A long-standing hub for local weird talent and visiting artists, the
Red Gate Arts Society (currently located at 1965 Main Street, Vancouver) is a non-profit arts society dedicated to providing affordable studio space and exhibition/performance space for experimental art and music.
Thank you to the folks at the Red Gate for providing us with their venue, staff and positivity: it is always a pleasure to work with you!
Stay updated on what s happening at the Red Gate at redgate.at.org, or @redgateartssociety on Facebook and Instagram!
ABOUT THIS SHOWCASE S PRESENTERS
Everybody is In is a grassroots collective of people responding to identified gaps in essential services and resources for Vancouver s most vulnerable neighbourhood, the Downtown Eastside, creating a network of neighbourhood hubs, each managing outreach, collection, storage & distribution of donated supplies to folks in the DTES.
Neurodivergence
Welcome to the first issue of
Room to directly recognize those of us who socialize, learn, pay attention, feel, and think outside of “normal.” In these pages, luminous writers and artists challenge what neurotypical readers may think they know about experiences with autism, brain injury, ADHD, anxiety, mental illness, and all kinds of cognitive differences.
My neuroatypicality makes me strange in most social situations, so lines like, “My favourite computer games were those in which you assemble normal people from a bin of parts,” from A. Light Zachary’s powerful opening poem, resonate deeply with me, as do, “A makes people wonder why I won’t look them in the eyes,” from Ottavia Paluch’s litany about her brain, “She felt the space open up inside her, grey and full of light and perfect crystal pain,” from Sarah Williams’ fictional imagining of Saint Catherine, and “I’ve learned to deal with uncertainty by creating the illusion of structu