Category: Oxygen Art Centre

₊˚.༄Youth Art Retreat + Spring Classes now open for registration

AUTHOR READING SERIESSaturday, April 13, 2024, at 1:00 PM PST (Zoom) Alicia Elliott + Brandi Bird + introducing Morrigan Bonegardener Free! Register to attend (Zoom) Oxygen Art Centre presents acclaimed writer Alicia Elliott (Mohawk) and poet Brandi Bird (Saulteaux, Cree and Métis) with emerging writer Morrigan Bonegardener from the Selkirk College Creative Writing program for the first event in the Author Reading Series. The online event will feature readings by all three authors, as well as a short question and answer period at the event. Free to attend. Registration required.REGISTERLEARN MOREYOUTH ART RETREATWho: Youth (15 – 18 yrs.) When: July 2, 2024 + July 3 – 5, 2024  Where: The Narrows Art Retreat (Nelson, B.C.) With: Dr. Michelle Jack + Tracie Stewart via Oxygen Art Centre What: Art, land-based practices FEE: $125 (via Google form) Deadline to apply: MAY 17, 2024 at 5PM PSTExplore connections with self, water, and land during a three-day, two-night retreat at The Narrows Art Retreat (Nelson, B.C.) from July 3 – 5, 2024. Dr. Michelle Jack, an Artist /Educator and sqilxʷ/syilx (Okanagan) person, with Tracie Stewart, an artist, naturalist, arborist, and creative from Terrace, with Scottish/ Doukhobor background, invite you to join them at The Narrows Youth Art Retreat as they share techniques in building with natural materials.  Together we will reference the land while making prayer flags to respect all the timxʷ (all living things), the təmúlaʔxʷ (earth/mother), siwɬkʷ (water), and kʷl’ncútən (creator). We will then reference ourselves and our journey in life as we work in a team to build one functional boat and individual vessels. When creating work, sustainability has to be considered in every sense. We will encourage youth to explore these concepts from their own personal backgrounds. Participants can expect to engage in a daily sketching practice to document our experiences as we learn about ourselves, the water, and the lands around us in this immersive experience. Participants will travel by boat to The Narrows Art Retreat to share this retreat experience with four other youth between the ages of 15-18 years old. Oxygen’s Education Coordinator Natasha Smith will be on site to support throughout. Together we will share accommodation, meals, and learning for three-days, two-nights in July 2024. Before the retreat itself, everyone will meet at Oxygen Art Centre for an orientation on July 2, 2024, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM.  All food, accommodation, art materials, and transportation to and from the retreat centre are included. This program is generously supported by Cowan’s Office Supplies Ltd., Valhalla Pure Outfitters, the Narrows Art Retreat, and the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance. LEARN MOREREGISTERADULT EDUCATIONPart 2 of Oxygen’s Spring 2024 semester is now open for registration! Offered from May to June, reserve your spot to learn a new technique or advance an existing one, take part in life drawing sessions and critical discourse, and get creative with our incredible professional artist instructors and fellow students across screen printing, digital photography, performance, drawing, and everything in between! Course offerings available both in-person and online. To register, visit Oxygen’s website to access extended details and Google Form links for each course. Payment can be made via e-transfer, credit card, PayPal, and cheque. Contact Natasha Smith (Education Coordinator) via education@oxygenartcentre.org with any questions about the courses or how to apply. Interested in supporting Oxygen’s Education program? Consider making a donation to the Education subsidies fund today! This fund helps maintain low class fees and professional instructor wages. Plus, donations over $50 receive a charitable tax receipt!DONATELino Printing in Colour – Reduction Technique with Myra Rasmussen IN PERSON 1 Class: April 27 *new date* Saturday: 10am – 4pm TOTAL FEE: $125 Registration Deadline: April 19REGISTERFigure Drawing #2  (no instruction) IN PERSON 4 Classes: May 27, June 3, 10, 17 Mondays: 6:30 – 8:30pm TOTAL FEE: $48 Registration Deadline: May 17REGISTERMagic of Memory 1 with Rayya Liebich ONLINE 4 Classes: May 8, 15, 22, 29 Wednesdays: 6:30 – 8:30 pm TOTAL FEE: $105 Registration Deadline: May 1REGISTERArt Speak – Peer to Peer Work Sharing #2 Facilitated by Emilie Leblanc Kromberg IN PERSON 5 Classes: May 23, 30, June 6, 13, 20 Thursdays: 5 – 6:45pm TOTAL FEE: $60 Registration Deadline: May 16REGISTERDigital Photography – Getting Weird with Louis Bockner IN PERSON 2 Classes: June 1 & 2 Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 2pm TOTAL FEE: $140 Registration Deadline: May 24REGISTERPainting from a Model #2 (No Instruction) IN PERSON 1 Class: June 16 Sunday: 1 – 5 pm TOTAL FEE: $40 Registration Deadline: June 7REGISTERNature Still Life Coordinated by Keiko Lee-Hem IN PERSON 1 Class: May 11 Saturday: 11am – 1pm TOTAL FEE: $25 Registration Deadline: May 3REGISTER NEW! Figure Drawing #1.5 (no instruction) IN PERSON 4 Classes: April 8, 15, 22, 29 Mondays: 6:30 – 8:30pm TOTAL FEE: $48 Registration Deadline: April 1REGISTERBeginner Painting: An Introduction to Colour (Part 2) with Deborah Thompson IN PERSON 5 Classes: May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18 Tuesdays: 5:30 – 8:30pm TOTAL FEE: $280 Registration Deadline: May 14REGISTERDream Journaling with Rose Nielsen IN PERSON 5 Classes: May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19 Wednesdays: 6 – 8pm  TOTAL FEE: $160 Registration Deadline: May 13REGISTERBeginner Drawing with Catherine McIntosh IN PERSON 1 Class: May 26 Sunday: 10am – 3pm TOTAL FEE: $105 Registration Deadline: May 17REGISTERDIY 16mm Film Processing + Intro to Bolex Camera with Brian Lye IN PERSON 1 Class: June 9 Sunday: 10am – 4pm TOTAL FEE: $130 Registration Deadline: May 31REGISTERThe Lab with Deborah Thompson IN PERSON 2 Classes: June 22 & 23 Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 3:30pm TOTAL FEE: $200 Registration Deadline: June 14REGISTERLEARN MOREO2 EXHIBITIONOxygen Art Centre’s fourth exhibition in the window project entitled O2, features new artwork by Tracy Fillion is now on view from 5 April to 5 June 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.  The new artwork by Fillion includes embroidered excerpts from a poem by Mary Oliver, “Invitation” (2009). For the artist, the words remind her to be present, look at the sky, appreciate the plants, listen for birds and bugs, and to seek laughter.This program is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.LEARN MORE

