Gabriel Erlach

Gabriel Erlach is a social entrepreneur. She is the owner of Gabrielevents, organizer of social events and festivals, presenter with TV channel RTV Utrecht and radio station Bingo FM, and co-initiator of Verspoetry. With Gabrielevents, she organizes spoken word poetry workshops in schools. In her projects, she focuses on the balance between art, culture, and social aspects. She works in neighborhoods and in schools that are generally less exposed to certain forms of art. There she provides connection and opens up space for talents to be developed and passed on. Among other things, she organized De kunst van… [The art of], a social gallery that was part of the Utrecht neighborhood Kanaleneiland in 2011 and 2012. Erlach lives and works in Utrecht.