three! free! artist-led workshops at oxygen art centre
EVENT #2: Drawing from the Fall Garden w/Keiko Lee-Hem
Saturday, September 27, 2025, from 1-3PM
Join us as we slow down and savour the beauty of late season flora and foliage. This relaxed drawing class is open to all levels and will give you the chance to reconnect with the present moment, the beauty of the subject and your creative self. There will be simple demos to start, followed by free drawing time.
free to attend
registration required
all materials provided (see note)
[max. 20 students per workshop]
Materials: Please bring a sketchbook or sketch pad, and basic drawing tools like pens or pencils, or whatever currently inspires you! Materials will also be available at the studio.
Keiko Lee-Hem is a local artist and graphic designer who holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University. In recent years she has returned to the tactile experience of drawing, paper cut and printmaking, often times done in community, partly as a way to escape the digital realm, but also as a means to cope with sadness and anxiety caused by the passing of time, made evident by the waxing and waning of her garden and the growing up of her child in a changing world and on a changing planet. @keiko.creative
> Please note the above registration form is for Event #2 *ONLY*
>> Separate registration required for all three events
~ more details about Event #3 to come ~
This program is generously supported by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, the Nelson Lion’s Club, and the Kootenay Co-op Grocery Community Grants program.
Special thank you to former Education Coordinator Natasha Smith for her work developing this program and seeking funding to make it possible.
Image (above): (1) Keiko drawing in the summer garden, 2025, Courtesy the Artist; (2) Frosty cosmos in the fall garden, Keiko Lee-Hem, 2025, Courtesy the Artist