Sharing Our Cultures 2023


Date: Mar 19
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where: Everywhere
Sharing Our Cultures

For 23 years, Sharing our Cultures has celebrated and showcased our province's diversity by enabling school youth from diverse cultural backgrounds to share aspects of their cultures through interactive exhibits. This multicultural and educational event allows the public to travel the world, learn its many stories and make positive intercultural connections.

Join the conversation with amazing individuals who contribute daily to the social, cultural, and economic development of Newfoundland and Labrador. Listen to their stories in sharing circles and discover the difference they are making in our community.

Sharing Our Cultures is held in recognition of the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21), and in celebration of the Province’s Multiculturalism Month.

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Depuis 23 ans, cet événement célèbre et met en valeur la diversité de notre province en permettant aux jeunes des écoles de divers horizons culturels de partager des aspects de leurs cultures par le biais d'expositions interactives. Cet événement multiculturel permet au public de voyager à travers le monde, d'apprendre ses nombreuses histoires et d'établir des liens interculturels positifs.

À la découverte de  nos cultures est tenu en reconnaissance de la Journée international pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale (21 mars), et en célébration du mois du multiculturalisme de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.

This is a Free Event! (It does not include access to the galleries and The Rooms exhibits / Gratuit - n'inclut pas l'accès aux galeries et autres expositions de The Rooms Gratuit).

Today's Events & Programs

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Fall in Love with Creativity!

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, join us to turn everyday fabric scraps into beautiful braided fabric wreaths. Inspired by our exhibition, Toby Rabinowitz’s A World Within a World, we’ll celebrate joy and creativity in everyday life while giving old materials a fresh, fabulous twist!

No experience needed - just bring your enthusiasm! Got fabric scraps you’d love to include? Bring them along! If not, we’ve got plenty to share.

Cost: $40 plus HST. 10% discount for Rooms members. Register online or by calling 709-757-8090. This workshop is for ages 16 and up. 

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Join us for an inspiring afternoon highlighting the artists who captured the spirit of the 2025 Canada Summer Games—live and on location. While athletes competed across St. John’s, a volunteer collective of artists worked quickly with pen, paint, and pastels as they documented the energy of competition and community in real time.

This event offers a behind-the-scenes look at their creative process, from the challenges of drawing in motion to the thrill of finding the perfect line amid the action. You’ll hear first-hand stories from the field—weather swings, crowded venues, and the art of working fast—alongside selections from sketchbooks and paintings created during the Games.

Whether you’re an art lover, Games fan, aspiring sketcher or a curious community member, this session promises insight, inspiration, and practical tips for drawing in public spaces.

Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Get your tickets online or by calling 709-757-8090.

Image: CBC/Using watercolour, artist Shay Hucklebridge captures the scene at women’s soccer at the King George V Park. (Shay Hucklebridge)