UPCOMING EVENTS
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The Connection Project at Willamette International Travel
July-September
Willamette International Travel
Irving Street Lofts
1314 NW Irving St. STE 101
Portland, OR 97209The Connection Project bridges creative communities and fosters meaningful human connections. Local potters from the Portland area generously donated bisque-fired bowls, which were then hand-painted by GMS artists. Each bowl becomes a unique, handcrafted piece that represents the combined efforts and talents of potters and painters. This project links maker to maker and giver to receiver, weaving a network of creativity and generosity that spreads joy and connection.
The Connection Project is a powerful project that GMS has enacted periodically with ceramic painting workshops from 2021 - 2023.
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Glitter Anthology Part II by Mia and Marzipan
September 4 - November 1
Opening Reception
Thursday, Sept 4, 5:30-7:30pmGallery Hours
Saturdays 12-4pm and by appt
1335 NW Kearney Ave
Portland ORDon’t miss this dyanmic two-person exhibition by GMS Collective Artists, Mia and Marzipan Alien. Working in mixed and found media, two and three-dimensions, Mia and Marzipan explore storytelling, worldbuilding, and more in this spellbinding show.
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Storybook by Benito El Salvador
September 4 - November 1
Opening Reception
Thursday, Sept 4, 5:30-7:30pmGallery Hours
Saturdays 12-4pm and by appt1335 NW Kearney Ave
Portland OR
We’re excited for the first exhibition of one of GMS’s newest artists, Michael. Michael comes to GMS with a prolific practice of doll-making, 2D water media, and more! -
❤️ Celebration of Life for Jaycob Lambson ❤️
Thursday, September 18
2pm
5225 N. Lombard
(Corner of N. Lombard and N. Hereford)
Portland, OR 97203Jaycob Lambson, artist, poet, visionary, and dear member of the Gather:Make:Shelter family left the earth on August 25, 2025. Jaycob had been working with GMS for 3 1/2 years and was a deeply loved friend and collaborator in the community. Jaycob’s intricate drawings of maps and mazes have been collected throughout Portland and across the country.
Jaycob lives on in both our memories and in the incredible work that he created; including Jaycob’s Gateway, a new mural on the corner of North Lombard and North Hereford in North Portland.We invite you to join us at the new mural to celebrate Jaycob’s life.
NEWS
Portland Art Museum Visit
Last Wednesday, GMS founder Dana Lynn Louis got the chance to take the Queer Affinity Villagers on a field trip to Portland Art Museum .
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.