Category: Oxygen Art Centre

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, 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. Art Speak – Peer to Peer Work Sharing #1 Facilitated by Emilie Leblanc Kromberg IN PERSON 6 Classes: February 8, 15, 22, 29, March 7, 14 Thursdays: 5 – 6:45pmTOTAL FEE: $72Registration Deadline: February 1, 2024REGISTERIntro to Digital Photography (Part 1) with Louis Bockner IN PERSON 2 Classes:  February 10 & 11 Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 2pmTOTAL FEE: $140Registration Deadline: February 2, 2024REGISTERBeginner Painting: An Introduction to Colour (Part 1) with Catherine MacIntosh IN PERSON 4 Classes: Feb. 13, 20, 27, Mar. 5  Tuesdays: 5:30 – 8:30pmTOTAL FEE: $230Registration Deadline: February 6, 2024REGISTERInvestigating 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, 2024REGISTERSanctuary with fanny kearse ONLINE 4 Classes: Feb 5, 12, 26, March 4 (no class Feb. 19) Mondays: 6:30pm – 8:30pmTOTAL FEE: $105Registration Deadline: January 29, 2024REGISTERWhat the F#$% Do They Want or How to Write Successful Exhibition Proposals w/ Susan Andrews Grace and Maggie Shirley ONLINE 3 Classes: Feb. 13, 20, 27  Tuesdays: 6:30 – 8:30pmTOTAL FEE: $120 / $190Registration Deadline: February 6, 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, 2024REGISTERBalkan Choir with Bessie Wapp IN PERSON 6 Classes: February 8, 15, 22, 29, March 7, 14 Thursdays: 7 – 9pmTOTAL FEE: $190Registration Deadline: February 1, 2024REGISTERFigure Drawing #1  (no instruction) IN PERSON 4 Classes: Feb. 12, 26, Mar. 4, 11 (no class Feb 19) Mondays: 6:30 – 8:30pmTOTAL FEE: $48Registration Deadline: February 5, 2024REGISTERFine Art Screen Printing with Marcus Dénommé IN PERSON 4 Classes: Feb. 14, 21, 28, Mar. 6  Wednesdays: 6 – 9pmTOTAL FEE: $265Registration Deadline: February 7, 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, 2024REGISTERLeaning On / Leaning Against: An Introduction to Autotheory w/ Eimear Laffan ONLINE 6 Classes: Feb 8, 15, 22, 29 March 7, 14  Thursdays: 6 – 8pmTOTAL FEE: $155Registration Deadline: February 1, 2024REGISTERDreaming into Poetry with Rose Nielsen ONLINE 5 Classes: Feb. 14, 21, 28, Mar. 6, 13 Wednesdays 6:30pm – 8:30pm TOTAL FEE: $130Registration Deadline: February 5, 2024REGISTERCALL FOR PROPOSALS: EXTENSIONCall for Proposals: Artists and Artist Facilitators for Youth Art Retreat (2024) *extended* Oxygen Art Centre announces a public Call for Proposals to artists and artist educators to fulfil two (2) positions for their Summer 2024 Youth Art Retreat project. The deadline to apply has been extended to Monday, December 18, 2023, at 12:00 PM Midnight (PST). Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDjjFloiALM6MP-Z0Mr5L9xA5ZH3g2FiBCtmV86sZi5emCNQ/viewform?usp=sf_link Oxygen’s Youth Art Retreat is a new arts education program that will take place over three-days from July 3 to 5, 2024, at The Narrows Art Retreat. Situated on the tum xula7xw of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx (otherwise known as Nelson, B.C.), the artist facilitators will lead five (5) participants (ages 15 – 18) in an immersive land-based arts educational experience. Consequently, Oxygen invites expressions of interest from artists and artist educations whose work explores land-based practices. Priority will be given to Indigenous artists and artist educators. Experience working with youth (ages 15 – 18) will be considered an asset. We invite collaborative proposals (up to two artists or artist educators) or individual proposals. Proposals will be collected via Google Form and is available on Oxygen’s website. Two (2) artists or artist educators will fulfil this role. Artists will be compensated based on CARFAC group presentation rates for a half day orientation session and a daily flat rate for the three-day (two-night) retreat, scheduled to take place from July 3-5, 2024. Artists will also receive a travel honorarium and compensation for administration. Accommodation and food will be provided during the retreat. Interested artists can submit their proposals via Google Form until Monday, December 18, 2023, at 12:00 PM Midnight (PST) *extension* While we thank all applicants only successful applicants will be contacted. Please contact Oxygen’s Education Coordinator, Natasha Smith with any questions or alternative methods to apply. This project is generously supported by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance.APPLYEXHIBITIONThe Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) Curated by Rodrigo D’Alcântara Artists: Bento Leite, Dyó Potyguara, Simon(e) Jakiriuma Paetau1 December 2023 – 3 February 2024 Hours of Operation: Wednesdays + Thursdays, 1:00 to 4:00 PM; Fridays + Saturdays, 1:00 to 5:00 PM Admission is free. Oxygen Art Centre presents the group exhibition, The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) guest curated by Rodrigo D’Alcântara (Brazil/Canada) featuring international artists Bento Leite (Brazil), Dyó Potyguara (Brazil), and Simon(e) Jakiriuma Paetau (Germany/Colombia). Guest curator Rodrigo D’Alcântara conceived of the exhibition as a response to the global pandemic alongside the very state of collapse and acute uncertainties of life caused by the current neo-colonial system. D’Alcântara’s curatorial practice focuses on Brazilian contemporary art and Latin American futurisms and continues this research as a doctoral candidate at Concordia University (Montréal, Canada). The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) as a concept and exhibition title draws on spiritual implications of the pandemic. It directly alludes to an Indigenous Brazilian Guarani-Nhadeva cosmology that foresaw an invisible smoke arriving to take people’s lives. At once concerning the material and ephemeral, The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) looks to repetitions of systemic colonial violence on bodies, the land, and our communities to contend with the present towards alternative futurities. Promotional materials feature design by Keiko Lee-Hem (Nelson, Canada). An exhibition catalogue including documentation, curatorial texts and art writing responding to the project will be available shortly following the exhibition close with text in both Portuguese and English, translated by Lara Bourdin (Montréal, Canada).This project is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, and the Regional District of Central Kootenay.LEARN MOREO2 EXHIBITIONOxygen Art Centre announces the second exhibition in the window project entitled O2, featuring the Ink & Moon Collective now on view from4 December 2023 to 8 February 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 exhibition features a retrospective of prints from their 2023 and previous calendars. Artists:Keiko Lee-Hem, Myra Rasmussen, Melissa Owen, Slava Doval, Carron Mulligan, Rayya Liebich, Gina Sanche, Katie Sawyer, Catherine McIntosh, Tammy Everts, Andrea Levin, Brandy Erin, Nikki Pelletier Artist Statement: We are a group of women passionate about making art and social change. Since 2012, we have produced a calendar with original lino prints. Over the years we have shared skills, evolved, and ventured from black and white to the world of colour. Each year we choose a theme to interpret through carved and printed lino block. What started as a way to create connection and inspiration, has grown into an opportunity to raise funds for organizations that are close to our hearts. In this window exhibition we will display our past calendars as well as some of our favourite prints from past years. The theme for the 2024 calendar is Wild Hope and all proceeds from calendar sales will be donated to youth-led climate initiatives. Calendars can be purchased at Notably Books, Zinnia Textiles, or online.  LEARN MORE

