Author Archives: Sylwia

Mad Pride – Call for Submissions

By Sylwia | Published: May 30, 2015

The Mad Pride CabaretGallery Gachet’s 2015 Mad Pride exhibition, Develop Madness signifies, among other things, the transformation of anarchic, organic and historicized urban space into commodity. Gentrification is the development process experienced in Gachet’s neighbourhood, Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

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Shrouded Forms

By Sylwia | Published: May 17, 2015

Sunday, May 31st, 7 – ­9pm Chandra Melting Tallow will be performing a sound piece taking place in the evening for a limited audience of 15 participants. Please contact us to RSVP by email programming@gachet.org or in person at the gallery for this limited engagement also get in touch should you wish to make us […]

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Zin Reading and Discussion Group

By Sylwia | Published: May 8, 2015

Sunday, May 17th 1-­3pm when language runs dry: a zine for people with chronic pain and their allies zine reading and discussion group ­ facilitated by Aja Rose Bond

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The Transience of Value | Lena Tan

By Sylwia | Published: April 13, 2015

Opening reception: Friday, April 24th, 7.00 – 10.00pm Exhibition runs: April 24th – May 31st, 2015 Lena Tan carries forward forgotten traditions into a contemporary society, leaving a trail of increasingly obvious destruction behind it. 

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Un Quiet Bodies

By Sylwia | Published: April 13, 2015

Opening reception: Friday, April 24th, 7.00 –10.00pm Exhibition runs: April 24th – May 31st, 2015 Un Quiet Bodies delves into the complex realities of the physiology of trauma, self-awareness, and levels of ability impacting one’s capacity to survive in a society designed for the “able-bodied”.

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Volunteer Orientation Session

By Sylwia | Published: April 13, 2015

Volunteer Orientations/ information sessions take place on the third Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm. On these dates, Training Sessions will be held at 7:00pm following the orientation. Training Sessions are intended for all volunteers but especially those who may be interested in becoming a member of the Gallery Gachet Collective.

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Vancouver Gallery Hop

By Sylwia | Published: April 9, 2015

Gallery Hop Vancouver: Saturday, April 11, 2015 Art. Talks. Tours. Join us for a day of art, talks and tours at the Canadian Art Foundation’s Gallery Hop Vancouver, presented in partnership with RBC. http://canadianart.ca/gallery-hop-days/gallery-hop-vancouver-2015/

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Exchanges: conversations about (a) community building

By Sylwia | Published: April 1, 2015

Sunday, April 12th from 1 – 3.30 pm Please join us to explore the Right to Remain Exhibition and for a special workshop hosted by Gallery Gachet, the Revitalizing Japantown? research project, Powell Street Festival Society’s Advocacy Committee, and the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.

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The Right to Remain

By Sylwia | Published: February 25, 2015

Exhibition runs: March 6th – April 12th, 2015 Opening reception: Friday, March 6th 7.00-10.00pm The Right to Remain has been enacted by over a century of this community’s resilience and resistance to the forces of colonization, racism, violence and unrestrained urban capitalism. Gallery Gachet, along with community and academic allies, asserts the Right to Remain […]

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Celebration of Energy | Michelle Tuly

By Sylwia | Published: February 25, 2015

Exhibition runs: March 6th – April 12th, 2015 Opening reception: Friday, March 6th, 7.00-10.00pm Tully’s paintings consist of bright colour, shape and line, which weave together to create dynamic depth in these works on paper. Her two-dimensional compositions meander across the surface as if the paint dances across the surface to a silent melody.

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