ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

New West Cultural Crawl returns this weekend

Whether you’re an art aficionado or a newbie to the world of art, the NewWest Cultural Crawl is beckoning.

The 18th annual NewWest Cultural Crawl is set for Oct. 16 and 17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

“Art connects us,” said Cultural Crawl coordinator Laura Grady in a press release. “In a time of continued distance and isolation, art offers a shared experience. Art brings us together – even when we are six feet apart. I am thrilled that the New West Cultural Crawl is going ahead as planned.This event has the opportunity to be a source of joy, comfort and rejuvenation.”

Stretched across five neighbourhoods in NewWestminster, the Cultural Crawl takes visitors on a self-guided tour of studio spaces, civic art venues and galleries. From pottery to jewelry artists and acrylic painters to photographers, each crawl stop offers something new.

The event includes a number of public spaces, such as Anvil Centre, River Market andVan Dop Gallery, and it also gives visitors a chance to take a peek into private home studios and visit with local artists, both professional and emerging, in the spaces where they live and work.

The tour is family-friendly and open to all ages.

Crawl organizers note each venue and artist participating in the crawl has been updated on all health and safety protocols, as determined by the provincial government and B.C. health authorities.

Visitors can expect standard COVID-19 procedures including hand sanitizer, mask wearing and social distancing. Civic venues require pre-booking.

This year’s Cultural Crawl guidebook has gone digital so visitors can easily plan their tour from their phone or computer.

You can find it, and all the details, at www.newwestculturalcrawl.com. – Julie MacLellan

WORDSMITH: New Westminster’s poet laureate, Elliott Slinn, will be writing on-thespot poetry for visitors at the Anvil Centre as part of the New West Cultural Crawl. You can find him between 1 and 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

What’s up? Here are a few weekend highlights

ANVIL CENTRE

The Anvil Centre (777 Columbia St.) will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with artists on the third and fourth floors. The Community Art Gallery will also be open with the New West Artists’ exhibition Art As Music:A Song In My Heart.You can also visit with the city’s poet laureate, Elliott Slinn, between 1 and 4 p.m. both days while he writes on-the-spot poetry.

“I want to break down the barriers of poetry, and deliver it to you in the moment, charged with emotion,” Slinn wrote. “I’ll write an onthe-spot poem for you through a conversation.”

VAN DOP GALLERY

The Sapperton gallery (421 Richmond St.) features new works by Lanta Meng, Rodrigo Sarrat-Cave, Iris Mes-Low, Leanne M. Christie, Susan Greig and Fred Sharp, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

RIVER MARKET

River Market (810 Quayside Dr.) will feature work by NewWest Artists, plus another edition of the NewWest Craft artisan market.You can also visit Pottery Works Studio.

QUEENSBOROUGH

Enjoy artwork by more than 20 members of Artists in the Boro, on display at the Queensborough Community Centre’s atrium and Port Royal Room (920 Ewen Ave.).

GALLERY AT QUEEN’S PARK

Check out a special Best of the Crawl exhibition at the Arts Council of NewWestminster’s gallery in Centennial Lodge, Queen’s Park. See www.acnw.ca.

PUBLIC ART

Take time to explore some of the city’s extensive public art collection. Find a list by neighbourhood at www.newwestculturalcrawl.com.

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