Gallery Gachet

Gallery Gachet is a unique artistic institution founded in Vancouver in 1992. Named after Vincent Van Gogh's homeopathic doctor, Paul Gachet.

Gallery Gachet strives to provide a focal point for dialogue amongst outsider/dissident artists.

We aim to use the canvas of the outside work to educate and demystify the public on issues related to mental health and to advance the artistic discourse around these issues.

We provide the artists informed by mental health issues with opportunities to exhibit, curate, perform, read, teach and to develop their leadership skills.

Located at 88 East Cordova Street, close to the diverse populations that reside in Vancouver's neighborhoods.

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The Ear #3 August 31, 2010

The second issue of Gachet's The Ear is available in choice locations throughout Vancouver and of course at the Gallery. Be sure to pick one up and consider contributing to our next issue. The theme for the winter 2010 issue of The Ear is "tribes: where do you belong?" It's about chosen families, building community, finding a place and findi...

Anmore Art in the Garden Fundraiser August 21, 2010

Saturday, August 21st, 2:00-5:00pm Travel to Anmore for a unique Arts Fundraiser in idyllic “Natures Home”. Supporting the African Conservation Foundation Save the Cross River Gorilla campaign and Gallery Gachet. Featuring local Anmore artists, Daniel Taylor and Jay Peachy. Hosted by the Anmore Alternative News At Roxanne’s House from the 1980...

ANNUAL GACHET PICNIC August 20, 2010

Friday August 20th, 12 pm Crab Park All volunteers and collective members are invited to the annual Gachet picnic at Crab Park in the Downtown Eastside at the very bottom of Main Street. There will be lots of food and drink and fun. Join us to eat and play footie or throw a frisbee around. Please rsvp to Lara Fitzgerald or Karen Lievsley, 604-...

SKin is IN August 12, 2010

Make and Break Arts Foundation and Gallery Gachet Present SKin is IN: “A celebration of the human canvas.” Thursday August 12th@ Gallery Gachet Doors: 6.30, 7 - 11pm Ten Vancouver artists will paint on both human skin and canvas in addition to showcasing various pieces which will be available for purchase. Guests will have the opportunity to w...

Web Based Interactive Streaming Workshop August 11, 2010

Wednesday August 11th - 6.30pm - 8.30pm $5-$10 sliding scale (no one turned away) @ gallerygachet, 88 east cordova street t: 604 687 2468 www.gachet.org Presented by Claudio Rivera-Seguel,Chilean-Canadian New Media Artist/Curator Social Media networking tools and Telepresence communication platforms are transforming our social realm and e...

CJSF LIVE RADIO BROADCAST August 10, 2010

DOORS OPEN: 6:00 pm. CJSF 90.1 FM present their episodes of The Artist Lounge and Melodies in Mind, hosted by Jay Peachy and Ryan Fletcher, broadcasted live in front of a studio audience at Gachet. 7-8pm: ‘The Artist Lounge’ hosted by J Peachy. Featuring Jasper Sloan Yip, Bob Garlick, Liza J. Lee, Jodi Doidge 8-10pm: ‘Melodies in Mind’ hosted b...

Mad Poets Cabaret July 31, 2010

Sat July 31st (combined with Stop the Madness Dance Party!) Doors 7:30pm, show 8:00 Mad Poets’ Society and West Coast Mental Health Network present Mad Pride Cabaret 2010. Open mic format, poets, singers, strummers take the stage to celebrate madness in all its forms and incarnations. Come one, come all. Hosted by Jay Peachy of CJSF and Stand...

STOP THE MADNESS! July 31, 2010

8 pm - late All things must end and we will with a big dance party featuring DJ K-Rec, DJ Davidsmind and DJ Hiphop Miguel. Get your dancing shoes on and get ready to boogie!!!

Theatre of the Insane July 29, 2010

CANCELLED due to unforseen circumstance: we regretfully apologize. The Heart is an Endangered Species: Postcards from the Psychic Wilderness Performances by eco-mad theatre artists & revolutionaries of the spirit: Jan Derbyshire, playwright: performing new work, “Mrs. Green,” with visual artist Dana Ayotte DDT, Bedbugs and Me by Cherise ...

Rock for Rivers July 24, 2010

Salmon Insanity! Doors 7:30, til late, $10 Are you a salmon lover? Local bands converge with run-of-river activist groups to network, update and rock the salmon as our precious backbone of the West Coast. Bring a blank t-shirt for the free “Salmon are Sacred” and “Gateway Sucks” DIY screen-printing station! Featuring Rick Buckman Coe, Ranj Sing...

Psycho-Geo Bike Ride! July 19, 2010

(rain date: July 26) Ride Description: River, twilight blue, industry, and crashed cars. Take pictures... this sh*% is crazy! As a part of ECO MADNESS!!! join Gallery Gachet and artist/activist RedSara on this unique guided bicycle ride through the twilight summer night... featuring stops at one ‘high incidence of car crashes’ site, one crazy ...

CJSF Live Radio July 13, 2010

CANCELLED due to unforseen circumstance: we regretfully apologize. Join us for a Live Broadcast of the Tuesday Night Line up of Arts based programming on CJSF 90.1 FM. Doors open at 6pm and we broadcast Live at Gallery Gachet. 7-8pm ‘The Artist Lounge’ hosted by J Peachy features guests David Blair, Julia Spitale, Jan Bannister, Marlene Swi...

