Local Arts

Are you an emerging professional artist between the ages of 18 and 35? B.C. Culture Days is inviting you to apply to its annual ambassador program. In honour of Culture Days 10 th anniversary celebrations, 10 artists from around B.C.

The New Westminster Symphony Orchestra is getting set to whisk its audience off to sunny Spain. The orchestra’s next concert is Viva Espa ñ a, coming to the Massey Theatre on Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m.

New Westminster residents are invited to enjoy three artists’ interpretations of the city. Three Visions: Walking in New West is on at the Anvil Centre Community Art Space from Friday, April 5 to Friday, May 31.

Art-loving families, get out there and get creative together. The Arts Council of New Westminster is offering a couple more workshops in its free ArtsToGo series in April.

New West talent is front and centre in the fifth annual International Vancouver Badass Film Festival, running March 29 to 31

NOTE: This story was updated May 3 with new information. Downtown New Westminster is getting new life as a live music destination.

The New Westminster New Media Gallery just got a boost for its efforts to introduce local children to the world of arts and technology.

A new exhibition at the Gallery at Queen’s Park is exploring the idea of memory. Lisa-Scarlett Cruji’s The Recollection Experiment is on at the gallery from Wednesday, April 3 to Sunday, April 28.

An artist’s life by the Fraser River is the inspiration for the next exhibition at Plaskett Gallery. Going with the Flow, featuring works by Susie Gilmour, is on at the gallery at Massey Theatre from April 1 to 30.

Live sitcom fun returns to the Heritage Grill for Way Off-Broadway Wednesdays this week. The fringe performance series is offering up Episode 3 of The Dive on Wednesday, March 27.