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Residency, Reading Group, AGM, and more Donate! Support your artist-run centreRESIDENCYSF HoResidency: 13 November – 18 December 2024Reading Group Events: Saturdays, November 23, 30, + December 7 from 1-3 PMExhibition: 15 January – 8 March 2025 Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to welcome artist SF Ho in residence from November 13, 2024, to December 18, 2024, in preparation for their exhibition,  TRIPLE BURNER FLOWER FIELD. An origin point for this body of work is a pictograph for the word “no”, said to represent a calyx, a root, or a bird flying into the sky. Interrogating how this image and its meaning came together invites an open and responsiveway of being in the world. This new/old fluidity underlies the linguistic, therapeutic, and ecological frameworks that run through the residency and exhibition. A line of inquiry travels between the meeting points of various binaries and examines the complexity that emerges from their energetic confluence. These dualities include the contrast between emptiness and negation, separation and wholeness, and value as it is understood within the sacred and within capital. The space we make attends to the slow, cyclical temporality of common plants significant to traditional Chinese medicine and the age of imperialism. It includes interviews on healing and agriculture that move from the Cultural Revolution to the current wave of diaspora from Hong Kong, arriving and unsettling without finality on unceded lands. The public are invited to attend three reading group events at the artist-run centre on Saturdays from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on November 23, November 30, and December 7, 2024. The events will focus on shared readings related to Ho’s residency. All events are free to attend. TRIPLE BURNER FLOWER FIELD will be on view at Oxygen Art Centre from January 15, 2025, to March 8, 2025. This project is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the RDCK ReDi program.READING GROUP𝖙𝖊𝖝𝖙 𝖓𝖔.1Pharmacie Gasy: the Neocolonial Instrumentalization of Toxicity to Discredit Healing in Madagascar by Chanelle Adams Illustrations by Sarah Boisard FUNAMUBLIST (November 3, 2017)Read here𝖙𝖊𝖝𝖙 𝖓𝖔.2Below Human: On Porosity and Pervasion by Xiang Zairong diaphanes, Human after Man, eds. Susanne Witzgall & Marietta KestingRead hereThe public are invited to attend three reading group events at the artist-run centre on Saturdays from1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on November 23, November 30, and December 7, 2024.  The events will focus on shared readings related to Ho’s residency. Refreshments will be provided. Free to attend, no registration or preparation required.ABOUT THE ARTISTSF Ho is an artist, writer and organizer. They have been living as an uninvited guest on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ peoples for over fourteen years. Operating somewhere between words and whatever words can’t be, their work is informed by feminist methodologies, land-based practices, and grassroots community networks. Ho has presented their artwork and writing both regionally and internationally. They published a book about love and aliens called George, the Parasite.LEARN MORE AGMSpecial thank you to those who joined us for the 2023-2024 Annual General Meetingfor the Nelson Fine Arts Centre Society(Oxygen Art Centre dba) onWednesday, November 20, 2024at 5:30 PM PT via Zoom. Stay tuned for more information about the incoming 2024-2025 Board of Directors! For now, review the Annual Report for 2023-2024 or the meeting documents (w/out images). Thanks for supporting your artist-run centre <3ANNUAL REPORTMEETING DOCUMENTSBECOME A MEMBERPRINT & PASTE special THANK YOU to Marcus Dénommé, Julia Pepler, and the incredible group of students who engaged in PRINT & PASTE a TWO-DAY Youth Art Intensive last weekend!!  Taking place at Oxygen Art Centre on Saturday, November 9, 2024 + Sunday, November 10, 2024, a group of ten young artists (11 – 15 years) learned screen printing and wheat-pasting techniques. They left with original prints, t-shirts, and bags, and an appreciation for printmaking processes. + thanks to Big Cranium for loaning us a few extra squeegees!!! This program was generously supported by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, Cowan’s Office Supplies, SaveOn Foods, and Big Cranium.JOINSupport your artist-run centre by becoming an Oxygen Art Centre Member. Oxygen Memberships run from $2 (Senior/Student) to $5 (Single) to $10 (Families) and significantly help our organization. Become a member today! MEMBERSHIP BENEFITSEvents, Tours and Artist TalksVolunteer, Networking and Mentorship ExperienceRegular mailings and newslettersVoting Privileges at Oxygen Art Centre’s AGMAccess to current Exhibition Publications and CataloguesArtist-in-Residence and Exhibition ToursRegister ONLINE or by MAIL Already a Member? Consider making a Donation.

