InvisibleFriends.ca presents NATURE//COSMOS Live audio/video performance and artist talk by Rhoneil Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm $10 (advance tickets at InvisibleFriends.ca) NATURE//COSMOS was composed and recorded in tandem with one full year of lunar cycles. Working from her cabin/studio in Winlaw, BC, Rhoneil composed approximately one song per lunar cycle. During this process of deep listening and observation, Rhoneil fully immersed herself in the landscape and skyscape of the Kootenays. The end result is an album that encompasses universal themes of birth, growth, death, and decay. On Friday, July
Read More »Art Space Series May 3 at 7.30pm *at Expessions Cafe – 544 Ward st – Artist talk: Ian Johnston, visual artist and City of Nelson Cultural Ambassador May 10 at 7.30pm – Book launch: Nicola Harwood, Flight Instructions for the Commitment Impaired! with special guest Michael V. Smith May 11 at 7.30pm – Artist talk: Mitchell Scott, writer and publisher of Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine May 18 at 7.30pm – Crime Time in Nelson presented by mystery & crime fiction authors Sam Wiebe, Deryn Collier, Dietrich Kalteis, Linda L. Richards and RM Greenaway May 20 at 7.30pm &#
Read More »In the spirit of encouraging young artists in our community, Oxygen Art Centre is thrilled to announce the 2nd Annual Youth Arts Festival program! All Ages Events: Friday January 12th, 2016 7-10pm Reunion – Youth art exhibition opens at Oxygen Saturday January 13th, 2016 7pm Talent Slam at the Capitol Theatre (Tickets $5 ages 29 and under, $10 everyone else. Buy tickets at Capitol Theatre box office online Back Stage Lounge Ages 15 – 29 at Oxygen Art Centre all events are FREE to attend! Saturday January 13th 1-3pm Workshop
Read More »Join us for an evening of films made by local youth on Saturday, January 23rd at 7pm at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson. Selected films from emerging filmmaking talent from Mt Sentinel Secondary School, Selkirk College Digital Arts program and Digital Film Camp for Youth will be shown, programmed by Kootenay filmmaking mentors Heather Shippit and Amy Bohigian. The event is a fundraiser for Oxygen Art Centre’s 2nd Annual Youth Arts Festival, and in keeping with the festival’s goals the evening celebrates the work of youth ages 15-29. Tickets are
Read More »The collaborative project High Muck a Muck: Playing Chinese, developed through Oxygen’s Art Centre’s Artist in Residence program, has won the UK based, New Media Writing Prize. High Muck a Muck: Playing Chinese is an interactive website and installation exploring Chinese immigration and settlement in British Columbia. The project was created by a team of Nelson and Vancouver artists including Nicola Harwood, former director of Oxygen Art Centre, Fred Wah, former Poet Laureate of Canada, artist / performers Bessie Wapp and Thomas Loh and composer Jin Zhang. Significant artistic contributions
Read More »Please join us for Oxygen’s Annual General Meeting! Followed by a stroll down memory lane as we celebrate 10 years in the Oxygen Art Centre studio! SCHEDULE 7 – 7.30pm Annual General Meeting 7.30 – 9pm Soiree and recollections At the end of this year, Oxygen Art Centre will have occupied the studio space at 320 Vernon Street for 10 years! Please join us in remembering over a decade of rural artist run culture, as we prepare for a major exhibition, publication and series of presentations, workshops and performances
Read More »THREE AUTHORS READ IN NELSON OCT. 8 TO CELEBRATE WEST KOOTENAY CREATIVE WRITING EDUCATION Three authors on Thursday, Oct. 8 will celebrate nearly 50 years of creative writing education in the West Kootenay. Reading at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Presentation Series of Nelson’s Oxygen Art Centre will be local pioneer creative writing teacher Fred Wah and Nelson’s two newest writing instructors, Sonnet L’Abbe and Leesa Dean. The event is free ($5 donation appreciated) and open to the public. The Oxygen Art Centre is located at 320 Vernon St
Read More »High Muck a Muck: Playing Chinese plays Norway! The collaborative project High Muck a Muck: Playing Chinese, developed through Oxygen’s Artist in Residence program, was featured in an international exhibition at the Electronic Literature Organization Conference and Festival in Bergen, Norway in August. High Muck a Muck: Playing Chinese is an interactive website exploring Chinese immigration and settlement in British Columbia. The work includes poetry by Fred Wah and interviews with Nelson and Vancouver community members as well as original music, graphics and video. The project was selected to be
Read More »Artist in Residence – Shannon Cooney Artist talk: Thursday June 4th at 7pm Workshop: June 6th and 7th at the Moving Centre Short Performance: June 15th at 7pm at City of Nelson Council Meeting Art Event: June 29th at 7pm* (Note new time is 7pm~ approximately 1hr length.) Shannon Cooney, artist in residence will open the space for a work in progress event/showing of her research from the month of June at created at Oxygen. It will be a casual affair, with a few interactive performative
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