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.REGISTERImages (top to bottom): (1-15) OAC Education program promotional images, 2023; (16) Youth Art Retreat promotional graphic w/extension, 2023; (17) The Hungry Mist, Promotional graphic for the project, Design by Keiko Lee-Hem, 2023; (18) Documentation of the O2 window exhibition featuring work by the Ink & Moon Collective, December 2023; (19) “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 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.

RESIDENCYThe Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) Curated by Rodrigo D’Alcântara Residency: 13 – 30 November 2023 Artists: Bento Leite, Dyó Potyguara, Simon(e) Jakiriuma Paetau w/ guest artist Cecilia Vilca Public Workshop: Friday, November 17, 2023, from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (In-person & Zoom) Open Studio: Saturday, November 25, 2023, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM (Zoom) Opening Reception: Friday, December 1, 2023, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM (In-person & Zoom) Exhibition: 1 December 2023 – 3 February 2024 Artists: Bento Leite, Dyó Potyguara, Simon(e) Jakiriuma Paetau Prior to the exhibition, Oxygen Art Centre hosts D’Alcântara, Leite, and Jakiriuma Paetau on the tum xula7xw of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx, otherwise known as Nelson, B.C., for a three-week residency program from November 13, 2023, to November 30, 2023. Artist Potyguara is joined by transdiscipinary artist, feminist chola techno-witch and language activist Cecilia Vilca remotely via online platforms from Brazil and Peru, respectively. The residency creates space for the group to engage with exhibition thematic and to work collaboratively on new process-based pieces that will be presented alongside existing multimedia and two-dimensional artworks in the exhibition.PUBLIC WORKSHOPDrawing Flux 1 / Fluxo de Desenho 1: In-nature Immersion, Fantasy & Anti-colonial Gaze Date: Friday, November 17, 2023 @ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Nelson PST) Format: In-person (meet at Oxygen Art Centre) OR Online (Zoom) In this first workshop of the residency, the curator will lead a free drawing workshop in which the artists and the public will be encouraged to think in fantastic terms in relation with their surrounding natural environments. The online artists must already be located in a place where one can feel a sense of immersion in nature in their respective cities at the time of the Zoom call. Further instructions will be given on the workshop day. Nessa primeira oficina da residência, o curador guiará uma oficina de desenho livre na qual es artistas serão estimulades a pensarem de forma fantástica em relação à integração com a natureza local de Nelson [parque será anunciado]. 10h a 12h, Nelson. Na ocasião da chamada Zoom, as artistas online devem já estar localizadas em local no qual se possa sentir um sentido de imersão na natureza em suas respectivas cidades. Instruçōes adicionais serão dadas no dia da oficina.  In-person, Oxygen Art Centre (#3-320 Vernon St., Nelson, BC: alleyway entrance) Online, Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83058833318?pwd=cGo1NUxwRFJhOXBCc0tmWkpvZzM4QT09 (Meeting ID: 830 5883 3318 / Passcode: 575954) + Suggested Material / Material sugerido: Capikarã (Dir. Rodrigo D’Alcantara, 2019) – password: sincretica Admission is free. No registration required.OPEN STUDIODate: Saturday, November 25, 2023 @ 1:00 – 3:00 PM (Nelson PST) Format: Online (Zoom): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81049822954?pwd=a0FDUHNrRlh2bncrOStNb3A5dys3Zz09 (Meeting ID: 810 4982 2954 / Passcode: 140675) The public is invited to meet with the artists and curator at an online Open Studio event on Saturday, November 25, 2023, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM (Zoom). This event is free to attend and will be an opportunity to learn more about each artist, the curator, and their practices, as well as their experiences working together during the residency itself. Ateliês Abertos Online: Dyó Potyguara & Cecilia Vilca. As artistas residentes online abrirão seu ateliê para agentes culturais e público geral de Nelson. A sessão será exibida de forma online e transmitida na OAC. Artistas terão tempo para dedicarem-se a seus processos criativos. Admission is free. No registration required.OPENING RECEPTIONDate: Friday, December 1, 2023 @ 5:00 – 7:00 PM (Nelson PST) Format: In-person @ Oxygen Art Centre & Online (Zoom): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83574238702?pwd=d3ZIVkZ2UkNmb0dDNk1MRElyTGVQQT09 (Meeting ID: 835 7423 8702 / Passcode: 891009) We close the residency program with an Opening Reception on Friday, December 1, 2023, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM (In-person/Zoom). The public is invited to join in the festivities as we gather to mark the opening of The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta). The artists and curator will be in attendance, both at Oxygen Art Centre’s facility and online via Zoom. The event will include performances and light refreshments to celebrate the opening of the group exhibition and the ending of the three-week residency. Possíveis performances des artistas em residência ocorrerão como parte da abertura. Haverá uma lista de músicas organizadas pelo curador que serão tocadas durante todo o evento (es artistas também são bem-vindes a colaborar). O evento ocorrerá das 17:00 às 19:00 horas. Haverá bebidas leves disponíveis. Admission is free. No registration required.EXHIBITIONThe Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) Curated by Rodrigo D’Alcântara Artists: Bento Leite, Dyó Potyguara, Simon(e) Jakiriuma Paetau1 December 2023 – 3 February 2024 Hours of Operation: Wednesdays to Saturdays, 1:00 to 5:00 PM Admission is free. Oxygen Art Centre presents the group exhibition, The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) guest curated by Rodrigo D’Alcântara (Brazil/Canada) featuring international artists Bento Leite (Brazil), Dyó Potyguara (Brazil), and Simon(e) Jakiriuma Paetau (Germany/Colombia). Guest curator Rodrigo D’Alcântara conceived of the exhibition as a response to the global pandemic alongside the very state of collapse and acute uncertainties of life caused by the current neo-colonial system. D’Alcântara’s curatorial practice focuses on Brazilian contemporary art and Latin American futurisms and continues this research as a doctoral candidate at Concordia University (Montréal, Canada). The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) as a concept and exhibition title draws on spiritual implications of the pandemic. It directly alludes to an Indigenous Brazilian Guarani-Nhadeva cosmology that foresaw an invisible smoke arriving to take people’s lives. At once concerning the material and ephemeral, The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) looks to repetitions of systemic colonial violence on bodies, the land, and our communities to contend with the present towards alternative futurities. Exhibition didactics will be available in both Portuguese and English, translated by Lara Bourdin (Montréal, Canada). Promotional materials feature design by Keiko Lee-Hem (Nelson, Canada). An exhibition catalogue including documentation, curatorial texts and art writing responding to the project will be available shortly following the exhibition close.ABOUT THE CURATORRodrigo D’Alcântara is a Brazilian visual artist, curator, film/video-maker and PhD candidate in the Interuniversity Doctoral Program in Art History at Concordia University (Tiohtiá:ke/ Montréal, CA). His practical and theoretical research articulates symbolisms, dreams and counter-hegemonic mythologies in contemporary times, through personal and collective dissident narratives. His doctoral studies are supported by Concordia University Graduate Fellowship and Concordia International Tuition Award of Excellence. He holds a Master degree in Visual Arts from the School of Fine Arts of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and a Bachelor degree in Plastic Arts from the University of Brasília (Brazil) – with an exchange term in the Los Andes University (Colombia). Rodrigo’s works have been screened internationally, in countries such as Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Chile, Germany, Greece, Italy, among others.ABOUT THE ARTISTSBento Ben Leite was born in Fortaleza, Brazil, in 1990. He lives and works in Fortaleza and is represented