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NOTICE OF AGMNotice of Annual General Meetingfor the Nelson Fine Arts Centre Society (Oxygen Art Centre dba) onWednesday, November 20, 2024at 5:30 PM PT via Zoom. Register to attend the AGM to learn about the past year’s programming and finances, vote on the incoming board of directors, and support your artist-run centre by becoming a member or renewing your membership! Documents are now available to membership via Oxygen’s website and will be sent directly to all registrants via e-mail.Review the Annual Report for 2023-2024 and access the meeting documents (without images). The meeting will take place online via Zoom and be 45 minutes in length, including a slideshow presentation, as well as reporting from the Chair, Treasurer, and Executive Director. The meeting will conclude with nominations and voting for the 2024-2025 Board of Directors. To nominate incoming board members and to vote at this meeting, ensure your Oxygen membership is up-to-date. Not sure? Contact us! We can double check your status prior to the meeting. Thanks for supporting your artist-run centre <3ANNUAL REPORTMEETING DOCUMENTSREGISTER TO ATTENDBECOME A MEMBERRESIDENCYSF HoResidency: 13 November – 18 December 2024Reading Group Events: Saturdays, November 23, 30, + December 7 from 1-3 PMExhibition: 15 January – 8 March 2025 Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to welcome artist SF Ho in residence from November 13, 2024, to December 18, 2024, in preparation for their exhibition,  TRIPLE BURNER FLOWER FIELD. An origin point for this body of work is a pictograph for the word “no”, said to represent a calyx, a root, or a bird flying into the sky. Interrogating how this image and its meaning came together invites an open and responsive way of being in the world. This new/old fluidity underlies the linguistic, therapeutic, and ecological frameworks that run through the residency and exhibition.A line of inquiry travels between the meeting points of various binaries and examines the complexity that emerges from their energetic confluence. These dualities include the contrast between emptiness and negation, separation and wholeness, and value as it is understood within the sacred and within capital. The space we make attends to the slow, cyclical temporality of common plants significant to traditional Chinese medicine and the age of imperialism. It includes interviews on healing and agriculture that move from the Cultural Revolution to the current wave of diaspora from Hong Kong, arriving and unsettling without finality on unceded lands. The public are invited to attend three reading group events at the artist-run centre on Saturdays from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on November 23, November 30, and December 7, 2024. The events will focus on shared readings related to Ho’s residency. All events are free to attend. TRIPLE BURNER FLOWER FIELD will be on view at Oxygen Art Centre from January 15, 2025, to March 8, 2025. This project is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the RDCK ReDi program.READING GROUP

𝖙𝖊𝖝𝖙 𝖓𝖔.1Pharmacie Gasy: the Neocolonial Instrumentalization of Toxicity to Discredit Healing in Madagascar by Chanelle Adams Illustrations by Sarah Boisard FUNAMUBLIST (November 3, 2017)Read here𝖙𝖊𝖝𝖙 𝖓𝖔.2Below Human: On Porosity and Pervasion by Xiang Zairong diaphanes, Human after Man, eds. Susanne Witzgall & Marietta KestingRead here

The public are invited to attend three reading group events at the artist-run centre on Saturdays from1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on November 23, November 30, and December 7, 2024.  The events will focus on shared readings related to Ho’s residency. Refreshments will be provided. Free to attend, no registration or preparation required.ABOUT THE ARTIST

SF Ho is an artist, writer and organizer. They have been living as an uninvited guest on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ peoples for over fourteen years. Operating somewhere between words and whatever words can’t be, their work is informed by feminist methodologies, land-based practices, and grassroots community networks. Ho has presented their artwork and writing both regionally and internationally. They published a book about love and aliens called George, the Parasite.

