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Stand-up for Mental Health Comedy returns in 2012

SMHCPlogo_EBack by popular demand is the Stand up for Mental Health (SMH) Comedy series. Come down for some laughs one Friday per month at Gallery Gachet.  The evening is hosted by the award winning mental health advocate and counsellor David Granier, who is also founder of Stand-up for Mental Health. The next comedy night is Friday [...]

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Job Opportunity: Project Co-ordinator for The Art Cart Project

ArtCart!Employment Opportunity: Project Co-ordinator for The Art Cart Project for Gallery Gachet and Oppenheimer Park We are looking for a motivated, part-time coordinator for the second phase of The Art Cart Project funded by the City of Vancouver and the Community Arts Council of Vancouver. A contract position will run from January 2012 to April 2012 [...]

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Job Opportunity: Community Liason Co-ordinator for The Art Cart Project

ArtCart!Employment Opportunity: Community Liason Co-ordinator for The Art Cart Project for Gallery Gachet and Oppenheimer Park We are looking for a motivated, part-time community liaison coordinator for the second phase of The Art Cart Project funded by the City of Vancouver and the Community Arts Council of Vancouver. A contract position will run from January 2012 [...]

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Gallery Gachet Fundraising Art Auction

Enda Bardell, "SPART"Our Art Auction and Sale will be up at the Gallery until January 15th, 2012! Please note we are closed from December 24th, 2011 until January 3rd, 2012. We reopen on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012. Gallery Gachet will offer for sale an exclusive selection of artworks generously donated by emerging and established artists from the [...]

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Neurotika: The Tyrannny of Equality

The Hag DreamThey who cut off heads and shorten tongues -say ‘All is Equal.’ In this way we fulfill the function of society -to have a level clearing field. But even so a certain tyranny is affected. This is the movement of the grinding wheel -and is often a process of making things smaller. Anyone who aspires [...]

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We are having a fundraiser!

Enda Bardell, "SPART"On December 9, 2011, from 8.30 – 10.30pm, Gallery Gachet will offer for sale an exclusive selection of artworks generously donated by emerging and established artists from the Lower Mainland and beyond to support the gallery in its effort to raise much needed funds for its programming. Artworks from Rosemary Burden, Enda Bardell, Vasan Sitthiket, [...]

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A Chip Off the Old Blog

Bruce RayLet us begin -by addressing the theme. The idea that madness and wisdom is close together is nothing new. I think it could be argued that the artistic process is an altered state -perhaps even a trance of some kind -that appears to be insanity. Some people think that art is impractical or even degenerate. [...]

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Social Media Workshops: Facebook and Twitter Basics by Jay Peachy

Jay Peachy Sound Therapy Radio ImageCome down to the Gallery Gachet for Jay Peachy’s Social Media workshops! Twitter workshop will be held November 30th, 2011 at 4pm – 5pm  NOTE: Twitter Workshop to be Re-Scheduled for a later date. Social media is a part of Jay’s creative output which he combines with his activism and art. For more information please [...]

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Salish Seas with Larry Nicholson

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Sad to say goodbye, but fond memories

100_2475It was sad to say goodbye to Thai artist, Vasan Sitthiket, but we have fond memories of his time with us! A big thanks to Tyler Russell from the Cafe for Contemporary Art and Randy Gledhill from LIVE for facilitating Vasan’s residency with us.

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