Mater Familias – Kathi Hofmann Exhibition dates: January 9 – February 7, 2015 Gallery hours: Wed – Sat from 1-5pm Opening Night: Friday January 9 from 7-9pm Artist Talk: Saturday January 10 at 4pm Join us on January 9th, 2015 at the Oxygen Art Centre for the opening of Mater Familias a sculptural installation by ceramic artist Kathi Hofmann. Hofmann was born in the Okanagan and has been living in Nelson since 1996. After a short career in Geology and some global travelling, she returned to school to study art
Read More »On Tuesday November 18th, 3% of sales at the Kootenay Co-op store will be donated to Oxygen Art Centre! Oxygen Art Centre would like to thank the Kootenay Co-op and its members for supporting artist-run culture through the Community Donation Day program. Keeping the doors open and programming accessible to everyone is a constant struggle, and funds received through this program will help ensure Oxygen Art Centre’s continuing ability to serve its community. Please visit Oxygen Art Centre’s table at the Kootenay Co-op store on November 18th and stock up
Read More »Saturday November 15th from 2-5pm at The Civic Theatre With more than six thousand FaceBook fans, the Humans of Nelson is a beautiful, touching, funny, and inspiring collection of photographs and stories celebrating our individuality and capturing the spirit of Nelson, British Columbia. Ryan Oakley, the photographer behind The Humans of Nelson project which is a spin-off of the popular Humans of New York, is launching a book about the project on Saturday Nov 15th at the Civic Movie Theatre between 2pm and 5pm. This 232 page hardcover coffee-table book
Read More »An Evening of Stories and Poems On Friday, November 14th, Oxygen Art Centre is pleased to host Nelson author Ernest Hekkanen as he launches his new book, a novella, I’m Not You. Set in Manning Park, I’m Not You tells the story of a man who awakens after a beating and can’t remember who he is or how he has come to be there. Hekkanen is well-known in Nelson and beyond as the editor of the New Orphic Review, co-curator of the New Orphic Gallery, and author of more than 45 books.
Read More »Imaginarium exhibition and catalogue fundraiser What happens when six artists are given free reign of the walls of an art gallery? Imaginarium – a place devoted to the imagination is a collaborative painting Residency and Exhibition now open at Oxygen Art Centre. The walls of the gallery space burst with colour and imagery created by six emerging Kootenay artists; Amber Santos, Sergio Santos, Chelsey Freyta, Coleman Webb, Bryn Stevenson, and Tanya Pixie Johnson. Imaginarium begins in the gallery but moves the conversation to the street as sections of the exhibit
Read More »Fernie author Angie Abdou has developed a reputation for tackling controversial issues in her fiction. She’s been called a fearless writer, who “bravely goes where few Canadian novelist would dare.” Her latest novel, BETWEEN, in which she takes an unflinching look at modern marriage and parenthood, is no exception. As part of our Bold New Stories series, we are pleased to welcome Angie Abdou back to Nelson, for an evening of discussion of her work to date, and her deliberate choice to write stories that make us squirm. Thursday,
Read More »BIBO and Oxygen Art Centre present Bent Light, an Experimental Film Collective from Winnipeg SCREENING AND PERFORMANCE I Sept 16th, 8:00 PM | 518 Hall Street BiBO BiBO Nelson is a restaurant that frequently presents interesting visual art and live music, but on the 16th of September BiBO will expand that list to include Expanded Cinema and Experimental Film. What is Expanded Cinema? You may well ask … in short Expanded Cinema is a performance that uses light images, lenses, mirrors and homemade contraptions to create a film
Read More »NELSON’S ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN LITERARY FESTIVAL OPENING SOCIAL JULY 10 TO FEATURE WORDS AND WINE, BARDS AND BEER Words and wine, beer and bards will be featured in the just-announced lineup for the July 10 opening night social event for Nelson B.C.’s third annual Elephant Mountain Literary Festival. “We’ve been putting the finishing touches on the evening,” said Festival director Lynn Krauss. “We’re excited to be presenting brief readings by three local authors, including former Canadian poet laureate Fred Wah, and two performances by writers from away, including songs and prose
Read More »A Bold New Stories presentation Dark Night, Bright Light Camilla Hannan: Sound Matine Corompt, Van Sowerwine: Vision Journey into the night, where sound overtakes and images are glimpsed. Meanings are mixed and metaphors dominate. Cacophony, silence, disruption and crescendo. Camilla Hannan’s sound work sits upfront and centre, taking you to places that are simultaneously familiar and alien. In collaboration with visual artists and animators Martine Corompt and Van Sowerwine. Dark Night, Bright Light inhabits and transcends Bios: Camilla Hannan is an Australian sound artist who works exclusively with field recordings
Read More »Oxygen Art Centre is thrilled to present Bold New Stories, a new performance and artist presentation series concerned with cross-platform and non-linear story telling. Please join us on Wednesday July 2nd at 7pm for Dark Night, Bright Light, an Audio/Visual performance by Australian new media artists Camilla Hannan and Van Sowerwine. Then on Saturday July 5th at 1pm for a presentation by members of the High Muck a Muck Collective as they discuss their new project and exhibition at Oxygen Art Centre. Events are free and everyone is welcome! We
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