UPCOMING EVENTS
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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.
Funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Arts Access Fund.
NEWS
The Joy Project at Cargo Inc.
See the Joy Project artworks on view throughout the month of December at Cargo Inc.!
GMS 101 - An Evening with the Founding Director
interested in learning more about Gather:Make:Shelter? Join us for an evening with the founding director to learn more about the organization and get involved!
The Connection Project 2023
The Connection Project offers a limited series of handcrafted bowls in black and white, made with love by artists experiencing houselessness and poverty.
Dreamstates
Our new show Dreamstates opens October 4! Dreamstates features work by GMS longtime artists as well as four new artists we are happy to welcome into the GMS community.
The Joy Project: Re-envisioning Portland with Love
On September 9, 2023, Gather:Make:Shelter will take over Pioneer Square with The Joy Project Festival!
The Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts awards Gather:Make:Shelter with a multi-year program support grant!
This grant will help Gather:Make:Shelter provide life-changing opportunities for our participants and empower more people to achieve a sense of well-being, form community and discover new paths to financial stability and permanent housing.
Gather:Make:Shelter Summer Fundraiser - An Evening in the Garden
Join us for our annual fundraiser at Blockhouse PDX in Pomarius Nursery!
Gather:Make:Shelter is OCT qualified.
Gather:Make:Shelter is OCT qualified Non-Profit organization!
Portland Art Museum Visit
Last Wednesday, GMS founder Dana Lynn Louis got the chance to take the Queer Affinity Villagers on a field trip to Portland Art Museum .
GMS Birthday Celebration
Gather:Make:Shelter just turned 5 years—see how our celebration went!
KHEM Interview on KBOO
On Tuesday January 25, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews artist KHEM, about his show Smiles of Planet Earth in Portland, Oregon.
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.
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.
Gather:Make:Shelter in 2020
Learn about our achievements in 2020 and our ambitious plans for the next year!
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.
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.
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.”