Part Two of Oxygen Art Centre’s Spring Semester is now open for registration.
The entire semester takes place from March 30, 2026, to June 20, 2026, at the artist-run centre’s downtown facility and online, featuring classes in poetry, drawing, and printmaking, and everything in between.
Part Two of the Spring Semester runs from May 19, 2026, to June 20, 2026, featuring more Life Drawing and Art Speak sessions, with additional weekly and one-day workshops on printmaking, colour and composition, collaging with personal photos, and Chinese calligraphy techniques.
Favourites like Life Drawing and Art Speak return with new classes exploring still-life painting techniques and an immersive studio-based printmaking workshop with local artist Cath McIntosh, and a three-part outdoor drawing and walking class on local parks with local artist Keiko Lee-Hem.
In addition to in-person classes, Oxygen hosts two online classes held via Zoom, including “The Art of Submission: Submitting Creative Writing to Periodicals” with Susan Andrews Grace and “Be Not Afeard: A Poetry Workshop for Beginners” with Rayya Liebich.
The spring semester is broken into two parts, where students can sign-up for two different blocks of Life Drawing and the studio critique class, Art Speak with Emilie Leblanc Kromberg. Running over six- and five-weeks each, the sections provide new and returning students with a myriad opportunities to engage in creative praxis.
Learn about the classes and your instructors. Register early to reserve your spot! Classes are small to create a dynamic experience for each student, but they fill up quickly.
Part One of the Spring Semester is now open for registration.
(Some classes are already full! Register today.)Part Two of the Spring Semester is now open for registration.
Additional classes and events will be announced on a rolling basis.
Oxygen’s Education program has offered professional art classes to adults and youth for over 22 years. The program is unique as it is developed and taught by established, professional local artists and art educators who share their skills and advanced education with the community.
Interested participants can register to attend each class by signing up online through Google Forms. Payment for class fees can be made via Credit Card (PayPal, Stripe), E-transfer, Cheque, and Cash. Oxygen volunteers are invited to utilize their credits toward any art class <3
As a non-profit artist-run centre we rely on minimum registration to pay professional artist instructor rates and to ensure enough time for instructors and staff to prepare for your class. Community-focused classes are generously subsidized by the BC Gaming Community grants program. For information about Oxygen’s registration policies are available here and on each registration form.
Oxygen Art Centre is an artist-run centre located at #3-320 Vernon Street along the alleyway behind Baker Street. Classes are held in-person at the artist-run centre’s downtown facility unless otherwise stated. For more information about how to access the facility or to register for a class, please click here or contact us.