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!
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What to Know Before You Go
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Cultural Services at Anvil Centre is open to in-person visits & programs.
Come see our galleries:
- New Media Gallery Exhibition - visits by drop-in, no booking required
- New Westminster Museum Tours - visits by drop-in, no booking required
- Irving House Tours - visits by drop-in, no booking required
- Community Art Gallery - visits by drop-in, no booking required
Additional programs and activities at the Anvil Centre:
Courses may be cancelled due to insufficient registration or changes to Public Health Orders.
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Art Services Winter 2023 Programs
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Check out the City of New Westminster's 2023 Winter Active Living Brochure here for Arts programming at Anvil Centre.
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Shine Bright: Family Sky Lantern Workshop (All Ages)
Listen to a storytelling, celebrate the year of the rabbit, and
decorate your own sky lanterns. Open to anyone wanting
to drop-in, learn, and light up the sky! All supplies included.
Presented in collaboration with ACSEA Asian-Canadian Special
Events Association.
Anvil Centre 604.527.4640
Sunday, 2:00 - 5:00 pm
January 15
Free Event. No registration required.
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New Westminster Museum & Archives
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New Westminster Museum at Anvil Centre
Open 7 days a week, 10 am to 5 pm - Open until 8 pm on Thursday
Drop-In
Irving House Hours
Saturdays & Sundays, 12 pm to 4 pm
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.
Samson V Hours
Reopening May 2023
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
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All our feature exhibitions are located on the 3rd floor of the Anvil Centre.
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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.
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RECONCILING
Gallery 7 (Anvil Centre)
February 16 – June 26 2022
Extended December 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.
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CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY IN CANADA THROUGH TESSELLATION AND PORTRAITURE
Gallery 2 (Anvil Centre)
February 2 – June 19 2022
Extended December 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.
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Holiday Cheer (All Ages)
Irving House is decked out in Victorian splendor for the holiday season. Enjoy the holly, ivy, and live music with a variety of local performers in our parlour. Visitors can also make a small decoration for one of the house trees.
Irving House 604.527.4640
Saturday & Sunday, 12:00 - 4:00 pm
December 10 - 18
Suggested Donation: $5
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!
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Mouthpiece
On until Dec 11
Tony Oursler | Diemut Strebe | Nathaniel Mellors & Erkka Nissinen
The amazing artists in Mouthpiece are known for their pioneering and unconventional creative work in new media and technology. Mouthpiece is full of singing, voicing, humming figures, that describe a work transformed by technology. From whispering glass egg-heads, to a band of animatronic felt muppets to a singing mouth driven by experimental AI.
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Open Wednesday - Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm; Thursday 10 am to 8 pm.
newmediagallery.ca | @NewMediaGallery
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Art + Technology Programs
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New Media Gallery offers unique public and professional Art + Technology workshops and exhibition-related programs. Through our NMG Lab, we offer workshops throughout the week, including after-school and weekends. With strong curriculum-based programming, there is something for everyone: kids to adults; beginner to Professional.
To learn more, visit:
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Sign up now for Winter 2023 programming! Including *NEW* Youth Programs (Ages 13-18)
To find more of our Lab programming, click here | To find more of our Outreach programming, click here
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To see what's coming to the Anvil Centre Theatre, click here
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The Community Art Gallery is open 7 days a week, 10 am to 5 pm,
Thursdays 10 am to 8 pm.
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New Media Gallery is open 5 days a week,
beginning on September 16.
Wednesday - Sunday 10 am to 5 pm.
https://newmediagallery.ca/
contact@newmediagallery.ca 604.515.3834
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