UPCOMING EVENTS
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Skylab Maker's Market
Wednesday, June 18
4-8pm
Skylab Garden
1825 NW Vaughn
Portland, OR 97209We’re so excited to vend in Skylab’s garden for their upcoming Maker’s Market. Expect handmade ceramic bowls, houses, prints, fabric art, and more from GMS artists!
Shop one-of-a-kind pieces made my local artists, featuring furniture, art, ceramics, jewelry, textiles, clothing, lighting, home goods, vintage finds, and hand-blown glass!
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Midsummer Night’s Dream Machine: a multimedia wearable art event in partnership with SoundsTruck NW
Thursday, August 14
Time TBD
South Park Blocks (SW Park Avenue from Salmon Street to Jackson Street - exact location TBD)The Midsummer Night’s Dream Machine, hosted by GMS in collaboration with SoundsTruck NW (STNW), will harmonize live music, fashion, poetry and video to showcase GMS artists’ creative voices and contributions to the community.
STNW will provide curated musical accompaniment performed live by professional musicians all on a mobile stage!
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.