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Photos: Culture Crawl returns to New Westminster

The three-day event featured studio tours, workshops, and live entertainment.
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Local curator Jas Lally speaks about Randall Bear Barnetson’s mural Salmon Run, outside of the Purpose Society, during a walking tour of the public art in downtown New Westminster.

Presented by Arts New West, the 21st edition of the Cultural Crawl filled venues across the city from Oct. 4 to 6. Over 150 artists and dozens of events made it the biggest edition to date.

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Floralume, an interactive sculpture that consists of reclaimed street lamps that produce soft light and sound when touched, by Monkey C Interactive, is seen during a walking tour.
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Joanne Dodge holds a shadow puppet that she made with her 7-year-old granddaughter Juliette during a workshop at the Anvil Centre.
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Emily Gold and Nikitha Nazar view their shadow puppets behind a shadow screen. 
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Raj K. and Mina J. sketch a still-life from a floral display, at the New West Cultural Crawl in partnership with the Garden Gals, a group of artists from the New Westminster Horticultural Society.
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Participants view King Neptune, part of the Columbia Street Mosaics Project by artist Bruce Walther, in Hyack square. 

 

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Co-curator Nadine Spence speaks during a roundtable discussion with the artists of Downstream Where the Waters Mix exhibition.
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Changing the Conversation Artist in Residence PJ Murashige Patten gives an artist talk. 
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New West artist Angela James exhibits her work at the Anvil Centre.

 

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Narges Aghahosseini, owner of Palette Art Studio, runs a pottery workshop where participants made bowls on Oct. 5, 2024. 

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