[van-announce] Gallery Gachet newsletter and job openings

[Gallery Gachet]

gallerygachet
March 2005 Newsletter

1. The Masks We Wear Installation & Performances
2. The Art of Healing Video Residency
3. Job Opening: Promotions Director
4. Contract Opening: Website Designer

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1. Masks We Wear Performances & Installation
Opening night performance at gallerygachet on Friday, March 4, at 8pm with 
a reception starting at 7pm.  It’s a Mask-er-aide Fundraiser with admission 
by donation, and an opportunity for the audience and community to celebrate 
and dress up in mask and costume (optional). The opening night lineup 
includes: D'Mask, Hanky Head, Thought, Cross Walk, Perhaps, Group Therapy, 
and Violet's Cocktail Party. The Masks We Wear performances start at 8pm, 
and run for six nights: March 4, 5, 11, 12, 18 and 19. An additional 
community mask-making workshop is scheduled for Saturday, March 5 at 3pm. A 
late-night cabaret is also planned for Friday, March 18.

The Masks We Wear Project is an interdisciplinary project devised by 
Artist-in-Residence S. Siobhan McCarthy of the absolut theatre co. As an 
experimental workshop/lab/rehearsal series, to date over two hundred 
actors, visual artists and members of the general public have dropped in 
and made masks, and explored the character behind the mask. Throughout this 
workshop/rehearsal series participants have worked on creating images, 
scenes and choral pieces. The culmination of the work created by the 
participants comprises an innovative installation of the masks and the 
performance series at gallerygachet. Gallery hours for the installation run 
Wednesday to Sunday 12-6pm. For more information visit 
www.whoareyoucallingcrazy.com

2.

‘Art and Healing’ Video Residency

Five Gachet members are producing a video on location in the DTES with the 
focus on ‘art and healing.’ Working with videographer/mentor Katrin Bowen, 
the residency runs during February and April. Video production and editing 
equipment is made possible with the sponsorship of AMES (Access to Media 
Education Society). Production begins March 15, with the script based on 
the experiences of Gallery Gachet members at our facility, and in the DTES. 
Members collaborating include Todd Carpenter, Amy Cox, Diane Jacobs, 
Stephen Long, and Zola Novak. Look for the video premiere later in the Spring!

3. Job Posting: Promotions Director (part-time)

Gallery Gachet is seeking a motivated individual who will assist the 
Gallery in marketing, outreach, member’s services, and sales. Work includes 
marketing our public programs (exhibitions, workshops, residencies, 
rentals) to Vancouver’s cultural sector, the mental health sector, the 
local neighbourhood, and our database of friends and contacts City-wide.

Gallery Gachet is a Vancouver-based artist-run centre gallery and 
collective, formed in 1993. The goal of Gallery Gachet is to support a 
well-community by enabling the artistic production of artists who are 
concerned with mental health issues. A dynamic year-round exhibition 
program in our two galleries, is supported by production studios 
(woodworking, pottery, painting), a new media lab (electronic design, 
digital photography and video), and space for public workshops and 
meetings. Readers of the Westender, recently voted Gallery Gachet the #2 
art gallery in Vancouver for 2005.

The Director will be required to:
· Working closely with the Gallery’s 30-member Collective, and Promotion 
Committee, develop overall goals and strategies for marketing & sales;
· Develop, design, print, and distribute marketing materials for the 
Gallery’s programs (including display ads, invitations, media releases, 
promotional packages, artists statements);
· Mentor, empower, and delegate tasks to Collective members and volunteers;
· Maintain mailing/email contact lists, as well as in-house event schedule;
· Increase the profile of the Gallery and its member artists through 
targeted promotion and liaison with the media, organizational partners, 
general public, art buyers and patrons, etc.
· Conduct outreach in the cultural sector to create more discourse around 
members’ art;
· Collaborate with Collective and General Manager on special projects and 
initiatives;
· Share in some routine office tasks;

Required Skills:
· Demonstrated marketing skills and experience working within the visual 
arts community (possibly artist-run centre or community arts context);
· Knowledge of “mental health consumer” and/or “survivor” issues an asset;
· Must be able to work focused and independently in a sometimes-hectic 
environment, as well as working collaboratively with member artists, and 
General Manager.
· Must represent the Gallery in a professional and conscientious manner;
· Must have very strong communication, writing, organization, and sales skills.
· Must have strong computer skills with a variety of software (Word, 
Eudora, Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and/or others).

Remuneration:
$18 per hour, based on 14-hour work/week ($13,000 per annum). Hours and 
wage subject to increase dependent on funding.

Application Procedure:
Deadline: Sunday, March 6, 2005, 6pm. Position commences late March.
Submit resume in person, by fax or email to: Human Resources Committee, 
Gallery Gachet, 88 East Cordova St., Vancouver, BC V6A 1K2; fax: 
604-687-1196; email: <mailto:gallery at gachet.org>gallery at gachet.org (in 
subject list “Promotions Director position,” Word or PDF attachments only). 
Complete job description listed at 
http://www.gachet.org/community/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=29

4. Website Designer Contract
Gallery Gachet is seeking a qualified web designer who has entry level or 
substantive experience working to assist non-profit organizations with 
their online presence. Gallery Gachet has a website which meets some of the 
organizations’ objectives, but in other areas, it is seriously lacking. We 
are looking for someone to work collaboratively with us to change the site 
so it maintains some of the nice Flash-heavy components, while providing 
access to more people and more browsers.

The newly developed site should be more accessible and not require Flash 
software to access basic program information. Also, the website as a whole 
should not be so specialized in its coding make-up that only a 
webmaster/designer can change it. Build in the capacity for Gachet 
volunteers and staff to perform routine updates and file uploads.  More job 
details available at http://www.gachet.org/community/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=30

Renumeration:
$1000 honorarium, with work to be performed in March and April 2005, with 
fee paid in two installments.

To apply:
Resumes to be accepted until March 6, 4pm. Fax resume to 604-687-1196 or 
email <mailto:gallery at gachet.org>gallery at gachet.org. Subject: Website 
contract or mail to: Website Contract, Human Resources Committee, Gallery 
Gachet, 88 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC, V6A 1K2. Successful 
candidate to be selected by Human Resources Committee, in consultation with 
the General Manager, by March 13, 2005.



Irwin Oostindie
General Manager

Gallery Gachet
88 East Cordova Street
Vancouver BC V6A 1K2

office phone 604 687 2468
fax & studio phone 604 687 1196  
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