Communities join together for Project Soul Hip Hop dance group Project Soul are coming to the Kootenays bringing performances, workshops and community outreach to Nelson and Trail, under the umbrella of the 3rd annual Youth Arts Festival. Under the direction of choreographer Kim Sato, Project Soul is a troupe of talented, professional artists who have come together to spread their love of street dance. They will be performing their show ‘Back to Basics’ at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson on Friday, February 24th and at The Bailey Theatre in Trail
Read More »Try out for the 3rd annual Youth Arts Festival Talent Slam! In the spirit of encouraging young artists in our community, Oxygen Art Centre is thrilled to announce the 3rd annual Youth Arts Festival! If you are between the ages of 15 and 29 and live in the West Kootenays, come try out for the festival’s premiere event and showcase your gifts at the Talent Slam! (Pre-register for auditions online at www.oxygenartcentre.org) music / singing / dancing / acting / comedy / performance art / poetry / spoken word Talent
Read More »Oxygen Art Centre’s Annual General Meeting is coming up on Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 at 7pm. Please join us in reflecting on another great year past and envisioning more to come! AGENDA : • Opening of the Assembly by the Chair • Reading and adoption of proposed agenda • Reading and adoption of minutes from 2015 AGM • Presentation and adoption of the Financial Statements as of June 3o, 2016 • Reports by Executive Director (2015-2016) • Presentation of activities (2016-2017) • Election of new Board Members • Other business
Read More »UBC OKANAGAN AUTHOR SHARON THESEN AND NORTH NELSON’S ROSS KLATTE READ NOV. 18 IN SECOND OF A SERIES CELEBRATING OXYGEN ART CENTRE’S PAST 10 YEARS The second in a series of author readings during 2016-2017 that mark 10 years of arts programming at Nelson, B.C.’s Oxygen Art Centre will showcase Okanagan-based poet, editor, and teacher Sharon Thesen, and North Nelson memoirist and fiction writer Ross Klatte on Friday, November 18. The duo’s reading begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free ($5 donation appreciated) and the event is open to the
Read More »Join artist and curator Maggie Shirley in a discussion about art in public places and her recent role as residency manager at Oxygen Art Centre. Shirley’s talk will include a discussion of the residency process of Mexican artist César Damiån, whom spent the month of August in residence at Oxygen Art Centre. The outcomes of Damiån’s residency will be on exhibition at Oxygen Art Centre during Culture Days. Admission is free and everyone is welcome Oxygen Art Centre’s Culture Days 2016 schedule: Friday, September 30th from 1-5pm: Exhibition “Traces” by
Read More »FORMER CANADIAN POET LAUREATE FRED WAH AND AUTHOR LINDA CROSFIELD KICK OFF NELSON, BC, READING SERIES CELEBRATING OXYGEN ART CENTRE’S PAST 10 YEARS OCT. 7 Friday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m Much-honored Canadian poet Fred Wah and Ootischenia, B.C., poet and publisher Linda Crosfield will read at Nelson, B.C.’s Oxygen Art Centre at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7. The reading is the first of a series of four author readings during 2016-2017 marking 10 years of arts programming at Oxygen’s current gallery and performance space. The event is free
Read More »FRONDA (Mexican artist collective) in Nelson for discussion Join artist in residence César Damián at the Oxygen Art Centre on Saturday, August 27th at 4pm for a discussion on FRONDA, a platform for interdisciplinary art based in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. Damián is co-founder of this unique non-profit organization whose mandate is to promote artistic discipline in rural and urban spaces, with an interest in cross-cultural and disciplinary exchanges between Mexico and Canada. Damián will be joined by Elena Barba who is co-founder of FRONDA, and Haruko Okano who has
Read More »Time Capsule / Memory Capsule If we had the option to receive messages from the past how would we receive them? Would it be possible to respond to these messages? Would these messages help us better understand our place? Could we better understand our identity? Is it possible to have a dialogue with future generations? Time Capsule is a project that tries to generate a reflection about who we are as a society. It is not a real capsule, it is a metaphorical space conceived as an encounter and
Read More »5th Annual Elephant Mountain Literary Festival, Nelson, BC July 6 to 10 One of Canada’s Greatest Literary Festivals—Toronto Star The 5th annual Elephant Mountain Literary Festival, in April named as one of Canda’s greatest literary festivals by the Toronto Star, offers the festival’s usual impressive list of writers and presenters. This year’s lineup includes J.B. MacKinnon, co-author of the 100 Mile Diet, the book that launched the local food movement. Also among the delights in store for festival-goers are the widely celebrated Caroline Adderson, author of 14 books for
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