UPCOMING EVENTS

Green Period

January 10 - March 15
Opening Reception
Thursday, January 15, 5:30-7:30pm
Gallery Hours
Saturdays & Sundays 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.
Faera J. Valore at Willamette International Travel

February 3 - March 31
Willamette International Travel
1314 NW Irving St STE 101, Portland, OR 97209
New Buds: A GMS Group Show

March 19 - May 10, 2026
Opening Reception
Thursday, March 19, 5:30-7:30pm
Gallery Hours
Saturdays & Sundays 12-4pm and by appt
1335 NW Kearney St.
Portland, OR 97209
As spring arrives, New Buds offers a glimpse of what’s emerging at Gather:Make:Shelter.
The exhibition highlights new directions and mediums that our artists are exploring, while also introducing several new members of the GMS artist collective. Featured works include paintings, figure studies, bag designs, a diorama, cardboard sculptures, collages, and figure paintings created during a master class series with renowned artist Elizabeth Malaska.
Collage by Zenyatta, 2026
DREAM WEAVER: Gather:Make:Shelter's Annual Fundraiser

Thursday, May 28
Castaway Portland
1900 NW 18th Ave Portland OR 97209
Save the date for our annual fundraiser. More details coming soon!

NEWS

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CHARM

/CHärm/ noun, 1. the power or quality of giving delight or arousing admiration; verb, 1. delight greatly.

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KHEM Interview on KBOO

On Tuesday January 25, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews artist KHEM, about his show Smiles of Planet Earth in Portland, Oregon.

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GMS Academy Exhibition at Russo Lee Gallery

The exhibition at Russo Lee Gallery contained the visual representations of transformative relationships and collaborations between the GMS Academy participants.

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VALENTINE

VALENTINE, our second exhibition at our new headquarters in the Pearl District, is a collaborative art exhibition featuring artwork gifted by local artists to C(3)PO.

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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.

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Gather:Make:Shelter in 2020

Learn about our achievements in 2020 and our ambitious plans for the next year!

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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.