ANVIL CENTRE COVID-19 Guest Information Update June 25, 2020 COVID19 Cultural Services Guest Information Cultural Services Re-Opening Information
Anvil Centre is home to vibrant community and international programs, including dance, music, theatrical performances, arts and crafts programs for all ages, artist’s talks, film screenings, gallery tours and openings, and cultural festivals.
Anvil Centre is a vibrant gathering space and boutique conference centre conveniently located in the heart of the City of New Westminster. This community destination hosts a wide range of events, arts and cultural activities and programs.
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Cultural Services at Anvil Centre Reopens to limited in-person visits & programs this September.
Read about the new safety measures in place to protect our participants, guests, and staff.
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Begin with a Baby Yoga Flow that supports your baby's developing systems and move into a Parent's Yoga Flow which opens 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.
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(16+)
This class combines core strengthening and toning of Pilates, with yoga poses to open the mind and the body. A great accompaniment to Yoga Basic Back Care, take your core strengthening a little further, while still moving at your own pace. Come and explore the similarities and the differences of Pilates and yoga and how they can benefit you. Move mindfully! Beginners welcome. Please bring your own yoga mat.
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(5 to 8y 11mos)
Young artists learn new techniques with a variety of 2-dimensional media including acrylic and watercolour paint, pencil, charcoal, pastels and more. Students enjoy opportunities to imagine and think creatively and while gaining new artistic skills and confidence. All supplies included.
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(6 to 8)
A super-creative program that explores music & sound, and teaches children how to create 3-D Printed renderings on the computer using the program, Tinkercad. Once students have created their object, we’ll print them off in our Learning Lab. We’ll schedule a day for you to pick-up your objects along with a Kit of materials and supplies (everyone gets a 3D print, but extra materials are purchased in kit). Then it’s time to construct everything into amazing, moveable, wearable soft sound-makers! Along the way you’ll receive our Instructional Videos that complement our ZOOM classes. We might even have a Virtual performance!
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(9 to 12)
A super-creative program that explores music & sound, and teaches children how to create 3-D Printed renderings on the computer using the program, Tinkercad. Once students have created their object, we’ll print them off in our Learning Lab. We’ll schedule a day for you to pick-up your objects along with a Kit of materials and supplies (everyone gets a 3D print, but extra materials and supplies is purchased in the kit). Then it’s time to construct everything into amazing, moveable, wearable soft sound-makers! Along the way you’ll receive our Instructional Videos that complement our ZOOM classes. We might even have a Virtual performance!
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(7 to 12y 11mos)
Young dancers discover the magical world of ballet, focusing on dynamic alignment, poise and technique in order to develop full-body integration. There is focus on musicality and phrasing to develop expression in performance.
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(7 to 12y 11mos)
Kids learn the basic steps of this upbeat and energetic dance genre while developing their balance, coordination and performance projection. Progressions include turns, kicks and leaps along with simple rhythm techniques all set to fun, popular, age-appropriate music.
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Join us to hear some of the strange New Westminster history we’ve uncovered at the museum. From marriages by proxy to opium in New West, our volunteer historians highlight the outtakes from yesteryear.
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When William Malcom Mott started Mott Electric in New Westminster during the Great Depression, he couldn't have imagined a book chronicling its story ninety years later. "Mott Electric: Our People. Our Story." is told in the voices of longtime past and current employees and several Motts. Join author Elsie K. Neufeld as she discusses this fascinating inside look at BC's oldest electrical contracting company.
Learn MoreAnvil Centre’s cultural studios are top-of-the-line professional studio spaces that offer quality settings for visual, performing, applied, sound and new media arts.
They are available for workshops, lectures, screenings and rehearsals.
Anvil Centre also offers a professionally outfitted, acoustically insulated music practice room. All cultural studios and the music practice room can be rented at affordable prices.
For more information or to request a booking, please contact studiobookings@anvilcentre.ca or call 604.527.4640.