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Bruce Ray | Book Launch

By Sylwia | Published: September 7, 2018

Come join author and artist Bruce Ray for the launch of his new book I Threw a Brick Through a Window Saturday, September 22nd from 4 to 6 pm, Gallery Gachet

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The 11th Annual Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show

By Sylwia | Published: August 23, 2018

what these trees have seen Exhibition runs: Sept 7th–Oct 28th, 2018 Opening reception: Friday, Sept 7th, 6–9 pm Join the parade from Oppenheimer Park (488 Powell Street) to Gallery Gachet (9 West Hastings Street) at 5 pm

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Book Launch & Art Show

By Sylwia | Published: July 27, 2018

Please join us from 6pm to 8pm on Thursday, August 2nd to celebrate the launch of Teresa Pocock’s second art and poetry book: Totally Amazing: ‘Free To Be Me’ Teresa Pocock’s unique worldview is expressed through her art. The way she sees the world, the people she meets, and her feelings about life are all […]

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Parade and Cabaret

By Sylwia | Published: July 7, 2018

Saturday, July 14th 5pm Parade – Route Starts at Gallery Gachet – 9 W Hastings 6pm Doors – Cabaret at Lost and Found Cafe – 33 W Hastings We are harnessing amazing feats of madness in an evening of celebration as part of International Mad Pride Day.

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Made Manifest – Mad Pride 2018

By Sylwia | Published: June 20, 2018

July 6th to July 28th Opening Reception: Friday, July 6th 6-9pm Mad Pride is an international movement created by psychiatric survivors, consumers, people labeled “mentally ill” — all that proudly reclaim the words mad & crazy, and those in solidarity with us.

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Meet the Artist Tour

By Sylwia | Published: May 23, 2018

Friday, June 8th, 6:00pm Join us for a casual evening of art and conversation. Artists from the DTES Small Arts Grants Group Exhibition will be on hand to walk you through the exhibition. Artists will talk about their work and process as the tour moves through the gallery.

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DTES Small Arts Grants Exhibition

By Sylwia | Published: April 27, 2018

Exhibition Runs: May 18th – June 16th Exhibition Opening, Friday, May 18th 6-9pm Come down and applaud a selection of this year’s visual art recipients of the DTES Small Arts Grants Program!  

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Pandora’s Box

By Sylwia | Published: March 25, 2018

April 6th, 2018 – May 5th, 2018 Opening reception: Friday, April 6th, 6-9pm Curated by d. June Conley, this exhibition takes as its starting point identical white styrofoam boxes with lids, that once housed the curator’s medicine. Eleven artists have been invited to work with these containers as they consider the myth of Pandora’s Box […]

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Neighbourhood Sketchbook Project

By Sylwia | Published: February 28, 2018

Exhibition runs: March 9th – 24th, 2018 Opening reception: Friday, March 9, 6:00-9:00 PM Neighbourhood Sketchbook Project features hand-bound and art-filled sketchbooks from members of ten Downtown Eastside organizations. Each sketchbook tells a story of the person who created it—the pages resonating with the joy, wisdom, and resilience of these artists and of their community.

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Documentary Screening of “The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Stories from MPA”

By Sylwia | Published: February 2, 2018

Thursday, February, 22nd, 2018 Vancouver’s MPA (Mental Patients Association) was formed in 1970-71 as a grassroots response to deinstitutionalization and tragic gaps in community mental health. Inverting traditional mental health hierarchies, the group had former patients and allies in charge. MPA provided homes, work, and a sense of belonging and self-determination to ex-patients. 

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