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O2 EXHIBITIONOxygen Art Centre’s sixth exhibition in the window project entitled O2, features new works by Jennifer Burke, Samonte Cruz, andBee Schroeder from11 October – 13 November 2024. Located on the Stanley Avenue side of the Nelson Trading Company building (430 Baker Street) in downtown Nelson, B.C., O2 is a window-turned-gallery.  Entitled, Purple Pain, the exhibition features a garment created by the collective artists in 2021 to explore contrasting experiences of pain and social isolation with queer resilience, trans empowerment, and gender euphoria. This program is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.LEARN MOREJOINSupport your artist-run centre by becoming an Oxygen Art Centre Member. Oxygen Memberships run from $2 (Senior/Student) to $5 (Single) to $10 (Families) and significantly help our organization. Become a member today! MEMBERSHIP BENEFITSEvents, Tours and Artist TalksVolunteer, Networking and Mentorship ExperienceRegular mailings and newslettersVoting Privileges at Oxygen Art Centre’s AGMAccess to current Exhibition Publications and CataloguesArtist-in-Residence and Exhibition ToursRegister ONLINE or by MAIL Already a Member? Consider making a Donation.REGISTERImages (top to bottom): (1) Screen capture of the Annual Report 2023-2024 cover, 2024; (2-6) SF Ho, Courtesy the Artist, 2024; (7) Purple Pain, music video documentation, Courtesy the Artists, 2022; (8) “Become a Member” text overlaid on an image documenting an installation in progress at Oxygen Art Centre, 2015;

Oxygen Art Centre info@oxygenartcentre.org #3- 320 Vernon St. (alley entrance) Nelson, B.C. V1L 4E4 Canada Facility access information Hours of Operation: Wednesdays – Saturdays, 1:00 – 5:00pm (during exhibition run) Admission by donation Oxygen Art Centre acknowledges with gratitude that we are located on the tum xula7xw/ traditional territory of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx/the Sinixt People. As uninvited guests we honour their ongoing presence on this land. We recognize that the Sylix, Ktuxana, and Yaqan Nukij Lower Kootenay Band peoples are also connected with this land, as are Métis and many diverse Indigenous persons. We are grateful for the financial support we receive from Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, BC Gaming, Province of BC, Government of Canada, Vancouver Foundation, Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, Columbia Basin Trust, United Way, Osprey Community Foundation, Nelson Lions Club, and Nelson and District Credit Union. We offer thanks to Polka Dot Dragon Arts Society and other key partners including Hall Printing, Speedpro Signs, and Selkirk College for their support. We especially thank all of our volunteers, donors, and members. Oxygen Art Centre is committed to ensuring all exhibitions, programs, and events are accessible to visitors. Our facilities are wheelchair accessible and equipped with an all-genders washroom. Please contact Oxygen if you have any questions or concerns about your visit.

RESIDENCYSF HoResidency: 13 November – 18 December 2024Reading Group Events: Saturdays, November 23, 30, + December 7 from 1-3 PMExhibition: 15 January – 8 March 2025 Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to welcome artist SF Ho in residence from November 13, 2024, to December 18, 2024, in preparation for their exhibition,  TRIPLE BURNER FLOWER FIELD. An origin point for this body of work is a pictograph for the word “no”, said to represent a calyx, a root, or a bird flying into the sky. Interrogating how this image and its meaning came together invites an open and responsive way of being in the world. This new/old fluidity underlies the linguistic, therapeutic, and ecological frameworks that run through the residency and exhibition.A line of inquiry travels between the meeting points of various binaries and examines the complexity that emerges from their energetic confluence. These dualities include the contrast between emptiness and negation, separation and wholeness, and value as it is understood within the sacred and within capital. The space we make attends to the slow, cyclical temporality of common plants significant to traditional Chinese medicine and the age of imperialism. It includes interviews on healing and agriculture that move from the Cultural Revolution to the current wave of diaspora from Hong Kong, arriving and unsettling without finality on unceded lands. The public are invited to attend three reading group events at the artist-run centre on Saturdays from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on November 23, November 30, and December 7, 2024. The events will focus on shared readings related to Ho’s residency. Participants will also engage in traditional Chinese tea ceremony and I Ching readings during the events. All events are free to attend. TRIPLE BURNER FLOWER FIELD will be on view at Oxygen Art Centre from January 15, 2025, to March 8, 2025. This project is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the RDCK ReDi program.SF Ho is an artist, writer and organizer. They have been living as an uninvited guest on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ peoples for over fourteen years. Operating somewhere between words and whatever words can’t be, their work is informed by feminist methodologies, land-based practices, and grassroots community networks. Ho has presented their artwork and writing both regionally and internationally. They published a book about love and aliens called George, the Parasite.ABOUT THE ARTIST

