May 23, 2026 - June 28, 2026

Opening Reception
Thursday, June 4, 2026, 5:30-7:30pm

Gallery Hours
Saturdays & Sundays 12-4pm or by appt

1335 NW Kearney St.
Portland, OR 97209

Luminous shares the history of the collaborative relationship between Gather:Make:Shelter and WeShine micro-villages. Featured artwork includes paintings and drawings from current and past WeShine villagers, workshop projects, and an extensive installation of hand-painted bird cutouts. Luminous is a celebration of the light that WeShine and GMS bring to the world through safe spaces, murals, gardens, art workshops, and a shared creative community.

July 4 - July 26, 2026

Carnation Contemporary
8371 N Interstate Ave #3
Portland, OR 97217

Opening Reception
Saturday, July 4, 5–8 PM

Gallery Hours
Sat–Sun, 12–5 PM & by appointment

The 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, and Marzipan Lee, Otherworlds honors joy and beauty fortified by lived experience.