by Alfinete Galeria and A Pilastra Galeria, both in Brasilia, DF. With a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Universidade de Brasília, Bento focuses his studies on painting, engraving, drawing, and cinema. His collages are what guide his creative process, addressing subjects such as violence, conflict, daily life, love, questions about gender and sexuality, and the strength of the TLGBQI+ family. Music shows up in his works as the soundtrack of metaphorical fictional images. It may be surprising to see his painting series including movie names, music albums, blogs, and memes of Ceará’s drag queen reality show. Furthermore, he proposes links between composition texts and acclaimed pop culture images. Bento has participated in multiple solo and collective shows throughout the Brazilian territory and was a nominee at the PIPA Prize 2019 and 2020 editions.Dyó Potyguara is Rastros de Diógenes (Brasil, 1994) a proposer of performances, poetry, and pedagogical interventions in which she intersects ecologies, memory, presence, and virtuality. She has collaborated with collectives and institutions, taking part in exhibitions, residencies, publications, and festivals throughout Abya Yala and Europe, such as Campo, Capacete, Casa Mata, Acciones al Margen, Transweb, Ehcho, MEXE International Art and Community Festival, and Schwules Museum. She is part of the Ocultas collective and works with the Terreiro Afetivo laboratory of artistic and ecological practices, selected by Campo’s Várzea research grant. Most recently, she has been selected as a resident at Pivô Pesquisa 2023 (São Paulo, Brazil).Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau is a German-Colombian interdisciplinary artist. Their works are located between cinema, video installations, and performance, dealing with queer decoloniality. Simon(e) studied Media Art at the KHM Cologne and Film at the EICTV Cuba. Simon(e)’s films have premiered at Cannes Directors Fortnight, BFI London, New York Film Festival, documenta14, New Directors/New Films MoMa, and Rotterdam, and won, among others, the Emerging Talent Award at kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2022, the Norman Award2022, the Best Director Award at the Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival Colombia 2018, and a nomination for the Queer Palm at Cannes 2022. Simon(e)’s performances and installations have premiered at Wexner Center of the Arts, Berlinische Galerie – Museum of Modern Art, HKW, Monitoring Kasseler Dokfest, Studio Я of Maxim Gorki Theater, Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Hebbel am Ufer, Cinemateca de Bogotá, as well as the 11th Berlin.Cecilia Vilca Born in Lima, Peru. M.A. Digital Arts, Universitat PompeuFabra, Barcelona, Spain. Graphic Design Degree from School of Design Toulouse-Lautrec, Lima, Peru. Grant awarded in GIS and Atlas Design at Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) – University of Twente, The Netherlands. Founding member of creative and digital heritage division, MyAP – Microscopia Electrónica y Aplicaciones en el Perú. Her artistic work is made with technology in concept and realization exploring its relationship with gender, society, and nature. From a decolonizing vision it develops in the borders of art and science, connecting ancient technologies with the new ones. Her main goal and poetic are to encourage reflection through revelation using technology. Six Art Residency Programs: Mexico, Bolivia, and Brazil. Independent International Program Committee of ISEA2020 Member. Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts Reviewer. She has exhibited organized exhibitions and lectured in Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina, Spain, Cuba, Chile, Norway, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Austria and USA.This project is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, and the Regional District of Central Kootenay.LEARN MORECALL FOR PROPOSALSCall for Proposals: Artists and Artist Facilitators for Youth Art Retreat (2024)  Oxygen Art Centre announces a public Call for Proposals to artists and artist educators to fulfil two (2) positions for their Summer 2024 Youth Art Retreat project. The deadline to apply is Friday, December 8, 2023, at 12:00 PM Midnight (PST). Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDjjFloiALM6MP-Z0Mr5L9xA5ZH3g2FiBCtmV86sZi5emCNQ/viewform?usp=sf_link Oxygen’s Youth Art Retreat is a new arts education program that will take place over three-days from July 3 to 5, 2024, at The Narrows Art Retreat. Situated on the tum xula7xw of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx (otherwise known as Nelson, B.C.), the artist facilitators will lead five (5) participants (ages 15 – 18) in an immersive land-based arts educational experience. Consequently, Oxygen invites expressions of interest from artists and artist educations whose work explores land-based practices. Priority will be given to Indigenous artists and artist educators. Experience working with youth (ages 15 – 18) will be considered an asset. We invite collaborative proposals (up to two artists or artist educators) or individual proposals. Proposals will be collected via Google Form and is available on Oxygen’s website. Two (2) artists or artist educators will fulfil this role. Artists will be compensated based on CARFAC group presentation rates for a half day orientation session and a daily flat rate for the three-day (two-night) retreat, scheduled to take place from July 3-5, 2024. Artists will also receive a travel honorarium and compensation for administration. Accommodation and food will be provided during the retreat. Interested artists can submit their proposals via Google Form until Friday, December 8, 2023, at 12:00 PM Midnight (PST). While we thank all applicants only successful applicants will be contacted. Please contact Oxygen’s Education Coordinator, Natasha Smith with any questions or alternative methods to apply. This project is generously supported by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance.APPLYNOTICE OF AGMOxygen Art Centre’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will review the 2022 – 2023 year. The community are invited to learn about the artist-run centre’s programming highlights and financial reporting. Renew or become a member prior to the meeting to vote. Oxygen memberships range from $2 – $10 and directly support the artist-run centre! Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 5:00 PM Duration: 30 – 45 minutesEveryone welcome! Admission is free. In person:Kootenay Studio Arts at Selkirk College Room 311, 606 Victoria St, Nelson, BC V1L 4J4Attendees can expect someone to greet you at the entrance of the KSA building. Light refreshments will be provided.  Online:ZoomRegister in advance for this meeting, here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. LEARN MOREREGISTER (ZOOM)MEETING DOCUMENTSMEETING DOCUMENTS (TEXT ONLY)CATALOGUEWe are delighted to share the latest exhibition catalogue, Tracelines by Vance Wright. Tracelines took place after Wright’s residency in the Spring of 2023, running from 27 May – 17 June 2023. The exhibition featured new and existing works by the artist, which explored the concepts of trace and portals through sculpture, beadwork, camouflage, and installation. Many thanks to designer Keiko Lee-Hem, photographer Kenton Doupe, and Mackenzie Hope and team at Hall Printing for their work and contributions to this beautiful catalogue. Digital publication available here Purchase print copy here (mailing options available)PURCHASEJOINSupport 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) Aribada, Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau & Natalia Escobar in collaboration with Zamanta Enevia, Video, DCP, 5,1 sound, 30 min, 2022; (2) Video still from Capikarã (Dir. Rodrigo D’Alcantara, 2019); (3) Eu, Zumbi (Me, Zombie), Bento Leite, Short-film still, MP4, 6 min 39 sec, 2021; (4) Aparições em mata flechada (Apparitions in an arrowed forest), Dyó Potyguara, GIF, on loop, variable dimensions, 2021; (5) Mourning Stage, Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau and Carlos Motta, Experimental video short film still, 2022; (6-10) Images courtesy the artists; (11) Youth Art Retreat promotional graphic, 2023; (12) OAC Notice of AGM Promotional material, 2023; (13) Interior image of Tracelines catalogue, 2023; (14) “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 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.

