September 26–October 18, 2024

The Oppenheimer Park Community Art Show features artwork and insight of 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; the unceded land of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. For some artists, participating in the show is an annual tradition, while others are contributing for the first time.⁠

The Gachet Writers Group is a democratically run inclusive writers group that provides space to share stories, receive feedback from peers, take part in writing exercises, and hold discussions. Each session includes time for stream of consciousness writing. Facilitated by Bruce Ray.

Fridays, 10:00am to Noon at Carnegie Community Centre (until Gachet's renovation is completed), 401 Main St, Vancouver, BC V6A 2T7.

To Map Alongside Belonging is a film programme developed by a cohort of emerging BIPOC filmmakers whose work will launch Gallery Gachet’s community screen. For 8 months filmmakers, Kaila Bhullar, Monica Cheema, Ogheneofegor Obuwoma, and Luis Andrés Serrano, have united in collective imagining to engage in an exploration of new approaches to cinema and construct films that respond to Gallery Gachets positionality within the Downtown Eastside and the filmmakers inquiries on where the personal intersects with the communal.

Screening on the community screen at Gallery Gachet, 9 W Hastings St.

At the Japanese Hall on Mondays starting Oct. 7, 2-4pm. Room 4F. The address is 487 Alexander St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1C6.

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).