FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OXYGEN ART CENTRE ANNOUNCES CALL TO ARTISTS FOR EXHIBITION & RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Oxygen Art Centre is now accepting applications to their Exhibition & Residency program. The deadline to apply is February 19, 2025, by 12:00 PM Midnight PST. Artists are invited to submit an application online via Google Form.
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 artistic practices; to engage in community development through art-based projects; and to achieve diversity in programming and organizational practices.
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. More information on Oxygen’s submission guidelines can be found on their website.
Oxygen Art Centre’s Exhibition and Residency program accepts submissions from artists in all stages of their practice. Exhibitions and Residencies are typically planned two to three years in advance. Artists who live and work within the Columbia Basin region, provincially, and nationally, as well as artists from marginalized backgrounds and experiences, are encouraged to apply.
Oxygen supports exhibitions and projects that engage our mandate in exciting and challenging ways. We welcome work in any medium, including photography, video, performance art, drawing, installation, ceramics, textiles, community- and socially engaged practices. We accept proposals for solo, group, curated, or major exhibition-led projects and screenings, workshops, performances, and collaborations. Oxygen considers the form of “exhibition” as a public meeting space for exchange and is encouraged by proposals that challenge traditional exhibition forms.
Oxygen Art Centre is a rural artist-run centre located on the tum xula7xw of the sn̓ʕay̓ckstx (otherwise known as Nelson, B.C.) in the southeastern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 2002, Oxygen Art Centre provides space and programming for artists and the public to engage in the creation, experimentation, research, exhibition, and performance of contemporary art.
All complete applications will be reviewed by Oxygen’s Exhibition & Residency Committee, which is composed of professional artists and cultural workers. We thank all applicants for their time responding to this call. Only successful applicants will be contacted.
Oxygen Art Centre’s Call to Artists for their Exhibition & Residency program is now open. The application deadline is February 19, 2025, by 12:00 PM Midnight via Google Form. Information about how to apply is available on the artist-run centre’s website.
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Image Credit: documentation of artist-in-residence Chris Dufour during a workshop at Oxygen Art Centre, Summer 2024
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Julia Prudhomme
Executive Director
Oxygen Art Centre
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Julia Prudhomme (she/her)
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#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.