Poetry and Art Salon with Janet Kvammen
ANVIL CENTRE Studio 417
MAY 31, 2026
SUNDAY 2:00-4:00 pm
Drop-in. No registration required.
Feature Poet Katie Stobbart
Feature Artist Damarys Sepulveda
Link – https://www.newwestcity.ca/calendar-of-events/events/8764/2026-05.php
Join Janet Kvammen, Poet Laureate of New Westminster, for a free afternoon of poetry readings, art “Show & Tell” chats and more!
Come listen, share, and connect.
In partnership with Royal City Literary Arts Society and the City of New Westminster.
Katie Stobbart is a neuroqueer, trans nonbinary writer, artist, community builder, and creative coach living on unceded lands of hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking peoples, known today as New West. Katie is the co-author of two chapbooks (Coven Editions; Collusion Books) and their writing and art has been published by Contemporary Verse 2, Knife Fork Book, and Louden Singletree. Between Dungeons & Dragons games, Katie volunteers for their local Pride society and annoys their neighbours with off-key rooftop karaoke— sorry, not sorry.
Dámarys Sepúlveda, a multimedia artist and print-maker
Artist Bio:
Dámarys Sepúlveda graduated from the Nicaraguan Fine Arts Academy with a Visual Art Diploma. After graduation she received a two-year scholarship and took part in a hands-on learning experience, teaching visual art to children in L’arc Children’s Art School, Barcelona, Spain. To continue her learning Dámarys conducted a two-year guest artist residency at York University’s Print Studio (Toronto, ON) with Professor Eugenio Tellez.
Dámarys art works had been showed in Canada and abroad, including in Nicaragua, Barcelona, Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico and Hamilton, Ontario. Her presentations in Hamilton include group exhibitions at the McMaster Museum of Art (2007), Workers’ Art and Heritage Centre (2015), Centre3 (2020), and Red Tree Collective’s Trail Mix Museum (2022).
Artist Statement
“My art is a vivid narrative of my personal journey, capturing the upheavals of my life from my early years in Nicaragua to my recent encounter with personal identity and decolonization. Through vibrant oils and acrylics, I convey the idealized memories of my country of birth, while strong black and white etchings and block prints narrate stories of war and injustice, climate change and migration. My artwork is fluid, it changes to depict what I am passionate about, bringing to the public the essence of my personal believes.”