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.