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  • Oxygen Art Centre.

    OXYGEN ART CENTRE HOLDS ARTIST TALK FEATURING GENEVIEVE ROBERTSON

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    Genevieve Robertson

    Artist Talk:     Friday, June 5, 2026, at 6:00 PM

    Location:         Oxygen Art Centre, #3-320 Vernon Street, Nelson, B.C. (alleyway access)

    Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to host an artist talk event featuring Nelson-based artist Genevieve Robertson on Friday, June 5, 2026, at 6:00PM. The event is an extension of Robertson’s Fall 2025 residency at the artist-run centre to share the new body of work developed during this time.

    Genevieve Robertson was artist-in-residence at Oxygen Art Centre from November 12, 2025, to December 20, 2025. Robertson works at the intersection of visual art and environmental studies. Her practice is grounded in drawing and painting, extending to video, installation, and various forms of collective work and collaboration. Through long-term place-based research projects, her work explores anthropogenic impacts on ecology and the climate, and the intelligence and interconnection of the life systems of which we are part.

    The event will be held at Oxygen Art Centre’s downtown facility, located along the alleyway behind Baker Street at Stanley Avenue, Unit #3A-320 Vernon Street, Nelson, B.C.

    This event is free to attend. Doors open at 5:45PM. The talk begins at 6:00PM and will include a short question and answer period at the conclusion of Robertson’s talk.

    The Artist Talk will introduce Robertson’s artistic practice, as well as share process-based explorations from her residency and resultant exhibition at the Midlands Art Centre in the UK entitled “Under the Orange Sticks of the Sun,” currently on view this Spring 2026.

    This program is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the BC Arts Council, the Vancouver Foundation, and the Regional District of Central Kootenay ReDi program.

    The public are invited to attend the artist talk event on Friday, June 5, 2026, at 6:00PM. Oxygen Art Centre is located at #3-320 Vernon Street along the alleyway behind Baker Street in Nelson, British Columbia. More information about how to access the facility can be found on Oxygen’s website or by contacting info@oxygenartcentre.org.

    Image Credit: Documentation of Genevieve Robertson’s residency at Oxygen Art Centre featuring works in progress, December 2025

    Press Contact:

    Julia Prudhomme

    Executive Director

    Oxygen Art Centre

    info@oxygenartcentre.org


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    Executive Director / oxygen art centre

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    #3 – 320 Vernon St. Alley Entrance

    Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 4E4

    Oxygen Art Centre is is an artist-run centre located on the tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land) of the Sn̓ʕaýckstx (Sinixt), Syilx and Ktunaxa Nations colonially known as the West Kootenay in the southeastern interior region of British Columbia, Canada.

    We strive to listen, learn and grow respectful relationships with all those who have deep connections with this land and its waterways, including Métis and many diverse Indigenous persons. We honour their ongoing presence as stewards and carriers of knowledge.

    We make this statement to recognize our privilege as uninvited guests and to reflect on our own connections to this place. Our responsibility as an artist-run centre is to uplift voices of justice, move at the speed of trust, and deepen understanding and relationships.

    We are grateful for the financial support we receive from the 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, Regional District of Central Kootenay’s ReDi program, Osprey Community Foundation, United Way, Nelson Lions Club, and Nelson and District Credit Union.

    We offer thanks to the Polka Dot Dragon Festival, the Elephant Mountain Literary Festival and other key partners including Hall Printing, Speedpro Signs, and Selkirk College for their support.

    We especially thank our collaborators, volunteers, donors, and members.

  • Thought for Today!

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  • Thought for Today!

    Happy Earth Day 2026

    “It looks big, Earth. But there are lots of us on here ( 8,319,876,189 and counting) so be kind.

  • ~KootenayDanceNews~ White lightning Friday at Finley’s!

    Next Friday one of Nelson’s favourite dancing bands white lightning plays again at Finley’s!

    One of the dancing gigs we never want to miss!

  • Happy Spring
  • Insights, Inspirations & Forecast the Week for March 6
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    Insights, Inspirations & Forecast:

    After the very significant series of events over the past few weeks, including the Solar and Lunar eclipses on February 17 and March 3, respectively, and the rare Saturn/Neptune conjunction at 0 Aries, this week’s line-up might seem quite uneventful.