EDUCATIONRegister today for the final classes in the Fall 2024 semester! The semester is taught by our incredible faculty featuring professional artist instructors who live and work in the Columbia Basin. Taking place at Oxygen’s facility and online from September to mid-November 2024, don’t miss your chance to learn a new technique or re-engage your artistic practice alongside your creative community! Oxygen’s Education program is a long-standing and well loved program founded upon a desire to share arts education opportunities for folks of all experience levels and interests. Please note the registration deadline for each class. As an artist-run centre, we require a minimum number of students to run each course. Deadlines are set to provide enough preparation time for both instructors and students. Learn more about our policies and guidelines.Letters to the Beyondwith Rayya Liebich IN PERSON 1 Class: Oct 27th Sunday: 10 – 11:30amTOTAL FEE: $10/$15/$20  Registration Deadline: Oct. 25REGISTEREmbossing – For the Love of Paperwith Hildur Jonasson IN PERSON 1 Classes: Nov 3 Sunday: 10 am – 3:30pmMaterial Fee: $30 (all materials provided)       Course Fee: $90 TOTAL FEE: $120 Registration Deadline: Oct. 25REGISTERMagic of Memory 2with Rayya Liebich ONLINE 4 Classes: Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26 Tuesdays: 6:30 – 8:30 pmTOTAL FEE: $105 Registration Deadline: Oct. 29REGISTERRemembrance Luminariawith Myra Rasmussen IN PERSON 1 Class: Oct. 27th Sunday: 12 – 2pmTOTAL FEE: $10/$15/$20 Registration Deadline: Oct. 25REGISTERPrint & Paste: Youth Art Intensivewith Marcus DénomméIN PERSON2 Classes: Nov. 9 + 10Saturday + Sunday Age: 11-15 yearsFocus: Screen printing + wheat-pasting TOTAL FEE: $50 (All materials incl.)Registration Deadline: Oct. 30REGISTERONLINE Figure Drawing 2(No Instruction) ONLINE 5 Classes: Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27 Dec. 4  Wednesdays: 6 – 8 pmTOTAL FEE: $95 Registration Deadline: Oct. 30REGISTERLEARN MOREO2 EXHIBITIONOxygen Art Centre’s sixth exhibition in the window project entitled O2, features new works by Jennifer Burke, Samonte Cruz, andBee Schroeder from11 October – 13 November 2024. Located on the Stanley Avenue side of the Nelson Trading Company building (430 Baker Street) in downtown Nelson, B.C., O2 is a window-turned-gallery.  Entitled, Purple Pain, the exhibition features a garment created by the collective artists in 2021 to explore contrasting experiences of pain and social isolation with queer resilience, trans empowerment, and gender euphoria. This program is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.LEARN MORENOTICE OF AGMNotice of Annual General Meeting for the Nelson Fine Arts Centre Society (Oxygen Art Centre dba) on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM PT via Zoom. Register to attend the AGM to learn about the past year’s programming and finances, become a member, vote for the board of directors, and support your artist-run centre by becoming a member or renewing your membership! Documents will be available to membership on October 20, 2024 via Oxygen’s website and sent directly to all registrants.REGISTERJOINSupport your artist-run centre by becoming an Oxygen Art Centre Member. Oxygen Memberships run from $2 (Senior/Student) to $5 (Single) to $10 (Families) and significantly help our organization. Become a member today! MEMBERSHIP BENEFITSEvents, Tours and Artist TalksVolunteer, Networking and Mentorship ExperienceRegular mailings and newslettersVoting Privileges at Oxygen Art Centre’s AGMAccess to current Exhibition Publications and CataloguesArtist-in-Residence and Exhibition ToursRegister ONLINE or by MAIL Already a Member? Consider making a Donation.REGISTERImages (top to bottom): (1-3) SF Ho, Courtesy the Artist, 2024; (3-10) Education program promotional graphics for fall semester, 2024; (11) Hannah DeBoer-Smith, O2 installation, 2024; (12) Notice of AGM, 2024; (13) “Become a Member” text overlaid on an image documenting an installation in progress at Oxygen Art Centre, 2015;