AUTHOR READING SERIES PT.2Workshops: Thursday, May 2, 2024 @ 10 AM + 1 PM ($50 ea.) Event: Friday, May 3, 2024 @ 7 PM (Free!) All held at Oxygen’s facility (#3-320 Vernon St., Nelson, BC) Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to present the second event of 2024’s Author Reading Series featuring Corinna Chong and Matt Rader at an in-person reading event on Friday, May 3, 2024 @ 7 PM.This event is free, everyone welcome! No registration is required. The event will feature readings by Chong and Rader, in addition to an emerging writer in the Selkirk College Creative Writing program. A short question and answer period will close the event. While visiting Nelson, Chong and Rader will offer two writing workshops on Thursday, May 2, 2024 @ 10 AM + 1 PM at Oxygen’s facility. Registration required in advance. Spaces limited.Writing Against Perfectionism, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Revision w/Corinna Chong IN PERSON @ OXYGEN ART CENTRE 1 Class: May 2, 2024 Thursday: 10am – 12pm Fee: $50 Registration Deadline: April 25, 2024REGISTERPraise, Gratitude, & Loss: Writing Odes & Elegies in an Age of Crisis w/Matt Rader IN PERSON @ OXYGEN ART CENTRE 1 Class: May 2, 2024 Thursday: 1pm – 3pm Fee: $50 Registration Deadline: April 25, 2024REGISTER