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COMMUNITY Experiments in Improvised Dinner Party Performance with Marya FolinsbeeSaturday, November 4, 2023 *TODAY*1:00 PM to 3:00 PMWhere: Oxygen Art Centre, #3-320 Vernon St. (alleyway access behind Baker St.)Admission is free The second Lost Cat! workshop takes place on Saturday, November 4, 2023, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM at Oxygen Art Centre. Clown, actor, playwright, and teaching artist Marya Folinsbee leads the workshop, which will guide participants in experimental participatory theatre practices. In this workshop, participants will be guided in the use of theatre and clown techniques to create and embody an original character.  Those characters will then gather for an improvised, hour-long “dinner party” where the collective maintains their fictional characters for a performance art “meal.”  Props, costumes, prompts, and wrinkles will be provided by the Host to enhance the improvisatory experience. The goal of this workshop is to create a safe container for a bizarre and committed theatrical improvisation where participants can play with creative character building, improvisation, and collective performance art. The public are invited to attend the second Lost Cat! event at Oxygen Art Centre *TODAY* Saturday, November 4, 2023, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. All materials provided. No experience necessary. Interested participants are expected to take part in the full two-hour session. Contact Oxygen Art Centre with any questions about the sessions or access needs to the facility. Lost Cat! is generously supported by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance. Learn more about upcoming events via Oxygen’s website and social media. ARTIST BIOMarya Folinsbee is a clown, actor, playwright, and teaching artist from Edmonton/Amiskwaciy Waskahikan, who now lives in the Slocan Valley/Sinixt Territory, in the West Kootenays.  Marya loves to explore the confluences of theatre and everyday life, seeking to cultivate interactive, flexible, curious, and open-ended performance spaces that blur the lines between performer and audience, art and the ordinary. Marya studied theatre at the Victoria School of the Arts and McMaster University, and independently with artists including David Diamond (Theatre for Living), Jon Davison (London Clown School), Deanna Fleysher (Don’t Call it Clown), and others. Writing credits include “In Transit” (Nextfest 2001); “Be/Longing” (2018, co-written with Martina Avis); and “Domesticated Disputes” (2020, AKA “Immaculate”). Marya devises and performs interactive theatre performances and installations, facilitates clown and theatre workshops for all ages, and is currently writing several new works – Buttons & Pockets, PLAY! and The Mosquitos.

