The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)

Free Reception April 11, 7-9PM
Exhibition Running April 4 to April 30, 2024 / Tue–Sat / 12–6

To Be Belligerent//To Commit To Memory//To Live Without Fear is an exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), featuring images and ephemera from the organization’s archive. Since its inception, VANDU has acted as one of the pillars of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) community and has fastidiously advocated for the rights and freedoms of all drug users, especially those situated in the DTES area.

XA (Expressive Arts) Drop-In Studio Time.

Monday's / 2pm - 4pm. At Gallery Gachet / 9 W Hastings Street

Community members are invited to drop-in and participate in an open studio environment with facilitators (Kat & Indigo), art materials, and snacks. The facilitation is supportive and there to expand artists' material and conceptual repertoire if desired, or simply there to provide a safe space to create artwork and social connections, on their own terms.

Materials available for participants include pastels, acrylic paint, brushes, felt pens, paper, collage materials, and canvases (dependant on availability).