OXYGEN TO WELCOME CORINNA CHONG AND MATT RADER IN WORKSHOPS AND READING

Author Reading Series: 
Workshops: Thursday, May 2, 2024 @ 10 AM + 1 PM ($50 ea.)
Event: Friday, May 3, 2024 @ 7 PM (Free!)
All held at Oxygen’s facility (#3-320 Vernon St., Nelson, BC)

Workshop #1

Writing Against Perfectionism, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Revision w/Corinna Chong
IN PERSON @ OXYGEN ART CENTRE
1 Class: May 2, 2024
Thursday: 10am – 12pm
Fee: $50
Register here!
Registration Deadline: April 25, 2024

Workshop #2

Praise, Gratitude, & Loss: Writing Odes & Elegies in an Age of Crisis w/Matt Rader
IN PERSON @ OXYGEN ART CENTRE
1 Class: May 2, 2024
Thursday: 1pm – 3pm
Fee: $50
Register here!
Registration Deadline: April 25, 2024

Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to present the second event of 2024’s Author Reading Series featuring Corinna Chong and Matt Rader at an in-person reading event on Friday, May 3, 2024 @ 7 PM. This event is free, everyone welcome! No registration is required.

The event will feature readings by the Kelowna-based authors, in addition to an emerging writer in the Selkirk College Creative Writing program. A short question and answer period will close the event.

While visiting Nelson, Chong and Rader will offer two writing workshops on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM at Oxygen’s downtown Nelson facility on the topics of revision and writing odes and elegies. Spaces are limited for the workshops. Registration and a $50.00 fee is required to attend.

Learn more about this event and the Author Reading Series by visiting Oxygen’s website.

This program is generously supported by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance.

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Image Credit: (L) Corinna Chong, (R) Matt Rader, Courtesy the Artists, 2023.

Press Contact:

Julia Prudhomme

Executive Director

Oxygen Art Centre

info@oxygenartcentre.org

About the Authors:

Corinna Chong‘s first novel, Belinda’s Rings, was published by NeWest Press in 2013, and her reviews and short fiction have appeared in magazines across Canada. The Whole Animal, a collection of short stories, was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2023, and includes “Kids in Kindergarten,” which won the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize, and “Love/Cream/Heat,” which was selected for The Best Canadian Stories 2024, published by Biblioasis. Bad Land, her second novel, will be released in Fall 2024 with Arsenal Pulp Press. Corinna lives in Kelowna, BC and teaches English, creative writing, and fine arts at Okanagan College.

Matt Rader is an award-winning author of six volumes of poetry, a collection of stories and a book of nonfiction. His most recent collection is Fine (2024). His previous book of poems, Ghosthawk (2021), was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. He teaches Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia Okanagan and lives in Kelowna, BC.

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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.

FOR   IMMEDIATE   RELEASE: OXYGEN PRESENTS ONLINE EVENT FEATURING ALICIA ELLIOTT AND BRANDI BIRD

Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 1:00 PM PST (Zoom)
Alicia Elliott + Brandi Bird
+ introducing Morrigan Bonegardener
Free! Register to attend (Zoom)

Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to present the first event of 2024’s Author Reading Series featuring Alicia Elliott and Brandi Bird, and emerging writer Morrigan Bonegardener at an online reading event on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 1:00 PM PST (Zoom). 

To attend, please register in advance. This event is free, everyone welcome!

Elliott is a Mohawk writer joining us from Brantford, Ontario with her second book, And Then She Fell, a novel that was published last fall, was also a national bestseller, and was a Globe and Mail and CBC Best Book of the Year.

Joining Elliott is Bird, an Indigiqueer Saulteaux, Cree and Métis writer from Treaty 1 territory, whose first full-length poetry collection The All + Flesh was published by House of Anansi Press in Fall 2023.

The event also features emerging writer, Morrigan Bonegardener who is a first-year creative writing student at Selkirk College in Castlegar, and a Queer, Transgender Woman whose writing style and voice reflect her lived experience.

The free, online event will feature readings by all three authors, as well as a short question and answer period at the event. Join us on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 1:00 PM PST via Zoom for a reading event featuring Alicia Elliott, Brandi Bird, and Morrigan Bonegardener. The event will be emceed by Author Reading Series committee member Clayton McCann. Registration is required in advance.

