Established and edited by lesbian artist Caffyn Kelley, the magazine primarily printed and promoted women's art and writing.

And so, Gallerie provided a space for women to discuss their art and their lives in their own words.

In making the magazine, Kelley stressed the importance of celebrating difference instead of submitting to the dominant mainstream art culture.

She wrote, "we increase our capacity for vision and invention by retaining and expressing our differences, much more than by uncovering our similarities.

Some women artists published by Gallerie include Jan Crawford,[3] Renée Poisson,[4] and Patricia Johanson.