view online for free on our YouTube channel. Be sure to like and subscribe and while you're there, check out some of our oral histories!
Watch them here!

New Media Gallery offers unique public and professional Art + Technology workshops and exhibition-related programs.  Through our NMG Lab we offer Art + Technology Workshops for Kids throughout the week, including after-school, we develop Spring and Summer Camps, and cutting edfge Professional programs.  The gallery offers Artist + Curatorial Talks, Exhibition Tours, Performances and Events. We have a strong curriculum-based program for Schools & Universities.  Kids to Adults; Beginner to Professional.   For Brochures contact us!
 newmediagallery.ca               @NWnmg                 @NMGLAB                   education@newmediagallery.ca

Investigate + Report Camp (12-15 years)

Learn the technology and skills needed in modern investigative reporting. This camp shall include video and audio recording, recreating events and topics important to you. Explore the creativity and research that goes into uncovering it. 

NMG Lab 311, Anvil Centre  
604.515.3834 
Monday – Friday, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM   
March 14 - 18
Fee: $140.00
Course ID: 129369
Click to Register

 

Archive + Documentary Camp (10 - 12 years)

Delve into New Westminster's archives for evocative stories and learn how to transform them into a documentary. Activities will include creating narratives using historical photos and articles, creating video footage, and editing historical material into a video documentary.

NMG Lab 311, Anvil Centre  
604.515.3834 
Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM  
March 21 - 25
Fee: $140.00  
Course ID: 129366
Click to Register

 

 

 

Contact us to learn more or register interest!
education@newmediagallery.ca

Public Art Camp (13 - 17 years)

Visual art can be more than a surface or medium. Sometimes it considers a place or space. Learn about making art in public space. Hear directly from artists on how to develop a site specific art project. Activities will include visiting a public artwork, 3D modeling and mentorship from practicing public artists.

NMG Lab 311, Anvil Centre  
604.515.3834                                
Monday – Friday, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM  
March 21 - 25
Fee: $140.00                
Course ID: 129434
Click to Register

Feature Exhibitions

All our feature exhibitions are located on the 3rd floor of the Anvil Centre.
Strict Social Distancing is in effect - masks and vaccine passports are required.

NEW WESTMINSTER MUSEUM


The New Westminster Museum tells the city's story from its earliest days through a long-term exhibition and through temporary exhibitions focused on different topics and themes. 

Eyewitness 

Feb 2 - Mar 30 

Forensic Architecture, Studio Camp, Dries Depoorter 

“Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions.”

Michel Foucault

Three International Artist and creative Social Justice groups combine eyewitness testimony and first person accounts (or citizen reporting) with the ubiquitous power of technology to interpret and deconstruct evidence and form opinions about justice in a complex world.  From cell phone and CCTV cameras, to architectural analysis and digital modelling techniques, this exhibition looks at how technology can influence human rights. 

Single Group Bookings will be available at the end of January through New Media Gallery website.  https://newmediagallery.ca/

The New Westminster Museum is open 5 days a week, 
Wednesday - Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. 
Admission is by appointment only: http://booking.nwmuseumarchives.ca/
The Community Art Gallery is open 7 days a week, 10 am to 5 pm,
Thursdays 10 am to 8 pm.
New Media Gallery Re-opens Feb 2
Wednesday - Sunday 10 am to 5 pm
Covid Restrictions will be in Effect

BOOKINGS  : https://newmediagallery.ca/
contact@newmediagallery.ca    604.515.3834

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