Category Archives: Exhibitions

Out of Maelstrom

By Sylwia | Published: October 31, 2018

Saturday, November 17th to Saturday, December 22nd, 2018 Join us for the opening reception with live music from Haisla with Nasty, Brutish and Short on Saturday, November 17th from 6-9PM. The 2018 Gallery Gachet annual members’ exhibition features new work from thirteen gallery artists responding to the theme: Out of Maelstrom. Emerging and resurfacing from turbulence, chaos, or confusion, Out of Maelstrom reflects on systems of support, resilience, […]

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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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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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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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MAD CITY: Legacies of MPA

By Sylwia | Published: January 3, 2018

Exhibition runs until February 25th, 2018 The MPA (Mental Patients Association) was founded in 1971 as a grassroots response to deinstitutionalization and to a crisis in community mental health. Led by former patients and allies, the group initiated many successful social, housing, and employment projects, and in the process challenged the power of psychiatry. MPA […]

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Accept THIS!

By Sylwia | Published: November 2, 2017

2017 Annual Members Show Opening reception at our new location at 9 West Hastings:
 Friday, November 17th, 2017, 6–9pm Exhibition runs:
 November 17th, 2017–December 22nd, 2017 Accept THIS! – Is our spirited invitation to come and see us in a new light.

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The 10th Annual Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show | Reflections

By Sylwia | Published: August 25, 2017

Exhibition runs: September 8th–October 22nd, 2017 Opening reception: Friday, September 8th, 6–10 pm *part of SWARM 2017 Join the parade with The Carnival Band, from Oppenheimer Park (488 Powell Street)
to Gallery Gachet (88 East Cordova Street) at 5 pm. Fun!

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Uncovering the Archive

By Sylwia | Published: June 5, 2017

Friday, June 16th 12-6pm Over the years the 88 East Cordova location of Gallery Gachet has hosted some amazing exhibitions and events and been a home-base to many talented artists.

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