Gallery Closed for the week July 13, 2010

Gallery Gachet will be closed for the week and back in action next week (July 21). We apologize for the inconvenience however, we have a great line-up of events coming up to complement what has been an exciting MAD Pride so far. Keep checking the website for updates

Cross-Pollination: Mental Health Camp! July 10, 2010

Join Gachet Collective member Jay Peachy for his Sound Therapy session at the Camp, as well as mad organizers from around the city for this conference highlighting social media as a tool for combating stigma. Free online registration: only 75 spots which fill up fast! Saturday July 10 at UBC. www.mentalhealthcamp.org

Masterclass with Ken Paul Rosenthal July 9, 2010

10am-noon at Gachet Crooked Beauty & the Embodiment of Madness This intimate gathering for filmmakers (established, aspiring), poets, and artists will suggest alternative models for representing ‘madness’ in documentary film, and challenge mainstream perspectives on the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. ‘Madness’ will be addressed as...

Cross-Pollination: DTES Neighbourhood House July 8, 2010

Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House Environmental Justice Program 573 East Hastings at Princess http://dtesnh.wordpress.com July 8 12-2pm: The Life Cycle of our Stuff: The Environmental Justice Program at the DTES NH. A discussion about our stuff and our garbage, including creative ways to reuse, how “stuff” circulates in the DTES, Vancou...

VANCITY: MAD DOUBLE FEATURE July 7, 2010

Tickets $10.00 + $2 annual membership /$5.50 students/seniors doors @ 6:30, show @ 7pm Vancity, SFU, and Gallery Gachet bring you a double-bill addressing cultures of madness in the context of radical social and environmental justice. Filmmakers in attendance for talk-back and reception. Crooked Beauty Director: Ken Paul Rosenthal // Un...

ECO MADNESS!!! Festival Guide 2010 July 2, 2010

Check out our current ECO MADNESS!!! Mad Pride Arts Festival Guide... Copy the link below into a browser window: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B6IzSD883zeCODVmYThjYjMtNWU2YS00MDNkLWFiZGItZjc2MTA4ODQ4NTFj&hl=en&authkey=CN-i-KUP

Call for Submissions - Drawn, Draw, Drawing July 1, 2010

Drawn, Draw, Drawing Call for Submission Art Exhibit Deadline: July 1st, 2010 Exhibition Statement: While drawing is fundamental to every artistic form, art (in and of itself) is vital to the emotional and physical wellbeing of our communities. Each of us has our own very personalized internal reality that we carry within us. Like art in gen...

Gachet hiring Operations Director June 16, 2010

Gallery Gachet is seeking a motivated, creative and organized individual who will work collaboratively with the Collective/staff team to develop, support and implement the delivery of cultural services, operations related to Gallery Gachet’s mandate and oversee the financial health of the gallery. Gallery Gachet is a dynamic collectively-run a...

CJSF Live Radio Broadcast at the Gallery June 15, 2010

CJSF 90.1 FM and Gallery Gachet collaborate for a unique monthly Live Radio experience. Join us to be part of Live Studio Audience Broadcast of the Tuesday Night Line up on CJSF 90.1 FM. 7-8pm 'The Artist Lounge' hosted by J Peachy with guests Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss604.com), Lara Fitzgerald Musical Guest: Garrett Kato, Diane Reyes 8-...

ECO MADNESS!!! SUBMISSION CALL (DEADLINE JUNE 15) June 9, 2010

ECO MADNESS!!! HUMANS ARE KILLING THE PLANET AND I FEEL FINE SUBMISSION CALL TO ARTISTS AND PRESENTERS – WORLD MAD PRIDE BIENNALE 2010 GALLERY GACHET VANCOUVER, BC DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: JUNE 15, 2010 Local and international artists, both emerging and professional, are invited to participate in an interdisciplinary call for work a...

Mindscape: A Donnelly Pub Group and Gachet event May 19, 2010

Vancouver, BC - the Donnelly Pub Group, together with their charity arm The Donnelly Fund, hosts Mindscape: The Art of the Gallery Gachet Collective on May 19th at the Metropole. The event will feature an art exhibit and auction that benefits the philanthropic initiatives of Gallery Gachet, a unique artist institution in Vancouver's downtown Easts...

CJSF Live Radio Broadcast at the Gallery May 4, 2010

In recognition of Mental Health Week, CJSF 90.1 FM in partnership with Gallery Gachet presented a special May 4th episode of their two Tuesday Night radio programs. The Artist Lounge and Melodies in Mind hosted by Jay Peachy and Ryan Fletcher both broadcasted their programs live in front of a studio audience at Gachet's artist space on 88 East Co...

Baby Dee! April 27, 2010

Baby Dee Tues April 27th ♦ 8pm-late ♦ Gallery Gachet ♦ (www.gachet.org) ♦ 88 East Cordova Street ♦ Tickets:$16 advance and $20 at the door. Purchase tickets here: http://gachetpresentsbabydee.eventbrite.com/ or available at Little Sisters, BeckWoman's and Zulu Records. ♦ Baby Dee, New York based singer-son...

Support Gallery Gachet March 11, 2010

Contact operations@gachet.org to discuss our giving program. We accept credit cards, cheques, and cash. Alternatively, buy one of our Gachet t-shirts or bags with the slogan, "Art is a means for survival." We thank you for your support of Gallery Gachet.

The Ear - Issue one December 2009 February 22, 2010

Welcome to the first edition of The Ear. A periodical devoted to perspectives of mental health, philosophy and ideologies communicated through words and visual art. Copy the link below to read The Ear online. https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B6IzSD883zeCMjVkNzljYWQtZWFhYy00YjkwLWEzYzEtMTgzNGUyOTM0OGMw&hl=en

For the Love of Art Party February 10, 2010

Saturday, February 13, 8pm - late... For the Love of Art builds on The Gallery Gachet Collective's current exhibition, A Collective Response by bringing people together to celebrate the importance and critical existence of arts and culture in this city. Highlighting the funding cuts and raising awareness around issues related to the state of Va...