FALL SEMESTER

Painting from a Model #4 (No Instruction)IN PERSON1 Class: Nov. 12Sunday 1 – 5 pm Participants will have the opportunity to work from a model holding a single pose for an extended session (3.5 hours).  No instruction is offered.articipants will be asked to bring their own materials in their preferred medium.TOTAL FEE: $35Registration Deadline: NOVEMBER 6REGISTERONLINE Figure Drawing  (No Instruction)via ZOOM5 Classes: Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14Tuesdays: 6 – 8 pm This series of classes provides an opportunity to draw from a model from the comfort of your own home via Zoom . No instruction is offered and poses will range from 1 minute to 20 minutes.  TOTAL FEE: $75Registration Deadline: NOVEMBER 7REGISTERNOTICE OF AGMOxygen Art Centre’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will review the 2022 – 2023 year. The community are invited to learn about the artist-run centre’s programming highlights and financial reporting. Renew or become a member prior to the meeting to vote. Oxygen memberships range from $2 – $10 and directly support the artist-run centre! Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 5:00 PM Duration: 30 – 45 minutesEveryone welcome! Admission is free. In person:Kootenay Studio Arts at Selkirk College Room 311, 606 Victoria St, Nelson, BC V1L 4J4Attendees can expect someone to greet you at the entrance of the KSA building. Light refreshments will be provided.  Online:ZoomRegister in advance for this meeting, here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. LEARN MOREREGISTER (ZOOM)UPCOMINGThe Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) Group exhibition Curated by Rodrigo D’Alcântara Artists: Bento Leite, Dyó Potyguara, Simon(e) Pateau Residency: 13 – 30 November 2023 Exhibition: 1 December 2023 – 3 February 2024 Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to present the group exhibition, The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) guest curated by Rodrigo D’Alcântara (Brazil/Canada) featuring international artists Bento Leite (Brazil), Dyó Potyguara (Brazil), and Simon(e) Jakiriuma Pateau (Germany/Colombia). Guest curator Rodrigo D’Alcântara conceived of the exhibition as a response to the global pandemic alongside the very state of collapse and acute uncertainties of life caused by the current neo-colonial system. D’Alcântara’s curatorial practice focuses on Brazilian contemporary art and Latin American futurisms and continues this research as a doctoral candidate at Concordia University (Montréal, Canada). The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) as a concept and exhibition title draws on spiritual implications of the pandemic. It directly alludes to an Indigenous Brazilian Guarani-Nhadeva cosmology that foresaw an invisible smoke arriving to take people’s lives. At once concerning the material and ephemeral, The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) looks to repetitions of systemic colonial violence on bodies, the land, and our communities to contend with the present towards alternative futurities. Prior to the exhibition, Oxygen Art Centre will host the curator and artists on the tum xula7xw of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx, otherwise known as Nelson, B.C., for a three-week residency program from November 13, 2023, to November 30, 2023. The residency creates space for the group to engage with exhibition thematic and to work collaboratively on new process-based pieces that will be presented alongside existing multimedia and two-dimensional artworks in the exhibition. The public will be invited to a series of adjunct programming and events to meet with the artists and learn more about their practices. The exhibition will be on view from December 1, 2023, to February 3, 2024. Oxygen Art Centre will be open Wednesdays to Saturdays from 1:00 to 5:00 PM throughout the exhibition run. Exhibition didactics will be available in both Portuguese and English, translated by Lara Bourdin (Montréal, Canada). Promotional materials feature design by Keiko Lee-Hem (Nelson, Canada). An exhibition catalogue including documentation, curatorial texts and art writing responding to the project will be available shortly following the exhibition close. This project is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, and the Regional District of Central Kootenay.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) LOST CAT! Promotional material for Event #2, 2023; (2) Marya Folinsbee headshot, Courtesy the Artist; (3) OAC Notice of AGM Promotional material, 2023;  (4 – 6) OAC 2023 Fall Semester promo images, 2023; (7) Aribada, Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau & Natalia Escobar in collaboration with Zamanta Enevia, Video, DCP, 5,1 sound, 30 min, 2022; (8) “Become a Member” text overlaid on an image documenting an installation in progress at Oxygen Art Centre, 2015;

 OXYGEN ART CENTRE PRESENTS WORKSHOP, OPEN STUDIO AND RECEPTION FOR THE HUNGRY MIST

Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to present the forthcoming residency and group exhibition, The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) guest curated by Rodrigo D’Alcântara (Brazil/Canada). 

The exhibition features international artists Bento Leite (Brazil), Dyó Potyguara (Brazil), and Simon(e) Jakiriuma Paetau (Germany/Colombia). During the residency, Peruvian transdiscipinary artist, feminist chola techno-witch and language activist Cecilia Vilca (Peru) joins as a special guest artist contributor.

Prior to the exhibition, Oxygen Art Centre will host D’Alcântara, Leite, and Jakiriuma Paetau on the tum xula7xw of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx, otherwise known as Nelson, B.C., for a three-week residency program from November 13, 2023, to November 30, 2023. Artists Potyguara and Vilca will join the residency program via online platforms from Brazil and Peru, respectively. The residency creates space for the group to engage with exhibition thematic and to work collaboratively on new process-based pieces that will be presented alongside existing multimedia and two-dimensional artworks in the exhibition.

