UPCOMING EVENTS
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RAINBOW EXPRESSIONS
July 2 - Aug 30, 2026
Opening Reception
Thursday, July 2, 2026
5:30-7:30pmGallery Hours
Saturdays & Sundays 12-4pm or by appt1335 NW Kearney St.
Portland, OR 97209Rainbow Expressions brings together the vibrant and imaginative work of GMS artists Blue and Violet Fae Rabbit in a celebration of color, creativity, and self-expression.
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
July 2 - Aug 30, 2026
Opening Reception
Thursday, July 2, 2026
5:30-7:30pmGallery Hours
Saturdays & Sundays 12-4pm or by appt1335 NW Kearney St.
Portland, OR 97209Reasonable Accommodations features kinetic installations, acrylic paintings on canvas, and an exuberant mixed-media art explosion by GMS Artist Malcolm Clephane Reeves III.
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OTHERWORLDS: GMS Group Exhibition at Carnation Contemporary
July 4 - July 26, 2026
Carnation Contemporary
8371 N Interstate Ave #3
Portland, OR 97217Opening Reception
Saturday, July 4, 5–8 PM
Gallery Hours
Sat–Sun, 12–5 PM & by appointmentThe term other has historically been used to speak of separation, strangeness, and even inferiority. Other can also refer to the unconventional or revolutionary. Otherworlds features installation, sculpture, diorama, painting, printmaking, and costuming from GMS.
Expressing their visions for worlds that exist beyond our current reality, GMS artists share inner workings, imaginary dreamscapes, avatars, and other possibilities made manifest. Though their voices are unique, these artists share a reverence for material and the handmade. The conservation of supplies, identity reinvention, found objects, mark-making, and economy of effort seen across the works speaks to the providence of artists touched by housing insecurity.
Presenting artwork from Aileen McPherson, Fahd Sadiq, Fawn, Gloria Rodriguez, Mia Winters, Marzipan Lee, and Zenyatta, Otherworlds honors joy and beauty fortified by lived experience.
NEWS
Preview Magazine: "Gather:Make:Shelter Offers Creative Solutions"
GMS is featured in the Feb/Mar 2021 issue of Preview! The editorial covers some of our work over the past year including projects and achievements by Dana, Aileen, and Michael.
Gather:Make:Shelter in 2020
Learn about our achievements in 2020 and our ambitious plans for the next year!
ART FROM THE VILLAGES Exhibition
Our first exhibition, ART FROM THE VILLAGES, will run December - January and features artists living in C(3)PO and Dignity villages. Artists will receive 100% of the sales of their work.
INTERLACE Community Weaving Project
In October we participated in Portland Textile Month by launching the INTERLACE Community Weaving Project.
Hygiene Hub Collaboration
In August we embarked on our first public art collaboration with Hygiene4All to design a hygiene station in SE Portland built and operated by people experiencing houselessness.
Oregon ArtsWatch: "Artful solutions to foster community"
Oregon ArtsWatch recently featured Gather:Make:Shelter’s Founding Director, Dana Lynn Louis’s newly installed privacy fence screen titled "Ripple Effect" designed for two temporary shelter-in-place villages on SE Water Avenue.
C(3)PO Coalition
In April Gather:Make:Shelter joined with twelve other local organizations and two government offices to support our unhoused community with the opening of three shelter-in-place sanctioned camps in Portland, collectively referred to as C(3)PO.