Gallery Gachet is a unique artist-run centre located in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Vancouver, the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy’əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Gallery Gachet is a collectively-run exhibition and studio space built to empower participants as artists, administrators and curators.Through artistic means, we aim to demystify and challenge issues related to mental health and social marginalization in order to educate the public and promote social and economic justice. The organization’s cultural services have grown from the operation of a small, basement studio in downtown Granville South, offering one exhibition a year in 1993, to coordinating approximately 1500 square feet of public-access arts space with up to 12 exhibitions each year, in addition to residencies, workshops, artist talks, symposia, special projects and other events. Our Basis of Unity - We agree to support the artistic and professional development of our community as a means to achieve social, cultural and economic justice. - We agree to support the wellness of people marginalized by their mental health, trauma and/or abuse experience. - We work for the elimination of discrimination against people marginalized by their mental health, trauma and/or abuse experience. - We believe in the expression and practice of art and culture as a human right. - We agree to promote the critical function of art and culture in building a healthy society. - We believe art is a means for survival, self-expression and health.