    It should be noted that the ‘influences’ of these above listed events are not only still active, they are also still in their germination phase. This is especially true of the Saturn/Neptune conjunction.

    Thus, in the bigger picture, the many large and dramatic events in the world that are leading to change are examples of the synchronicity at play.

    While this is not to condone any specific actions, per se’, the revolutions of evolution are always busy, but some turns are much sharper and larger than others. The Law of Change is a constant, and resisting it is futile. Rather than assume what ‘should’ be happening or not, the key is to ask ourselves how we feel called to contribute to and participate in what changes we deem right and necessary, and then what real actions can be taken.

    If doing so proves unrealistic or beyond your influence, then keep directing your focus to what you genuinely can do. This realization will clarify what realistically refers to ‘what is your business and what is not’. This is how Saturn works, and now in Aries, it is about focus with feet on the ground as opposed to lofty ideals beyond the scope of influence.

    In the foreground, Mercury (Retrograde in Pisces) crossing paths (so to speak), with the Sun forming a conjunction on March 7 does so just minutes prior to Venus forming its first conjunction with Neptune (in Aries). Together, these tandem events will contribute to the general mood on the airwaves. Mars (in Pisces) as of March 2 is also involved in this featured plot amidst the larger flow. Since Mars is in Pisces (ruled by Neptune) and Neptune is in Aries (ruled by Mars) they are contributing to as harmonious an influence as Pluto in revolutionary Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus will allow. The objectives of these two bad boys is nothing short of bulldozers ploughing through both the economic quarter and any citadel in the way as well.

    The Sun/Mercury conjunction at 16 Pisces 52 on March 7 constitutes a mini cycle since Mercury, having turned Direct again on March 20, (the day of Spring Equinox), and will begin to accelerate in the usual counterclockwise direction of planetary orbits from our experiential and perceptual geo-centric position, finally catching up, as it were with the Sun again on May 14. On its own, this cycle will synchronize with people to think critically and endeavor to determine facts, while groping in the obscuring fog of Mercury Rx in Pisces.

    Venus conjunct Neptune (just 25 minutes later after the Sun/Mercury conjunction) on March 7, indicates a mixed result, since although this is deemed an auspicious alignment, the fact that both Venus and Neptune are in Aries indicates an abrupt impulse, and Mars lends an assertive edge, at least, but quite possibly aggressive too.

    Altogether, outer synchronicities of assertive and edgy expressions could leave many feeling confused and frustrated.

    Venus forming a conjunction with Saturn (also in Aries!) just over a day later on March 8, will contribute to this overall theme but will positively push us to be more realistic.

    Jupiter turning Direct on March 10, after about 4 months of retrograde motion, will amplify this overall tone and mood even more.

    The influence of eclipses can linger for months as well. After all, the event is one thing, but the destiny themes they activate are more fully ‘processes’ as opposed to mere ‘events’. Of course, thinking this way is astrological versus astronomical. The former is based on holism and metaphysics while the latter on materialism and physics (without the ‘meta’). While both perspectives are valid and relevant, the former is often rejected by the latter, based on notions that they are unscientific, producing an endless loop, a circular argument.

    Observing the rhythmic flow expressive of the larger cycles of destiny requires metaphysical knowledge since the very intricacy of it leads to the acknowledgement that for intelligence to exist in the outer manifestation and expression, it must exist at the source. The proof of it is further evidenced by the many modes and hues of sublime beauty, far beyond mere function, throughout the natural world.

    In a whole sense, it can be described as the manifestation of synchronicity, which is a constant in creation because everything is in sync with everything else in the natural world, and it is the aspiration of civilization to match it.

    Yet alas, due to the very design of nature where light interacts with dark, each overcomes the other in rhythmic measure, like the swinging of a pendulum. That is why the dramas of life in the dualistic dimensions will never end, will never ‘arrive’ at an eternal place of peace, because such a state counters the Earth-school game board.

    Thus, the key is to get into the game, to play along, albeit still guided by higher ideals and a sense of purpose, because making meaningful contributions still do count a lot.

    This week’s Horoscope will redirect the focus to this whole scope with the Saturn/Neptune conjunction in Aries theme as the anchor.

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