In memory of HRH Queen Elizabeth the second, on the first anniversay of her passing.
Thank you for being our Queen for 70 years, 7 months, and 2 days.
“When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.”
“It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.“
| The 15th annual Columbia Basin Culture Tour boasts 110 venues |
Amazing news: this year’s Columbia Basin Culture Tour is going to be the biggest one ever, with 110 venues! Throughout the Columbia Basin, residents and visitors are invited to hit the road to view extraordinary art, take part in unique events and fill a couple of summer days with colour and delight—all for free. The 15th annual self-guided tour takes place on Saturday and Sunday, July 29 and 30, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit artists’ studios, museums, art galleries and heritage sites. With exhibitions, artwork displays, creative-process demonstrations and performances, there’s something new to experience at each venue. The tour is suitable for all ages, so bring the whole family! Visit cbculturetour.com or pick up a printed copy of the Columbia Basin Culture Tour directory, available around the region in locations like visitors’ centres. Also follow @wkartscouncil on Facebook or Instagram to learn more about tour venues, and mark that you’re “going” on the tour’s Facebook event. And please, share the word with friends! Venues are located in these areas, with multiple fascinating options in each one:Rossland / Warfield / TrailSalmo / YmirCastlegar & areaSouthern Slocan Valley, Crescent Valley & areaNelsonWest Arm, West Shore of Kootenay Lake, North Kootenay LakeEast Shore of Kootenay LakeWynndel / CrestonNorthern Slocan ValleyArrow LakesRevelstokeParson / InvermereElkford / Fernie Cranbrook / KimberleyThe Columbia Basin Culture Tour is a project of the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, managed by the West Kootenay Regional Arts Council and funded by Columbia Basin Trust. Support has also been provided by Nelson and Kootenay Lake Tourism. |
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| PHOTOS Photos of each venue may be downloaded through the regional pages listed on cbculturetour.com. |
Don’t start your day with the broken pieces of yesterday. Every morning we wake up is the first day of the rest of your life.
“Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.”
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Oxygen Art Centre is excited to launch their education program for the whole of 2023.
The program features 36 different courses in a myriad of disciplines including writing, film, singing, acting, printmaking, painting, and drawing. Oxygen’s unique programming and incredible local artist instructors provide a rich experience to learn creatively together.
The spring semester is broken into two four-week sessions that span spring break, and the fall semester runs for 8 weeks straight starting mid-September. There are a variety of different course formats from one-day intensives to multi-week with both online and in-person options.
“There is so much to look forward to at Oxygen in 2023! Come to Oxygen to be inspired and creative all year long” says Education Coordinator, Natasha Smith. She hopes the year-long format and extra classes will help people plan for all their arts education explorations through the year.
Oxygen is also adding some affordable community-based programming to their semesters.
Starting in February, Oxygen will be partnering with the Polka Dot Dragon Arts Society to offer lantern-making workshops prior to their festival in February. Following this is a new opportunity: Art Speak – Peer to Peer Work Sharing that invites artists of all disciplines (professional or not) to share their work in a safe space and engage in contemporary art dialogue with other open-minded art loving individuals.
Learn the fundamentals of drawing, build your painting skills, try out lino, silkscreen, and low-tech printmaking, bind some books, learn 16mm low-tech film processing, develop your solo performance, be an actor, recall memories, start dreaming, and write what you love!
To register and learn more about the semesters, classes, and instructors, click here. Registration takes place through Google Forms on a first-come first-serve basis. Class sizes are small, ranging from seven to twelve students in each.
Join the magic that is learning a new skill and exploring creative processes this year at
Oxygen Art Centre. Learn more about the Spring semester on our website.
