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ELBO

By Demi | Published: April 7, 2022

ELBO is an impressive survey of paintings, drawings and sculptures by Laurie Marshall, who signs his work under the moniker, ‘elbo’. Laurie’s dense pictorial fields  draw you in with textural complexity; layer upon layer, over and over, paint is built-up and scrapped back – heavily contoured subjects held together by interlacing daubed  marks.  April 1 […]

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Guerrilla Art

By Demi | Published: April 6, 2022

  Guerrilla Art is a public art poster project of provocative artwork and poems by Bruce Ray, a longstanding member of Gallery Gachet. Ray’s posters are socially and critically charged works that speak directly to political critique and issues around mental health, while the poster format emphasizes accessibility for viewing his artwork at street-level. The Guerrilla Art posters (a […]

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Honour Their Names

By Demi | Published: March 14, 2022

Honour Their Names is an art-show and organizing space, planned to mark International Day Against Police Brutality (March 15). This event takes place on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nations. From March 15-19 the show will be exhibited at Gallery Gachet, alongside workshops & programming that honours Indigenous […]

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Call for Board Members

By Demi | Published: February 28, 2022

INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATION / Gallery Gachet is excited to announce a call for Board Members. We are a thriving, collaboratively run arts production, education and presentation space located in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on the stolen, sacred, and ancestral homelands of the xwməθkwəy’əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are a unionized workplace […]

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The 14th Annual Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show

By Demi | Published: January 5, 2022

The year’s exhibition asks us to consider what makes a place. As one of the few green spaces in the DTES, and one of the oldest surviving parks in the city, Oppenheimer’s history, relational systems, and matter of being is complex; here there is a sense of resilience, activism, celebration, and community. 

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Spring Programs Addressing the War on Drugs

By Programming | Published: March 17, 2021

This Spring, Gallery Gachet’s programming addresses the personal, relational, and socio-political ramifications of the War on Drugs. From April 1 – May 15, 2021, Things My Dad Taught Me, a photography series in three parts, is an art exhibition by Jackie Dives, whose practice is influenced by feminism and photojournalism.

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In Print: The 13th Annual Oppenheimer Park Community Art Book

By Programming | Published: December 2, 2020

The Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show — the tradition continues through the pandemic in the form of a book featuring the artwork and insight of 40 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; […]

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Fear and Care for the Fate of the World

By Programming | Published: November 18, 2020

December 20 – 22, 2020 land-based and online gachetfromaway.org Artists: Afuwa, BUSH Gallery, aly de la cruz yip, Chandra Melting Tallow, and Cecily Nicholson, Mercedes Eng, Hari Alluri & Junie Désil

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HIVE ART with Hives for Humanity

By Programming | Published: November 4, 2020

Wood hive box painted with blue bees against green, orange, yellow, and blue background.Launching today! Hives for Humanity Community Collaboration and Fundraiser Artists: Haisla Collins, Larissa Healey, Jessica Numminen, J Peachy, Jacqueline Quewezance, Jeska Slater, Martin and Shona Sparrow, Jacqueline West, Ilirijan Xhediku, Sandra Yuen

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Statement of Solidarity with Black Lives Matter and Commitment to Anti-Racism

By Programming | Published: July 13, 2020

On behalf of the collective membership, board of directors, and staff of Gallery Gachet Society 13 July 2020 Gallery Gachet Society stands in solidarity with the international mass movement led by Black Lives Matter. We commit to the ongoing work of speaking and working against anti-Black racism and racism in all of its forms. To […]

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