The residency comprises a series of workshops developed by D’Alcântara on the topics of embodied practice and trans-ancestry to engage the artists in collective artmaking and discussion. The public is invited to take part in a workshop entitled “Drawing Flux 1” on Friday, November 17, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Interested participants are expected to gather at Oxygen Art Centre at 10:00 AM. The group will be led by D’Alcântara on a participatory walk in Nelson with a drawing workshop to follow to think in fantastic terms with nature. An online component will also be provided via Zoom. A Zoom link will be posted on Oxygen’s website. No registration required. 

The public is invited to meet with the artists and curator at an online Open Studio event on Saturday, November 25, 2023, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM (Zoom). This event is free to attend and will be an opportunity to learn more about each artist, the curator, and their practices, as well as their experiences working together during the residency itself. A Zoom link will be posted on Oxygen’s website. No registration required.

We close the residency program with an Opening Reception on Friday, December 1, 2023, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM (In-person/Zoom). The public is invited to join in the festivities as we gather to mark the opening of The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta). The artists and curator will be in attendance, both at Oxygen Art Centre’s facility and online via Zoom. The event will include performances and light refreshments to celebrate the opening of the group exhibition and the ending of the three-week residency.

The exhibition will be on view from December 1, 2023, to February 3, 2024. Oxygen Art Centre will be open Wednesdays to Saturdays from 1:00 to 5:00 PM throughout the exhibition run. All events are free to attend. Everyone welcome to attend.

Exhibition didactics will be available in both Portuguese and English, translated by Lara Bourdin (Montréal, Canada). Promotional materials feature design by Keiko Lee-Hem (Nelson, Canada). An exhibition catalogue including documentation, curatorial texts and art writing responding to the project will be available shortly following the exhibition close. 

This project is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, and the Regional District of Central Kootenay. 

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Image Credit: Aribada, Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau & Natalia Escobar in collaboration with Zamanta Enevia, Video, DCP, 5,1 sound, 30 min, 2022

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Executive Director

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Program Details:

The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta)
Group exhibition
Curated by Rodrigo D’Alcântara
Artists: Bento Leite, Dyó Potyguara, Simon(e) Paetau
Residency: 13 – 30 November 2023 w/ the participation of guest artist Cecilia Vilca

Open Studio: Saturday, November 25, 2023, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM (Zoom)

Opening Reception: Friday, December 1, 2023, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM (In-person & Zoom)
Exhibition: 1 December 2023 – 3 February 2024

Curator Biography: 

Rodrigo D’Alcântara is a Brazilian visual artist, curator, film/video-maker and PhD candidate in the Art History Interuniversity Doctoral Program at Concordia University (Tiohtiá:ke/ Montréal, CA). His practical and theoretical research articulates symbolisms, dreams and counter-hegemonic mythologies in contemporary times, through personal and collective dissident narratives. His doctoral studies are supported by Concordia University Graduate Fellowship and Concordia International Tuition Award of Excellence. He holds a Master degree in Visual Arts from the School of Fine Arts of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and a Bachelor degree in Plastic Arts from the University of Brasília (Brazil) – with an exchange term in the Los Andes University (Colombia). Rodrigo’s works have been screened internationally, in countries such as Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Chile, Germany, Greece, Italy, among others.

Artist Biographies:

Bento Ben Leite was born in Fortaleza, Brazil, in 1990. He lives and works in Fortaleza and is represented by Alfinete Galeria and A Pilastra Galeria, both in Brasilia, DF. With a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Universidade de Brasília, Bento focuses his studies on painting, engraving, drawing, and cinema. His collages are what guide his creative process, addressing subjects such as violence, conflict, daily life, love, questions about gender and sexuality, and the strength of the TLGBQI+ family. Music shows up in his works as the soundtrack of metaphorical fictional images. It may be surprising to see his painting series including movie names, music albums, blogs, and memes of Ceará’s drag queen reality show. Furthermore, he proposes links between composition texts and acclaimed pop culture images. Bento has participated in multiple solo and collective shows throughout the Brazilian territory and was a nominee at the PIPA Prize 2019 and 2020 editions.

Dyó Potyguara is Rastros de Diógenes (Brasil, 1994) a proposer of performances, poetry, and pedagogical interventions in which she intersects ecologies, memory, presence, and virtuality. She has collaborated with collectives and institutions, taking part in exhibitions, residencies, publications, and festivals throughout Abya Yala and Europe, such as Campo, Capacete, Casa Mata, Acciones al Margen, Transweb, Ehcho, MEXE International Art and Community Festival, and Schwules Museum. She is part of the Ocultas collective and works with the Terreiro Afetivo laboratory of artistic and ecological practices, selected by Campo’s Várzea research grant. Most recently, she has been selected as a resident at Pivô Pesquisa 2023 (São Paulo, Brazil).

Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau is a German-Colombian interdisciplinary artist. Their works are

located between cinema, video installations, and performance, dealing with queer

decoloniality. Simon(e) studied Media Art at the KHM Cologne and Film at the EICTV Cuba.

Simon(e)’s films have premiered at Cannes Directors Fortnight, BFI London, New York Film

Festival, documenta14, New Directors/New Films MoMa, and Rotterdam, and won, among

others, the Emerging Talent Award at kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2022, the Norman Award

2022, the Best Director Award at the Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival

Colombia 2018, and a nomination for the Queer Palm at Cannes 2022. Simon(e)’s

performances and installations have premiered at Wexner Center of the Arts, Berlinische

Galerie – Museum of Modern Art, HKW, Monitoring Kasseler Dokfest, Studio Я of Maxim

Gorki Theater, Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Hebbel am Ufer, Cinemateca de Bogotá, as well as

the 11th Berlin.