Oxygen Art Centre info@oxygenartcentre.org #3- 320 Vernon St. (alley entrance) Nelson, B.C. V1L 4E4 Canada Facility access information Hours of Operation: Wednesdays – Saturdays, 1:00 – 5:00pm (during exhibition run) Admission by donation Oxygen Art Centre acknowledges with gratitude that we are located on the tum xula7xw/ traditional territory of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx/the Sinixt People. As uninvited guests we honour their ongoing presence on this land. We recognize that the Sylix, Ktuxana, and Yaqan Nukij Lower Kootenay Band peoples are also connected with this land, as are Métis and many diverse Indigenous persons. We are grateful for the financial support we receive from Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, BC Gaming, Province of BC, Government of Canada, Vancouver Foundation, Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, Columbia Basin Trust, United Way, Osprey Community Foundation, Nelson Lions Club, and Nelson and District Credit Union. We offer thanks to Elephant Mountain Literary Festival and other key partners including Hall Printing, Speedpro Signs, and Selkirk College for their support. We especially thank all of our volunteers, donors, and members. Oxygen Art Centre is committed to ensuring all exhibitions, programs, and events are accessible to visitors. Our facilities are wheelchair accessible and equipped with an all-genders washroom. Please contact Oxygen if you have any questions or concerns about your visit.

FOR   IMMEDIATE   RELEASE: OXYGEN TO HOST SF HO DURING FALL RESIDENCY   SF Ho Residency 13 November – 18 December 2024   Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to welcome SF Ho as artist-in-residence from November 13, 2024, to December 18, 2024.   Ho visits the West Kootenay region from Vancouver for a four-week residency to develop a new body of work for their forthcoming exhibition, TRIPLE BURNER FLOWER FIELD, which will be on view at Oxygen Art Centre from January 15, 2025, to March 8, 2025.   An origin point for this body of work is a Chinese pictograph for the word “no”, said to represent a calyx, a root, or a bird flying into the sky. Ho is interested in questioning how the Chinese image of “no” underlies the linguistic, therapeutic, and ecological frameworks that run through Ho’s visual and text-based practices.   During their residency, Ho will complete artworks for their forthcoming exhibition, including ceramics, textiles, video, and scent pieces. Utilizing common plants significant to traditional Chinese medicine and the age of imperialism, this new body of work will include interviews with farmers who experienced the Hong Kong Cultural Revolution (1967) and subsequent migration and diaspora on unceded territories like Vancouver, BC.   Through these mediums and historical thematic, Ho endeavours to consider dualities between emptiness and negation, separation and wholeness, and value as it is understood within the sacred and within capital.   SF Ho will be in residence from November 13, 2024, to December 18, 2024, in preparation for their exhibition TRIPLE BURNER FLOWER FIELD, which will be on view at Oxygen Art Centre from January 15, 2025, to March 8, 2025.   Oxygen Art Centre is an artist-run centre located at #3-320 Vernon Street along the alleyway behind Baker Street. All events are free to attend.   This program is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Regional District of Central Kootenay ReDi program. –       30   –   Image Credit: SF Ho, Courtesy the Artist, 2024 Press Contact: Julia Prudhomme Executive Director Oxygen Art Centre info@oxygenartcentre.org   Artist Bio:   SF Ho (they/them) is an artist, writer and organizer. They have been living as an uninvited guest on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ peoples for over fourteen years. Operating somewhere between words and whatever words can’t be, their work is informed by feminist methodologies, land-based practices, and grassroots community networks. Ho has presented their artwork and writing both regionally and internationally. They published a book about love and aliens called George, the Parasite.    sssfffho.com @_acertainparty   — Julia Prudhomme (she/her)Executive Director / oxygen art centre My regular office hours are Tuesday – Thursday, 9:00am – 2:00pm PT. Responses will be slow outside of this window.  info@oxygenartcentre.org www.oxygenartcentre.org #3 – 320 Vernon St. Alley Entrance Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4E4 Oxygen Art Centre acknowledges with gratitude that we are located on the tum xula7xw/ traditional territory of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx/the Sinixt People. As uninvited guests we honour their ongoing presence on this land. We recognize that the Sylix, Ktuxana, and Yaqan Nukij Lower Kootenay Band peoples are also connected with this land, as are Métis and many diverse Indigenous persons.