Learn more about this event and upcoming events and workshops in the Author Reading Series by visiting Oxygen’s website.

This program is generously supported by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance.

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Image Credit: (L) Alicia Elliott, (R) Brandi Bird, Courtesy the Artists, 2023.

Press Contact:

Julia Prudhomme

Executive Director

Oxygen Art Centre

info@oxygenartcentre.org

250-551-6329

About the Authors:

Alicia Elliott is a Mohawk writer living in Brantford, Ontario. She has written for The Globe and Mail, CBC, Hazlitt and many others. She’s had essays nominated for National Magazine Awards for three straight years, winning Gold in 2017, and her short fiction was selected for Best American Short Stories 2018, Best Canadian Stories 2018, and Journey Prize Stories 30. She was chosen by Tanya Talaga as the 2018 recipient of the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award. Her first book, A Mind Spread Out On The Ground, was a #1 national bestseller and was shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust Hilary Weston Prize for Nonfiction. Alicia’s second book, And Then She Fell, a novel that was published last fall, was also a national bestseller, and was a Globe and Mail and CBC Best Book of the Year.

Brandi Bird is an Indigiqueer Saulteaux, Cree and Métis writer from Treaty 1 territory. They currently live and learn on the land of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh & Musqueam peoples.
Their chapbook I Am Still Too Much was published by Rahila’s Ghost Press in Spring 2019. Their first full-length poetry collection The All + Flesh was published by House of Anansi Press in Fall 2023. Their work can also be found in Poetry is Dead, Catapult, Hazlitt, Brick Magazine and others.

Morrigan Bonegardener is a first-year creative writing student at Selkirk College in Castlegar, and a Queer, Transgender Woman whose writing style and voice reflect her lived experience. She lives with her husband, two dogs, cat, bird, and fish on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Sinixt Peoples. Two of her poems were recently published in the Black Bear Review and she was recently the recipient of Excellence Awards in Creative Writing and English, among other subjects.–

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.

