Oliver Community Arts Council

Fabric arts, fine arts, plastic arts, and performance arts: Oliver has them all!

The Oliver Community Arts Council (OCAC) has been a hub of artistic activity in Oliver, British Columbia since 1970. The OCAC is a non-profit society and registered its charitable status in September 2006. It is an umbrella group currently representing the many groups and businesses listed below, and about 80 individual and family members, including both art-related and arts-supporting members.

The OCAC slogan is “Arts Learned — Arts Loved — Arts Lived“, reflecting our constitutional aims: to educate and increase the public’s understanding and appreciation of the arts in all its forms, to provide instructional seminars and workshops on topics related to the performing and visual arts, and to produce arts festivals. We believe our aim is to turn learners into lovers of art, and once art is loved, it becomes fully lived.

The Quail’s Nest Arts Centre, at 5840 Airport Street just west of the airport, is home to the OCAC. The smaller “Studio” building is used for meetings, workshops, classes, rehearsals, and small displays. The larger building on site, “Big Blue”, is currently used for theatrical storage, set painting, and rehearsals. Both buildings are available for rent.