Category Archives: Events

Voices of the Corridors: Repression of the Self, Repression of a Movement, Oppression of a People

By Sylwia | Published: January 1, 2016

Exhibition runs: January 8–Feb 21, 2016 Opening reception: January 8th 6–9pm Repress–To put down by force: subdue; to prevent the natural or normal expression, activity,
 or development of feelings.

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Clarence Brear

By Sylwia | Published: December 8, 2015

My Art is My Lifehood: My Art is My Life Achievement. Exhibition runs: December 18th – December 20th, 2015 Opening reception Friday, December 18th,  6-9pm An effort to make an undreamed dream come true for a late bloomer of an artist who sees his art as his life achievement.

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The New Access Consortium Presents: A Collective Audit of the Vancouver Art Gallery

By Sylwia | Published: December 3, 2015

Opening – Saturday November 7th 6-9pm Exhibition runs: Sunday November 8th- December 13th The New Access Consortium is the collective, decentered, non institutional organizational structure initiated by artist Carmen Papalia through which a fluid cast of members are supported in assessing the conditions of access in public and institutional spaces.

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The Talking Cloth: Speaking Truth

By Sylwia | Published: November 30, 2015

Opening – Saturday November 7th 6-9pm Sunday, November 8th – December 13th, 2015 WISH Drop-In Centre Society operates an overnight drop-in for women in street-level survival sex trade. In addition to a broad diversity of programmes, WISH also offers an Aboriginal Women’s Button Group.

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For A New Accessibility

By Sylwia | Published: November 18, 2015

Join us For A New Accessibility, a convergence at Gallery Gachet held in partnership with the Contemporary Art Gallery and artist Carmen Papalia.

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Organizing for Accessibility & Mutual Aid

By Sylwia | Published: November 12, 2015

A participatory workshop with our current exhibiting curator Carmen Papalia Tuesday, November 17th  3-5 pm In this growing landscape of non-option institutional support services, those with diverse and complex needs are routinely disempowered by the systems that they rely upon in order to maintain their basic health and well being.

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FANA 2015 Schedule

By kayslater | Published: October 30, 2015

Day Time Title Presenter Location FRIDAY 20th 5 pm Registration opens Gallery Gachet 6 pm Dinner Gallery Gachet 7 – 7.30 pm Opening and Welcoming Audrey Siegl Gallery Gachet 7.30 – 8.15 pm Tour of exhibition Carmen Papalia & the New Access Consortium Gallery Gachet 8.15 – 9 pm Going Inside Zoe Kreye Gallery Gachet […]

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The 8th Annual Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show | In Between!

By Sylwia | Published: August 27, 2015

Exhibition runs: September 11th–October 25th, 2015 Opening reception: Friday, Sept 11th, 6–10pm *part of SWARM 2015 Opening day procession from Oppenheimer Park–488 Powell St–at 5pm

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FOR A NEW ACCESSIBILITY

By Sylwia | Published: August 17, 2015

Madness+MobilityNow, after 25 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other landmark legislation that was penned with the intention of preserving personal rights and freedoms for diverse groups, it is becoming clear—with daily articles about the swelling number of people who are incarcerated with mental illness or who experience violence based on the […]

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Mindful Cellphone Photography Workshop

By Sylwia | Published: July 15, 2015

Saturday, July 25th, 3–5pm In conjunction with the current exhibition Street Sign, artist Quin Martins leads a workshop in the practice of mindful cellphone photography. We love cellphone cameras for their ease in documenting and sharing events, but it can be a distraction.

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