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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.

Come see our galleries:

  • New Media Gallery Exhibition Bookings - https://newmediagallery.ca/
  • New Westminster Museum Tours - back to visits by drop-in!
  • Irving House Tours - back to visits by drop-in!
  • 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 Summer 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.

Community Art Gallery

The Community Art Gallery is open 7 days a week, 10 am to 5 pm,
Thursdays 10 am to 8 pm.

Community Art Gallery

Art Services Spring 2022 Programs

Parent & Baby Yoga (0-10months) Begin with a Baby Yoga Flow to support baby's developing system.  Move into a Parent's Yoga Flow to open areas of the body that often experience repetitive strain while caring for an infant.  Each class includes pranayama and core strengthening sequences.  Please bring a yoga mat and blanket. Instructor: Doreen Chand 
Anvil Center Studio 415  604.527.4640  
Saturday, 12:30pm-1:45pm  141024
Saturday, 2:00pm-3:15pm    141026
July 9 - August 27 *no class July 30 
Registration Fee: $70.00 / 7 classes 

Draw & Sketch on Samson V (16+ years)
Explore the 1937 paddle wheeler 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. Instructor: Riette Gordon 
Samson V Maritime Museum  604.527.4640
Wednesday, 6:00pm - 8:00pm  
July 13- August 17             141449
Registration Fee: $125.00 / 6 classes 


Reduction Linocuts (16+ years) 
Linocut is a relief printmaking technique that is similar to stamping. Carve into soft linoleum using special U-gouges and the uncarved areas are inked and stamped. Participants print their linocuts by hand or using Anvil Centre’s etching press. No prior drawing, art or printmaking experience is required. All supplies included. Instructor: Luca Seccafien.

Anvil Centre Studio 411  604.527.4640
Wednesday, 6:00pm - 8:00pm  
July 14- August 18             141320
Registration Fee: $125.00 / 6 classes 

Prenatal Yoga (16+ years)
This nurturing yoga class will help prepare you mentally, physically and emotionally for childbirth and motherhood. Through pregnancy-safe poses, improve posture, balance and flexibility for your changing body and growing baby. Enjoy the mind and body benefits of this class while connecting with other moms-to-be in the community! Instructor: Doreen Chand

Anvil Centre Dance Studio 415  604.527.4640
Wednesday, 5:15pm - 6:30pm  
July 13- August 24             141320
Registration Fee: $70.00 / 7 classes 


                          

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 Studio 411  604.527.4640  
Saturday, 12:00 - 3:00 pm 
May 28        129916
June 4         129917
June 11       129918
Registration Fee: $25.00 / open studio 


Mixed Media Painting (16+ years)
Discover the many possibilities available to today's acrylic painter! Layer luminous transparent glazes then switch it up by applying thick impasto molding pastes and gels to increase the texture. Introduce collage paper, lettering and found objects to create further compositional interest. All supplies included.  Instructor: Pilar Mehlis
Anvil Centre Studio 411  604.527.4640
Tuesday, 6:00pm - 8:00pm 
July 12 - Aug 23     141321
Registration Fee: $125.00 / 7 classes 

Intro to Ballet for Adults (16 + years)
Learn the fundamentals of ballet and discover the joy of dance in a supportive environment. Participants develop body awareness, musicality, ballet technique, strength, and coordination. No previous experience necessary. Instructor: Jessie Au.
Anvil Centre Dance Studio 415  604.527.4640
Thursday, 5:15pm - 6:15pm 
July 14 - Aug 18    141034
Registration Fee: $60.00 / 6 classes 


Cardio Ballet
Designed to promote balance and alignment this upbeat and energetic class focuses on lengthening your body and strengthening your legs, feet and core. Movements are founded on ballet basics, but require no previous ballet of dance experience. Instructor: Jessie Au.
Anvil Centre Dance Studio 415  604.527.4640
Thursday, 6:20pm - 7:20pm 
July 14 - Aug 18    141035
Thursday, 7:30pm - 8:30pm 
July 14 - Aug 18    141334
Registration Fee: $60.00 / 6 classes 

 

New Westminster Museum & Archives

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. 
New Westminster Museum at Anvil Centre
Open Wednesdays-Sundays, 10 am to 5 pm.
Open until 8 pm on Thursdays
Drop-In

Irving House Hours
Open Wednesday-Sunday, 12 pm to 5pm
Drop-In

Samson V Hours

Open Saturdays and Sundays, 12 pm to 5pm
Drop-In

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.




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

www.nwmuseumarchives.ca     |     @NWMuseumArchive
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Feature Exhibitions

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.

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.
 

Check out the portraits and artist statements here

Heritage Programs

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

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.

Indivisible                                                       
June 4 - August 14                                                   
Yun Chul Kim, Semiconductor, Ralf Baeker Richard Vijgen                               
Our perception of how the world works; the enigmatic and mysterious nature of time, space and matter,  is often invisible, yet it remains entwined. Even invisible levels of matter and energy follow astonishing rules and patterns. Scientists and artists have long been fascinated with exploring the fundamental workings of  universe. This exhibition explores the indivisible nature of our invisible and visible world. The extraordinary works in this exhibition, by multi-award-winning, international artists, seek to imagine and reveal the ineffable qualities of unseen processes constantly at work in the world around us.