Oxygen Art Centre’s Staff and Board of Directors bid a sorrowful but celebratory farewell to Education Coordinator Natasha Smith who leaves her role with the artist-run centre on October 3, 2024.

A founding member of the Nelson Fine Arts Centre Society (Oxygen Art Centre dba) in 2002 with fellow former writing and visual arts faculty at the Kootenay School of the Arts, Smith stepped into the role of Education Coordinator over ten years ago to support the artist-run centre’s educational focus and programming.

Oxygen is known for providing rigorous, inclusive, and responsive arts education for adults and youth across the two eight-week semesters each year. During her tenure as Education Coordinator, Smith worked with Oxygen staff and faculty to deliver classes, workshops, camps, and events with emphasis on incubating and supporting emerging artists and sustaining our vibrant arts community.

In addition to her work at the centre, Smith is a practicing artist and instructor, often offering printmaking and multi-media art classes in the region. Her background brought a unique sensibility to the program, supporting instructors and students alike with generosity, care, and professionalism that will be keenly missed.

While Smith steps out of this role, she will continue to be an ardent member and supporter of Oxygen Art Centre. We thank her for her time and lasting impact on the arts in the community and wish her the best as she begins a new, exciting phase!

Oxygen’s fall semester featuring arts, writing, and professional development classes for adults and youth is now open for registration. 

Image Credit: Open House featuring Nature Still Life Drawing with Keiko Lee-Hem and the ArtSpeak Exhibition at Oxygen Art Centre, 7 September 2024

Press Contact:

Julia Prudhomme

Executive Director

Oxygen Art Centre

info@oxygenartcentre.org

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Julia Prudhomme (she/her)

Executive Director / oxygen art centre

info@oxygenartcentre.org

www.oxygenartcentre.org

#3 – 320 Vernon St. Alley Entrance

Nelson, British Columbia , V1L 4E4

Oxygen Art Centre acknowledges with gratitude that we are located on the tum xula7xw/ traditional territory of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx/the Sinixt People. As uninvited guests we honour their ongoing presence on this land. We recognize that the Sylix, Ktuxana, and Yaqan Nukij Lower Kootenay Band peoples are also connected with this land, as are Métis and many diverse Indigenous persons.

