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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LOOSE THREADS & RAW EDGES
September 3 - November 1, 2026
Opening Reception
Thursday, September 3, 2026
5:30-7:30PMGallery Hours
Saturdays & Sundays 12-4pm or by appt1335 NW Kearney St.
Portland, OR 97209Adornment is often reserved for aristocracy. The common person is expected to wear plain colors and utilitarian shapes meant for labor; clothes that blend in. In Loose Threads & Raw Edges, the GMS Collective explores adornment as identity. The exhibition celebrates our artists’ love of color, texture, and responsiveness to material. These creations are meant to be seen and felt. They are the antithesis of the erasure many of our artists experience in our capitalistic society.
NEWS
KHEM Interview on KBOO
On Tuesday January 25, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews artist KHEM, about his show Smiles of Planet Earth in Portland, Oregon.
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.
GMS Members to Receive Precipice Fund Award
We celebrate the achievements of Dana and Aileen, both of whom received a Precipice Fund award from The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts administered by PICA.
Portland Monthly: "This Nonprofit Helps Those Experiencing Houselessness Build Skills with Art"
We are pleased to share that Portland Monthly featured us in their article “This Nonprofit Helps Those Experiencing Houselessness Build Skills with Art.”
GMS Receives Light A Fire Award from Portland Monthly!
We are so excited to report that Gather:Make:Shelter has received a Light A Fire Award from Portland Monthly Magazine presented by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust! They have recognized Gather:Make:Shelter as the nonprofit “Doing the Most with the Least”.
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.
Street Roots: "The art and activism of Dana Lynn Louis"
Street Roots featured Dana’s exhibition Weave at the Russo Lee Gallery, which touches on the relationships she’s built through Gather:Make:Shelter.
SuperThank Radio features Dana and Gather:Make:Shelter
Dana talks about Gather:Make:Shelter on the SuperThank podcast.