Olivia Mbabazi is an Ugandan Canadian, and the founder of @SheraboOrganics. Her family-owned company offers handcrafted moisturizers using Fair-trade premium USDA-certified-organic Nilotica Ugandan Shea Butter. http://sheraboorganics-store.com
Boostani promotes a handmade lifestyle with items that are ecofriendly, fair traded and biodegradable. They work mainly with an underprivileged community of gifted artisans from the Akamba tribe in Kenya to keep their crafts alive http://boostani.ca
Pearl Low is an Afro-Asian Oscar Winning Story Artist, Illustrator and Comics Artist based in Vancouver, BC. Most of her works are rooted in themes of self-love, acceptance and Chinese-Canadian and Caribbean-Canadian experiences.Twitter: @Fumi_chun
Linnea Perry is a mixed race interdisciplinary theatre artist currently living and working on unceded Coast Salish territories. At her apprenticeship at Pacific Theatre, Linnea has had the honor of assistant stage managing Kim’s Convenience.
Vanessa Richards is an artist with a foundation in music, performance, creative writing, and socially-engaged practices. She has been an active member of the City of Vancouver’s Black History Month Citizen’s Advisory Group.
The Arts Council of New Westminster is pleased to have received a donation of artworks by Robert King Courtney to the ACNW Permanent Collection by Sean Courtney. We are excited to share the legacy of Robert’s work with the community of New Westminster and exhibit his artwork at The Gallery at Queen’s Park for future …
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Local New Westminster artists are invited to submit artworks for a fall group exhibition to relaunch the Community Art Gallery at Anvil Centre. The exhibition New West Portraits is welcoming submission of works that respond to the personal and collective impacts of the pandemic, as well as the resistance and change associated with the social …
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The Arts Council of New Westminster has made the difficult decision to postpone the start of our 19th season of Last Monday at the Movies. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recommendations from the BC Government’s Provincial Health Orders, we have pushed our next season opener to January 2022, at the earliest. The …
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MEDIA RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Garden Gals create a series of paintings in direct response to COVID-19 A group of women who share a passion for painting and gardening come together to bring messages of positivity to the New Westminster community through Seniors Expressions Through the Arts special projects July 23, 2020 (New Westminster, BC) — …
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The Arts Council of New Westminster Board of Directors are very pleased to share the results of our most recent fundraising campaign. The ACNW Board of Directors chose to undertake this campaign in response to the unprecedented impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. A mid-campaign announcement of a $10,000 matching campaign helped push us past our …
Friends of the Arts Council #NewWest campaign RESULTS! Read More »
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