[BCMA] Invitation to Reframed: Understanding New West Through Photos Opening Reception & Curatorial Talk

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Reframed: Understanding New West Through Photos
February 6 - June 29, 2025
Opening Reception February 6 - 6-8pm

New Westminster Museum and Archives holds 230,000 photographs documenting scenes of the city's history and its people. Community members donated the majority of these photographs creating a preferred narrative of our past, influencing the stories told through exhibition, programming, and the media, and omitting the contributions of those not captured in this historic record.

Reframed: Understanding New West Through Photos critically examines photographs acquired by New Westminster Museum and Archives since 1950. The exhibition articulates the role these images have played in shaping community narrative, and reframes them to present a more genuine picture of the city's past. By looking at who is, and is not, present in these photographs, we explore how a limited number of photographers shaped the early historic record of the city. This exhibition compares the original vision of the photographer with the impact of their work. Evidence of forgotten stories appear at the fringes of their images and beyond the cropped areas of photos used for publication. Reframed considers the role developing technology played in empowering New Westminster's communities to document their own lives. With thousands of unnamed faces in the collection, this exhibition highlights the power that names hold to discover hidden histories from marginalized populations.

The exhibition critically examines the ways in which we can reframe our knowledge about the city by highlighting its marginalized stories.

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Reframed: Understanding New West Through Photos Opening Reception (All Ages)
Join us as we introduce the exhibition and begin this conversation. Light refreshments provided.
This exhibition is part of the 2025 Capture Photography Festival Selected Exhibition Program.

Thursday, February 6
6:00-8:00PM
Museum at Anvil Centre, Gallery 7
Drop-In, Free, please RSVP by phone or email
museum at newwestcity.ca<mailto:museum at newwestcity.ca> | 604.527.4640

Other event details:

*         This event is open to the public, free, and does not require registration, however RSVPs to museum at newwestcity.ca<mailto:museum at newwestcity.ca> are much appreciated.

*         Light refreshments will be provided.

*         The museum is accessible by car, bus, and SkyTrain. For more information about Anvil Centre, including parking, please follow this link: https://anvilcentre.com/#about-location

*         We aim to be an inclusive and accessible environment for all patrons. If you or a member of your group has an accessibility need, we would be happy to discuss and prepare with you prior to your visit, museum at newwestcity.ca<mailto:museum at newwestcity.ca> or 604.527.4640.

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Reframing New Westminster: Curatorial Talk & Tour (All Ages)
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of New Westminster Museum's feature exhibition with our museum curator. We will explore the exhibition space and discuss the original ideas and research questions that led to the final display.

Thursday, February 27
6:30-7:30PM
Museum at Anvil Centre, Gallery 7
FREE, Registration required
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