15th Annual Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show

15th Annual Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show

Opening Friday / September 2nd / 6pm – 8pm.

Running September 3rd – October 7th  / Tuesday – Saturday / 12pm – 6pm

Join us for the opening of The 15th Annual Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show, 6 – 8pm at Gallery Gachet / 9 W Hastings Street! Light refreshments and food will be provided.The Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show features artwork and insight of artists and community leaders connected to or displaced from Oppenheimer Park, the green space known as Lek’lekí, the Powell Street Grounds, Paureu gai, the backyard of the Downtown Eastside; the unceded land of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

A community partnership between Oppenheimer Park/Carnegie Community Centre Association and Gallery Gachet, this annual show began in 2008 in anticipation of changes, challenges, and losses in a pre-Olympic city. Although the world looks very different in 2022, we are proud to carry on the tradition of the Oppenheimer Show for its 15th consecutive year. For some artists, participating in the show is an annual tradition, while others are contributing for the first time. This year’s iteration of the Oppenheimer exhibition revolves around futurity and questioning what ‘opening up’ means.

Gallery Gachet would like to thank the participating artists and the community-minded organizations that uplift and centre the voices, stories, and experiences of residents of the DTES. Thanks to the Oppenheimer Park team for their contribution and collaboration as we strive to work in-line with our mandate of fostering community and utilizing artistic means to tell the stories of the residents of the DTES.