Outside the Box | Curated by Mind’s Eye

GALLERY GACHET EXHIBIT STEPS YOU OUTSIDE BOX

Step Outside the Box at Gallery Gachet in October with Mind’s Eye, a mental wellness arts group from North Vancouver. The art exhibition opens at a reception Oct. 7 at 88 E. Cordova, 7-10pm, admission by donation.

We as people and artists cannot by placed inside a stigma box, Mind’s Eye says. We are individuals and the diversity of our art is our strength.

Mind’s Eye is a group of artists six of whom are displaying work in Outside the Box who are recovering from mental illnesses. They use are as a method of healing as well as a way of reaching outside of themselves for beauty, expression and creativity.

Our illnesses do not hamper or burden our art, they say. Instead, we benefit with an added creativity and heightened sensitivity.

Outside the Box is a way of bringing the six artists  Anna Lam, Anne Orcas, Eleanor Robertson, Jacquelyne Laburda, Kim Marchant, and Pam Murphy out of the stigma of mental illness.

Our art is a way of being in the world authentically, says Orcas, who presents three paintings and one 3D piece. It’s about bringing normalcy through art.

Gallery Gachet is an artist run centre operated by and for mental health consumers. Outside the Box is presented in Gallery II, with Gallery I featuring Tarot: Truth Beyond Understanding. Both shows run until Oct. 30.

For more information, stop by 88 E. Cordova Wed-Sun, Noon-6pm, call 604-687-2468.