View this email in your browser Workshop, Spring Semester Pt.2, Youth Call, and more Donate! Support your artist-run centreWORKSHOPBetween Futility and Future / a workshop series with Alexis Hogan + Chris DufourIN PERSON @ OXYGEN ART CENTRE 4 Classes: March 26 – 29, 2024 Tuesday to Thursday: 6:30pm – 8:30pm + Friday: 3:00pm – 5:00pm TOTAL FEE: $30 for all four workshops Register via Google form* Registration Deadline: March 18, 2024 *Only one spot remaining!This program is generously supported by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance. LEARN MOREREGISTERADULT EDUCATIONPart 2 of Oxygen’s Spring 2024 semester is now open for registration! Offered from May to June, reserve your spot to learn a new technique or advance an existing one, take part in life drawing sessions and critical discourse, and get creative with our incredible professional artist instructors and fellow students across screen printing, digital photography, performance, drawing, and everything in between! Course offerings available both in-person and online. To register, visit Oxygen’s website to access extended details and Google Form links for each course. Payment can be made via e-transfer, credit card, PayPal, and cheque. Contact Natasha Smith (Education Coordinator) via education@oxygenartcentre.org with any questions about the courses or how to apply. Interested in supporting Oxygen’s Education program? Consider making a donation to the Education subsidies fund today! This fund helps maintain low class fees and professional instructor wages. Plus, donations over $50 receive a charitable tax receipt!DONATELino Printing in Colour – Reduction Technique with Myra Rasmussen IN PERSON 1 Class: April 27 *new date* Saturday: 10am – 4pm TOTAL FEE: $125 Registration Deadline: April 19REGISTERSatire and Humour Writing with Sophie Kohn ONLINE 6 Classes:  April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 9  Thursdays: 3 – 5pm  TOTAL FEE: $155 Registration Deadline: March 28REGISTERFigure Drawing #2  (no instruction) IN PERSON 4 Classes: May 27, June 3, 10, 17 Mondays: 6:30 – 8:30pm TOTAL FEE: $48 Registration Deadline: May 17REGISTERMagic of Memory 1 with Rayya Liebich ONLINE 4 Classes: May 8, 15, 22, 29 Wednesdays: 6:30 – 8:30 pm TOTAL FEE: $105 Registration Deadline: May 1REGISTERArt Speak – Peer to Peer Work Sharing #2 Facilitated by Emilie Leblanc Kromberg IN PERSON 5 Classes: May 23, 30, June 6, 13, 20 Thursdays: 5 – 6:45pm TOTAL FEE: $60 Registration Deadline: May 16REGISTERDigital Photography – Getting Weird with Louis Bockner IN PERSON 2 Classes: June 1 & 2 Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 2pm TOTAL FEE: $140 Registration Deadline: May 24REGISTERPainting from a Model #2 (No Instruction) IN PERSON 1 Class: June 16 Sunday: 1 – 5 pm TOTAL FEE: $40 Registration Deadline: June 7REGISTERONLINE Figure Drawing  (No Instruction) By ZOOM 5 Classes: Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24 May 1 Wednesdays: 6 – 8 pm TOTAL FEE: $80 Registration Deadline: March 27REGISTER NEW! Figure Drawing #1.5 (no instruction) IN PERSON 4 Classes: April 8, 15, 22, 29 Mondays: 6:30 – 8:30pm TOTAL FEE: $48 Registration Deadline: April 1REGISTERSophie Kohn is a writer and comedian from Toronto. She was the head writer and editor of the CBC Comedy satirical website for four years, and her humour writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and Chatelaine, and well as various programs. Sophie performs standup regularly around Toronto and produces a monthly show called Forever Jung where comics do a set and then get analyzed by a therapist. She is a graduate of Second City’s conservatory program and Ryerson’s School of Journalism.Beginner Painting: An Introduction to Colour (Part 2) with Deborah Thompson IN PERSON 5 Classes: May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18 Tuesdays: 5:30 – 8:30pm TOTAL FEE: $280 Registration Deadline: May 14REGISTERDream Journaling with Rose Nielsen IN PERSON 5 Classes: May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19 Wednesdays: 6 – 8pm  TOTAL FEE: $160 Registration Deadline: May 13REGISTERBeginner Drawing with Catherine McIntosh IN PERSON 1 Class: May 26 Sunday: 10am – 3pm TOTAL FEE: $105 Registration Deadline: May 17REGISTERDIY 16mm Film Processing + Intro to Bolex Camera with Brian Lye IN PERSON 1 Class: June 9 Sunday: 10am – 4pm TOTAL FEE: $130 Registration Deadline: May 31REGISTERThe Lab with Deborah Thompson IN PERSON 2 Classes: June 22 & 23 Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 3:30pm TOTAL FEE: $200 Registration Deadline: June 14REGISTERLEARN MOREYOUTH COMMITTEECONTACTO2 EXHIBITIONOxygen Art Centre’s third exhibition in the window project entitled O2, features new artwork by Marcus Dénommé is now on view from 9 February to 3 April 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.  The new artwork by Dénommé is a mixed media silkscreen print/collage on stretched kitakata paper. The artist connects the installation with the colonial genocide in Gaza and is specifically inspired by the organization Unmute Gaza who works to amplify the images and writing by journalists attempting to report on the violence.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.REGISTER

FOR   IMMEDIATE   RELEASE: OXYGEN PRESENTS EXHIBITION BY NELSON PRINTMAKER MARCUS DENOMME IN O2 WINDOW SPACE

Why?

Marcus Dénommé

9 February – 3 April 2024

O2 window exhibition space (Stanley and Baker St. on Nelson Trading Co. building)

Oxygen Art Centre is excited to present the installation entitled, “Why?” by Nelson printmaker Marcus Dénommé. The third exhibition in their O2 window exhibition space, located along the Stanley St. side of the Nelson Trading Co. building, will be on view from February 9, 2024, to April 3, 2024.

The new artwork by Dénommé is a mixed media silkscreen print/collage on stretched kitakata paper. The artist connects the installation with the colonial genocide in Gaza and is specifically inspired by the organization Unmute Gaza who works to amplify the images and writing by journalists attempting to report on the violence.

