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.
NEWS
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.
GMS Academy Updates
We held a COVID-19 emergency fundraiser in March which made it possible for our Academy artists experiencing houselessness and poverty to purchase essential supplies. They deeply appreciated this act of generosity from the GMS community.
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.
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.
Gather:Make:Shelter in 2018
Read about the ways Gather:Make:Shelter connected our community in 2019.
SuperThank Radio features Dana and Gather:Make:Shelter
Dana talks about Gather:Make:Shelter on the SuperThank podcast.