Cecilia Vilca
Born in Lima, Peru. M.A. in Digital Arts, Universitat PompeuFabra, Barcelona, Spain. Graphic Design Degree from School of Design Toulouse-Lautrec, Lima, Peru. Grant awarded in GIS and Atlas Design at Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) – University of Twente, The Netherlands. Founding member of creative and digital heritage division, MyAP – Microscopia Electrónica y Aplicaciones en el Perú. Her artistic work is made with technology in concept and realization exploring its relationship with gender, society, and nature. From a decolonizing vision it develops in the borders of art and science, connecting ancient technologies with the new ones. Her main goal and poetic are to encourage reflection through revelation using technology. She has already participated in six Artist-in-Residency Programs in Mexico, Bolivia, and Brazil. Cecilia was a member of the Independent International Program Committee of ISEA2020 and is a reviewer for the Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts. She has exhibited and organized exhibitions and lectured in Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina, Spain, Cuba, Chile, Norway, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Austria and USA.

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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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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING FOR NELSON FINE ART CENTRE SOCIETY

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING for the NELSON FINE ART CENTRE SOCIETY (OXYGEN ART CENTRE dba) to be held on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2023 at 5:00 PM (PST) at the Kootenay Studio Arts at Selkirk College building (Room 311, 606 Victoria St, Nelson, BC V1L 4J4) OR Online via Zoom (Registration required).

Oxygen Art Centre’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will review the 2022 – 2023 year. The community are invited to join the meeting to learn more about the artist-run centre’s staff and board of directors as they highlight programming, share organizational updates, and review financial reporting. Everyone is welcome to attend. Admission to both the in person and online event is free.

The event is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 5:00 PM (PST). Attendees can expect the meeting to be 30 to 45 minutes in length.

The in-person event will be hosted at the Kootenay Studio Arts (KSA) at Selkirk College in Room 311 at 606 Victoria St, Nelson, BC. Attendees can expect someone to greet you at the entrance of the KSA building. Light refreshments will be provided. Meeting documents will be available in print and projected on a screen.

Occurring adjacent to the in-person event, attendees are also invited to join remotely through Zoom. Interested attendees must register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Online attendees will receive meeting documents via email. Board member Christine Wallace will provide support to online attendees and closed captioning will be enabled.

Renew or become a member prior to the meeting to vote. Oxygen memberships range from $2 – $10 and directly support the artist-run centre!

AGM meeting documents will be uploaded to the Oxygen website and shared with members by November 2, 2023.

Please contact info@oxygenartcentre.org with any questions about the meeting, becoming a member and how to attend.

The public are invited to attend Nelson Fine Art Centre Society’s (Oxygen Art Centre’s dba) Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 5:00 PM. The meeting will be held both online via Zoom and in-person at the Kootenay Studio Arts building in downtown Nelson, BC.