Unmute Gaza is working to amplify documentation of what is going on in Gaza by creating artworks from the pictures made by journalists experiencing the violence that began on October 7, 2024. The organization then wheat pastes them across their cities in a small gesture to say “WE DO NOT AGREE, WE ARE NOT COMPLICIT, WE ARE NOT LOOKING AWAY. So we print and paste. Print and paste.”

Alongside the installation, Dénommé shares his own personal wheatpaste recipe:

Mix 3tbsp white flour with 10tbsp water until fully combined. Add 1 cup of boiling water to the mixture, and move to medium heat on the stovetop. Mix vigorously until boiling. Remove from heat and let cool.

**Adding acrylic medium, wood glue, white sugar, and/or vinegar will improve the durability of the wheatpaste.

The O2 installation, “Why?” by Marcus Dénommé, on view from February 9, 2024, to April 3, 2024, draws on the activism by organizations such as Unmute Gaza that stand in solidarity with the Palestinian cause and work to dismantle the ideological and institutional scaffolding of Israel’s regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid against the Palestinian people.

O2 is a window exhibition space located in downtown Nelson, B.C. It is an extension of Oxygen Art Centre and serves as an alternative exhibition space for regional, emerging artists.

For more information about the artist, the installation, and O2, visit Oxygen’s website www.oxygenartcentre.org.

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Image Credit: Marcus Dénommé, Headshot, Photo credit Julia Pepler, 2023; Courtesy the Artist

Press Contact:

Julia Prudhomme

Executive Director

Oxygen Art Centre

info@oxygenartcentre.org

250-551-6329

Artist Bio:

Marcus Dénommé was born and raised on Algonquin Temiskaming first nations territory in ontario, canada. At a young age they began to explore street art and artistic interventions on public and private property. Throughout the years, they grew a deep passion for the intersection of art and activism such as civil disobedience, direct action, community level organisation, etc. Dénommé honed their craft as communications designer at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where they discovered traditional printmaking and bookmaking practices. Although their practice includes a variety of disciplines including painting, sculpture, perhaps their favourite activity is tabling at artist book fairs. Dénommé is the editor of the Veins & Arterys publications,and now calls home to unceded Sinixt territory.

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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

Tel: 250 551 6329

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.