A partnership with the Swiss Consulate and Art@CERN                                
Live Opening Reception will be confirmed in May

 

ARTIST TALKS + OPENING RECEPTIONS

In 2022 we will gradually return to live Talks and Opening Receptions.  Live Talks are offered at Opening Receptions. Because we work across multiple time zones,  our Virtual Talks are usually Saturday mornings from 10:00am - 11:00am.  We appreciate your support & attendance so we can continue to bring you award-winning artists from around the globe. 

contact@newmediagallery.ca to register interest in any of the Artist Talks below

PST/Vancouver - Zoom 

 

Semiconductor (UK)

Artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt. Known for work which explores the material nature of our world and how we experience it through the lenses of science and technology. The human experience of the physical world  is central to their practice, revealing the flaws and ruptures within scientific data, exposing the human signature which is ascribed within scientific findings and emphasizing the presence of the observer. They have won numerous awards; including Collide@CERN, Ars Electronica, Jerwood, Samsung Art Prize.  Their work has been presented worldwide.                                                       

 

Richard Vijgen (Netherlands)        

Artist and Designer whose work focuses on data visualization.  He creates multi-sensorial data installations that visualize the invisible technological dimensions of reality.  His work Hertzian Landscapes won the annual Lumen Prize which celebrates significant works of art created with technology, from around the world.   His work has been presented worldwide.                                                       

 

Ralf Baeker (Germany)

Artist who works at the interface of art, science and technology.  Through installations, autonomous machines and performances he explores the underlying mechanisms of new media and technology.  His projects seek to provoke new imaginaries of the machinic, the artificial and the real.  In 2017 he won the Grand Prize/ Japan Media Art Festival, twice honourable mentions for Prix Ars Electronica, 2nd Prize at VIDA Art + Artificial Life/Madrid.  His work has been presented worldwide.       

CHILDREN          

 

Creative Code Camp 

(Ages 10 – 12)

Learn how to use computer code in creative ways. This half-day camp will teach students coding applications like animation, games, and interactive effects. Use laptops, Littlebits and Raspberry Pis to participate in fun activities. We will experiment with block coding, programming webpages and programming robotics. 

Monday - Friday, Jul 4 – Jul 8

1:00pm – 4:00pm

Centennial Community Centre

Course ID 146044

Fee: $140 /5 classes

 

Experimental Film Camp 

(Ages 7 – 9)

Explore the world of film and all its different narrative possibilities in this fun half-day camp. Learn about filmmaking process from script-writing to film recording to editing. Learn to use cutting edge software like Davinci Resolve and iMovie to edit your film and add special effects. We support young filmmakers interested in expressing their ideas through film and video. .  

Monday - Friday, Jul 4 - 8

9:00am - 12:00pm

Queensborough Community Centre

Course ID 146051

Monday - Friday, Jul 25 - 29

9:00am - 12:00pm

Centennial Community Centre

Course ID 146049

Fee: $140 /5 classes

 

 

Experimental Film Camp 

(Ages 7 – 9)

Explore the world of film and all its different narrative possibilities in this fun half-day camp. Learn about filmmaking process from script-writing to film recording to editing. Learn to use cutting edge software like Davinci Resolve and iMovie to edit your film and add special effects. We support young filmmakers interested in expressing their ideas through film and video. .  

Monday - Friday, Jul 4 - 8

9:00am - 12:00pm

Queensborough Community Centre

Course ID 146051

Monday - Friday, Jul 25 - 29

9:00am - 12:00pm

Centennial Community Centre

Course ID 146049

Fee: $140 /5 classes

 

 

 

 

Arts + Tech PLAYlist

Ages 7-10

Join our series of Arts and Tech workshops, where kids create with a different technology in every class. The point of this series is to explore and have fun while an expert instructor helps you learn how to create amazing works of art and invention. We will explore video, music, 3D modeling and printing, robotics, coding and animation.

Saturdays, Jul 9 - Aug 6

1:00PM - 2:30PM

NMG Lab 311

Course ID 146518

Fee: $75 /5 classes

Instructor: Stephane Bernard, Sara Korzec

 

ADULT

 

Casual Coding

Join New Media Gallery and the Arts Council of New Westminster for a night of creating sociable, generative art. Sit down, have a beverage, talk, learn coding and watch generative art being created displayed and projected throughout the room as it is created. Your art will be created using the collaborative program P5Live. You can jam on beginner, intermediate and pro sketches to make live generative artwork. All levels of experience and participation are welcome whether you want to focus on coding or socialize with a creative bunch of people and watch art being created. Bring your own laptop or contact (education@newmediagallery.ca) to borrow one from our limited supply. 

Wednesday July 6

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Centennial Lodge

Fee: Free

Instructor: Mimi Xia

Register:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/casual-coding-tickets-348407936517?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

 

Prototyping for Screens and Print

Ages 16+

Learn the basics of User Experience design and create prototyping layouts for the web, interactive art and print. Explore how time based and experiential artwork can be used to ask questions, present ideas or just be silly and fun. Participants will learn how to use Figma to create interactive events and animation. Computers provided.. You can create a free account and download Figma before the class. https://www.figma.com/pricing/ 

Saturdays, Jul 9, 16, 30, Aug 6 (no class Jul 23)

1:00pm - 2:30pm     

NMG Lab 311

Course ID 77592        

Fee: $60  (4 classes)

Instructor: Sara Korzec

REGISTER : 604.515.3834

 

Edit Video with Davinci

Ages 18+

This intensive workshop will cover editing fundamentals using powerful Davinci Resolve software. Learn the basics of editing and expand your knowledge into colour grading, VFX, and sound editing. Be creative in your editing and explore different narrative techniques that can enhance your filmmaking. 

Saturdays, Jul 9 - Aug 6

10:30am - 12:00pm

NMG Lab 311

Course ID 146548

Fee: $75 /5 classes

Instructor: Victoria Gibson

The New Westminster Museum is open 5 days a week, 
Wednesday - Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. 
Admission by drop-in

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