View this email in your browser Lost Cat!, AGM, Education, Exhibition, and moreCOMMUNITY Experiments in Improvised Dinner Party Performance with Marya FolinsbeeSaturday, November 4, 20231:00 PM to 3:00 PMWhere: Oxygen Art Centre, #3-320 Vernon St. (alleyway access behind Baker St.)Admission is free The second Lost Cat! workshop takes place on Saturday, November 4, 2023, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM at Oxygen Art Centre. Clown, actor, playwright, and teaching artist Marya Folinsbee leads the workshop, which will guide participants in experimental participatory theatre practices. In this workshop, participants will be guided in the use of theatre and clown techniques to create and embody an original character.  Those characters will then gather for an improvised, hour-long “dinner party” where the collective maintains their fictional characters for a performance art “meal.”  Props, costumes, prompts, and wrinkles will be provided by the Host to enhance the improvisatory experience. The goal of this workshop is to create a safe container for a bizarre and committed theatrical improvisation where participants can play with creative character building, improvisation, and collective performance art. The public are invited to attend the second Lost Cat! event at Oxygen Art Centre on Saturday, November 4, 2023, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. All materials provided. No experience necessary. Interested participants are expected to take part in the full two-hour session. Contact Oxygen Art Centre with any questions about the sessions or access needs to the facility. Lost Cat! is generously supported by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance. Learn more about upcoming events via Oxygen’s website and social media. ARTIST BIOMarya Folinsbee is a clown, actor, playwright, and teaching artist from Edmonton/Amiskwaciy Waskahikan, who now lives in the Slocan Valley/Sinixt Territory, in the West Kootenays.  Marya loves to explore the confluences of theatre and everyday life, seeking to cultivate interactive, flexible, curious, and open-ended performance spaces that blur the lines between performer and audience, art and the ordinary. Marya studied theatre at the Victoria School of the Arts and McMaster University, and independently with artists including David Diamond (Theatre for Living), Jon Davison (London Clown School), Deanna Fleysher (Don’t Call it Clown), and others. Writing credits include “In Transit” (Nextfest 2001); “Be/Longing” (2018, co-written with Martina Avis); and “Domesticated Disputes” (2020, AKA “Immaculate”). Marya devises and performs interactive theatre performances and installations, facilitates clown and theatre workshops for all ages, and is currently writing several new works – Buttons & Pockets, PLAY! and The Mosquitos.   LEARN MORENOTICE OF AGMOxygen Art Centre’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will review the 2022 – 2023 year. The community are invited to learn about the artist-run centre’s programming highlights and financial reporting. Renew or become a member prior to the meeting to vote. Oxygen memberships range from $2 – $10 and directly support the artist-run centre! Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at 5:00 PM Duration: 30 – 45 minutesEveryone welcome! Admission is free. In person:Kootenay Studio Arts at Selkirk College Room 311, 606 Victoria St, Nelson, BC V1L 4J4Attendees can expect someone to greet you at the entrance of the KSA building. Light refreshments will be provided.  Online:ZoomRegister in advance for this meeting, here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. LEARN MOREREGISTER (ZOOM)FALL SEMESTERLetters to the Beyond with Rayya LiebichIN PERSON1 Class: Oct. 29Sunday: 10 am – 12 pm Join poet and writer Rayya Liebich in this two hour workshop to write letters to your departed. In a safe space explore your grief through private writing and take some time to honour your loved ones. These letters can be delivered to the magical mailbox at the Remember The Dead event organized by the Polka Dot Dragon Arts Society’s on Sunday November 5 (https://polkadotdragon.ca/) All writing materials, stationary and envelopes are being provided by the Polka Dot Dragon Arts Society.TOTAL FEE: $10Registration Deadline: OCTOBER 20REGISTERONLINE Figure Drawing  (No Instruction)via ZOOM5 Classes: Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 14Tuesdays: 6 – 8 pm This series of classes provides an opportunity to draw from a model from the comfort of your own home via Zoom . No instruction is offered and poses will range from 1 minute to 20 minutes.  TOTAL FEE: $75Registration Deadline: NOVEMBER 7REGISTERRemembrance Luminaries with Myra RasmussenIN PERSON1 Class: Oct. 29Sunday: 1 – 3 pm In this class, visual artist Myra Rasmussen invites participants to make a lantern or luminary altar for an ancestor, friend, or relative that has passed on.  We will explore collage, incorporation of text, and images, and some paper lantern making techniques.  All participants are encouraged to bring their luminary to the Polka Dot Dragon Arts Society’s celebration of All Souls on Sunday Nov, 5th. (https://polkadotdragon.ca/)Materials: Provided by the Polka Dot Dragon Arts SocietyTOTAL FEE: $10Registration Deadline: OCTOBER 20REGISTERHand – Eye – Heart – Drawing and Painting Intensive with Deborah ThompsonIN PERSON4 Classes: Nov. 6, 7, 8 & 9Mon. – Thurs: 10 am – 3 pm This four-day intensive explores the affinities of art’s beloved siblings: drawing and painting. The day will begin with playful drawing based exercises that explore form, space, and material. The afternoon will move into a translation of the drawn experience into a painted one. Topics to be covered will include; pictorial space, use of colour and value, and scale and mark making. Photographs, writing, objects, a life model, and still life materials will be referenced as departure points. Process over product will be emphasized in this dynamic intensive. The intensive is suited to anyone who wishes to create a lot of new work by digging into the drawing process and its relationship to paint! Critiques will be part of this course to ask ourselves: “ What if?”and “What would make it better?” and “What is working?”Material Fee: $25 + Material ListCourse Fee: $235TOTAL FEE: $260Registration Deadline: OCTOBER 30REGISTERMagic of Memory 2 with Rayya LiebichONLINE4 Classes: Nov. 8 – 29Wednesdays: 6:30 – 8:30 pm Memories can be written and recorded out of sequence and can stand alone. They can also be part of a larger collection (a memoir) that doesn’t follow a linear arc. By borrowing the safety of craft structures, we can express our life stories in authentic and innovative ways. Each week we will take a deep-dive into a different literary form (Flash Nonfiction, Micro Memoir, the List Essay, and the Decentered Hermit Crab Essay). Each class will include a study of the craft, guided writing prompts, and readings by authors who push the boundaries of creative nonfiction (CNF). Come ready to experiment with form and structure and discover how constraints can create both safety and freedom. TOTAL FEE: $95Registration Deadline: NOVEMBER 1REGISTERPainting from a Model #4 (No Instruction)IN PERSON1 Class: Nov. 12Sunday 1 – 5 pm Participants will have the opportunity to work from a model holding a single pose for an extended session (3.5 hours).  No instruction is offered.articipants will be asked to bring their own materials in their preferred medium.TOTAL FEE: $35Registration Deadline: NOVEMBER 6REGISTERUPCOMINGThe Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) Group exhibition Curated by Rodrigo D’Alcântara Artists: Bento Leite, Dyó Potyguara, Simon(e) Pateau Residency: 13 – 30 November 2023 Exhibition: 1 December 2023 – 3 February 2024 Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to present the group exhibition, The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) guest curated by Rodrigo D’Alcântara (Brazil/Canada) featuring international artists Bento Leite (Brazil), Dyó Potyguara (Brazil), and Simon(e) Jakiriuma Pateau (Germany/Colombia). Guest curator Rodrigo D’Alcântara conceived of the exhibition as a response to the global pandemic alongside the very state of collapse and acute uncertainties of life caused by the current neo-colonial system. D’Alcântara’s curatorial practice focuses on Brazilian contemporary art and Latin American futurisms and continues this research as a doctoral candidate at Concordia University (Montréal, Canada). The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) as a concept and exhibition title draws on spiritual implications of the pandemic. It directly alludes to an Indigenous Brazilian Guarani-Nhadeva cosmology that foresaw an invisible smoke arriving to take people’s lives. At once concerning the material and ephemeral, The Hungry Mist (A Névoa Faminta) looks to repetitions of systemic colonial violence on bodies, the land, and our communities to contend with the present towards alternative futurities. Prior to the exhibition, Oxygen Art Centre will host the curator and artists on the tum xula7xw of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx, otherwise known as Nelson, B.C., for a three-week residency program from November 13, 2023, to November 30, 2023. The residency creates space for the group to engage with exhibition thematic and to work collaboratively on new process-based pieces that will be presented alongside existing multimedia and two-dimensional artworks in the exhibition. The public will be invited to a series of adjunct programming and events to meet with the artists and learn more about their practices. The exhibition will be on view from December 1, 2023, to February 3, 2024. Oxygen Art Centre will be open Wednesdays to Saturdays from 1:00 to 5:00 PM throughout the exhibition run. Exhibition didactics will be available in both Portuguese and English, translated by Lara Bourdin (Montréal, Canada). Promotional materials feature design by Keiko Lee-Hem (Nelson, Canada). An exhibition catalogue including documentation, curatorial texts and art writing responding to the project will be available shortly following the exhibition close. This project is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, and the Regional District of Central Kootenay.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) LOST CAT! Promotional material for Event #2, 2023; (2) Marya Folinsbee headshot, Courtesy the Artist; (3) OAC Notice of AGM Promotional material, 2023;  (4 – 10) OAC 2023 Fall Semester promo images, 2023; (11) Aribada, Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau & Natalia Escobar in collaboration with Zamanta Enevia, Video, DCP, 5,1 sound, 30 min, 2022; (12) “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 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.