UPCOMING EVENTS

Dream Machine

November 6 - January 3

Opening Reception
Thursday, November 6, 5:30-7:30pm

Gallery Hours
Saturdays 12-4pm and by appt

1335 NW Kearney St.
Portland, OR 97209
Fashion from Midsummer Night’s Dream Machine
A showcase of wearable art by Gather:Make:Shelter artists—expressions of creativity, resilience, and community transformed into stunning garments.
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Join us on Thursday, December 4th for a special musical performance by Jon & Yoko Greeney (co-founders of STNW) and friends!
5:30-7:30pm
Queer Liberation Exhibition at the Marie Equi Center

November 16 - December 15
Opening Reception
Sunday, November 16, 1-4pm

Marie Equi Center
4434 SE 25th Ave.
Portland, OR 97202
Gallery Hours:
Monday-Thursday | 10am-4pm
Friday | 10am-2pm

We’re partnering with the Marie Equi Center for Queer Liberation, an exhibition featuring 2D and 3D artworks that celebrate creativity, identity, and liberation.
Green Period

January 10 - February 28
Opening Reception
Thursday, January 15, 5:30-7:30pm
Gallery Hours
Saturdays 12-4pm and by appt
1335 NW Kearney St.
Portland, OR 97209
Gather:Make:Shelter will kick off the year with a solo exhibition by long-time GMS artist Gloria Rodriguez. Green Period will highlight Gloria’s prolific practice by featuring a vast selection of her signature impressionistic and atmospheric paintings.

NEWS

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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.

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ART FROM THE VILLAGES Exhibition

Our first exhibition, ART FROM THE VILLAGES, will run December - January and features artists living in C(3)PO and Dignity villages. Artists will receive 100% of the sales of their work.

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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.”

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New GMS Headquarters in Pearl

We are all alight with excitement over our new headquarters in NW Portland donated by Killian Pacific!

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INTERLACE Community Weaving Project

In October we participated in Portland Textile Month by launching the INTERLACE Community Weaving Project.

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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”.

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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.

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Gardening Program

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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.

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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.

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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.