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Oxygen: The Vital Element
This artist-run gallery in Nelson, BC, Canada is all about community.
by Simone Keiran
Published in Route 3: Life in the West Kootenay/Boundary Region
Winter 2008/2009 Issue, ed., Shelley Ackermann.
Nicola Harwood, Artist-in-Residence, manning the phones at Oxygen Artist-Run Centre, Nelson, BC, Canada
“It is important not to give into divisive political tactics, or it becomes too easy to lose courage.”
Nicola Harwood, director and founding member of the artist-run Oxygen art Centre in Nelson, spoke about the misconception of artists as elitists—people who siphon off public funding, while criticizing those who provide it.