Departure, Fall Semester, Fundraiser, Upcoming, O2, and more Donate! Support your artist-run centreDEPARTUREOxygen Art Centre’s Staff and Board of Directors bid a sorrowful but celebratory farewell to Education Coordinator Natasha Smith who leaves her role with the artist-run centre on October 3, 2024. A founding member of the Nelson Fine Arts Centre Society (Oxygen Art Centre dba) in 2002 with fellow former writing and visual arts faculty at the Kootenay School of the Arts, Smith stepped into the role of Education Coordinator over ten years ago to support the artist-run centre’s educational focus and programming.Oxygen is known for providing rigorous, inclusive, and responsive arts education for adults and youth across the two eight-week semesters each year. During her tenure as Education Coordinator, Smith worked with Oxygen staff and faculty to deliver classes, workshops, camps, and events with emphasis on incubating and supporting emerging artists and sustaining our vibrant arts community. In addition to her work at the centre, Smith is a practicing artist and instructor, often offering printmaking and multi-media art classes in the region. Her background brought a unique sensibility to the program, supporting instructors and students alike with generosity, care, and professionalism that will be keenly missed. While Smith steps out of this role, she will continue to be an ardent member and supporter of Oxygen Art Centre. We thank her for her time and lasting impact on the arts in the community and wish her the best as she begins a new, exciting phase! Thank you, Natasha <3 EDUCATIONOxygen’s Fall semester registration deadlines are quickly approaching! Sign up today for classes and workshops for the second half of the fall semester! The semester is taught by our incredible faculty featuring professional artist instructors who live and work in the Columbia Basin. Taking place at Oxygen’s facility and online from September to mid-November 2024, don’t miss your chance to learn a new technique or re-engage your artistic practice alongside your creative community! Oxygen’s Education program is a long-standing and well loved program founded upon a desire to share arts education opportunities for folks of all experience levels and interests. Please note the registration deadline for each class. As an artist-run centre, we require a minimum number of students to run each course. Deadlines are set to provide enough preparation time for both instructors and students. Learn more about our policies and guidelines.Letters to the Beyondwith Rayya Liebich IN PERSON 1 Class: Oct 27th Sunday: 10 – 11:30amTOTAL FEE: $10/$15/$20  Registration Deadline: Oct. 25REGISTEREmbossing – For the Love of Paperwith Hildur Jonasson IN PERSON 1 Classes: Nov 3 Sunday: 10 am – 3:30pmMaterial Fee: $30 (all materials provided)       Course Fee: $90 TOTAL FEE: $120 Registration Deadline: Oct. 25REGISTERMagic of Memory 2with Rayya Liebich ONLINE 4 Classes: Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26 Tuesdays: 6:30 – 8:30 pmTOTAL FEE: $105 Registration Deadline: Oct. 29REGISTERRemembrance Luminariawith Myra Rasmussen IN PERSON 1 Class: Oct. 27th Sunday: 12 – 2pmTOTAL FEE: $10/$15/$20 Registration Deadline: Oct. 25REGISTERHumour and Satire Writingwith Sophie Kohn ONLINE 6 Classes: Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31 Nov 7, 14   OR 8 Classes: Oct 10, 17, 24, 31 Nov 7, 14, 21, 28 Thursdays: 7 -9pmTOTAL FEE: 6 Week Course: $158 OR 8 Week Course: $208 Registration Deadline: Oct. 3REGISTERONLINE Figure Drawing 2(No Instruction) ONLINE 5 Classes: Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27 Dec. 4  Wednesdays: 6 – 8 pmTOTAL FEE: $95 Registration Deadline: Oct. 30REGISTERLEARN MOREFUNDRAISERMany thanks for the incredible support from our community towards the water heater fundraiser! With your donations we successfully reached our goal (and before Oct. 1st, at that!)! We’re looking forward to cozy temperatures throughout at the centre. With thanks & warm hearts,  Oxygen Art Centre <3<3<3UPCOMINGSF HoResidency: 13 November – 18 December 2024Exhibition: 15 January – 8 March 2025 Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to welcome artist SF Ho in residence from November 13, 2024, to December 18, 2024, in preparation for their exhibition,  TRIPLE BURNER FLOWER FIELD. An origin point for this body of work is a pictograph for the word “no”, said to represent a calyx, a root, or a bird flying into the sky. Interrogating how this image and its meaning came together invites an open and responsive way of being in the world. This new/old fluidity underlies the linguistic, therapeutic, and ecological frameworks that run through the residency and exhibition.A line of inquiry travels between the meeting points of various binaries and examines the complexity that emerges from their energetic confluence. These dualities include the contrast between emptiness and negation, separation and wholeness, and value as it is understood within the sacred and within capital. The space we make attends to the slow, cyclical temporality of common plants significant to traditional Chinese medicine and the age of imperialism. It includes interviews on healing and agriculture that move from the Cultural Revolution to the current wave of diaspora from Hong Kong, arriving and unsettling without finality on unceded lands. TRIPLE BURNER FLOWER FIELD will be on view at Oxygen Art Centre from January 15, 2025, to March 8, 2025. This project is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the RDCK ReDi program.SF Ho is an artist, writer and organizer. They have been living as an uninvited guest on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ peoples for over fourteen years. Operating somewhere between words and whatever words can’t be, their work is informed by feminist methodologies, land-based practices, and grassroots community networks. Ho has presented their artwork and writing both regionally and internationally. They published a book about love and aliens called George, the Parasite.ABOUT THE ARTISTO2 EXHIBITIONOxygen Art Centre’s fifth exhibition in the window project entitled O2, features new works by Hannah DeBoer-Smith from8 August – 10 October 2024. Located on the Stanley Avenue side of the Nelson Trading Company building (430 Baker Street) in downtown Nelson, B.C., O2 is a window-turned-gallery.  Hannah DeBoer-Smith, sometimes Mamma G., sometimes Tubby Lady, does a lot of art in many forms, from sculptural projects like interactive lanterns, digital art, comics, textiles, tattooing, drag, music and doing silly drawings of herself because she’s bad at taking selfies (Tubby Lady). This program is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.LEARN MOREJOINSupport your artist-run centre by becoming an Oxygen Art Centre Member. Oxygen Memberships run from $2 (Senior/Student) to $5 (Single) to $10 (Families) and significantly help our organization. Become a member today! 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