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WORKSHOPBetween Futility and Future / a workshop series with Alexis Hogan + Chris DufourIN PERSON @ OXYGEN ART CENTRE 4 Classes: March 26 – 29, 2024 Tuesday to Thursday: 6:30pm – 8:30pm + Friday: 3:00pm – 5:00pm TOTAL FEE: $30 for all four workshops OR FEE PER WORKSHOP: $10 – $20 ea. Sliding scale available with an option to pay it forward for other folks to attend.  Register via Google form. / Registration Deadline: March 18, 2024 @ 12:00 PM (Midnight) “Between Futility and Future” is a workshop series with artists Alexis Hogan and Chris Dufour that entangles ecologically-centered practices of ink making, dyeing, and plant-based film developing alongside the use of the body. The series builds off the duo’s social practice, which includes working with invasive species, making charcoal, community-led sciences, permaculture and studying the places where queerness and ecology meet. This series of workshops invites participants into studio-based explorations where the artists are encouraging the tangling of different elements of their creative and physical disciplines. The goal of this commingling is to create a new vernacular with which to carry the ongoing dialogue on grief, futility, anxiety, movement and rupture that lives in the roots of their collaborative practice. During the workshops, participants are invited to share in a collection of process-based practices with the artists and co-participants. Workshop 1: Fire as Catharsis / March 26th (evening, 6:30-8:30 PM)* Workshop 2: Dyeing as Indexing / March 27th (evening, 6:30-8:30 PM) Workshop 3: Striking as Mark Making / March 28th (evening, 6:30-8:30 PM) Workshop 4: Plant-Based Developing as Recording / March 29th (afternoon, 3:00-5:00 PM) Attendance at all workshops is not required but encouraged. Note: At the beginning of the workshop series and at each subsequent workshop participants will be introduced to black and white analogue film cameras that they will be invited to use to make images documenting elements of the series, which will be manipulated by the artists in this and subsequent works. The final workshop will include participants developing this film with support from the artists. If possible, we recommend people sign up for the entire workshop series to experience more intimately how the workshops are tied to one another.LEARN MOREREGISTERCALL FOR SUBMISSIONSDeadline to apply: February 16, 2024, by 12:00 PM Midnight (PST)Method: Google Form Information: Oxygen’s website Oxygen Art Centre is currently accepting submissions to the Exhibition and Residency program. The goals of Oxygen Art Centre are to stimulate the creation, exhibition, and discussion of contemporary art in all disciplines; to encourage cultural development and professional practices in artists; to engage in community development through art-based projects; and to achieve diversity in all programming. We accept submissions from professional and emerging artists, researchers, curators, collectives, and arts organizations. Oxygen ArtCentre encourages applications from BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, and persons with disabilities. Artists are paid according to CARFAC Fee Schedule, with additional support for accommodation, travel, materials, catalogue, and more, depending on the project. All projects are contingent on funding. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals expressing interest in an exhibition, a residency, or both. Oxygen’s Submission Guidelines are structured to offer an introduction to you and your practice; you are not expected to have a resolved project at the time of application. We are interested in hearing about your approaches, ideas, and methodologies with which you might approach collaboration with Oxygen. Please review full submission guidelines on Oxygen’s website for more information. The deadline to apply is February 16, 2024, at 12:00PM Midnight (PST) via Google Form. All applications will be reviewed by Oxygen’s Exhibition& Residency Committee, which is composed of professional artists and cultural workers. Only successful applicants will be contacted. We are grateful to all artists for their interest in Oxygen Art Centre and express thanks for their time composing an application and for sharing their work with us. Contact info@oxygenartcentre.org with any questions or to submit via an alternative application method.LEARN MOREAPPLYADULT EDUCATIONOxygen Art Centre’s Spring 2024 semester is now open for registration! Offered in two parts—February to April and May to June—reserve your spot to learn a new technique or advance an existing one, take part in life drawing sessions and critical discourse, and get creative with our incredible professional artist instructors and fellow students across screen printing, digital photography, performance, drawing, and everything in between! Course offerings available both in-person and online. To register, visit Oxygen’s website to access extended details and Google Form links for each course. Payment can be made via e-transfer, credit card, PayPal, and cheque. Contact Natasha Smith (Education Coordinator) via education@oxygenartcentre.org with any questions about the courses or how to apply. Investigating the Art of Acting: Clown to Naturalism with Marya Folinsbee & Valerie Campbell  IN PERSON 1 Class: Feb. 25 Sunday: 10am – 5pmTOTAL FEE: $150Registration Deadline: February 16, 2024REGISTERPainting from a Model #1 (No Instruction) IN PERSON 1 Class: March 3 Sunday: 1 – 5 pmTOTAL FEE: $40Registration Deadline: February 23, 2024REGISTERONLINE Figure Drawing  (No Instruction) By ZOOM 5 Classes: Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24 May 1 Wednesdays: 6 – 8 pmTOTAL FEE: $80Registration Deadline: March 27, 2024REGISTERLino Printing in Colour – Reduction Technique with Myra Rasmussen IN PERSON 1 Class: Mar. 2 Saturday: 10am – 4pm TOTAL FEE: $125Registration Deadline: February 23, 2024REGISTERIntro to Digital Photography (Part 2) with Louis Bockner IN PERSON 2 Classes:  March 9 & 10  Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 2pmTOTAL FEE: $140Registration Deadline: March 1, 2024REGISTERO2 EXHIBITIONOxygen Art Centre’s third exhibition in the window project entitled O2, features new artwork by Marcus Dénommé is now on view from 9 February to 3 April 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.  The new artwork by Dénommé is a mixed media silkscreen print/collage on stretched kitakata paper. The artist connects the installation with the colonial genocide in Gaza and is specifically inspired by the organization Unmute Gaza who works to amplify the images and writing by journalists attempting to report on the violence.LEARN MORE

Oxygen Art Centre info@oxygenartcentre.org #3- 320 Vernon St. (alley entrance) Nelson, B.C. V1L 4E4 Canada 250-551-6329 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.